The third edition of Africa CEO forum started on Monday, 16th March 2015 in Geneva. A total of 800 decision-makers coming from 63 countries (among which 43 African countries) are taking part in this high-level meeting initiated by the Jeune Afrique Group, the African Development Bank and the Swiss company, …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: Tribute to the Elephants by Alpha Blondy
The French-speaking reggae star, Alpha Blondy gathered on Saturday thousands of fans at the Culture palace (Abidjan / Ivory Coast). The artist decided to offer to his public, a free show as tribute to the Elephants of Ivory Coast, winners of the 30th edition of the African Cup of Nations …
Voir Plus »Health: Africa succeeded its first penis transplant
Successfully tried by China for the first time in 2006, South Africa has just marked a big step by doing its first successful transplant of penis of the continent. The transplant of the organ was done on 11th December at the Tygerberg hospital of Cape Town. The operation took nine …
Voir Plus »Emergence of Africa: All to be decided in Abidjan from 18th to 20th March
About forty countries working for emergence as well as about twenty institutions and heads of States are expected from 18th to 20th March at the first international conference on the emergence of Africa that will be held in the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan. The announcement was jointly made on Thursday …
Voir Plus »Mister Africa France: Who will be the most handsome man of the African diaspora?
Beauty competitions as Miss France, Mister France, Miss International Africa, are common in France. And for the first time, a Parisian event highlighting the beauty of men native of the African continent is established. It is about « Mister Africa France« , an initiative from the Boomer Events foundation, a company specialized …
Voir Plus »African All Stars: 45 years of African music on a single album
It is difficult to summarize 45 years of African music in 30 songs … Nevertheless, the African All Stars compilation lets express all the beauty and the wealth of the African music through many kinds: afro beat, afro-jazz, afro-pop, funk, rock, pop … Representing the diversity and the eclecticism of …
Voir Plus »FemaleTechCamp 2015: the Togolese girl in the center of ICTS
Initiatives are multiplied on the continent in order to involve women and girls in the jobs of information and communication technologies (ICTS) and Web development applications. Initiated by the United States Embassy in Togo, carried out in partnership with the American Corner Lomé and the E2C Togo association, the « FemaleTechCamp …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: an artist tries to sacrifice himself
A horrible scene nearly happened on Thursday in the premises of the Ivorian Copyrights Office (BURIDA). An Ivorian artist tried to sacrifice himself by fire in front of its premises. Unsatisfied with his payment in terms of copyright, José du Bonheur decided to let it know to the BURIDA by …
Voir Plus »Kenya: President Kenyatta, defender of e-procurement
The Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, wants to put order in the management of the finances of his country with the digitalization of the expenses. The president reminded on 11th March during the launching of the integrated system for the population census, the importance of e-procurement. E-procurement is a module of …
Voir Plus »Higher education vitalization: Koffi Annan suggests partnership
Taking the floor on Wednesday in Dakar within the framework of the Summit on higher education in Africa for the development in Africa, the former United Nations Secretary General, Koffi Annan, suggested partnership between government, universities and institutions for the revitalization of Higher education in Africa, next to other essential …
Voir Plus »Africa: Building and Civil Engineering Works sector fashionable
The investments in the Building and Civil Engineering Works sector in Africa reached 325 billion dollars in 2014 against 222 billion in 2013, representing thus an increase of 46 % with regard to 2013, underlined a study carried out by the audit and consulting firm, Deloitte. The number of infrastructures …
Voir Plus »Edan: the 1st Black world television network on Canal+ soon
A new Pan-African channel is expected on the African market. The Gabonese Eveline Accrombessi will proceed on 24th March 2015 in France to the launching of Edan (Evelyne Diatta-Accrombessi Network) that positions itself as the first Black world television network. The new channel that will be available on the Canal+ …
Voir Plus »MTN Cameroon: the operator got 3G/4G license
The of mobile telephony company, MTN Cameroon, signed on Wednesday, 11th March 2015 in Yaoundé, an agreement with the Cameroonian government for the operation of the third and the fourth generation technologies (3G / 4G) on its network. The license granted to the company, in force since 15th February 2015, …
Voir Plus »Magic System: Back to the roots with «M’ninda»
Often criticized for doing a much commercial and Europeanized music, the famous Ivorian group, Magic Sytsem, is back with « M’ninda« , a new single extracted from their new album « Africainement Vôtre« . The song draws back the story of a young graduate in perpetual search for job in order to meet the …
Voir Plus »Morocco: “The Atlantic Initiative for Tourism 2015” coming to an end today
The Moroccan ministry of the tourism organized in association with the world tourism organization (WTO), « The Atlantic Initiative for Tourism on 2015 » on 11th and 12th March in Rabat. Several themes through which sustainable development, conservation of cultural identity and heritages can be operated were on the agenda. Morocco and …
Voir Plus »Emergence Film Festival: from 1st to 5th December in Lomé
After a first successful edition, the steering committee of the Emergence film festival announces the colors of the second edition that will be held from 1st to 5th December 2015 in the Togolese capital. Movie projections, workshops and conferences will fill this young African film-makers meeting. « About ten fiction short …
Voir Plus »National reconciliation in Burkina: Mgr. Ouédraogo, the right man for the job!
