At the age of 20 years, Samuel Esson Jonah could not imagine the impressive career path for which he was intended. Laborer in a gold mine in Ghana, he won a scholarship to continue his studies in England. Samuel E. Jonas is one of the most influential businessmen of Africa …

Néle 10 avril 1985, Barkhad Abdi est un acteur et réalisateur américaine d’origine somalienne. A l’âge de 7 ans, il fuit la guerre qui décime son pays pour le Yemen.  En 1994, il débarque avec sa famille à Minneapolis. En Amérique il fut à la fois chauffeur de limousine et …

In Cameroon, Françoise Foning’s success-story (born in 1949) is known of all. From nothing, this former employee of a municipality of Douala (Cameroon) decided to take her fate in hand in creating in 1967 the restaurant « New style », her very first company. She afterward created a transport company with two …

L’Union africaine a décrété 2014 l’année de l’agriculture. Plusieurs organisations non gouvernementales mènent diverses actions pour inciter les décideurs à investir dans le secteur. L’ONG « ONE » a réussi à mobiliser près d’une vingtaine d’artistes africains qui ont chanté pour la cause. « Cocoa ‘na Chocolate » c’est le …

27 African countries were in reflection from 31st March to 1st April in Abidjan to find sustainable solutions to employment problem of young people. Introduced by inter-country quality pole in the domain of technical and professional skills development in association with the Association for Education Development in Africa (ADEA), this …

Algerian government is working twice as hard in order to make of « Constantine, capital city of Arabic culture in 2015 », one of the most successful cultural events of Arab world. According Algerian Minister of Culture, Khalida Toumi, an envelope for 60 billion dinars was mobilized for the aforementioned project. The …

Ollofindji Babatundé Rasaki  est un homme d’affaire béninois autodidacte. Né en 1965, le Béninois s’est lancé dans le monde des affaires après l’obtention de son baccalauréat en 1984.  Il crée une petite unité de photocopie et de vente de matériels bureautiques. Pour un coup d’essai, se fut un coup de …

« Convergence at the time of African emergence » is the theme of the fourth Africa IT and Telecom Forum that gathered in Abidjan on 27th and 28th March, professionals of sectors of Technological Innovation and Telecommunications coming from all over Africa. The 200 participants in the forum thought about the stakes …

« No one is allowed to destroy a page of the history of people because people without history, it is a world without soul », said Alain Foka. The majority of colonized African countries inherited their histories drafted by colonists. Senegal wants to distance itself by launching the ambitious project of rewriting …

Between Wax loincloths and Togo, it is a love story. This small country in West Africa founded its reputation in 80s on prosperous business of Dutch loincloths held by women commonly called « Nana Benz« . After years of crises aggravated by fire on big markets of Lomé and Kara in January …