Sectors | Kapital Afrik

Mali receives 52 billion FCFA from the World Bank

Cedric Tossa - 13 mars, 2019

Mali benefited from a 52 billion FCFA envelope from the World Bank under an agreement signed last week on the country's electricity sector. These funds...

Namibia: DP to build 50-hectare economic hub in Walvis Bay

Ibrahima jr Dia - 19 novembre, 2019

DP World will build a business park that will initially cover an area of 50 hectares in the port city of Walvis Bay (Namibia). A...

South Africa: First Phase of Johannesburg Airport Modernization Project to Cost $ 324 Million

Valerie Koudamenou - 5 mars, 2019

According to data released on February 12, 2019 by the Johannesburg International Airport Authority, the first phase of the infrastructure upgrade project will require...

Framework Agreement between OCP and Forbon Chinese

Rédaction - 27 septembre, 2018

The Moroccan group OCP, the world leader in the phosphate fertilizer market, and the Hubei Forbon Group, a Chinese player specializing in the supply...

ECOWAS: towards the digitalisation of the Brown Card of Insurance

Ndeye Magatte Kebe - 14 août, 2018

Almost two years after its launch (November 2016), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will move to digitizing the Brown Card System. It...

Nigeria: Africa Finance Corporation Lends US $ 230 Million Loan to 9mobile

Amadjiguéne Ndoye - 27 août, 2019

Nigerian telecommunications company 9mobile announced on Sunday (August 25th) a $ 230 million loan from Africa Finance Corporation, a multilateral financial institution specialized in...

Air Tanzania, the first African airline to operate the A220

Jean-Mermoz Konandi - 2 janvier, 2019

Air Tanzania becomes the first African airline to operate the Airbus A220, the newest member of the Airbus family of civil aircraft. The aircraft was...

Kempinski, Ritz-Carlton, Four seasons, theme park, « spring » announced Ivorian tourism

Jean-Mermoz Konandi - 1 février, 2018

Ivorian tourism is moving towards new shores that the Ivorian Minister of Tourism describes as "spring" with a focus on major infrastructure projects for...

Total Gabon refuses to negotiate with ONEP

Rédaction - 13 juillet, 2018

As a result of unsuccessful negotiations, the expiry on 30 June of the 15-day strike notice filed with the Total Gabon Executive Board. The strike...

Morocco-hotels: Abdellatif Kabbaj against any takeover of the CNT

Adama WADE - 26 avril, 2018

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...

Agreement between Kenya Airways and Boeing on the American Multinational Corporation

Ndeye Magatte Kebe - 1 août, 2018

Kenya Airways signed service agreements with Boeing for the American Multinational Corporation, becoming the first carrier in Africa to use this service. These agreements will...

Congo expects 2018 oil production of 117 million

Ndeye Magatte Kebe - 15 janvier, 2018

Republic of Congo: Oil Production Could Reach 117 Million Gross Barrels in 2018 According to Government Budget Estimates According to a source close to the...

Guinea: Official Start of the Chalco Mining Project

Mamadou Aliou Diallo - 2 novembre, 2018

Things seem to be accelerating for the Chalco Guinea Company, a subsidiary of the Chinalco Group. Six months after the signing of its 15-year...

Egyptair serves Washington next June

Valerie Koudamenou - 11 mars, 2019

Egyptair serves the American city of Washington from June 3, 2019 according to a new calendar published by the company. Initially, he says, the flight...

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Events

december

03decAll Day143rd Edition International Fair of Yaoundé (FIYAO)

Event Details

THEME

Entrepreneurship, the Digital Economy and the Green Economy: Challenges and Impact on Growth for Sustainable Development.

EDITORIAL

Today, the whole world is migrating more and more into the digital sector because the opportunities that come from digital are very numerous and much wider. However, it must be kept in mind that a materialization of the exchanges remains imperative to concretize the transactions.

Under the theme « Entrepreneurship, Digital Economy and Green Economy: Challenges and Impacts on Growth for Sustainable Development », the third edition of the Yaoundé International Fair (FIYAO) is a broad business portal, information, training , entertainment, culture and tourism that opens once again in Cameroon for the year 2019, and offers a meeting with all representatives of economic, industrial, craft and social life.

With a forecast of 200,000 visitors (free entrance) for 500 companies / exhibitors from twenty countries, it is the ideal place for the delivery of your offers and services; for a direct proximity to your target and to build a national and international address book that will enhance the image of your organization.

