The Brigadier general, Jean Clotaire Thierry Oyé Zu, recently appointed at the head of the Gabonese national police forces, intends to clean the house. The General announced on 15th May a series of measures that aims at giving responsibilities to policemen and to remake the image of this department. In …
Voir Plus »Kako Nubukpo: the Togolese economist raises inefficiency of the CBWAS
The news has hit the headlines of on-line magazines on Monday. The Togolese minister of prospective and evaluation of public policies, Pr. Kako Nubukpo, is on the radar of the Central Bank of the West Africa States (CBWAS). The eminent economist and academic is blamed for his public outspoken remarks …
Voir Plus »ESA-INPHB partnership: Become WAEMU Chartered accountant is now possible!
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 …
Voir Plus »Economic infrastructures: a new fishing habor in Lomé soon
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 …
Voir Plus »Insurance: CICA-RE doing good business
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 …
Voir Plus »Banking: Attijariwafa announced in Egypt
The Moroccan giant, Attijariwafa Bank is announced in Egypt. According to the Jeune Afrique Magazine that revealed the broke the news, the group managed by Mohamed El Kettani, is getting ready to buy back the Piraeus Bank Egypt detained at 98.3 % by the Greek banking group, Piraeus. In case …
Voir Plus »Pafed Prize 2015: two Togolese business managers nominated
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 …
Voir Plus »Business: 21 African companies in the world top 2000
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 …
Voir Plus »Benin: the writer, Jean Pliya is dead
The famous Beninese writer, Jean Pliya died last 14th May 2015 in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) at 83 years old. The author of the best-seller « L’arbre fétiche » got rich career path. History and geography teacher, Jean Pliya taught in several universities of West Africa (Togo, Benin, Niger) and France before becoming …
Voir Plus »Senegal: towards the passing a « mining legislation of emergence »
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 …
Voir Plus »South Africa: Leader in tourism on the continent
South Africa is the most competitive country in tourism sector on the African continent. This was revealed by « Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015« , a report published on 6th May 2015 by the independent international organization, The World Economic Forum (WEF). Through this report, the organization measures the competitiveness in …
Voir Plus »WAD Award 2015: An African head of State honored in Paris
Every year, the West Africa Development (WAD) NGO rewards African personalities, those sons and daughters of Africa who excel themselves by their remarkable work. The project that has a Pan-African nature, aims at valuing and celebrating Business managers as well as talents of the continent. The 21st edition of the …
Voir Plus »Burkina Faso: Mariam Sankara welcomed with great fanfare
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 …
Voir Plus »First Aviation Africa Summit of Dubaï: Ecair is making the point
The « Aviation Africa Summit 2015 » that came to an end in Dubai yesterday, put forwards the immense potential of the aviation market in Africa. The event was organized with the aim of starting a crucial discussion between the main actors of the aviation sector in Africa. ECAir, Equatorial Congo Airlines, …
Voir Plus »WaCA 2015: mining professionals expected in Accra on 20th May
The 7th West and Central Africa Mining Summit & Exhibition (WaCA) is back to Accra in order to give adequate platform to the industry to find means to overcome the difficulties of the sector after one year of troubles marked by the outbreak of the Ebola virus, the fall of …
Voir Plus »Forum of Gnaoua festival: Women of Africa, creation, entrepreneurship!
Revealed by the Liberation magazine, the forum of Gnaoua Festival and the World Music of Essaouira are scheduled back on this 15th and 16th May. This fourth edition will allow continuing reflection around the theme « the coming Africa« , initiated in 2012 in partnership with the Human Rights National Council. A …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: A woman for the reconciliation
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 …
Voir Plus »Innovation prize for 2015: Prize-winners listed!!!
Three winners of the edition 2015 of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) received their awards on Wednesday during a big evening organized in Skhirat, Morocco. The Moroccan Adnane Remma won the Grand Prix of the competition. His invention consists of an alternative patented for antibiotics intended for the cattle …
Voir Plus »Media podium of Togo: the trendy evening will take place on 30th May
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 …
Voir Plus »Togo: Take part in Hack4dev from 15th to 16th May 2015
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 …
Voir Plus »Senegal: Coumba Gawlo creates a media group
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 …
Voir Plus »Yaya Touré: Appointed ambassador of FIFA against racism
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 …
Voir Plus »Mobile telephony in Ivory Coast: 8 billion FCFA registered daily
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 …
Voir Plus »Uganda: Best exhibitor at tourist fair in South Africa
Called « Indaba« , the tourist exhibition has just closed its doors in Durban, South Africa with satisfaction expressed by the organizers and exhibitors. As far as exhibitors are concerned, Uganda won the palm of the « Best exhibitor » of the African continent during this big meeting, followed by Kenya and Rwanda is …
Voir Plus »Cauris d’Or 2015: Excellence in spotlight next 6th June in Dakar
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 …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: Government forbids skin whitening
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 …
Voir Plus »Ebola: WHO questioned for failures and delays
Eleven (11) thousand, that is the number of deaths caused by the Ebola virus within one year. In a report, the UNO experts accused the World Health Organization (WHO) by denouncing failures and dysfunctions of the international organization in its management of the epidemic. According to a group of 8 …
Voir Plus »VMK: The Company of «Steve Jobs of Congo» establishes in DRC
The Congolese company, VMK (Vou Mou Ka), specialized in the manufacturing of telephones and tablets, is going to be established in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by next October. It is what declared the founder, the tech entrepreneur, Verona Mankou, at the end of a discussion last 7th May 07th …
Voir Plus »Togo: Toofan group supports Claudy Siar
The presenter of the radio program « Couleurs tropicales » on RFI and co-owner of the Tropiques FM Radio station started a hunger strike a week ago. The former interministerial delegate for the equality of opportunity for the Overseas French people stands against certain practices of Stephane Mouangué (also shareholder of the …
Voir Plus »Goodluck Jonathan: «My friends abandoned me»
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 …
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