Pius Adesanmi, Nigerian writer aboard Ethiopian flight
Professor Pius Adesanmi was aboard the Boeing 737 Max of Ethiopian Airlines which crashed on the morning of 10 March in Addis Ababa. He...
Burkina Faso embarks on cotton processing
The first textile processing plant will soon see the light of day in Burkina Faso. With a cost of 220 billion F CFA, the...
Agreements between Algeria and Libya for the joint management of hydrocarbon frontier deposits
The Algerian oil and gas companies Sonatrach and Libyan Noc signed Monday, 15 January 2018, in Algiers an agreement on the joint management of...
Gabon: ADAG to take charge of agricultural issues
The Gabonese Government has announced the creation of the Gabon Agricultural Development Agency (ADAG) to replace the former Office of Research, Introduction, Adaptation and...
Ivory Coast: the shipyard CARENA invests 5 billion FCFA for a new dock
CARENA, a subsidiary of Bolloré that operates the largest ship repair yard in West Africa, strengthens its operational capabilities with the acquisition of a...
Nigeria: Access Bank at the bedside of SMEs victims of protests
Access Bank Nigeria Plc said on Tuesday (October 27th) that it will offer an interest-free loan and grants amounting to 50 million naira, or...
Ghana: Google’s Artificial Intelligence in the hands of a young Senegalese
After Paris, Tokyo, Beijing or New York, Google is launching a new artificial intelligence (AI) research center in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The...
Côte d’Ivoire has already sold 1.7 million tonnes of cocoa in advance
Ivory Coast has already sold, since mid-August, 1.7 million tonnes of cocoa on its next crop of cocoa to start in early October next...
Innovation and R&D for sustainable agriculture in Africa
In a report, the African Plan Nutrition Institute explains that innovation helps meet the challenges of food security, climate change, the sustainability of natural...
Comoros: IFC to unlock US $ 15 million for Telco
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced it will grant a $ 15 million credit line to Telecom Comores (Telco SA), a Comoros-based telecom...
Cooperation agreement between Djibouti and Egypt on renewable energies
By Valérie K.
The Djibouti Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Yonis Ali Guedi, and Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Egyptian Minister of Energy signed on December...
Gabon: PIDG company Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund lends €40 million for new port facilities...
PIDG company, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) today, 5 August, announced that it has arranged the long-term debt finance for a €305 million...
Morocco-hotels: Abdellatif Kabbaj against any takeover of the CNT
Abdellatif Kabbaj will run for the presidency of the National Confederation of Tourism (CNT), contrary to all expectations.
The first Moroccan hotelier in number of...
Impacted in English-speaking area, MTN Cameroon saved by Mobile Money
The year 2018 ended on a positive note marked notably by a strong growth in the 4th quarter of the year, MTN Cameroon having...