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Abidjan to host first conference on African tourism and hotel investment

Jean-Mermoz Konandi - 12 juin, 2018

Côte d'Ivoire will host the first conference on African tourism and hotel investment (CITHA) on 26th June, organized by Proparco, Horwath HTL and Radisson...

A Radisson Blu hotel in Douala (Cameroon) from 2021

Ibrahima jr Dia - 30 août, 2019

Douala will acquire its first five-star hotel of the American group Radisson blu in the first quarter of 2021. Thus, emphasizes, the project manager...

KFC arrives in Gabon

Ndeye Magatte Kebe - 25 septembre, 2018

After entering the Ivorian market, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), the American fast-food chain, will arrive in Gabon in January 2019. It is the general manager...

Togo: the State takes over Ibis, the last concession of the Accor group

Nephthali Messanh Ledy - 26 avril, 2018

The Togolese State resumed Friday, April 20, the Ibis hotel, thus ending a 16-year concession with a partner who had entrusted the management to...

Radisson Group announces new hotel projects in Ivory Coast

Jean-Mermoz Konandi - 3 juillet, 2018

The Radisson hotel group is now eyeing Côte d'Ivoire, which has become its main target in French-speaking Africa. At the meeting of the CITHA,...

Tourism: discovering the region of Souss Massa (Agadir)

Rédaction - 24 octobre, 2018

By Nassrallah Belkhayate, reporter Covering an area of 53,789 km2, or 7.6% of Moroccan territory, the Souss Massa region is home to two prefectures, four...

The Palmeraie Development Group and the Abidjan Plateau City Council launch the works of...

Rédaction - 28 juin, 2018

Palm Hospitality Africa, a subsidiary of the Palmeraie Développement Group, and the Plateau City Council, are launching the Abidjan Plateau hotel and announcing that...

Wilderness Safaris opens new Serra Cafema camp in Namibia

Rédaction - 13 novembre, 2018

Wilderness Safaris, a leading eco-safari company and environmental organization in southern Africa, has opened the doors of its Serra Cafema camp in the most...

AccorHotels completes the acquisition of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts

Rédaction - 10 septembre, 2018

AccorHotels announced the acquisition of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts on September 3, 2018. With this acquisition, the Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts network of 84...

Between Accor and the Togolese State, the thaw is still not acquired

Nephthali Messanh Ledy - 23 juillet, 2018

Sentenced to pay more than 4 million euros to the Accor group after his expulsion from the Mercure Sarakawa hotel in Lome, the Togolese...

AccorHotels and Katara Hospitality set course for sub-Saharan Africa

Amadjiguéne Ndoye - 25 juillet, 2018

French hotel groups Accorhotels and Qatari Katara Hospitality announced on Monday (July 23rd) the creation of an investment fund with a capacity of over...

Romantic getaway at Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort

Rédaction - 26 janvier, 2018

Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort is the perfect place for a romantic getaway. A stroll along the shoreline, an exceptional ocean sunset, a candlelit dinner,...

Marriott International reveals Robust Expansion Plans across Africa

Rédaction - 1 octobre, 2018

From the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) in Nairobi, Kenya, Marriott International on first october announced rapid expansion plans across Africa. Strong demand for...

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...

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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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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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