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Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Beninese artist Angélique Kidjo received an honorary Doctorate degree from Yale University, one of the United States of America’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning. The Minister was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters at Yale’s …

ECAir, Equatorial Congo Airlines, the national airline company of the Republic of Congo managed by Fatima Beyina-Moussa, also Chairwoman of AFRAA, (Africa Airline Association), has added a new station to its network. Within the framework of its extension, ECAir will open on Tuesday, 2nd June the Brazzaville-Beirut line. Beirut (Republic …

Ivory Coast is no more satisfied with its status of the world leader regarding cocoa production. The country of Alassane Ouattara also makes a commitment in the on-the-spot processing of its products. The first chocolate factory of Ivory Coast was opened last Monday in Abidjan by President Ouattara. The new …

World Wild Life launches a grant called « PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUBSIDIES » towards the women from the Congo basin. It will contribute to the training of the women of this area for a better coverage of their professional activities. These subsidies take care of short-term trainings that develop necessary skills for a …

The edition 2014 of RFI Discovery Award is launched. The registration for the competition that promotes musical talents of the African continent is in progress on line. As for the previous editions, the Prize-winner of the RFI Discovered Award benefited from 10 000 euros, a tour in Africa and a …

The OCP Group organizes the third edition of the International Symposium on the Innovation and the Technology in the Industry of Phosphates, « Symphos « , from 18th to 20th May 2015 in Marrakesh under the theme « Innovation serving sustainable agriculture« . This new edition will gather more than 1200 participants of the …

The Brigadier general, Jean Clotaire Thierry Oyé Zu, recently appointed at the head of the Gabonese national police forces, intends to clean the house. The General announced on 15th May a series of measures that aims at giving responsibilities to policemen and to remake the image of this department. In …

The news has hit the headlines of on-line magazines on Monday. The Togolese minister of prospective and evaluation of public policies, Pr. Kako Nubukpo, is on the radar of the Central Bank of the West Africa States (CBWAS). The eminent economist and academic is blamed for his public outspoken remarks …

It is henceforth possible to become a chartered accountant of the WAEMU space thanks to the strategic partnership that has just occurred between the Academic of Felix Houphouet-Boigny national polytechnic institute (INPHB) of Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast) and the Business College (ESA) of Togo. The partnership agreement was signed last Saturday …

The Togolese minister for agriculture, breeding and Fishing, Ouro-Koura Agadazi, announced on the official information site of the country the next starting up of the building project of a fishing harbor in the village of Gbétchogbé. The new infrastructure will include a landing wharf, a dock for canoes and a …

The exercise 2014 ended with satisfaction for CICA-RE. The Common Reinsurance Company for the member States of the African Conference of the Insurance Markets (CICA) has realized a turnover of 30 billion, better than the previous year when it achieved 25.9 billion FCFA. The news was revealed last Friday during …

The Moroccan giant, Attijariwafa Bank is announced in Egypt. According to the Jeune Afrique Magazine that revealed the broke the news, the group managed by Mohamed El Kettani, is getting ready to buy back the Piraeus Bank Egypt detained at 98.3 % by the Greek banking group, Piraeus. In case …

Two Togolese business managers are nominated for the final phase of the African Prize for Emergence and Development (Pafed). They are Ceco Btp Group CEO, Amouzou Constantin and Aguem Mazna, manager of Telemobile International. A total of 11 countries as Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Equatorial …

The American Magazine, Forbes, published its list of the world 2000 largest companies. Only 21 African companies appear in this prestigious list. South Africa takes the lion share with 13 companies. Nigeria, the first economic power of Africa comes in the second position with 4 companies. The countries of the …

The famous Beninese writer, Jean Pliya died last 14th May 2015 in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) at 83 years old. The author of the best-seller « L’arbre fétiche » got rich career path. History and geography teacher, Jean Pliya taught in several universities of West Africa (Togo, Benin, Niger) and France before becoming …

