It is now done. The Burkinabe group, the Coris Bank International, announced long time ago in Togo, officially launched its activities last Friday, 20th February 2015. The financial institution already established in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali, intends to give a « new visage to bank« . In spite of its …
Voir Plus »Burkina: «Faso-Innova-Tic» to detect talents
The information and communication technologies (ICTS) are in the spotlight in Burkina Faso. The ministry of the development of the digital economy and the post offices launches two competitions in the domain towards the students and the young entrepreneurs. It is about « Faso-innova-Tic » and « Imagine Cup » of Microsoft. The objective …
Voir Plus »Senegal: Releasing more the electronic commerce
The e-commerce should be more valued in Senegal, declared last Friday in Dakar, Mr. Alioune Sarr, the Minister of the Trade during a press conference. Mr. Sarr met the journalists at the end of a visit of the premises of the Trade Point Senegal foundation and a training workshop for …
Voir Plus »Omar Sy: the optimism personified!
A study carried out by the OpinionWay site, reveals that the French actor of Senegalese origin Omar Sy arrives at the top of the French people list who embody optimism the best. He thus outstrips Jean Dujardin and President François Hollande. Frankly speaking, these results do not surprise us as …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: Ouattara gives «one computer + connection» to every Ivorian
Ivory Coast wants to make up its deficit in digital maturity in order to be at the forefront of the information and communication technologies (ICTS). The Ivorian government has just launched an ambitious project called « One citizen, one computer + an internet connection« . The launching ceremony was chaired on Thursday …
Voir Plus »Nobel Peace Prize 2015: Victor Ochen nominated!
The American Friends Service Committee nominated the Manager of the Network Initiative of the African young people in Uganda, Victor Ochen, for the Nobel Peace Prize 2015, reported APAnews. His nomination was announced on Thursday during a press conference in Washington after the confirmation of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, …
Voir Plus »Burundi: Bob Rugurika released and received a hero’s welcome
It was a great flood of people that welcomed the journalist of the African Public Radio (RPA), released on Thursday, 19th February on bail of 15 million Burundian francs, further to a decision made the day before by the Court of Appeal of Burundi. Men, women, public servants, jobless persons …
Voir Plus »Health reform in Africa: it is time now!
About 200 health professionals from Africa and from the other parts of the world are meeting from the next 25th to 26th February in the framework of the second edition of « Afrisanté Forum » taking place in Marrakesh, Morocco. The annual and regional event of the Health sector in North, West …
Voir Plus »Ismaël Lô: at the opening day of FESPACO 2015
The Senegalese music star, Ismaël Lô, will be the in the spotlight during the opening ceremony of the 24th Pan-African Cinema and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) planned on 28th February at the Sports center of Ouaga 2000. Several other artist musicians will be beside the Senegalese musician, particularly the …
Voir Plus »Boko Haram: Wole Soyinka not gentle with Goodluck Jonathan at all!
The Nigerian Nobel prize of literature, Wole Soyinka, is one of the Nigerian personalities who seldom express themselves on the national current events. And if he decides to do it, it implies that the situation is explosive. In fact, in front of the exactions by the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, …
Voir Plus »Press freedom: Burkina Faso, Nr1 of French-speaking Africa
Press freedom remains one of the fundamental principles of democracy. And Burkina Faso turns out to be a good example. In spite of the sociopolitical crisis occurred in Burkina Faso, the journalists more or less freely did their job. In its report 2015 on the state of the press freedom …
Voir Plus »Togo: Foufoumix announced on the regional market
Second prize-winner of the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (PIA 2014), the Togolese inventor and industrialist, Logou Minsob, shifts into higher gear in the production and the distribution of the Foufoumix machines. The machine to make foufou (a dish very appreciated in West Africa) is henceforth made at assembly-line, what …
Voir Plus »SSR airport: appointed best airport of Africa
The news is reported by the on-line newspaper, Le Matinal. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Airport is ranked first in two categories by the « 2014 Airport Service Quality Awards » of the Airports Council International (ACI). In fact, the airport of Mauritius is the best of the African region and is the first …
Voir Plus »Commissariat de Tampy: Oyou not very happy for his fees
The actor-comedian, Eugène Bayala alias Agent Oyou, is not satisfied at all with his financial treatment in his quality of key actor and even the funniest of « Commissionership de Tampy » (Tampy police station), a Burkinabe police TV film that continues making the happiness of thousands of household of the West …
Voir Plus »Togo: «One student, one computer», is it a bluff?
