Cameroon: 19 million Cameroonian mobile subscribers
The identification process imposed by the authorities resulted in the deactivation of hundreds of subscribers, increasing the number from 90% in 2017 to 76%...
Aminata Kane Ndiaye at the controls of Orange Sierra Leone
Aminata Kane Ndiaye, 33, has been appointed CEO of Orange Sierra Leone replacing Sékou Dramé promoted to head the group Sonatel.
A challenge for this...
DRC: Claude Ibalanky takes over the monitoring mechanism of the Addis Ababa peace agreements
Concluded in Addis Ababa under the umbrella of the African Union and the UN on 24 February 2013, the Framework Agreement for Peace and...
Ivory Coast: a new government of forty members
The Ivorian president has appointed a new government team whose management has again been entrusted to Gon Coulibaly. Ten new personalities are entering the...
Willy Mulamba is appointed Citi Country Officer of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kinshasa - Citi is pleased to announce the appointment of Willy Mulamba as Citi Country Officer (CCO) for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Willy...
Covid-19 and the Sustainable Blue Economy in Africa: More challenges and different opportunities
By Leila Ben Hassen.
Today, 8 June, all ocean lovers and stakeholders celebrate the United Nations World Ocean Day 2020, with this year’s theme being”...
[Tribune of Malado Kaba*] Covid-19 in Africa: an opportunity for progress?
For ancient Greeks, a crisis was not necessarily a dreadful event, but rather a moment for important decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many...
Guinea: SMB-Winning Consortium Launches New 135-kilometer Railway
The SMB-Winning Consortium, in the presence of its President and CEO Mr. Sun Xiushun, the President of the Republic of Guinea, His Excellency Professor...
TDB Issues a New Record Eurobond
TDB’s lowest-cost-ever global Eurobond is 3.3X oversubscribed
TDB’s senior unsecured 5-year USD 500mn Eurobond issued this past May 16th, makes history as TDB’s lowest-cost-ever global...
10 African Countries With the Highest Schengen Visa Refusals List
Schengen is a border-free area constituted from 26 European countries which allow residents of member countries to travel freely within the area. On the...
Coronavirus triggers : health or social experiment?
By Maria Nadolu, globe-trotter.
We’re having one of our usual globetrotters’ long phone calls; we’re used to travel more than 6 months a year, switching...
DRC: Sindika Dokolo returns after five years of exile
Sindika Dokolo is since May 7, 2019 back in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Married to Isabel Dos Santos, this Congolese, heir to a...
ADB: dismissal of Alberic Kacou makes waves
The Association of Ivorian International Officials (AF2I) strongly criticized the decision of the African Development Bank (ADB) to separate from the Ivorian citizen Albéric...
Tidjane Thiam elected banker of the year by Euromoney
General manager of Credit Suisse in his state, the French-Ivorian Tidjane Thiam was awarded the title of "banker of the year", this Wednesday, July...