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Launched last 17th June, the routing Casablanca-N’Djamena of the airline company, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), was a real success. This very first flight was thus operated departing from Mohammed V Airport of Casablanca carrying 90 passengers on board. The Chadian capital town thus became the 32nd destination served by the …

The brand new conference Palace of Sipopo in Malobo (Equatorial Guinea) is crowded. The country is welcoming the 23rd summit of the heads of States and governments of the African Union (AU) which works start on Thursday. Boko Haram, the Lake District, Sahel and the Central Republic of Africa will …

The Ladies International Festival (Festidames) that took place from 16th to 22nd June in Libreville kept all its promises according to the organizers. The Festidames is a cultural meeting organized every year in order to highlight feminine talents and promote their artistic works and to honor deserving women for their …

He belongs to the list of actors the most requested of Nollywood. From the simplest roles to those of the main actor, everything fits him as gloves. The man is the Nigerian star of cinema, Mike Ezuruonye, with an impressive body. During the recent awards ceremony of « City People Entertainment …

He has the look of a « bad boy » and often compared to the American actor, Johnny Depp. Born on 31st May 1986 in Casablanca, Yassine Morabite is a young Moroccan fascinated by art and fashion universe since his early childhood. Endowed with a majestic talent for painting, he began painting …

Through e-readers, it is henceforth possible to have access to the digital book in Africa and at the modest price of 650 FCFA. This, thanks to the application « Quick Do« , developed by the French-Cameroonian, Dominique Buendé. Rewarded in 2013 through the « Orange Social Prize » for the same innovation, the developer …

They are five young visionaries to have impressed the Royal Society, the institution of London for science promotion, within the framework of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise 2014. They are Neeti Kailas, 29 years old (India), Olivier Nsengimana, age 30 years old (Rwanda), Francesco Sauro, 29 years old (Italy), Arthur …

The Nigerian oil company obtained the approval of the government to acquire the assets of the American, ConocoPhillips, a 1, 65 billion dollar transaction. It is the stock exchange euphoria for Oando. The shares of the Nigerian oil company jumped up with 10 % on Friday, 20th June, that is …

The Egyptian investors trust in Senegal. In an interview granted to the Senegalese newspaper Le Soleil, the ambassador of Egypt in Senegal, Hisham Mohamed, indicated that his country intends to double exchanges with Dakar. « Last year, exchanges between both countries reached approximately 28 million dollars. They so got an 83,1 …

Author of the book « La Justice universelle en question – Justice de blancs contre les autres?« , the Senegalese Minister of Justice, Sidiki Kaba, is a candidate for the members States assembly at the International Criminal Court (ICC). A candidature placed under the sign of « reconciliation« . M Kaba appears among the three …

Noun Fare, the Togolese journalist and writer proceeded on Saturday, 21st June to the dedication of « Rivales« , her second literary work. Published by the Awoudy Editions, the novel handles in ordinary French, a diversity of themes that makes the annoying everyday life of girls in the tropics. « You are only …

There were not only football players in the Cameroonian delegation that travelled to Brazil for the World Cup 2014. In spite of the mediocre performance of the « Lions Indomptable of Cameroon (two matches, two defeats), the country of Paul Biya was celebrated through its culture. The artist Kareyce Fotso was …

The Democratic Republic of Congo has its film festival. The first edition of the International Film Festival of Kinshasa (FICKIN) will open its doors on 27th June in the Congolese capital town. The Interchange of Limete, one of the places of interest the most appreciated in the city is chosen …

He has been fighting for about twenty years for the improvement of conditions of life for widows and orphans in Togo through his NGO, help to widows and orphans fund (FONDVO). This good fight coming to support the efforts of the government is multiform. Worried about the situation of this …

New ambassador of the World Food Program (WFP) against hunger since last May, Jose Mourinho, the trainer of Chelsea, wants to make a commitment for the organization by making known the work of the WFP and by supporting the Zero Hunger Challenge. He belongs to the WFP ambassadors’ team that …

The famous Ivory Coast group, Magic System, will begin from May 2015, a big African tour, announced last week on RFI the leader of the group, A’Salfo. They will so present in several countries as Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon or Togo. A piece of news that should delight the numerous …

After Alassane Ouattara in 2013, it is the turn of the Togolese head of State, Faure Gnassingbé, to have the honor to sponsor about sixty African officers at the end of training last Thursday in Libreville (Gabon) The ceremony took place at the School of the General staff in the …

It is officil that Mauritius Island is declared «the most peaceful African country» in 2014 and the 24th in the world. The Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP) based in London published la Wednesday the Global Peace Index – GPI. Maurice thus obtained its best score for the Conflicts indicator and …

This year, Private Equity Africa rewarded companies and organizations concluding the best investments and advices in Africa. For the 3rd edition and exceptionally, a Malagasy company allowed one of the biggest investment organizations in Africa to receive this prize. It is the exploitation and marketing company of organic fertilizer « Guanomad » …

First woman in West Africa to hold a professorship in medicine, Dr Thérèse N’Dri Yoman that is from Ivory Coast and specialized in hepato-gastroenterology, intends to put his big experience at the service of the continent. Dr Thérèse Aya N’Dri Yoman, former Minister of health and fight against AIDS, announced …

Five years after his last show in his home town, Casablanca (Morocco), the humorist Gad El Maleh fully made a success of his come back during the first evening of his two presentations planned in the economic metropolis within the framework of his show: « Sans tambour » (without drum). And this …

They will have to speak about Africa. Not this Africa of poverty that western media usually present but a winning Africa. They are twenty four (24) visual artists coming from 17 African countries that have until 6th July 2014 to speak about Africa to the rest of the world in …

With the amazing success of the first edition that got the coronation of Junior Seme, the « Visual Communication » agency is back with a new edition of the musical competition called: Talent d’Or (golden talent). The second edition of this competition is taking place throughout the summer holidays 2014 in Togo, particularly …

It is fabulous! The Moroccan start-ups that showed innovation in the new technologies domain will be rewarded on Thursday, 19th June by the American giant, Google. The initiative came from the Mundiapolis University, the carrier of the project « Morocco Innovation Prize« . Innovation and technological development is essential stakes in the …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs-Maroc Group, Leila Haddaoui, was brought to the head of the National Association of Tourist Investors (ANIT) at the end of the elective general assembly of the association on 12th June 2014. Before occupying this function, Mrs Haddaoui exercised serveral …

The Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) could be a solution for the more and more plethoric number of students in the African universities. The French-speaking university Agency (AUF) selected four colleges of Africa to experiment the new technique of fashionable education in the West.   The first MOOCs that will …

The Web Ranking University, a foundation of the Reuters group has just published the classification 2014 of the best 100 universities of the African continent. Egypt and South Africa stand at the first 11 positions of which « Cairo University Egypt« , ranked first by the Top 100. Nigeria, the first economic …

The international community celebrates every 16th June, the Day of the African Child. In Senegal, the date was marked by a puppet show entitled « When everything was green« . This entertaining meeting was offered to the children by the embassy of Israel and the National Big Theater of Senegal.   The …

Alain Foka belongs to the list of the most influential African French-speaking journalists of the World. Committed to the regeneration of the history of Africa, he is the author of the famous sentence « No one is allowed to erase a page from the history of a nation, for a nation …

« When an old man dies in Africa, it is a whole library that burns« . This famous sentence of the Malian writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ illustrates the incapacity of the African continent to keep its ancestral values. Gaston Donnat Bappa, a Cameroonian engineer proposes a solution for the loss of Africa …