Modern Bakeries in Tunisia: Resolving the Subsidized Bread Crisis and Restructuring the Industry

2023-08-20 05:13:21 With our correspondent in Tunis, Lilia Blaise These “modern” bakeries, which usually produce subsidized baguettes and special breads, had stopped production after a strike action following President Kaïs Saïed’s decision to encourage bakeries to produce only subsidized baguettes. This decision, taken to fight against speculation and the diversion of flour, had led to … Read more

Central African Republic: in Basse-Kotto, the difficult breeding and trade of cattle

In Basse-Kotto, herders are regularly attacked by armed men. Some have lost their herds and others are robbed of large sums of money. Insecurity does not favor the supply of the city and beef is expensive on the markets. From our correspondent, back from Alindao, Cattle market located at PK3, east exit of the town … Read more

Jumia, the leader in e-commerce in Africa, hopes to overcome the crisis in 2023

It was last November, a clap of thunder resounded in the sky of African e-commerce. The two founders of Jumia, the French Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara, founders of the company, were disembarked from the management by the shareholders, dissatisfied with the lack of results. Since then, the Franco-Ivorian Francis Dufay has refined a recovery … Read more

South Africa: Rail freight strike hits mining industry hard

Published on : 14/10/2022 – 00:13 The South African government is sounding the alarm. The strike by employees of the public transport company Transnet continues and affects the export of raw materials, a vital sector for the country’s economy. Transnet operates the rail freight network and all ports in South Africa. Its employees went on … Read more

the production of Toblerone partially relocated to Slovakia

Published on : 25/06/2022 – 13:54 What if chocolate only had Swiss name…? That’s what happens to Toblerone, that world-famous, triangle-shaped candy bar. The American group Mondelez, which owns the brand, has decided to relocate part of the production to Slovakia. It doesn’t change the taste of chocolate. But that changes everything for the image … Read more

Senegal: Dakar millers go on flour strike

Published on : 07/06/2022 – 00:03 In Dakar and since Friday evening, the seven flour milling companies have decided to suspend their flour deliveries. They claim the payment of the compensatory premium that the State is slow to pay. An untenable situation that forces professionals in the sector to dig into their cash. Senegal, like … Read more