The death of the Cameroonian businesswoman and political personality, Françoise Foning, is in the center of the debates on the social networks. Died on 23rd January 2015 (at the age of 66 years) in a traffic accident, the chairwoman of the World Women Business Managers Organization will receive honors of …
Voir Plus »Kenya: a trio of students in the race for the world title for innovation
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 …
Voir Plus »Fally Ipupa: in concert in Yaoundé and Douala
He is nicknamed the « Congolese Di Caprio » for his beauty, « The Marvel » for his indisputable talent or « The man with a unique swayed hips » for the frenzy he arouses on stage. We hint at the Congolese singer, Fally Ipupa. Well, the Cameroonian public will have this immense pleasure to see …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: an economic development model
Ivory Coast is a « model » regarding economic development, declared Mrs. Helen Clark, Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Wednesday at the opening of the international conference on emergence of Africa, in the presence of the Heads of States of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, and of his Senegalese …
Voir Plus »Crans Montana Forum: Three young Senegalese entrepreneurs rewarded
The country of the Teranga is triply honored at the International Crans Montana Forum 2015 that closed its doors on 14th March of this year in Dakhla in Morocco. Three young Senegalese, known for their commitment in the African youth leadership, were rewarded during the closing ceremony of this meeting. …
Voir Plus »Sherifa: Revelations by the producer of the movie
Discreet, less talkative, Selifa Boukari Mcgreevy, the producer of the movie « Sherifa » by the Togolese director, Steven Af, confided from her heart in the editorial staff of the Pan-African site, African Top Success. The Togolese lady, who is at the same time producer and author of the script, evokes the …
Voir Plus »Togo: female executives support the university excellence
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: …
Voir Plus »Chris Kiburi: the Kenyan multimillionaire appointed African manager of the year
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 …
Voir Plus »VULA: the application to diagnose eye problems in Africa
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 …
Voir Plus »Liberia: launch of a diploma in agriculture for A levels holders
The Liberian government intends to boost agriculture in order to make more of it, a sector provider of employment, mainly in favor of the young holders of the high school diploma. For that purpose, the Ministry of Education has just launched a National Diploma in Agriculture (NDA). The project is …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: Towards the restructuring of the on-line press
The development of Information and Communication technologies (ICTS) at the beginning of the 21st century led to the birth of the on-line or the broadcast media. In spite of the impact of the on-line organizations in the media landscape, this sector has difficulty to be regulated in several countries of …
Voir Plus »Bank Of Africa: 58.5 % of profit increase in 2014
The year 2014 favorably ended for the BOA (Bank Of Africa). The banking group indicated having realized a 90 million euro consolidated net profit, a 58.5 % increase with regard to the previous exercise. The banking group mainly detained by the Moroccan bank, BMCE Bank, innovates in the African countries …
Voir Plus »Senegal: Macky Sall calling for the local rice consumption
Senegal has to be capable of producing the quantity of rice necessary for the consumption of its population within the next two years. President Macky Sall and his government launched on Saturday, 28th February a campaign to incite the Senegalese to use the local rice. Rice occupies an important place …
Voir Plus »Senegal: 23rd Int. Jazz Festival of St-Louis starting on 20th March
The 23rd edition of the International jazz Festival of Saint-Louis will be held from 20th to 25th May 2015. Several innovations are listed in the program this year. In press conference on Monday, Mr. Ibrahima Diop chairman of the Saint-Louis Jazz Association indicated that Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye agreed to sponsor …
Voir Plus »Transport: ECAir opens Brazzaville-Dakar via Bamako line
Within the framework of the expansion of its network, ECAir, Equatorial Congo Airlines, the national airline company of the Republic of Congo, will open the Brazzaville-Dakar via Bamako line on Sunday, 22nd March 2015. Bamako (Republic of Mali) and Dakar (Republic of Senegal) are two major capitals in West Africa. …
Voir Plus »Senegal: starting up of the « Dakar City WiFi » project
