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The young Malian film-maker, Bakary Diallo, the hope of the African cinema was involved in the air crash of Air Algérie occurred on 24th July 2014. The director of the short film « Tomo » took part in AfricaDoc in Bobo Dioulasso where he was trained in the documentary writing together with …

The Battle Afro and Master & Platinum association has just launched the 6th  edition that will take place under the theme « AFRICA » planned for the coming 26th October at the « Cigale de Paris ». This unique Afro Battle will so allow rediscovering this continent and its history from another angle. More …

For the second consecutive time, Togo draws attention by appearing among the 35 prize-winners of the Equateur Prize 2014. This thanks to the association of the nursery gardeners and the planters of the West Tône called « Songou-Man » (which means the shadow is good in the local dialect) based in the …

Since 7th June 2014, Jennifer Yéo has become the most beautiful woman of Ivory Coast. The beauty of the native of the Haut-Sassandra region has a particularity: natural. Jennifer Yéo, contrary to the young ladies of her generation, is not fan of make-ups. In an interview granted to the colleagues …

Adama Sallé died on Monday, 21st July 2014 at the Yalgado Ouédraogo teaching hospital of Ouagadougou, further to disease. The young film-maker of Burkina Faso of 33 years old was prize-winner of several awards on the continent. According to his producer, he suffered from a hemorrhagic dengue and a renal …

Jim Ovia, the Nigerian businessman known by all, belongs to the list the 20 most fortunate of Africa according to the American magazine, Forbes. The co-founder of Zenith Bank has just taken the chair of the banking institution further to the dismissal of Steve Omojafor. Founded in 1990, Zenith Bank …

The Ecobank group obtained in Kenya a licence of investment bank delivered by the Capital Market Authority (CMA). The present authorization will facilitate the diversification of the activities of the bank and will reposition it on a market that it has difficulty to conquer. In Kenya, Ecobank is not listed …

Senegal appears among the 12 countries with high and intermediary incomes outstripping the other countries of their group of income. Last Friday in Geneva (Switzerland), during the ranking of the Global Innovation Index 2014 (GII), the country occupied the African 9th position and the world 98th with a score of …

The Nobel Prize in Literature (1986), Wole Soyinka will introduce the anthology that will draft the 39 authors of less than 40 years old selected for the final phase of the Africa 39 project. The initiative results from the collaboration between the Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts Ltd …

Senegal is mourning the death of one of the major figures of « L’école de Dakar« . The painter Souleymane Keita died on 19th July at the Clinic Casahous further to a short disease. Contemporary visual artist, Souleymane Keita was born on 17th April 1947 in Gorée. His works were strongly inspired …

The West Africa media groups will launch in September 2014 the satellite platform of the sub-region. A bouquet of 42 channels will be free of charge accessible to households of this part of Africa. The CEO of Africable, the Malian Ismaïla Sidibé, the boss of Media Plus International, the Togolese …

The supports for the candidacy of the Mauritian, Jean Claude de L’ Estrac, at the post of General Secretary of the International Organization of the Francophonie are increasing. About thirty important personalities coming from various horizons are united in a collective behind the Mauritian for « an open, happy and uninhibited …

The expectation will have lasted about ten years. Since 2nd July 2014, Guinea is member of the Initiative for Transparency in the Mining Industries (ITIE). This new status of the country marks the will of the government and the other members of the mining sector to work for transparency and …

The Hollywood star of Kenyan origin, Lupita Nyong’o is riding high. Having hit the headlines of the famous magazine, Vogue, she is on the front page of ELLE magazine. Within one year, the most beautiful woman to the world according to People magazine got a global fame. The last publication …

All the sectors of the Ivory Coast economy have been moving since a few months. After the multiple reforms undertaken the mining sector, the country henceforth makes of the development of its agriculture, a priority. During the ceremony of presentation of the National Program of Agricultural Investment (PNIA) 2010-2015, Ivory …

She spent only a part of her childhood at Yopougon but this district of the Ivory Coast capital town profoundly marked the writer, Marguerite Abouet and became her main source of inspiration. For four years, Marguerite Abouet has created and managed in France the « Des livres pour tous » association. The …

Product of the film club of Dakar « Cinégal Pictures« , Adji Adj Diallo is a talented Senegalese actress who aims at a full and rich career. After « Colères des tambours » and « Poussière d’espoir« , she appears at the right place in the new full-length film « Panique à domicile » that will come out …

Africa will welcome for the first time the annual meeting of the Nobel Prize for Peace Prize-winners. The high-level summit will be held from 13th to 15th October 2014 in Cape Town. Placed under the theme « Peace, Living it« , the meeting will be jointly chaired by the former president FW …

The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe launched the « Initiative Abé« , a program that aims at welcoming young students on the basis of scholarships of excellence within the framework of the training of human resources on the African continent. The Japanese government intends by this measure to train young people who …

The biggest African museum of contemporary art will be opened in 2016 on the Cape Town, South Africa. The Zeitz MOCAA place of interest will be set up near the wharf of the former Robben Island where the South African former president Nelson Mandela was poisoned. The new museum will …

Rama Thiaw, the author of the documentary « Boul Fallé, la voie de la lutte« , refused to be called film-maker in spite of the success of her full-length film. « I will consider myself as a director the day successful carry out my first fiction full-length film« , declared the young Senegalese of …

Diadji Diop did not achieve his childhood dream, the one of becoming an architect. Instead of desinging buildings, the Senegalese « designs Men » with clay. His works are known all over the European museums and are in the foreground of the Cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration (Paris). Born in 1973, …

The University of Djibouti operated a high level software system in order to concretize its project of supplying a higher education to students of East African countries. Financed by the ministry of the higher education, the e-campus platform of the University of Djibouti was revealed during a ceremony in which …

As last year, the Togolese artist of music, Audrey Sofako rewarded on Friday in Lomé, the best pupils that were successful in their primary school certificate (CEPD). This reward also included the best pupils from form one to form 6 of the school groups A, B and C of Adjallé …

Elhadji Ass Diagne just had a successor. Magatte Wade, former civil servant of the African Bank of Development (ABD), was invested on Thursday, the 7th mayor of the municipality of Meckhé in the district of Tivaouane in Senegal..   This investiture took place after the victory of the Takku Liguey …

This was the decision taken by the technical committee on the works of a meeting organized last 14th July in Lagos, Nigeria. As in 2010, it was noticed that most of the countries could not be in adequacy with the convergence criteria necessary for the implementation of such a regime. …

One of the difficulties with which companies based in Africa are confronted is the bad quality of Internet. In sub-Saharan Africa, the Internet connection speed is extremely lower. This situation affects the yield of several structures that especially work in the ICTS sector.   The mobile phone operator, Orange, in …

Ten (10) African universities listed among the prestigious ranking 2014 of the best world universities, a ranking published by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).   By the way, South Africa possesses the best African training centers, Egypt also well placed with four classified universities.   The ranking 2014 …

For the very first time since the death the South African former president, Nelson Mandela on 5th December last year, the whole world is celebrating on Friday, 18th July « Mandela Day », recognized by the UNO five years ago.   An outfit of activities is thus scheduled in the big cities …

Two cities of Gabon (Libreville and Lambaréné) are celebrating from 17th to 20th July 2014 the very first edition of the »Sourd métrage » festival (festival short films by Deaf persons). Placed under the theme « deaf persons at the heart of the city« , the event aims at promoting productions by deaf persons …