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Miss Camara Mariama Tatiana (20 years old), 3rd year student in SMEs/SMIs management has become since Saturday, 30th August 2014, the most beautiful girl of Togo. She thus replaced the titleholder, Miss SEGBE Emefa Edwige during the 20th edition of the beauty competition, Miss Togo. The new queen of beauty …

Ghislain Sitou Yibokou (photo) belongs to the list of young Togolese entrepreneurs who had the original idea to value products and local services in printing them an identity and promoting them on the national, regional and international levels. For that, they have just set up an authentic concept called MADE …

Twenty two among the best Beninese sportsmen will be rewarded on 7th September 2014 in Cotonou, the economic capital town of Benin in the framework of the 5th edition of the Sportsmen Oscars Night. Among the prize-winners appeared 14 active people, 4 former 4 celebities and 4 others specially identified …

The ambition of the African Network for Defense of Users, Consumers and Citizen (RADUCC) is to make the knowledge produced by African brains serve African needs: political stability, performance of education systems, improvement of the sanitary systems, economic growth, improvement of standard living welfare of populations. It is from this …

In Togo, it is listed among the rare multinationals managed by a Togolese and that resist to competition on the market of public works. CECO GROUP LTD Company works today with more than 3.000 collaborators in several sectors. its CEO, the engineer Constantin AMOUZOU, was nevertheless not planned to become …

After Bamako (in 2010), the Togolese video reporter Jean-Claude Abalo will exhibite his works from 15th September to 9th October at Maison de la Laïcité de la Louvière (Belgium). Son of the continent, Abalo tells the story of the other side of Africa, the one that has nothing to do …

The 20th edition of the trophy Miss Benin crowned Belleciane Fifonsi Hounvènou, queen of the Beninese beauty. The new Miss (22 years old) is 1,72m high for 50 kg. Fifonsi Hounvènou is student in the Department of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences (Flash) of the University …

The Ivorian Ministry of Culture and the Francophony announced at the beginning of the week the submission of the application of the writer, Bernard Dadié for the Nobel Prize of Literature. The famous author, whose works have been for several years list in the academic program in several countries of …

The finalist candidates for the edition 2014 of the Anzisha Prize are known. Twelve (12) young African entrepreneurs whose age is between 15 and 22 years old will defend their projects in Johannesburg (South Africa) from 18th to 25th September 2014 during the Anzisha week 2014. For the first time, …

Peace in Africa is the dream of all Africans as well as their leaders and actors continue mobilizing so that this peace reigns over the continent and to be sustainable. It is in this perspective that an international day of peace was introduced by the British director, Jeremy Gilley, creator …

Introduced in 2013 during the second edition of the Food-processing Industry International Fair of Lomé (SIALO), the GIZ / ProDRA innovation award aims at the valuation of local foodstuffs. The application for the second edition of the competition is opened and registrations continue until 2nd September on the official site …

The Senegalese film-maker photographer, El Hadj Momar Thiam died on 19th August 2014 at the age of 84 years old. The last member of the Senegalese and African cinema pioneers still alive, died at his place of residence in Patte d’Oie Builders (Senegal) after several months of fight against disease …

Would the Beninese diva start having political ambitions? One of the most famous women of the African continent is shown on social networks as the perfect candidate to exercise the presidency of Benin. On Facebook, a called page « Angélique Kidjo Benin Présidentielle 2016 » invites the Internet users to give their …

« Our model of development reached a maturity level that authorizes us to deserve a place in the community of emerging countries« , claimed King Mohammed VI on Wednesday who expressed himself on the occasion of the « celebration of the Revolution of the king and the people« . This declaration from the sovereign …

At the end of a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mário Lopes da Rosa, the former president of the Republic of São Tomé and Principe, the very new representative of the UNO Secretary General in Guinea-Bissau, Miguel Trovoada (picture), called on Friday Bissau Guineans « to work at the …

The Ivory Coast musical group, Magic System continues making the tour of the world with seven albums to their credit. And they dedicate their lightning success to the national and international press. « We owe our success to the press« , asserted the spokesman of the group Salif Traoré alias A’Salfo during …

The Indian group of telecommunications, Bharti Airtel signed a contract with the VeriFone Mobile Money Company for the supply of its trade application for payment by mobile « Tap n Pay » in 17 countries of Africa where Airtel operates. According to Chidi Okpala, the manager of Airtel Money, with the VeriFone …

A treatment against the Marburg virus the symptoms of which are so similar to those of the famous hemorrhagic fever was just tested successfully. Besides, both Americans who were contaminated in Liberia are cured. The first signs of a likely victory of the medicine against the Marburg virus detected for …

Ethiopia has become the refugees’ biggest host country on the African continent because of the growing up of the crisis in South Sudan, announced on Tuesday the UNO High-commissioner for refugees (UNHCR). Ethiopia is thus ahead of Kenya in terms of refugees’ welcoming and has sheltered at the end of …

Things went so fast on Wednesday, 20th August in the Mauritanian governmental team. One hour after the dismissal of Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, the Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz appointed a new Prime Minister in the person of Yahya Ould Hademine (picture). Engineer by training, Yahya Ould Hademine especially …

The first military aircraft made in Africa made successfully its first public test flight on Wednesday, 13th August at Wonderboom airport in Pretoria, South Africa, reported on Monday the Ecofin agency. According to the agency, two South African aeronautical groups, Paramount and Aerosud, developed this device that associates a helicopter …

Tunisia raised itself to an upper rank by appearing in the category of countries having a high global peace index being far ahead of the United States of America. Indeed, the Institute of Economy and Peace (IEP) has just published the Global Peace Index 2014. A world ranking of countries …

With its success last year, the 4th edition of the Summer school on the mining industries in French-speaking Africa, organized from 18th to 30th August 2014, started last Monday in the Cameroonian capital town. The initiative came from the Center of Excellence for the Governance in the Mining Industries in …

Established by presidential decree on 8th December 2009, the digital ID card is just launched in Djibouti. According to a communiqué from the government, this card will be henceforth compulsory for all Djiboutian citizens. It contains personalized data, engraved elements and compulsory references for the purpose of protection against any …

Her name is Isabella MAYA. She is of Ivory Coast nationality and teaches theater in Europe. Comedy was not in the front row of her favorite jobs. Certified in law and Information & Communication businesses, Isabella MAYA worked as journalist and was in charge of public relations before launching herself …

The Gabonese researcher, Donatien Mavoungou, is about to discover the first vaccine against the AIDS virus. The professor in chemistry worked out IMMUNOREX TM which test results are rather promising for the moment. During his passage on 16th June 2014 in Libreville (Gabon), Pr Donatien Mavoungou and his colleagues presented …

The African Development Bank (ADB) intends to strengthen public health systems of West Africa facing particularly the Ebola crisis. The institution just granted 60 million dollar subsidy included in a global amount of 120 million dollars « to be operated immediately« . This help joins an emergency plan set up by the …

The Liberia beats the record of countries victims of the Ebola virus with more than 400 deaths. The Former international Liberian, George Weah is making his contribution to the fight against the disease with the release of a song. The only African to have won the Fifa ballon d’or (1995) …

The Sudanese, Ataui Deng-Hopkins, whose disappearance was at the heart of comments on social networks was finally found and placed in a New York hospital. The young lady is safe. On Monday, the police of New York issued a description of a missing person further to the disappearance of the …

The Togolese, Claude Grunitzky is a serial entrepreneur. The man whose name refers to a former head of State of his country of origin, is taking a new adventure having for ambition, the creation of a company 100 % African in the field of the new technologies. In order to …