West Africa

The 24th edition of the Pan-African Cinema and Television Festival of Ouagadougou is one of the great sub-regional meetings that will be held as initially planned, meaning from 28th February to 7th March 2015. Most of the great periodic meetings were postponed at a later date or simply cancelled for …

The new authorities of Burkina Faso fear for a good holding of the elections in their country regarding the presence of their former president in Ivory Coast. The Ivorian government, by the voice of their spokesman, reassures them that his country will not interfere in the home politics of a …

The sector of the ICTS of Nigeria attracted more than 6 billion dollars in direct foreign investments during the last three years; it is what asserted Omobola Johnson (photo), the Minister for the ICTS in Nigeria during a ministerial meeting in Abuja. Information reported by Afriquinfos. According to Mrs. Johnson …

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 solar power plant of Niakhar for a capacity of 15 MW which works are going to start soon, should contribute to improve the distribution of the electrical energy and facilitate its drain in the region of Fatick (West), indicated on Wednesday Bathie Ka of the Senegal National Electricity Company …

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Ebola Response Center in the Sierra Leone (NERC), Paolo Conte, qualified as full success the « Surge » operation (Elan) launched last month to clear the western region of the country from Ebola virus. Regarding this result, it was decided to extend the operation for …

The Ivorian midfielder of Manchester City Yaya Touré has become the first player to win four times in a row the trophy of the African player of the year, Thursday in Lagos, reported AFP. Touré equaled four coronations record of the Cameroonian, Samuel Eto’o, but he is the first to …

Africa, main producer of the coffee does not process on the spot the big part of its production. Consequently, the by-products of this plant come back expensive to the African populations with a doubtful quality. The Nigerian, Ngozi Dozie, faces the challenge by creating Neo, a structure that makes products …

The first edition of the beauty competition, Miss Nappy, came to an end on Monday, 5th January with the award ceremony held in Abidjan (Ivory Coast). Boti Lou Alexandra Sémi is declared winner of the first edition of the competition which promotes African natural hair. She outstrips Coulibaly Fagnoro Yénita …

The Year 2015 is promising for the telecommunications users in Nigeria. After the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) that announced it will work twice as hard to protect the interests of the customers, it’s now the turn of the government, through the ministry of information and communication technologies, to announce an …

The Nigerians will vote to renew their members of parliament on 14th February 2015, the Valentine Day; a date in that is celebrated in the world as a day dedicated to lovers. It is through an official statement that the Independent election board announced the holding of the next electoral …

Emotions are running high and the consternation is much further to the murderous attack committed on Wednesday late in the morning against the head office of the satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo in Paris. A few hours after this tragedy, condolence messages to the tearful families, consternation and the emotional tributes …

« La légende de l’assassin » (The Legend of the Murderer), the very last novel by the Togolese writer, Kangni Alem, will come out on 11th March 2015. The work the combines fiction and reality, sends the readers back to Tibrava, the imaginary world by the author. At the end of the …

Life is coming back to the normal in Liberia. In spite of the Ebola virus that continues making victims in the country, the authorities want to grasp the nettle. Closed since August 2014 on the order of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for fear of contamination by the hemorrhagic fever, schools …

Things become clearer and become a reality with regard to the announcement made on 1st December 2014 by the Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, concerning 100 million dollar consecration via his foundation « Tony Elumelu Foundation » for the creation of 10 thousand companies through Africa during the next 10 years. …

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 Nigerian, Folorunsho Alakija stays the richest Black woman in the world with a fortune estimated at 3.2 billion dollars. She outstrips for the second consecutive year the American presenter, Oprah Winfrey. Folorunsho Alakija is 62 year old. She always lives in an environment where money does not cause any …

The Togolese will not be lacking food in 2015. Last year, the country registered food surplus. According to Togolese Minister for Agriculture, Ouro-Koura Agadazi, 156.000 tons of cereal, 745.000 tons of tubers and 136.000 tons of vegetables constitute the reserve of the country. A part of this surplus will be …

The Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta alias IBK, expressed his deep thanks to his counterparts, the Mauritanian, Mohamed Ould Abdel, and the Algerian, Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, quoting them particularly in his New Year speech, for their contribution in search of peace in Mali, reported the APA News agency. « I would …

The « Africa United against Ebola » project consists at the same time in making sensitive the populations to take precautions and on the other hand, to appeal to the managers and the political leaders to coordinate the fight allocating more resources that can effectively fight against the spreading of the Ebola …

Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport of Abidjan, took its annual record of attendance dated 1999, with about « 1.5 million travelers at the end of 2014 « . « Ivory Coast has become again a destination of choice. We have just even taken the annual record of attendance at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Airport dated 1999, …

The French actor of Senegalese origin, Omar Sy, seduced the French televiewers during the year 2014. He is ranked the second Favorite personality for the French behind Jean-Jacques Goldman, holder of the title four years ago. The star of the movie, « Untouchables« , is selected first by the young boy from …

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 problem of employment for the young people will durably be settled with the next establishment of an institution endowed with a fund, announced the Head of State, Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday evening in his new year message. « I know that the problem of employment, particularly the employment for the …

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, …

The Togolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cooperation is resolutely turned to the excellence with Robert Dussey, in charge of the Togolese diplomacy. The best employees of the ministry were distinguished on Monday during a ceremony that got the presence of the political personalities and the business sector. For …

Less than one month ago, Kossia Nadège known under the name of Affoué International, actress in the series, « Kouassi Kan » on RTI 1 embarked for Switzerland. Before leaving, she announced to a people magazine that she would get married over there. Well, since last Friday, 5th December, it is now …

Saying that the musical show that DJ Afrafat gave on 20th December of this year in Paris was not successful would a little bit be an exaggeration as far as the King of the Coupé Décalé managed all the same to fill the room of Dock Pullman (Aubervilliers) at 2/3. …

The entire continent should be proud of Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Nigerian minister for the Oil resources was elected on 27th November of this year in Vienna, the chairwoman of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The Minister so becomes the first woman appointed to the rotating presidency of the …

The recent reports from the World Bank concerning the amounts of money transferred by the African Diasporas to their country of origin are encouraging. A continuous increase of the transfers since a few years is noticed. The Togolese Diaspora particularly became famous with the 348 million dollars sent during the …