West Africa

Josiane Ki was crowned Miss University 2015, a beauty competition that henceforth acts as Miss of the Faso. Between fashion show and dance, 18 candidates coming from various universities, high schools and secondary schools of Burkina, competed in beauty, elegance, charm and skills. It was during a prestigious evening which …

After the launch in Paris of the eighth edition of the Urban Musics Festival of Anoumabo (Femua), A’salfo (Salif Traoré), the vocal leader of the Magic System group and his staff did the same exercise last Friday in the Ivorian capital. Placed under the theme « Integration and reconciliation of peoples« , …

Gulli Africa is the new youth TV channel by Lagardère Active in French language intended for the African continent televiewers. Launched on 25th March 2015, it is exclusively available in the packages of the Canal+ for the “Evasion” formula and broadcast in 22 countries in the sub-Saharan and French-speaking Africa. …

With the success of the first two phases, the phase III of the « A lamp for Africa » project was launched last Thursday at the public primary school of the village of Guesna in the municipality of Boussé, province of Kourwéogo (region of the central plateau). It covers January 2015 to …

According to a study published by the strategy consulting international cabinet, BCG (Boston Consulting Group), while the Africans will use their mobiles to pay their invoices or send money to their close relations, the Mobile Banking prosperous market could reach a value of 1.5 billion dollar within 4 years. The …

On the occasion of the International Day of the Francophony celebrated every 20th March, and the World Storytelling Day, the head office of the UNESCO in Paris hosted on Monday, 23rd March 2015 an evening of the French-speaking storytelling entitled « Paroles partagées » (Shared Words) During this evening, tales were presented …

Power cuts have become recurring since a few weeks in Ghana and Togo. Ghana, big supplier of the sub-region, is no more capable of providing for the need of its own population. It is the reason why Accra lives in darkness several hours daily. In Togo, the problem of lack …

The Ghanaian president, John Dramani Mahama, also the serving chairman of the ECOWAS, expressed on Monday, 23rd March 2015, his wish to see elections taking place in peace in Nigeria. He made this declaration at the end of a meeting with all the stakeholders in these elections, namely the outgoing …

Honors for Lassana Bathily who deserves them. We should remind that this young Malian saved several customers during the hostage-taking of the Hyper Cacher supermarket in France. More than two months after the hostage-taking at Porte de Vincennes in France, the « hero » received the medal of courage of the Simon-Wiesenthal …

The 4th edition of the International Fair on Energy, Mines and Quarries (SEMICA) will be held from 28th to 30th May of this year in the Burkinabe capital with Sweden as guest country of honor. About 3000 participants coming from 50 countries are expected in this first West African meeting …

As announced by Africa Top Success, the edition 2015 of the Female TechCamp opened on Wednesday, 25th March 25th 2015 at the University of Lomé. Initiated by the E2C Togo Association in partnership with the US Embassy in Togo, the meeting will allow about fifty participants of being interested in …

As reported earlier by Africa Top Success, an important delegation composed of Italian media professionals have been staying in the Togolese capital within the framework of the realization of a series of documentary movies about the production of the Togolese chocolate. The CHOCO TOGO cooperative is the first processing structure …

The Canal+ group continues its policy of consolidating its offer towards the sub-Saharan Africa by proposing to its subscribers, a new service to watch its programs in mobility. After A+ launched in October 2014, the French group proceeded on Tuesday to the launch of 25 new channels that come to …

New starting for DEMO Africa, the platform that connects the African start-ups to the world ecosystem, and applications for the edition 2015 are opened until next 31st May. Start-ups that would like to participate in the event can submit their application file on https://vc4africa.biz/demo-africa/. The applications will be examined by …

For a better representation of women in decision-making offices in civil services, companies and non-governmental organizations in Africa, the Web site, www.expert-femme.com platform is just launched. The site allows qualified women directly submitting their Curriculum vitae and modifying them freely at any time. The platform aims at being as an …

The date of 15th April 2015 chosen by the Togolese government as the holding of the presidential election could be revised within the next hours. The serving chairman of the ECOWAS conference of the heads of States and governments, Dramani Mahama, made on Tuesday at the end of his stay …

Are we moving towards the end of the internet connection cost considered too high in Dakar? All seem we are on the way with the « Dakar Digital City » project. Well, the citizens can henceforth free of charge surf the Internet with their computer or Smartphone at the independence square of …

The general Confederacy for the companies of Ivory Coast (CGECI), launches towards the young Ivorian entrepreneurs and the project leaders, the second edition of « The CGECI Academy Business Compétition« . The initiative managed by the ESPARTNERS International Cabinet encourages entrepreneurship of the young people and participates in the detection and in …

The young Togolese, Eduard Akpalo-Lado, the inventor of the machine to extract palm oil, Merlinox at only 17 years old, has militated for the freedom of technology in Africa with his new concept of « Free Technology in Africa« . He pleads for the building of a Research center for Invention and …

An imposing Italian delegation of journalists and documentary makers has been staying in Lomé since yesterday on behalf of the Italian National Television. Italian professional of media have for objective to realize several audiovisual documentaries on the Togolese cocoa from the tree nursery to the processing including the plantation, the …

The Nigerian subscribers of the mobile telephony can henceforth subscribe to a health insurance directly from their telephone. The National Mobile Health Insurance Program (NMHIP) was officially launched in the country on 19th March 2015. According to Femi Thomas (photo), the executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Program (NHIS), …

The Togolese Toofan group has just launched their official site, www.toofan-officiel.com. The news was published on the official page of the Togolese group that has been on the roll since its creation in 2005. The new portal of the group brings them much more closer to their fans. Henceforth, the …

The successful documentary « A Single Word » by the sisters Mariama and Khady Sylla, represents Senegal one more time at the international level. The movie is in official competition at the Luxor International Film Festival (Egypt) held from 16th to 21st March 2014. « A Single Word » is also expected at the …

Impulse It, the music competition sponsored by the Pan-African presenter, Claudy Siar, enters its decisive phase with the vote for the nominees. For the moment, the female candidate from Guadeloupe, K-NEL KETSIA is ahead with 3940 votes of the votes registered. On her official site, the artist K-NEL KETSIA is …

The youth is nowadays considered as a development key actor. At a time when the emergence on continent matters, the Togolese youth has to benefit from its immense potential in order to be a partner of development and peace. In order to bring this Togolese youth to carry out change …

Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM) is a manufacturing car company belonging to Innoson Group established by the Nigerian businessman, Innocent Chukwuma, Officer of the Order of Niger (OON). Since the 70s, IVM has imported products from the automotive sector of China, Japan and Germany, and has satisfied itself with assembling them. …

Ivory gets the honor to organize the eighth Francophony Games in 2017 after the 7th that took place in Nice, France in September 2013. More than 4.000 young people are thus expected from 21st to 30th July 2017 in Abidjan « to celebrate the ideals of the Francophony » under the triptych …

The 15th edition of the Kundé d’or (Golden Kundé), the greatest award ceremony for the artist musicians in Burkina Faso, will take place on 24th April of this year in Ouagadougou. The artists Dez Altino, Sana Bob and Dicko Fils are nominated this year in the category of the Kundé …

Ivory Coast is a « model » regarding economic development, declared Mrs. Helen Clark, Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Wednesday at the opening of the international conference on emergence of Africa, in the presence of the Heads of States of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, and of his Senegalese …

The country of the Teranga is triply honored at the International Crans Montana Forum 2015 that closed its doors on 14th March of this year in Dakhla in Morocco. Three young Senegalese, known for their commitment in the African youth leadership, were rewarded during the closing ceremony of this meeting. …