When announcing a few months ago his ambitious project to equip every Togolese student with a laptop computer, few of his fellow countrymen believed it. And nevertheless on Friday, 13th February 2015, Komi Avodeh, the chairman of the Organization for the Support of the Local Development (OADèB) kept his promises …
Voir Plus »The TOUREL: the future highest building in Central Africa
The Electricity Tower of Cameroon (TOUREL) is the 41-storey building presented as the future highest building in Central Africa that will be erected in the next months in Cameroon. The jewel that will be built in Yaoundé, the capital, will gather the main public structures working in the electricity sector …
Voir Plus »Teodoro Obiang Nguema: appointed the Man of peace 2014
The Equatorial Guinean president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is honored with the title of the Man of peace 2014. It is the Issa Hayatou foundation that appointed him within the framework of its prestigious prize formerly called the Trophy of peace and that becomes the « Issa Hayatou Trophy of Peace« . …
Voir Plus »Ololufe: tantalizing kiss between Flavour and Chindimma
At 24 years old, the singer, Chindimma appears among the most appreciated artists in Nigeria and whose popularity rating is still rising. Young, beautiful, talented, she gathers crowds during her shows everywhere she presents and her fees cost millions of FCFA. With several strings to her bow: Nigerian singer, composer, …
Voir Plus »Emergence of Africa on the horizon 2035: serious debates in Bamako
The Malian Head of State, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta alias IBK, will personally chair the 15th edition of the Forum of Bamako which opens next Thursday in the Malian capital. Space of high-level reflection, the Forum of Bamako gathers every year, hundreds of intellectuals, business managers and political leaders willing to …
Voir Plus »Science & research: 70 African women obtain the AWARD 2014 grant
70 African women agronomists have just benefited from a grant of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) program. The prize-winners were selected during a workshop organized in the Kenyan capital. Coming from 11 countries of Africa, these scientific women and researchers will be taken care during two …
Voir Plus »Tunis: African Internet Summit from 24th May to 5th June
The Tunisian capital will host the African Internet Summit from 24th May to 5th 2015. Organized annually by the African countries in partnership with the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) and the African Network Operators (AFNOG), this meeting combines a series of technical trainings, conferences, and Internet industry networking. The …
Voir Plus »Africa Best Practices Forum: 200 decision-makers expected in Lomé
Lomé, the Togolese capital, welcomes the first edition of the Africa Best Practices Forum on 26th and 27th February 2015. The Pan-African bank, Ecobank, the AfricSearch recruitment agency and the Ellipse communication company join together to organize this first forum exclusively dedicated to the improvement of the framework and the …
Voir Plus »Clement Klutse: the Togolese, candidate at the German general elections
January, 15th, 2015 will remain memorable for Amatevi Clement Klutse. The Togolese has just voted for his first time as a German citizen and candidate for the general election in the district of Hamburg. Clement was chosen by the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) to represent it. The German candidate of …
Voir Plus »Webometrics: Top 100 of African Universities
The Spanish research organization, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) published Webometrics, its last ranking regarding the universities of Africa. The production, the availability and the impact of universities on Web are considered. South Africa wins the 4 first positions in the top five of the ranking. The University of …
Voir Plus »Tigo: one billion dollars gained!
The news is from Afriquinfos. The international telecom group, Millicom, operating in Latin America and Africa is in good shape, at least in Africa. The mobile phone operator and its subsidiary Tigo made a profit of 1 billion dollars in Africa at the end of last year. With a 14.9 …
Voir Plus »Press freedom: Ivory Coast well-positioned
Ivory Coast has made a « qualitative jump » by gaining 15 positions in the world ranking of the press freedom published last Thursday by the Reporters Without Borders; report the APA agency. In a declaration, the National Union of the Journalists of Ivory Coast (UNJCI) congratulates itself on the improvement of …
Voir Plus »Ivory Coast: who will win the prize of the young inventor 2015?
The program of the strategic support for the scientific research in Ivory Coast (PASRES) has just launched a call for the application for the « Prize of the young inventor 2015« , awarded in partnership with the Ivorian Intellectual property Office (OIPI). Provided with the amount of 2 000 000 FCFA, this …
Voir Plus »Idrissa Nassa: at the head of the bank executives of Africa
The Burkinabe banker, Idrissa Nassa, was raised at the head of the group of the managers of banks and credit institutions of Africa. This group includes the main managers of banks and credit institutions of Africa. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coris Bank International, Idrissa Nassa is reputed hard-working …
Voir Plus »Rwanda: a mobile application to detect the VIH
Developed by American and Rwandan researchers, an application on Smartphone should allow detecting the HIV and the syphilis in only 15 minutes, thanks to a sting in the finger. According to the Science Translational Medicine magazine, it is the first device capable of reproducing a blood test made in a …
Voir Plus »Wizkid and Davido: from hatred to love!
In spite of their young age, they are among the cream of the artists who raise very high the Nigerian music by their immense talent. They are Wiskid and Davido who, after having spent almost 2014 to hate each other on the social networks, finally decided to bury the hatchet …
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