2023-12-20 23:10:02 Despite the adoption in 2017 of a “ regulation relating to roaming charges on mobile networks in the Cédéao area “, residents of the sub-region often continue to pay high prices for their calls and data when they leave their country. Unless they buy a local SIM every time they travel. But in … Read more
2023-12-07 23:05:02 Last episode of our series on access to electricity in Africa, with individual solar kits which provide basic electrification in areas furthest from the electricity grid. These domestic solar systems are made up of a solar panel which can power one or more light bulbs and charge a phone, and they are enjoying … Read more
2023-12-09 22:33:43 Nearly 600 million people on the African continent do not yet have access to electricity, and to remedy this, the President of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, announced Wednesday, December 6 in Tanzania to allocate an envelope of five billion dollars. Objective: for 100 million more people to have access to electricity by … Read more
2023-10-30 23:00:55 Congo still depends largely on food imports to feed its 5 million inhabitants. They are estimated at 700 billion CFA francs (1.060 billion euros) per year. Its ambition to achieve food self-sufficiency in the early 2000s has still not been achieved due, in particular, to a lack of lasting funding. From our correspondent … Read more
2023-07-30 22:02:09 In a context of economic crisis, culture seems to be neglected in Tunisia. It represents 0.6% of the overall budget, according to the latest figures; the great Bardo museum has, moreover, been closed for nearly two years. However, Tunis is the scene of a cultural proliferation. But the overwhelming majority of artistic performances … Read more
2023-05-17 04:08:09 Published on : 17/05/2023 – 06:08 (Image d’illustration) © forum-europe-africa On the occasion of the second Europe-Africa forum organized by the metropolis of Marseille which brought together, on Tuesday May 16, dozens of African and European leaders, ministers, entrepreneurs and scientists, one of the concerns for African agribusiness is the ‘innovation. How to … Read more
While Congo-Brazzaville and Côte d’Ivoire share certain points in common, these two countries, whose economies depend essentially on raw materials, trade very little. It is to explore investment opportunities that operators and other experts from these two states organized a joint economic forum held at the end of March in Brazzaville. From our correspondent in … Read more
An IMF mission stayed in Benin for 15 days to assess the Economic and Financial Program and the Extended Credit Facility, an agreement concluded with Benin in July 2022 for an amount of 396 billion FCFA for a period of 42 months in instead of the usual 36. This was the second review of the … Read more