Kigali, considered as the Silicon Valley of Africa, is not the only one on the continent to willing to offer the Internet to all its population. Dakar, the capital of Senegal, has just launched the experimental phase of the « DAKAR DIGITAL CITY » project. The initiative supported by the mobile phone …
Voir Plus »Africa Ceo Forum: Africa will host the edition 2016
The organizers of prestigious Africa Ceo Forum dedicated to the holding of the event on the African land. After the Ivorian attempt missed because of Ebola, the promoters of the forum intend to come back on the continent. In his speech at the opening of the third edition that started …
Voir Plus »Gabon: the educational game « I know my country » launched in Libreville
The young Gabonese lady, Estelle Dossamou, is the initiator of « I know my country« , an educational game that allows children to know better Gabon. The new product was officially launched on 14th March in Libreville. Impressed by the capacity of children to learn by playing, Estelle Dossamou got the idea …
Voir Plus »3rd Africa Ceo Forum: opened on 16th March
The third edition of Africa CEO forum started on Monday, 16th March 2015 in Geneva. A total of 800 decision-makers coming from 63 countries (among which 43 African countries) are taking part in this high-level meeting initiated by the Jeune Afrique Group, the African Development Bank and the Swiss company, …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: Tribute to the Elephants by Alpha Blondy
The French-speaking reggae star, Alpha Blondy gathered on Saturday thousands of fans at the Culture palace (Abidjan / Ivory Coast). The artist decided to offer to his public, a free show as tribute to the Elephants of Ivory Coast, winners of the 30th edition of the African Cup of Nations …
Voir Plus »Emergence of Africa: All to be decided in Abidjan from 18th to 20th March
About forty countries working for emergence as well as about twenty institutions and heads of States are expected from 18th to 20th March at the first international conference on the emergence of Africa that will be held in the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan. The announcement was jointly made on Thursday …
Voir Plus »Mister Africa France: Who will be the most handsome man of the African diaspora?
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 …
Voir Plus »African All Stars: 45 years of African music on a single album
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 …
Voir Plus »FemaleTechCamp 2015: the Togolese girl in the center of ICTS
Initiatives are multiplied on the continent in order to involve women and girls in the jobs of information and communication technologies (ICTS) and Web development applications. Initiated by the United States Embassy in Togo, carried out in partnership with the American Corner Lomé and the E2C Togo association, the « FemaleTechCamp …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: an artist tries to sacrifice himself
A horrible scene nearly happened on Thursday in the premises of the Ivorian Copyrights Office (BURIDA). An Ivorian artist tried to sacrifice himself by fire in front of its premises. Unsatisfied with his payment in terms of copyright, José du Bonheur decided to let it know to the BURIDA by …
Voir Plus »Kenya: President Kenyatta, defender of e-procurement
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 …
Voir Plus »Higher education vitalization: Koffi Annan suggests partnership
Taking the floor on Wednesday in Dakar within the framework of the Summit on higher education in Africa for the development in Africa, the former United Nations Secretary General, Koffi Annan, suggested partnership between government, universities and institutions for the revitalization of Higher education in Africa, next to other essential …
Voir Plus »Edan: the 1st Black world television network on Canal+ soon
A new Pan-African channel is expected on the African market. The Gabonese Eveline Accrombessi will proceed on 24th March 2015 in France to the launching of Edan (Evelyne Diatta-Accrombessi Network) that positions itself as the first Black world television network. The new channel that will be available on the Canal+ …
Voir Plus »MTN Cameroon: the operator got 3G/4G license
The of mobile telephony company, MTN Cameroon, signed on Wednesday, 11th March 2015 in Yaoundé, an agreement with the Cameroonian government for the operation of the third and the fourth generation technologies (3G / 4G) on its network. The license granted to the company, in force since 15th February 2015, …
Voir Plus »Magic System: Back to the roots with «M’ninda»
Often criticized for doing a much commercial and Europeanized music, the famous Ivorian group, Magic Sytsem, is back with « M’ninda« , a new single extracted from their new album « Africainement Vôtre« . The song draws back the story of a young graduate in perpetual search for job in order to meet the …
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