East Africa

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 edition 2015 of the marathon of Paris ended on Sunday with the coronation of the Kenyan, Mark Korir. In 2 hours 5 minutes and 48 seconds, the 30-year-old athlete succeeded in obtaining his first victory in an international competition. He was second in the half marathon of Paris competed …

The world portal for the real estate lists the regional « hotspots » for office spaces. Ethiopia is the most affordable place to invest in real estate business in Africa while Morocco is the area of the most expensive office spaces of the region according to the new data published on Friday …

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 …

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, …

  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 …

The US President, Barack Obama will go to Nairobi in July for the first time since his election in 2008 at the head of the first power of the world. The visit of Barack Obama is historic because Kenya is the native land of his father. The next travel of …

The Kenyan actress, Lupita Nyong’o has been staying since some few days in Africa. The Hollywood star will play in the movie « The Last King of Scotland » that will be shot in Uganda. The movie by the Indian director, Mira Nair, tells the story of Phiona Mutesi, a shanty girl …

The third edition of the Africa-China Young Leaders Forum came to an end on Sunday, 29th March 2015 in Arusha (Tanzania). Co-organized by the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM, party in power in Tanzania) and the Communist Party of China (CPC), the meeting was placed under the theme « Friendship, cooperation …

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. …

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 …

The initiative is much praiseworthy and will allow lighting up the face of people of several places of Tanzania. It is about an electrification project of far distant zones thanks to the solar energy produced outside the national distribution network. For the experimental phase, about ten villages are selected and …

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 …

Present in Kenya with 135 agencies and 38 branches in Naïrobi, Equaty Bank is a reference in Africa. The bank created in 2014 only has just won the prestigious award of the African Bank of the Year 2015 during the third edition of the Africa Ceo Forum held in Geneva. …

According to a study published by the national electricity production company, « Kenya Electricity Generating« , Kenya henceforth occupies the 8th position at the world level regarding geothermal energy production. The electricity production by the 1st economy power of East Africa, deriving from geothermal source, is at present up to about 580 …

Is the Kenyan team that won the edition 2014 of the « Idea Trophy« , is an inter-university competition for innovation targeting Kenyan students of the university first cycle going to repeat the exploit at the world competition for innovation? Anyway, the team made up of Seif Salim, Elvis Kipkorir and Clifford …

The Kenyan businessman, Chris Kiburi,was appointed the African manager of the year during the 3rd edition of Africa CEO forum. The Algerian, Issad Rebrab, the founder of the Cevital group, was also elected just like Mr. Kiburi. Two « African CEOs of the year » thus succeed to the boss of Kalagadi …

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 Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, wants to put order in the management of the finances of his country with the digitalization of the expenses. The president reminded on 11th March during the launching of the integrated system for the population census, the importance of e-procurement. E-procurement is a module of …

The International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF), taking part in the 24th FESPACO, is committed to support the broadcasting professionals of the South French-speaking countries in the production and the valuation of their works through its digital major project, reported APA from the managing staff of the organization including countries …

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 …

Seven African countries can henceforth benefit from Visa services via their mobile phones. This innovation is the fruit of the collaboration between Visa and Airtel. The countries concerned by this new service are Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Seychelles and Tanzania. Any holder of a Mobile Money account at Bharti …

During the great Oscars ceremony that took place in Los Angeles, Lupita Nyong’o wore a very nice Calvin Klein pearl dress. It is said that the luxury dress was stolen from her days ago. Vanished are the 6000 pearls of the dress of Lupita Nyong’o and the 150 000 dollars …

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 …

Launched in December, 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria, the « Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Program » program arouses an unprecedented craze in the African entrepreneurs. According to figures published by the Foundation with the Jeune Afrique magazine, about 9635 applications were received. 60 % of the applications come from West Africa (with a …

They are many, these women mothers, sisters, wives, who beyond their domestic or professional concern, play an extraordinary role in the history of their country and their community. Well, these nice women will be once again celebrated on 8th March of this year on the occasion of the International Woman’s …

Kenya has to start next March the building work of the port of Lamu, the second seaport of the country, for a cost of two billion schillings (21 million dollars), announced on Monday President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenya that is trying to strengthen its position of great economic power of East …

70 African women agronomists have just benefited from a grant of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) program. The prize-winners were selected during a workshop organized in the Kenyan capital. Coming from 11 countries of Africa, these scientific women and researchers will be taken care during two …