Austral Africa

« La Beauté au-delà de la peau » c’est le thème autour duquel s’est tenue la première édition d’une compétition de beauté entre jeunes femmes albinos. Celles-ci ont défilé pour montrer leur charme au cours d’une soirée à Harare, au Zimbabwe . L’idée de cet événement est de réduire les discriminations à …

Le groupe de compagnies aériennes sud-africaines, Comair, deviendra en janvier prochain la première compagnie en Afrique à piloter le nouvel appareil 737 MAX8 de Boeing. Comair recevra en janvier prochain le premier des huit appareils livrés sur une période de quatre ans. Le PDG de la compagnie, Erik Venter qui …

Pour sa toute première visite officielle dans un pays francophone de l’Afrique de l’ouest, depuis son accession à la magistrature suprême, le nouvel homme fort du Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, a opté pour la Côte d’Ivoire. Il y se rendra les 26 et 27 mars prochain, à l’occasion la 6e édition de …

L’Université internationale d’Afrique au Soudan rendra hommage au premier président zambien, Kenneth Kaunda, pour sa « contribution à la libération du continent », a déclaré samedi un responsable universitaire. Tagjadin Beihin Nia, le directeur des affaires extérieures de l’université, a affirmé que le conseil d’administration de l’université avait décidé d’honorer Kaunda pour …

Africa Top Success has just reported it to you that registrations for the edition 2015 for Kora, the greatest award evening for artists of Africa, are opened and continue until 15th July 2015. One of the innovations of this year is that the reward of the « Best African Artist of …

The greatest award evening for artists of Africa and the Diaspora called Kora will take place on 13th December 2015 in Windhoek (Namibia). The steering committee of the event has just announced the opening of the registrations of artists that will continue until 15th July 2015. This year, prizes are …

It was a general surprise in Brussels. The edition 2015 of the international competition of wine called « The world wine championship » has crowned a South African wine. Produced on a historic site of Cape Town that is not listed among the great names of the South African vineyard, « Chenin blanc » …

[NEPAD] – The greatest Chief Executive Officers of the world and Africa launched a Continental Business Network (CBN) today to boost the high-level private sector investments regarding the regional infrastructures of Africa. The launch of the CBN outside the World Economic Forum that takes place in Cape Town, South Africa, …

Agility, one of the main integrated logistics service providers in the world, launches a world competition of photography in order to put successes of the emergent Africa in the spotlight and reflect its increasing progress. This competition aims at highlighting the aspect often forgotten by a continent with numerous contrasts. …

After 10 year journey full circle, the KORA All-Africa Music Awards is back to Namibia for the edition 2015. It is a little known fact that the event is actually the joint brainchild of the Namibian President, Dr. Hage Geingob and Mr. Ernest Coovi Adjovi, at that time living in …

Nine African female artists and the Nollywood star Omotola Jalade Ekeinde give their voices to poor and vulnerable women of the continent. With their title « Strong girl » written and recorded in South Africa, the new faces of the emergent Africa mobilize beside the ONE foundation in order to call on …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …