West Africa

Jeffrey D. Sachs, the manager of the Earth Institute, has just published his third world report happiness in association with John Helliwell and Richard Layard. The study concerns 158 countries all in all. Generosity, reliable level in the authorities, per capita income, health, social services, respect for liberties are among …

« Music is a real communion and integration tool« , declared the Chairman of the ECOWAS Commission, congratulating itself that « there is no barrier in music« . Saying to be « deeply touched » by the initiative from the four boys of the Magic System group (A’Salfo, Tino, Goudé and Manadja), Désiré Kadré Ouédraogo indicated …

According to the managing staff of the Burkinabe subsidiary of the Pan-African banking group, Ecobank, « the bank registered good results in spite of the difficult national and international context« . It appears that Ecobank Burkina made in 2014 a total balance of 605.60 billion FCFA or a progress of 15 % …

The Ivorian minister of sports, Alain Lobognon, published on the social networks, the first pictures of the model of the Ebimpé Olympic stadium that will be built in the municipality of Anyama (at 25km in the North of Abidjan). The building work of the new sports infrastructure will start in …

Twenty (20) artists, 20 live shows, 3 big conferences, 10 projections of movies, stands, bars restaurants and VIP spaces, are the poster of the very first edition of the « Reggae city festival« , a meeting taking place from 9th to 11th May 2015 in the Burkinabe capital. The festival which will …

Started on 10th April, the campaign for the presidential election of 25th April 2015 will come to an end on 23rd April at 11:59 pm in Togo. For the moment, outgoing president, Faure Gnassingbé, is the most visible on posters and during meetings. The candidate of the Unir (Union for …

In some regions of Africa, albinos are badly considered, victim of any kind discrimination and violence. In Tanzania, they are attacked, kidnapped and killed for rites. In Ivory Coast, albinos declare to be still stigmatized in spite of a « slight improvement » since a few years. In front of this sad …

The assessment of the last three years by Macky Sall at the head of Senegal is globally positive according to certain observers who support that the Head of State inherited a country socially and politically deconstructed. His Senegal Emergent Plan (PSE), an ambitious program to put the country back on …

Difficult to rank her in a given category as the Nigerian, Obiageli Ezekwesili belongs to the cream of the African women who make the pride of the continent at the international. Chartered accountant, jurist, defender of human rights, Obiageli Ezekwesili has an academic and professional life that inspires many people. …

The American magazine, Time, published on 16th April its ranking of the world 100 most influential personalities. Only six Africans appear on the list divided in five categories (the Titans, Leaders, Pioneers, Icons and Artists). The Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is the unique African listed in the category « Artists ». …

14 years after his death, the passing of the Senegalese former president at the French Academy still stirs up controversy. For his detractors, this post is nothing other than a reward for his services provided to the colonizing France. In fact, Leopold Sedar Senghor is considered as the symbol of …

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 …

In Mali, products coming from processing should no more be confronted with difficulties of selling. The producing and processing women of the agro-industrial sector are henceforth equipped as far as sales techniques particularly marketing and negotiation are concerned. It is thanks to a training introduced by the national coordination of …

Elections are planned in 2015 in several African countries. Nigeria has just eperienced a peaceful political change appreciated by all. But the holding and the outcome of other African ballots seem more uncertain. The UNO was even worried last Wednesday about the « position taken » by Burundi before general election and …

The High-commissioner of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS), Kabiné Komara, is the man that will manage the observation mission for the presidential election of next 25th April in Togo. The man is just appointed by the African Union Commission (UA). The chairwoman of the AU …

In October 2015, Ivory Coast is organizing presidential election after that of 2010 followed by a post electoral violent crisis making several deaths. Actors involved in this process are already looking for ways and means for a transparent and calm ballot. Last Tuesday in Abidjan, the American NGO, the National …

The Ivorian ministry of economic Infrastructures granted to the consortium managed by Louis Berger, a building work supervision contract for 1.65 million euros or 1.76 million dollars financed by the debt paydown and development program of the French Agency of Development (AFD) for Ivory Coast. The consortium will supervise the …

  The encouraging results registered during the first phase of the business facilitation project within the WAEMU space brought the leaders of the West African Economic and Monetary Union member States to continue the initiative. The WAEMU commission in association with the Bizclim Facility (European Union) organizes from 20th to …

On Wednesday, the presidents of the five Ivorian public universities handed to the Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research, Gnamien Konan, the educational models in the Licence-Master-Doctorat format containing training offers. Realized in three months by the presidents and the deans of the University departments, these models record for …

Africa Top Success reported it earlier that the 39th edition of the Marathon of Paris ended on Sunday with the coronation of the 30-year-old Kenyan, Mark Korir. Aprt from the nice performance of the African athletes who stand in the first three positions of the competition, a lady from the …

Last Saturday in front of four organizations for the victims of the post electoral crisis, the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, reaffirmed his commitment so that justice is done to all. He appreciated « the sacrifice » by the victims allowing Ivory Coast to find its place in the concert of nations. The …

The grave of the Burkina deceased preisdent, Thomas Sankara, and those of the 11 other people murdered with the president at the same time on 15th October 1987, are under seal as required by the justice, confirmed on Friday, the Mr. Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara, one of the lawyers in this …

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 Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, persists in his will to organize a referendum in order to reduce his term from 7 to 5 years. A promise he made during his election campaign. The only trouble is that within his own party, the Alliance for the Republic (APR), voices …

Less known in Africa, the English producer, Chris Blackwell, is the founder of the Island Records Company, the establishment that has participated in the emergence of several international stars. Salif Keita, Baaba Maal, Angélique Kidjo, King Sunny Adé, Bob Marley, Third World, Burning Spear and many more passed through the …

In order to promote entrepreneurship in Africa, a conference on start-ups and entrepreneurial innovation will be held from 26th to 27th May 2015 in the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan. The meeting is organized by MyAfricanStartUp with the support of the African Development Bank (ADB). According to Christian Kamayou (photo), « MyAfricanStartUp » …

After decades of interruption, Foire-Forum-Carnaval (Fair-Forum-Carnival) reopened its doors on Tuesday in Bouaké (in the North at 379 km far from Abidjan). The Foire-Forum-Carnaval Bouaké remains the cultural, commercial and economic event having contributed to forge its prestige in the past. It is the Mayor of the municipality of Bouaké, …

The famous Moroccan musician, Majid Bekkas was recently awarded the Académie Charles-Cros Prize in Marseille. Creator of « L’Africain gnaoua blues« , form of musical expression deriving from the spiritual music of trance Gnaoui, mixed with jazz and blues of African origins, the artist was rewarded for « Al Qantara« , his last album …