The FIYAO is a special place to make an opinion for yourself, test a product, attend demonstrations and especially introduce young people and especially women to business to ensure succession at both national and international levels.

The involvement of the Cameroonian government and the media (TV / Radios / Presses) that accompany us, are a pledge of assurance and success of the event for festival-goers and visitors. That said, the FIYAO 2019 will transform Yaounde into a global hub of youth insertion, business and discovery for twelve (12) days.

A team of insiders selected with tact to make you live the unforgettable moments from 03 to 14 December 2019 at the Palais des Sports in Yaounde.

Thank you to you who will contribute to the success of this unique event for youth. This file is yours, it allows you to become a partner of the FIYAO 2019.

Brice TCHAKOUNTE, Director General of FIYAO

Time

december 3 (Tuesday) - 14 (Saturday)

Location

FOIRE INTERNATIONALE DE YAOUNDE

Palais des Sports

Organizer

Association Camerounaise pour le Développement et 77 PATRONAGE INSTITUTIONNEL le Réarmement & l’association Jeunesse Unie et Solidaire d’Afriquebrice.tchakounte@fiyao.cm Contact@fiyao.cm

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04dec(dec 4)1:00 am06(dec 6)1:00 amAfrica Guarantee Fund's invitation to Saly (Senegal): reserved exclusively for bankers and financiers

19dec9:00 am11:00 pmAbidjan, Financial Afrik Awards, The 100 Transforming Africa

Event Details

THE STRATEGIC PANEL

« CURRENCY, DISRUPTION AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION »

While it has adopted various national and regional strategies to improve the financial inclusion of the greatest number and that it thinks about new monetary unions, Africa must face the great disruption born from the technological and digital revolutions of these latest. The high rate of penetration of mobile telephony, the development of crypto-currencies, social money and other new forms of means of payment, while posing new challenges to regulators and security agents (risk of money laundering, financing of terrorism and the underground economy), opens up new horizons of opportunity. The Abidjan panel brings together operators, regulators and financiers around these major issues.

In the program

9 am to 9:15

Opening of the African Finance Day and introduction of the debate:

Guest speaker

9h: 15 – 10h: 15

Panel 1:
Money, disruption and financial inclusion

ECOWAS is moving towards a single currency. at the same time, cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Libra) are emerging with a strong interaction between the real economy and the virtual economy, bank accounts and wallets, telephony operators, virtual platforms (GAFA) and the banks. Central banks, whose functions include regulating the quantity of money in circulation and exchange rates, will have to « disrupt » their missions to maintain overall coherence.

Cryptocurrencies: potential in financial inclusion and regulatory issues
Electronic currencies and inclusion of SMEs
Regulatory issues of new currencies in banks and the stock market

Questions answers

10h15-11h15
Panel 2:
cost of including Africa in global finance

Due to a still high perception of country risk, Africa’s integration into the global financial chain and logistics chain is expensive. Import-export operations between Africa and the rest of the world are weighed down by a series of costs, punctures and practices that increase the cost of living on the continent. The same is true of long-term capital raising costs in the international financial market.

International borrowing: how to lower costs
Realities and Perceptions of Africa Country Risk, By Stanislas ZEZE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bloomfield-Investment
Country risk coverage, cost and inequality, by Ali Benhamed, banker

Questions answers

Coffee break and networking: 11.15am – 11.30am
11h30-12h30
Panel 3: Banking, Meningofinance, Microcredit and Financial Inclusion

Like Asia and Bangladesh in particular, Africa has an alternative in mesofinance and microfinance to facilitate access to basic financial services. This panel revisits the models, successes and constraints inherent in the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa.

Questions answers

12.30-13.30
Panel 4:
Stock market, SME financing and financial inclusion

Beyond its role as a place of organized confrontation of supply and demand, the stock market is also a powerful tool for valuing savings and investment. How to ensure that the online stock market, Cryptocurrency and the ability for households to access Forex and other markets, can serve as a lever for SME financing and not the escape of capital and foreign exchange?

Questions answers

lunch: 13h30 -15h00

Panel 5:
Fintech, electronic banking, Mobile banking, inclusion factors

Banks, insurance and financial services in general have to reinvent themselves with Fintech at the risk of being supplanted by these new players.

Questions answers

Closing remarks

Summary of the financial day

Reading 2020 perspectives

Gala dinner 19h30- 22 hours

The 100 that are transforming Africa

Award ceremony of African finance

Time

(Thursday) 9:00 am - 11:00 pm

Location

Hôtel Pullman Abidjan-Rue Abdoulaye Fadiga 01, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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