Swiss food industry leader, Nestlé, opened yesterday in the industrial zone of Yopougon in Abidjan, a new distribution center for its products, Agence ivoirienne de presse (AIP) reports. Inaugurated by Jean Claude Brou, Cote d’Ivoire’s Minister of Industry and Mines, in the presence of John Miller, Nestlé’s Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, the site covers a total area of...

Land is often the source of violent, sometimes bloody, conflicts between rural communities in Cote d’Ivoire. This is what reveals a study conducted by the Ivorian civic society convention (CSCI) and Ngo Concordis International with the support of the European Union, in the framework of a project entitled “Promoting the inclusive participation of the Ivorian civic society in the national...

On May 30, the upper chamber of the Nigerian parliament voted against the provision of a concession agreement to Agip, subsidiary of Italian oil major Eni, to rehabilitate, operate and maintain Port Harcourt refinery, saying the deal lacks transparency. The motion which was brought by Senator Sabo Mohammed was titled “Non-transparent transaction relating to the planned concession of the Port...

ASKY, the Pan African Airline, is pleased to announce new nonstop service between Lomé and Johannesburg effective 2 June 2017. With this flight, Johannesburg will join the growing ASKY hub in Lomé. Passengers will be able to connect between Johannesburg and ASKY’s entire network in West and Central Africa, including Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry, Dakar, Douala, Lagos, Libreville, Niamey,...

In Nigeria, the Senate has passed the bill on mutual assistance in criminal matters between Nigeria and other countries. The passed bill will enable the government to ask any nation were laundered money is stacked to help in the prosecution of the culprits, or even proceed to the prosecuting under its own law. The same is applicable if the money, or any other proof of laundering by a citizen of...

Between April and May, Nigeria spent $15.2 million on maize imports, The Nation reports. According to the news website, this amount equates 70,000 metric tons of maize, at a current market price of $217 per metric ton.  In 2016, the nation imported 300,000 tons of maize to support domestic production which stands at 7.2 million tons. It should be highlighted that 60% of this...

Last Saturday, India has granted a credit line of $500 million to Mauritius so that it supports the public sector, in a bid to develop infrastructure projects. The related agreement was signed in the presence of Pravind Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius, and several other Indian and Mauritian authorities. According to the Jugnauth, “the money will be paid through the Export-Import...

In Ghana, 812,153 tonnes of cocoa beans were harvested on May 25, date at which end purchases of the beans in the main harvest season, Bloomberg reported citing one of the sources with knowledge of the matter. The new volume is up 4.4% as compared to 778,000 tonnes recorded at the end of last year's main and intermediate harvests. Rising purchases confirm recent forecasts which put Ghana’s...

The Togolese government announced in a statement that close to 4,000 Mobas from Burkina Faso have fled to Togo since last Tuesday in Togo, as a result of a clash between Yangas and Mobas in the village of Kabou in the Koulpélogo province, Burkina Faso, reports Togo Top Infos. According to the statement, the conflict between the two communities is land-related. For now, most of the refugees were...

The Nigerian government has selected General Electric (GE) Consortium as preferred bidder for the Concession of the Western and Eastern Lines of the Nigerian Railway.  The project includes the rehabilitation, financing and operation of the 3,505km narrow-gauge railway system. In details, the system comprises the Lagos-Kanu-Nguru (Western) and the Port Harcourt-Kaduna Junction...