2023-10-26 22:06:00 How to mobilize private capital towards Africa? Too few are, particularly in the fight against climate change. According to IMF calculations, with the objective of carbon neutrality in 2050, the effort made by the private sector in development economies must double. Concerning infrastructure, there is a shortage of 108 billion dollars each year … Read more
2023-10-10 22:11:05 In 2019, thanks to funding from Norway via a UNESCO project, the NGO WCS built a training and urban production center called “House of Honey” in the town of Bamingui, with the aim of increasing non-profit only production, but also to allow young people to develop socio-economically. From our correspondent in Bangui, The … Read more
2023-10-04 22:45:08 Ten years after its creation to save the local industry from the increasing liberalization of trade, Made in Moris has become more than a label. It is a real movement that is underway in Mauritius. With the mission of promoting local products and preserving Mauritian know-how in the face of foreign competition. More … Read more
2023-09-28 22:00:38 Guinea has just acquired a new financial institution: the Business Loan Guarantee Fund (FGPE). This new, unique institution’s mission is to facilitate the granting of bank loans to small and medium-sized businesses through a risk-sharing mechanism. The FGPE benefits from technical and financial support from the World Bank. From our correspondent in Conakry, … Read more
2023-09-20 23:17:38 Last week, a large African delegation traveled to the Rennes International Livestock Show to meet professionals in the sector, and find solutions for the breeding sectors, particularly poultry. The market is booming, but international competition is undermining local production. A poultry farm in Senegal. © AFP/Seyllou Continue reading on the same themes: 1695258863 … Read more
2023-09-10 22:26:00 Cocoa prices, which had been rising for months, suggested an increase in the price paid to the planter for the new campaign. And in fact, the new price announced by Ghana looks much more profitable: it has been set at 20,900 cedis per tonne, compared to 12,800 for the last harvest, or the … Read more
2023-09-03 23:57:00 From our correspondent in Port-Louis, Despite the repeated interventions of the Bank of Mauritius since the end of the pandemic and the economic recovery, Mauritian industrialists face a persistent problem of lack of foreign exchange. A historical importer, preferring to remain anonymous, confides to us: “ I continue to visit banks to obtain … Read more
2023-08-23 22:15:36 North of Abidjan, in the sub-prefecture of Tiassalé, there is an archaeological park little known outside Côte d’Ivoire, but included on the tentative list of UNESCO heritage: Ahouakro Park , which extends over 120 hectares. It is home to megaliths – prehistoric monuments – dated from -2300 to -2150 million years before our … Read more