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He is one of the Malian greatest successes. Cheick Modibo Diarra was born in 1952 in Nioro-du-Sahel, Mali, a city situated near Mauritanian border. He was an astrophysicist, a top leader of NASA and Malian Prime Minister from April 17th to December 11th, 2012. He also has American nationality. A …

Kenza Sadoun-el Glaoui’s life is a real fairy tale. At the age of 26 years old, she earns approximately 10 000 euros per month by working alone on her blog, La revue de Kenza (The magazine of Kenza)! It makes dream! And her nice adventure has started since 2008, time …

The edition 2014 of African business leaders forum « AFRICA CEO FORUM » awarded on Tuesday, the prestigious trophy of « business leader of the year » to a woman, Daphne Mashile-Nkosi. The South African belongs to the list of rare women working in mining sector in Africa. She is the only lady till …

315 million euros: it is what Inaugure Hospitality, the group founded by the Senegalese tycoon Yerim Sow is investing in Africa for hotel business. He planned to build and to manage 2 200 rooms in 13 African countries. Teylium, the group created in 2001 by Yerim Sow, became now Teyliom. …

African, he was trained in the United States. But he came back onto his native continent to train the future generations. Acha Leke was appointed as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2008. Today, he is consultant within the American McKinsey cabinet, a company of experts-councils, and …

Jessica Colaço is partnerships guiding at iHub in Kenya. She attended at Austin in Texas to South by South West (SxSW) world-famous festival dedicated to digital innovation. She is convinced that mobile is going to change everything in Africa. She said it to «Jeune Afrique magazine»: « Our main asset is …

Her fame is beyond Cameroon. Julienne Dafonseca is enjoying a new great success with her Owl collection. « OWL is the name of a bird and O.W.L is Original Women’s Life « . The choice of the logo is very simple. I am a fan of owls. My choice of this logo …

To the souls nobly born, the value does not wait for the number of the years. She was only 13 years old when she was committed to problems of young people of her district. Access to education, culture, drinking water, cleaning up and environmental protection were the first missions of …

640 social housings: it is the nice contract signed by the Moroccan property developer Addoha with Congolese government. The Moroccan group which was already present in Ivory Coast, in Cameroon and in Guinea, thus strengthens its presence in sub-Saharan Africa, this time in Congo-Brazzaville. This agreement concerned « building, within the …

Any crisis so far? The fortune of billionaires has increased again in 2014 according to the last classification of the famous magazine Forbes. Henceforth, this much coveted club counts 1 645 members and their only fortune weighs 6 400 billion dollars – with 1 000 billions more than in 2013. …

He is the richest man in Africa. Aliko Dangote – His fortune is estimated at 20 billion dollars). President and CEO of Dangote Group, is present in many business sectors as cement, food-processing industry and oil. – Here is his biography– For him, his country is a gorgeous El Dorado as …

This event is always highly awaited and followed: Edition 2014 of AfricTalents forum will take place in Dakar on March, 21st and 22nd. The platform mobilizes the large companies which operate on the continent and the young graduates. AfricaTalents has for objective to help candidates all origins taken together, to …

Hadeel Ibrahim (29 years old) is among Africa young leaders who hope that a new Africa is possible. The daughter of the billionaire Mo Ibrahim – Forbes estimated the fortune of the Sudanese at 2, 5 billion dollars and classified him among influential people of the world- executive director of …

They are 20 and they are less than 40 years old. They are already successful and a bright future still awaits them! The world economic forum has just revealed the list of the « young world leaders ». They were at first 214 to have aspired to this classification. 19 came from …

Rachid Deriche is a blossoming man. The Algerian, graduate at the Polytechnical school of Algiers in 1970s, was the winner of the EADS prize 2013. Rachid Deriche was also certified at the graduate school of Telecommunications (Paris). He, very early, specialized himself in technics of spatial and spectral filtering. He …

Kenya has to turn down their public expenses! And the Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta set an example! He has just announced that he drove down his salary at 20 % and the same for his vice-president, William Ruto. Ministers are also concerned; they will earn 10 % less! And to …

Folake Folarin-Coker is one of the foremost African stylists of her generation. She returned into Lagos, Nigeria in 1998 after years of studies in Europe: in Switzerland, in England and in Scotland. She is a master’s degree holder in oil control. She has a big ambition: to become the referenced …

He almost touches everything. Mababa Diouf, nicknamed Pape Diouf was awarded the Legion of Honor at Elysée on October 9th, 2013. He was born on December 18th, 1951 in Abéché (Chad). Former sports correspondent, football agent, he was the very media president of “Olympique de Marseille” football club from 2005 …

The Nigerian, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is a real ray of sunshine. At the age of 36, she became famous in all Africa and in the United States with her best-seller « Half of a Yellow Sun ». « Americanah », her third novel on the various manners of being Black in the United States …

Anna Ngann Yonn is the happy creator of Kreyann brand. She lives in Douala with her husband and her three children. Native of the big family Ndog Bianga of Ngonga village in Sanaga Maritime and NdogTindi of Lika village, she always says to have had the passion of fashion from …

25 billion dollars! Aliko Dangote does not know crisis! The famous African tycoon, henceforth, occupies the 23rd rank in 2014 classification of the richest men and women in the world according to the classification of the famous American magazine « Forbes ». In one year, the fortune of the Nigerian tycoon increased …

It is one the African greatest success. The Moroccan Alami Lazraq, the boss of the Moroccan group Alliances, built a real estate empire over the continent. When he has time, he dedicates himself to his other passion, contemporary art. His dream: open in Marrakesh a museum dedicated to Moroccan and …

Tunisia has its own beer brand! Zuzana Zeleznikova, the manager of Sonobra group, one of the big actors of refreshing and alcoholic drinks production, announced the marketing of Berber beer. Berber is a lager, the name of which was inspired by Tunisian consumers. Its flavor: a rich, marked and pleasant …

Since last December 6th, she has been making Parisians enjoy in offering them African specialties: chicken yassa, mafé, thieboudiène, aloko brochettes, all at lower prices… Fati Niang, 34 years old, launched the first Food Truck in Paris, a truck transformed into a travelling kitchen very fashionable in big capital towns. …

The American actor and Director Ben Affleck is not only a Hollywood icon, but he also follows international current events, in particular the situation in Africa. He is known to have been particularly sensitive to the fate of Congo since some years. He believes in economic potentials of Democratic Republic …

Aliko Dangote, a fortune estimated at 20 billion dollars!!!! 55: It is the number of billionaires in Africa, according to Ventures magazine which published the list of the happy elected representatives… We should note that over these 55 billionaires, 20 are Nigerians. South Africa and Egypt came in the second …

Folorunsho Alakija is 61 year old. She always lived in an environment where money was not a problem. And her fortune is estimated day at 3, 3 billion dollars, about 2, 5 billion euros, what made of her the richest woman on African continent in front of Isabel dos Santos. …

He is fascinated by the space, and he dreams of sending an Ethiopian in the space! Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi (in Arabic: محمد حسين العمودي) was born in 1946 in Dessie, Ethiopia; he almost achieved all that he undertook until now. He then gave way to dream, not …

François Locoh Donou is senior vice-president for global products group at Ciena, a perfect performance for the Togolese of 42 years old. Ciena is one of the giants of optical solutions of packages. He always remembers that he started in Lomé with a small poultry farming… « When I was 8 …

He is becoming famous with his production company, Barney Production. Saïd Hamich settled his production business in Paris but it is directed to African cinema which he wants to professionalize. The performance of Saïd Hamich was not easy, but it is a nice example of success. He was born on …