DRC: $ 5.9 billion budget for 2019
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) adopted and sent to the National Assembly, a draft budget law, management 2019, balanced in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cameroon: the new Lafarge-Holcim cement plant announced in 2019
In less than a year, Cameroon will have a new Lafarge-Holcim cement plant. These words are from Pierre Damnon,
The now ex-general manager of the...
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...
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...
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...