There is a new development in the Kwese TV affair in Zimbabwe. Indeed, while the activities of Econet’s subsidiary were suspended after an appeal of the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ), Kwese TV was given the permission to broadcast awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court. The pay-tv channel owned by Strive Masiyiwa (picture) demanded the High Court to allow the continuing of its...

Equatorial Guinea signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese firm China Unicom and the Cameroon public telecommunication service provider, Camtel, in charge of the undersea cables construction project which will link Cameroon to Brazil, according to an official announcement.  With this memorandum, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea shows his will to join the adventure which will...

Mining firm Hummingbird Resources signed a letter of intention (LOI) to acquire 50% of the Kobada gold project, in Mali, which is managed by African Gold Group (AGG). The closing of the transaction, which comprises an initial investment from AGG, is subjected to a certain number of conditions including the signing of a binding agreement within 45 days. According to the agreement’s terms, the...

Victims of land speculation in 37 municipalities of Kati, in the south of Mali, organized last Thursday a protest march to denounce the practice. “Massive agricultural land grabs for personal interest, which affect tens of thousands of hectares via speculation, hurt customary and human rights and prevent local communities and farmers from practising agricultural and pastoral activities on...

Siemens signed with the government of Madagascar a memorandum of understanding to add 300MW of power to the country’s production capacity, by 2019. More generally, the agreement concerns measures to take to increase the country’s power output. “The goal of this agreement is to increase the country’s national output and connect local populations to the power grid. A reliable and...

In a bid to facilitate the implementation of the current land reform in Senegal, the head of programmes of the council of non-governmental organizations for development’s support (CONGAD), Mbaye Niang (picture), recommends a participative and inclusive approach. In this regard, he urged the government to vulgarize the report submitted by the national commission for land reform. “The State...

In Morocco, a total of 12,292 fake bank notes were detected in 2016, valued at 1.9 million dinars (about $200,000). This is 19% more than in 2015, in terms of bank notes and 43% in terms of value. This was revealed by the country’s central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, in a report released recently. The rate of notes counterfeiting in Morocco in 2016 stood at 8.6 fake notes for every million...

Trace, the group specialized in the broadcasting of music and afro- urban entertainment programs, announced the launch of its unit dedicated to the distribution of media contents. Named Trace Content Distribution (TCD), this new branch of the group will be led by Betty Sulty-Johnson, an expert in the commercialization of media content in Africa. “I’m glad to join Trace in order to expand...

Mining firm Red Rock Resources (RRR) signed with Cobalt Blue Ltd, a conditional agreement to acquire interests in a project to process copper and cobalt residues near Kolwezi, in DR Congo. The project comprises the Kamirombe 1 and 2 sites, as well as those of Haute Kalumba and Basse Kalumba. RRR under the agreement made an initial non-refundable payment of $50,000 which gives it 40 days to...

Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara, will meet with his Ghanaian counterpart Nana-Akufo Addo to discuss ways to reduce the gap between cocoa’s prices to producers in the countries, Bloomberg reported.  The related measures aim to tackle illegal trafficking of the beans, and should be implemented before October 1, 2017, when will be fixed the minimum price to Ivorian producers for the...