Set up in December 2014, the national reconciliation and reforms commission appointed Bishop Paul Ouédraogo, archbishop of Bobo – Dioulasso, as its chairman. It was at the end of the first session of the aforementioned commission held on Tuesday in Ouagadougou. The works were supervised by the dean, Joseph Kabré. …
Voir Plus »Eba Aka: the artist founds «extraordinary» a gesture from Ouattara
The gesture from the Ivorian government concerning the retirement pension allowance for 300 000 FCFA per month and per artist to several « old glories » of the Ivorian culture, stays engraved in the memories of the cultural actors, particularly, the beneficiaries. Among them, Jérôme Eba Aka, one of the old glories …
Voir Plus »Top Awards: Toussa won the best mixtape trophy
The female artist Toussa honored women by winning last Saturday in Dakar during the second edition of Top Awards, the best Mixtape trophy of the year 2014. The event was organized by DJ Lamay Sène’s Bagn Lal label production. In front of professional artists whose talents are unequivocal (Dip Doundou …
Voir Plus »« Ton pied mon pied »: the new TV series released on 13th March in Lomé
The Ivorian actress, Nastou TRAORE, in the cult series « Ma Famille » is the main actress of the new film production « Ton pied mon pied » (Tied up together) that will be released on 13th March 2015 in Lomé. Directed by the Togolese film-maker, Steven Af, the television series funnily evokes the …
Voir Plus »Samuel Eto’o: the new face of tolerance
The former international Cameroonian, Samuel Eto’o received on Monday in London, the European medal of tolerance awarded by the European council on tolerance and reconciliation. It is that the non-governmental organization honors the commitment of the former player of Chelsea in the fight against racism. Samuel Et’o, currently striker of …
Voir Plus »Credit Suisse: Tidjane Thiam, the new boss!
The current managing director of the British insurer, Prudential, Tidjane Thiam is appointed at the head of the Credit Suisse by the Board of directors, indicated a communiqué published on 11th March by the Swiss bank. French-Ivorian will take function late June 2015, specifies the communiqué. The document underlines that …
Voir Plus »Francophony: Togo celebrates 20th March (planning)
The international community celebrates every 23rd March, the International day of Francophony. In Togo, the date will be marked by several activities organized by the National Commission of Francophony (CNF), the OIF Regional / West Africa Office (Brao) and several partner associations. One of the innovative activities of this …
Voir Plus »FESPACO 2015: Maïmouna N’Diaye dedicates her prize to women worldwide
The Police Inspector, Malika, in the Burkinabe television series « Super Flics« , Maïmouna N’Diaye was crowned best actress at Fespaco 2015. Last Saturday in Ouagadougou, the main actress of the movie « L’œil du cyclone » (The eye of the cyclone) dedicated her prize to all women worldwide within the framework of the …
Voir Plus »Education of girls: Michelle Obama committed in Africa
Six African countries will benefit from the experimental phase of the « Let Girls learn » project initiated by the American first lady for girls of eleven countries of the world (Albania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Georgia, Ghana, Moldavia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Uganda and Togo). The project will be carried out by the …
Voir Plus »Samuel Eto’o: the richest footballer of Africa
Unsurprisingly, the ranking of 20 bigger fortunes of football is dominated by both stars of the Liga, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Africans, Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Touré, are also represented in the top 20. Untouchable on the pitch, both standard bearers of the Spanish championship, Cristiano Ronaldo (Real …
Voir Plus »Female TechCamp 2015: Togolese facing technological innovation
The edition 2015 of the FemaleTechCamp will be held from 25th to 28th March 2015 in the Togolese capital. Initiated by the United States Embassy in Togo in association with the American Corner Lomé and E2C Togo association, the project aims at supporting the growing interest of the Togolese for …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast / Ouattara: «I am going to lower taxes»
The president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Dramane Ouattara, declared in San Pedro during a press conference at the end of his visit in the district of Bas-Sassandra that he expects to lower taxes of the Ivorian taxpayers. « There will be no increase of taxes. Quite the opposite, my ambition is …
Voir Plus »Football: consecration of Issa Hayatou, Nr1 of Africa
The chairman of the Confederation of African of Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, will receive in Dakar today in the VIP lounge of the Léopold Senghor stadium, the trophy of the Pantheon of the African sports Glory, the category of the best leader 2014. The news was revealed on Friday by …
Voir Plus »Women’s day: wink at Maureen Ayité, promoter of Nana Wax
Maureen Ayité is a model of success whose career path can inspire many young Africans. Student in France (in 2008), Maureen Ayité regularly published in his Facebook group (I like my local loincloth) that she created, her passion for dresses made in African fabrics. What was, at first, a pastime, …
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