West Africa

During the 5th edition of the annual Mobile Money Expo that is held in Lagos, Nigeria, Ingenico Group, the world leader for the integrated payment solutions received the much desired prize by the Financial Inclusion Platform of the Year. In recognition of its initiatives regarding financial inclusion through Africa, Ingenico …

For the edition 2015, the Global Retail Banking Awards rewarded pan-African bank, Ecobank in the category of the « Retail Bank« . The award evening took place last Friday in London. The group that has its head office in Lomé (Togo) was competing in this category with the CRDB Tanzania, FirstRand (South …

Africa Top Success was announcing that the fourth edition of the International Fair on Energy, Mines and Quarries (SEMICA) will be held from 28th to 30th May 2015 in the Burkinabe capital. In front of repetitive attacks by armed groups in certain countries of West Africa, the steering committee has …

Organized outside the annual meetings of the African Development Bank (ADB), the edition 2015 of the African Youth Forum is a competition opportunity for the best projects by the young leaders of the continent. 10 development projects initiated by young people among 139 that participate in the African Youth Forum …

The managing director of the rail transports public company (SNTF), Yacine Bendjaballah, announced on 19th May that Algeria is going to buy 17 railcars for about 200 million Euros at the French group, Alstom, « We are very soon going to have 17 Coradia Alstom railcars for an amount of 21 …

The 15th edition of the international short film festival « Clap Ivore » will take place from 1st  to 2nd September 2015 in Abidjan. The Togolese authorities encourage their fellow countrymen to participate in the event that rewards young African directors. According to a press release published by the minister for Communication, …

The minister for post offices and digital economy, Cina Lawson announced last Tuesday the launch of two competitions within framework of the activities marking the celebration of the world telecommunications day. These competitions aim at arousing creativity and innovation in the youth. The first competition will reward the best mobile …

The 47th summit of the heads of State and government of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) held on Tuesday in Accra (Ghana) was an unsuccessful meeting to limit the presidential terms to two in this region. According to BBC Africa, Togo and Gambia rejected the proposal of …

The 47th summit of the heads of State and government of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) ended last Tuesday in Accra with the election of the Senegalese president Macky Sall at the head of the institution. President Macky Sall so succeeds to his Ghanaian counterpart John Mahama …

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Beninese artist Angélique Kidjo received an honorary Doctorate degree from Yale University, one of the United States of America’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning. The Minister was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters at Yale’s …

Ivory Coast is no more satisfied with its status of the world leader regarding cocoa production. The country of Alassane Ouattara also makes a commitment in the on-the-spot processing of its products. The first chocolate factory of Ivory Coast was opened last Monday in Abidjan by President Ouattara. The new …

The edition 2014 of RFI Discovery Award is launched. The registration for the competition that promotes musical talents of the African continent is in progress on line. As for the previous editions, the Prize-winner of the RFI Discovered Award benefited from 10 000 euros, a tour in Africa and a …

It is henceforth possible to become a chartered accountant of the WAEMU space thanks to the strategic partnership that has just occurred between the Academic of Felix Houphouet-Boigny national polytechnic institute (INPHB) of Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast) and the Business College (ESA) of Togo. The partnership agreement was signed last Saturday …

The Togolese minister for agriculture, breeding and Fishing, Ouro-Koura Agadazi, announced on the official information site of the country the next starting up of the building project of a fishing harbor in the village of Gbétchogbé. The new infrastructure will include a landing wharf, a dock for canoes and a …

The exercise 2014 ended with satisfaction for CICA-RE. The Common Reinsurance Company for the member States of the African Conference of the Insurance Markets (CICA) has realized a turnover of 30 billion, better than the previous year when it achieved 25.9 billion FCFA. The news was revealed last Friday during …

Two Togolese business managers are nominated for the final phase of the African Prize for Emergence and Development (Pafed). They are Ceco Btp Group CEO, Amouzou Constantin and Aguem Mazna, manager of Telemobile International. A total of 11 countries as Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Equatorial …

The American Magazine, Forbes, published its list of the world 2000 largest companies. Only 21 African companies appear in this prestigious list. South Africa takes the lion share with 13 companies. Nigeria, the first economic power of Africa comes in the second position with 4 companies. The countries of the …

Last Friday during a workshop for capacity building of the members of Parliament and social movements on the mining legislation of Senegal, the M23 (Movement of 23rd June) expressed its desire to see its country equipped with a mining legislation that does not violate the rights of the nationals in …

It was a jubilant crowd that came to Ouagadougou airport to welcome on Thursday, 14th May, Mariam Sankara, the widow of the former president, Thomas Sankara, who has lived in exile Montpellier, France since the murder of her husband in 1987. The return of the former first lady of Burkina …

The Ivorian government Coast appointed Pr. Mariatou Koné as Managing Director of the Social Cohesion National Program (PNCS) and executive secretary of the national Commission for reconciliation and compensation of the victims (CONARIV). She was until then Manager – Coordinator of the PNSC. The appointment decision of Koné was taken …

The most praised event in the Togolese media sector, T des médias du Togo – Media podium of Togo (TMT) will be held this year on 30th May in Lomé during a prestigious evening planned to start at 8pm. Everything is planned in order offer a wonderful show to the …

You are an ICTS innovative project leader, developer, designer, marketer, commercial or an enthusiast of digital technology in search of challenge, then join us now in order to create the applications of tomorrow. WoeLab thus invites you to Hack4dev Lomé, a hackathon event organized in its premises in association with …

The Senegalese star, Coumba Gawlo, makes her first move in media business. The « diva with golden voice », already owner of a film record company and a label, announces the creation of a media group. The project includes a radio station, a TV channel and a communication agency. The artist and …

The International Ivorian, Yaya Touré, is just appointed as Ambassador of FIFA against racism. The English footballer is particularly marked by racism. In spite of the sanctions, it continues on pitches. Throw of bananas, monkey cries, insults and fights are daily experienced by players and supporters of African or West …

Mobile telephony in Ivory Coast is in full progress and in spite of the various crises experienced by the country, this sector continues growing. Tuesday, 13th May in Abidjan, the Ivorian minister of Post offices, Information and Communication Technologies, Bruno Nabagné Koné (photo) declared that « more than 8 billion FCFA …

The 11th edition of the Cauris d’Or will be held next 6th June in King Fahd Palace Hotel in the Senegalese capital, news revealed by the managing staff the Movement of the Companies of Senegal (MEDS), organizer of this event. Placed under the joint sponsoring of the president of the …

The Ivorian government decided in the council ministers late in April to ban the marketing of cosmetics that depigment the skin. This measure concerns whitening products or cosmetics containing « mercury and its by-products« , « corticoids« , « vitamin A » or « hydroquinone beyond 2 % rate« . The measure by the Ivorian government is a …

After his defeat in front of General Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election of last 28th March, the outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan (photo), asserted having been betrayed by his friends. It was during the farewell mass organized last Sunday in Lagos that he made this declaration. In his speech, he …

Balbina D’Almeida is elected Miss Togo France 2015 at the end of an evening organized last Saturday in Paris. The young 19-year-old school girl in the high school final year, thus succeeds to Diane Hanvi, winner of the previous edition of the beauty competition. Aïda Ouro and Rebecca Ahadji are …

The board of directors of Asky has just appointed Henok Teferra at the head of the Pan-African airline company. The Ethiopian replaces his fellow countryman, Yissehak Zewoldi who resigned a few days ago for personal reasons. The new managing director of Asky was the chief of staff for the manager …