Central Africa

Equatorial Guinea, the organizing country of the thirtieth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations AFCON 2015, spares no effort to offer a nice festival to the African continent. The president of Republic, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, multiplies actions to incite the populations to attend the stadiums where the competition will …

Promote creativity, favor meetings of cultures and exchanges of experiences to popularize sculpture, mainly the wooden one, while valuing the Gabonese forest essences. These are among others, the objectives aimed by the Gabonese government by initiating the International Symposium on Wood of Libreville which 3rd edition opens on Wednesday in …

The cream of the African music is mobilized in order to make special the edition 2015 of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2015) that will start on 17th January in Equatorial Guinea. Molar from Ivory Coast, Wizboy from Nigeria, Singuila from Congo, Fally Ipupa from DRC, Eddy from Uganda, …

Dangote Cement Cameroon, the Cameroonian subsidiary of the Dangote Industries group will start its activities in this January 2015. After several aborted launching, the cement works just acquired raw materials necessary for the starting up of its activities. According to the APA agency, it is essentially about clinker, gypsum, as …

The measure of banning the Coupé-Décalé music on the national channels in DR Congo would not be without consequence. A few days after the decision, the Ivorians decided to get give this asshole some of their own to the Congolese. In retaliation, the Congolese music is forbidden in turn by …

The editorial staff of the French satirical weekly paper, Charlie Hebdo, was assaulted some hours ago by three unknown individuals heavily armed, killing at least 12 people and making several wounded persons. The manager of the magazine, Charb, three of his employees and policemen lost their life in this bloody …

The star of the Rumba music, Fally Ipupa ends the year 2004 on good grades. Recently elected the best artist of Central Africa at All Africa Music Awards (Afrima 2014), the author of the hit, « Original« , is just crowned the best African artist of the year 2014 by the readers …

The 2014 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, brought together some of the best talents from the five regions of the continent to the 2014 main award ceremony held on Saturday, 27th December at the Grand Ballroom, Oriental Hotel, Lagos Nigeria. Sizzling performances came from top African performing artistes such as …

The first edition of Africa Top Success Awards launched on 28th November 2014, came to an end on Sunday, 4th January 2015. As announced, five categories were competing. They are: « The African of the year », « The African Woman of the year », « The African artist of the year », « The African innovation …

The envelope dedicated by Cameroon to the development of the educational sector for the year 2015 is estimated at about 500 billion francs CFA, according to the Law of the finances passed by the parliament. In this classification, the ministry for the Secondary educations gets the biggest envelope with a …

The editorial staff of Africa Top Success wishes you Happy New Year 2015. Proud of seeing Africa committed in an emergence and development dynamics, we renew our availability to support and promote all the initiatives that participate in the development of the continent. During the year 2014, Africa Top Success, …

Gabao festival, a platform for artistic exchanges that takes place every year in Gabon, uses foreign artists, mainly from Senegalese, for the brilliance of the urban cultures of Central Africa, declared its initiator, Jules Kamdem Taguiwa (photo). « By opposing the Gabonese local artists or artist from Central Africa to the …

The Gabonese president, Ali Bongo includes all social groups in the realization of his « Emergent Gabon » plan. Very active on the social networks, he has just launched « Graine » (seed), the program that will allow the Gabonese farmers to benefit from arable land and houses. The objective is to feed the …

Thomas Ngijol is making the buzz with his new movie that has Africa for theme, “Le Crocodile de Botswanga” (The Crocodile of Botswanga), a caustic comedy on African autocrats and the “Françafrique”, produced by his friend, Fabrice Eboué. Thomas Ngijol was known by the general public with Jamel Comedy Club. …

A solidarity action from three football stars in the memory of the mother of the Ivorian former president, Laurent Gbagbo. They are the Cameroonian, Samuel Eto’o Fils and the Ivorians, Didier Drogba and Baky Koné, who would like to finance the funerals the deceased. An original way of paying a …

The mobile phone operator, Orange Cameroon, announced on Thursday the investments for 1500 billion FCFA over the coming 10 years within the framework of the development and the operation of its network through the country. Questioned on Thursday by the national daily paper, Cameroon Tribune, its Chief Executive Officer, Elisabeth …

The picture is enough expressive and it is the one of an ambulance, another prototype of motorcycle-ambulance, in the Mosango health area, in the province of Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is this vehicle (a trailer with an adapted mattress hanging behind a motorcycle) that is used as …

  « The African Woman of the year » is one of the most prestigious categories of the first edition of Africa Top Success Awards. It includes the most influential African feminine personalities who enjoy a great successful experience in their respective domains (economic, cultural and sports). As for all other categories, …

The Financial Times banking magazine, Banker, recently published the results of its « Banker Awards 2014« . At the end of this ranking, it is the Cameroonian subsidiary of Ecobank, the Pan-African Bank, that was appointed the best bank of year 2014. The announcement was made by the managing director of the …

The prize-winners of the Grand Prix of Excellence, initiated by the president of the Republic of Gabon, Ali Bongo, are known since 7th December 2014. About thirty young entrepreneurs and project leaders are going to share an envelope of 450 million FCFA. This subsidy will allow the young people to …

The year 2014 is successful for the Nigerian artist, Davido. Elected the best international music of Africa at the BET AWARDS 2014 and the best male artist at MTV Africa Music Awards 2014, Davido is at top of his glory. The promoter of the famous Skelewu dance multiplies tours in …

The finalists of the first edition of the Island Africa Talent were selected this weekend at the end of the semi-final. Over 6 candidates in contention at this stage, only 3 three obtained their tickets for the last primetime of the TV program. They are the Cameroonian Danielle, the Madagascan …

  The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has just revealed its last ranking of the most developed African countries according to its ITC Development Index (IDI). The latter that combines 11 index into a single reference measure serving to watch over and compare the evolution of ICTS worldwide, place Maurice in …

The second edition of the Marathon of Gabon was the opportunity for President Ali Bongo to get closer to his people this weekend. In sports gear, the president attended the competition that got the coronation of Wosen Zekele, winner of 42 kilometers and 195 meters in 2h2min04s. For President Ali …

Africa Top Success launches the first edition of Africa Top Success Awards. The event distinguishes the personalities whose achievements during the year 2014 participated in the development of Africa and in the improvement of its image on the international level. For this first edition of Africa Top Success Awards, the …

  Present at the fair organized in the Village of the Francophony, NETYX the promoter of the « calculator 28 » intends to show his contraception to the whole world. Available in two versions, the calculator 28 (C28) is « an innovative, reliable, universal and easy for use that allows to calculate and …

During 5 primetimes, the Madagascan candidate, Deenyz was irreproachable, what was worth to her the first position in the competition. This weekend, Danielle, the Cameroonian candidate created the surprise and outclasses the one who was until then considered as invincible. From the fourth position, Danielle went through levels in only …

Fifty two children under 17 years old are ready to find join their relatives from whom they were separated months ago, thanks to the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross volunteers of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a communiqué …

The Central Republic of Africa has been passing through unprecedented sociopolitical crisis since December, 2012. A recent survey revealed that 12 % of the population is moved. 2,5 million people or 54 % of the whole population need humanitarian help. About 28.000 children are affected by severe malnutrition. And more …

Africa Top Success reported it to you that the Congolese, Dr. Denis Mukwege won on Tuesday, 21st October 2014, the European parliament Sakharov Prize. The awards ceremony for the prize that rewards the commitment of the doctor in favor of women victims of violence in DR of Congo, took place …