Niger is quite annoyed by all the abusive repatriation of Sub-Saharan migrants trying to go to Europe via Algeria. The country’s authorities inform of the expulsion two weeks ago of 955 West African migrants to Agadez (Northern Niger at the Algeria-Niger border) where is located the migrants transit center. Over the past two months, nearly 8,000 migrants including 2,800 Niger citizens suffered...

Since last October 5, the news website Tout sur l’Algérie (TSA) no more works on the networks of Algerie Telecom nor his subsidiary’s Mobilis. So far, no explanation was provided by the public operator, or its subsidiary, in this regard. The government for its part, seems to have washed its hands in the case. “I, myself, also read TSA, but concerning the reasons for the site being...

In 2016, economic and financial operations between the WAEMU and the rest of the world recorded a wider balance payment deficit which stood at CFA951.2 billion; thus a significant rise compared to 2015 when this figure stood at CFA191.5 billion. This poor performance, in spite of improved current operations, is to be attributed, for the most part, to a pronounced deterioration of financial...

Launched in 2016 with World Bank’s support, the land reform procedure in Mauritania which aims to be transparent, inclusive and participative now has an institutional framework to enable its effective implementation. A national platform regrouping the civic society and the State, but also a steering committee for land governance were just put in place in this framework, at Rosso. These...

On October 16, the Algerian minister of communication has released on the official national journal, a decree to launch a call to offer for licenses to create private TV channels. The minister wishes to award 7 of those.  Amongst authorized channels, there is a news (politics, economic, social) channel, a culture channel, a youth channel, a food channel, a series and entertainment channel...

What if profitability and protection of agricultural lands in Africa was possible by establishing a more restricting tax regime? This is the solution preconized by the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina (picture), to the issue which many consider to be a paradox. During the “Betting on Africa to feed the world” panel at the University of Iowa, U.S, Adesina...

Société de gestion et d'intermédiation africaine de bourse (SGI-AB), subsidiary of Société Ivoirienne de Banque (member of Moroccan group Attijariwafa Bank), launched last Thursday in Abidjan, a new online trading service called “Bourse Connect”.  This is a first in Ivory Coast and this should allow customers to have an autonomous access to necessary tools for the management of...

In Ghana, the implementation of the solar electrification plan for the country’s high schools is valued at $420 million. This was told Starr Business, by Seth Maho, deputy director of the renewable energy at the ministry of energy. “We have counted more than 500 secondary schools already in Ghana from the Ministry of Education’s database. On the average if we are to give each of these...

In Cape Verde, the council of ministers has adopted a budget of about €550 million ($650 million) for the year 2018. This is 8% more than 2017’s budget. One of the main measures of next year’s budget will be the reduction of taxes for more than 80% of tax payers in the country. In addition, the budget plans for a 1% tax decrease on revenues that are below €725 ($855.5), to...

In 2016, the current deficit of West African Economic and Monetary Union’s (WAEMU) countries in 2016, stood at 4.8% of the region’s GDP, against 6% the previous year. This is a 1.2% improvement, spurred by a lower trade deficit mainly (+1.5% of GDP).  The latter is due to lower imports, and more especially to the reduction of the oil bill (-1.1% of GDP) caused by the slump in global oil...