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Event exclusively dedicated to the African banking sector and that celebrates the successes of personalities and financial institutions that contribute to the quick modernization of the sector in Africa, African Banker Awards 2015 will take place during the annual meetings of the African Development Bank (ADB) on 27th May in …

The American rapper of Senegalese origin, Akon, bought an armored Mercedes Sprinter 2014 that he plans to give to an African President, revealed the Tmz site, quoted by REWMI. According to the on-line newspaper, Akon bought the car at the dealer, « The Firm Auto » in the South of Florida and …

If the African economic growth should reach 5,0 % in 2015 compared with 4,7 % last year as predicted it by the UNO World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014, it is thanks to the tenacity of entrepreneurs, businessmen, business managers, companies and African economic and financial institutions, but also the …

The e-commerce is « greatly increasing » on the African continent and could, by 10 years, constitute 10 % of retail sales of the biggest African economies, says the « Global e-commerce Logistics 2015 study. « The advent of the e-commerce revolutionizes the local logistic practices and the physical distribution networks« , notes the study …

In the concern to offer better study and life conditions to its students, the Zambian government plans to set up a university loan system. The initiative is applied to the three public universities of the country and will be effective early 2016. Zambia as several countries of Africa financially supports …

Blamed for having ordered his supporters to attack foreigners living in South Africa, the King of the Zulus, Goodwill Zwelithini denied on Monday of being at the origin of these exactions having shaken the country these last two weeks. He supports that his messages delivered last 23rd March in Zulu …

Last Thursday in a message to 27 bishops from Kenya travelled to Vatican, Pope Francis denounced the ethnic violence and the « terrorist acts » in Africa as the recent massacre of about 150 students in Garissa. Church in Kenya must be « an instrument of reconciliation, justice and peace. I pray with …

The African Clean Energy company recently proposes in Lesotho, solar cookers producing no smoke and consuming 70 % fewer fuels. The small colored cylinder sold at 80 dollars allows solving two important problems with which households of the country are confronted as domestic pollution and access to energy. In fact, …

You are women entrepreneurs in the ICTS sector, you dream of improving your performance, exchanging with actors beyond Africa? Well, you now have the opportunity! Thanks to the joint initiative by the social enterprise, She Leads Africa and the Chinese, Huawei that provides solutions in the ICTS sector, you have …

About 20 years after his last visit, the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe started last Tuesday a historic visit of two days in South Africa with the objective to consolidate the economic relations between both countries. The consolidation of the economic relations between both countries will be the main topic of …

The mobile technology actors coming from all Africa and all over the world are meeting from 21st to 23rd April 2015 in Lagos, Nigeria on the occasion of the conference called Mobile West Africa 2015. It is an initiative from Basebone, world supplier of mobile services in partnership with Mozilla, …

A new application for smartphone was launched on Wednesday in South Africa to encourage tourists to follow the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, twenty five years after his release from prison. The application allows planning visits to the major sites associated to the hero of the anti-apartheid fight of which, the …

  The world music star, Rihanna has just announced on her Facebook page, a surprise tour in Southern Africa and in the Indian Ocean. And it will be huge because this show is considered as the musical event of the year in this region of Africa. The artist with 81 …

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. …

Ricardo Vita is a French-Angolan. Born in 1979, he followed studies in in letters and languages and then obtained a postgraduate diploma in International Commercial Negotiation in Sorbonne. He is today an international head-hunter within the Robert Walters cabinet, world reference of specialized recruitment. Since a few years, he is …

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 …

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 …

Photo : Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, Egyptian President.   Life is good in Cairo, the Egyptian capital because it is a city of all opportunities. It is report entitled « Into Africa – The continent’s cities of opportunity » that reveals it. The document that lists the 20 most dynamic cities of Africa …

The South African Head of State, Jacob Zuma, annually gets the tidy sum of 211 375 euros; what makes of him the best paid leader on the continent, and standing thus in the 4th position at the world level. It is the American channel, CNN that publishes the news in …

The celebration of the women month was the opportunity for the leader of the Female Executives Union of Togo (UFCa) to express their commitment beside the best Togolese female students. The association organized on 16th March at the University of Lomé, a meeting with female students placed under the theme: …

Suffering from eye diseases can become a real obstacle course in far distant zones of Africa when it is proved that the major part of ophthalmologists are found in the big cities. « Vula » that means ‘open‘ in Siswati, Xhosa and Zulu, is an application that could be a mini revolution …

Beauty competitions as Miss France, Mister France, Miss International Africa, are common in France. And for the first time, a Parisian event highlighting the beauty of men native of the African continent is established. It is about « Mister Africa France« , an initiative from the Boomer Events foundation, a company specialized …

It is difficult to summarize 45 years of African music in 30 songs … Nevertheless, the African All Stars compilation lets express all the beauty and the wealth of the African music through many kinds: afro beat, afro-jazz, afro-pop, funk, rock, pop … Representing the diversity and the eclecticism of …

The government of Botswana wants to be at the forefront of the information and communication technologies (ICTS). And the education sector is also a part of this technological revolution that joins the Education and Training Strategic Plan (ETSSP). In fact, the authorities of the country plan the use of video …

The American magazine, « Forbes 2015 » for the world richest people is just released. Twenty nine (29) Africans appear in the ranks of billionaires. In this ranking, most of these fantastically wealthy are either from English-speaking Africa or the Maghreb as Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt. Unsurprisingly, the Nigerian businessman, Aliko Dangote …

These recent years, we notice a boom of quality smartphones on the African continent. These phones are affordable to the consumers at much studied prices; what was not the case a decade ago. Left behind with a low penetration rate of smartphones on the continent (15 %), the African market …

The Namibian president, Hifikepunye Pohamba can expect a wonderful retirement. The man has just won the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Prize that rewards the good governance by the African former presidents. The prize-winner will take 5 million dollar envelope which payment will be spaced out over the next ten years. Hifikepunye …

Botswana organizes next April the continental beauty competition, Miss Africa. The initiator of the competition, Lentswe Monana, indicated in a press release that for its first time in Botswana, this beauty competition aims at offering a platform to create a continental leader or an ambassadress for the social challenges of …

The growth of the South African economy clearly accelerated in the fourth quarter 2014 with an annual increase of the gross domestic product (GDP) of 4,1 % over the period against an increase of 2,1 % the previous quarter, according to the data published by the National agency of statistics …

The inflexible Robert Mugabe makes the news again with a new strong declaration. Apart from the fact of having announced that elephant meat will be used for his dish for his 91 years celebration on the coming 28th February, the old lion of Harare declared that Africa would withdraw itself …