Last Friday during a workshop for capacity building of the members of Parliament and social movements on the mining legislation of Senegal, the M23 (Movement of 23rd June) expressed its desire to see its country equipped with a mining legislation that does not violate the rights of the nationals in …

South Africa is the most competitive country in tourism sector on the African continent. This was revealed by « Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015« , a report published on 6th May 2015 by the independent international organization, The World Economic Forum (WEF). Through this report, the organization measures the competitiveness in …

Every year, the West Africa Development (WAD) NGO rewards African personalities, those sons and daughters of Africa who excel themselves by their remarkable work. The project that has a Pan-African nature, aims at valuing and celebrating Business managers as well as talents of the continent. The 21st edition of the …

It was a jubilant crowd that came to Ouagadougou airport to welcome on Thursday, 14th May, Mariam Sankara, the widow of the former president, Thomas Sankara, who has lived in exile Montpellier, France since the murder of her husband in 1987. The return of the former first lady of Burkina …

The « Aviation Africa Summit 2015 » that came to an end in Dubai yesterday, put forwards the immense potential of the aviation market in Africa. The event was organized with the aim of starting a crucial discussion between the main actors of the aviation sector in Africa. ECAir, Equatorial Congo Airlines, …

The 7th West and Central Africa Mining Summit & Exhibition (WaCA) is back to Accra in order to give adequate platform to the industry to find means to overcome the difficulties of the sector after one year of troubles marked by the outbreak of the Ebola virus, the fall of …

Revealed by the Liberation magazine, the forum of Gnaoua Festival and the World Music of Essaouira are scheduled back on this 15th and 16th May. This fourth edition will allow continuing reflection around the theme « the coming Africa« , initiated in 2012 in partnership with the Human Rights National Council. A …

The Ivorian government Coast appointed Pr. Mariatou Koné as Managing Director of the Social Cohesion National Program (PNCS) and executive secretary of the national Commission for reconciliation and compensation of the victims (CONARIV). She was until then Manager – Coordinator of the PNSC. The appointment decision of Koné was taken …

Three winners of the edition 2015 of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) received their awards on Wednesday during a big evening organized in Skhirat, Morocco. The Moroccan Adnane Remma won the Grand Prix of the competition. His invention consists of an alternative patented for antibiotics intended for the cattle …

The most praised event in the Togolese media sector, T des médias du Togo – Media podium of Togo (TMT) will be held this year on 30th May in Lomé during a prestigious evening planned to start at 8pm. Everything is planned in order offer a wonderful show to the …

You are an ICTS innovative project leader, developer, designer, marketer, commercial or an enthusiast of digital technology in search of challenge, then join us now in order to create the applications of tomorrow. WoeLab thus invites you to Hack4dev Lomé, a hackathon event organized in its premises in association with …

The Senegalese star, Coumba Gawlo, makes her first move in media business. The « diva with golden voice », already owner of a film record company and a label, announces the creation of a media group. The project includes a radio station, a TV channel and a communication agency. The artist and …

The International Ivorian, Yaya Touré, is just appointed as Ambassador of FIFA against racism. The English footballer is particularly marked by racism. In spite of the sanctions, it continues on pitches. Throw of bananas, monkey cries, insults and fights are daily experienced by players and supporters of African or West …

Mobile telephony in Ivory Coast is in full progress and in spite of the various crises experienced by the country, this sector continues growing. Tuesday, 13th May in Abidjan, the Ivorian minister of Post offices, Information and Communication Technologies, Bruno Nabagné Koné (photo) declared that « more than 8 billion FCFA …

Called « Indaba« , the tourist exhibition has just closed its doors in Durban, South Africa with satisfaction expressed by the organizers and exhibitors. As far as exhibitors are concerned, Uganda won the palm of the « Best exhibitor » of the African continent during this big meeting, followed by Kenya and Rwanda is …