Cameroon: poor orientation of students source of school failure and unemployment

#Other countries : Knowing how to properly guide your child in his studies effectively reduces the risk of school failure and unemployment, which many young Cameroonians are victims of. Technical education then seems to be the way par excellence for rapid socio-economic integration. The unemployment rate continues to climb in Cameroon. It increased to 6.1% … Read more

Palm wine, an African beverage with a thousand virtues highly prized by Guineans

#Guinea : In Guinea too, palm wine, commonly called bandji, is very successful. In Dubréka, a town located just under 50 km from Conakry, there is a place that has the reputation of producing the best palm wine in the country. In this locality of less than 200,000 souls, there are many bars dedicated exclusively … Read more

Return of Compaoré, failure of the reunion of the ex-presidents… the Burkinabe PM gives his version

#Other countries : In an interview granted Tuesday on national television, the head of the Burkinabè government spoke about the controversial return of the condemned ex-president Blaise Compaoré to Burkina Faso. The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Albert Ouédraogo, granted an interview on Tuesday evening to the Burkina Faso Television Broadcasting Faso (RTB) in which … Read more

Algeria: a 3rd Prime Minister of the Bouteflika era imprisoned

#Algeria : A former Prime Minister of the late ex-Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Noureddine Bedoui, was imprisoned Tuesday by the Court of Algiers for acts of corruption, joining two of his predecessors in prison, according to local media. Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal, two other prime ministers, arrested in 2019 after the fall of Bouteflika, … Read more

Background, missions… Who is Mercy Tembon, the Cameroonian appointed Vice-President of the World Bank?

#Other countries : Cameroonian Mercy Tembon was recently appointed Vice President and Secretary General of the World Bank. She replaces the Senegalese Diariétou Gaye. On September 1, Mercy Tembon will officially take up her duties as the new Vice President and Secretary General of the World Bank. The Cameroonian, who had held the position of … Read more

Algeria: because of bureaucracy, TotalEnergies withdraws from a megaproject

#Algeria : The French major TotalEnergies has withdrawn from a petrochemical megaproject in western Algeria after being engaged for five years, we learned on Monday. After being engaged for five years, the TotalEnergies group suddenly decided to withdraw from the project to build a petrochemical complex in Arzew, near Oran, revealed on Monday Africa Intelligence. … Read more

WAEMU: Moroccan banks control a fifth of the market

#Senegal : Together, the Moroccan banking groups Attijariwafa bank, Bank of Africa (BOA) and Banque Populaire are far ahead of their French competitors in West Africa. One in five CFA francs circulating in the WAEMU banking system passes through the subsidiaries of these three leaders. Three Moroccan groups have become heavyweights in the banking sector … Read more