The Mozambican economy registered a growth of 6.1% during the first half of 2016, according to data published on 12 May by the government following a cabinet meeting. Inflation, for its part, was pinned at 2.35% for the first six months of the current year against a forecast of 5.1% for the whole year. In 2014, the real GDP of Mozambique increased by 7.6% thanks in part to the public expenditure...

The Ivorian press is awaiting the arrival of a new member entitled "La Tribune Ivoirienne" (The Ivorian Platform). The general news daily will be available in the stands from 31 August 2014. The new newspaper will be edited by the company A+ Média. The concept of the newspaper was explained during a press conference hosted by the General Manager of A+Média, Amos Behonao. "La Tribune...

The decriminalisation of press offences is announced in Gabon, following a cabinet meeting held on 11 August 2015, chaired by the head of state, Ali Bongo Ondimba. The decision was mentioned in the final communiqué at the end of the session, reports the Gabonese press agency (AGP). The text indicates: “This order mainly in the decriminalisation of press offences, taking into account online...

Is there a change in the status of typha in Senegal? The plant which has been long since considered as an invasive species could have a future in construction. Indeed, combined with other binding elements, typha can be used as an effective insulation material. “The current strategy of typha invasion control is centred on eradication since it is considered an invasive plant. Yet, one can use...

It is an alarmist report that the general secretariat of the CEEAC which the Nouveau Gabon consulted at the conclusion of the meeting of ambassadors of Member States of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) held in Libreville on 5 August 2015. According to this document “the general secretariat of CEEAC is experiencing a very critical period in its existence, characterised on...

Amara Mining Plc, a gold mining and development group with activities focusing on West Africa, published on 12 August its report for the first half of the year 2015 congratulating itself on the satisfactory result of its ongoing optimisation plan to improve the economic parameters of the Yaoure project, located in the centre of Côte d’Ivoire. The company declared itself in a comfortable...

Gadde Bissik Phosphates Operations Sarl, a mining company formed to operate the Gadde Bissik phosphate deposit, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Terminaux Vraquiers du Sénégal-Necotrans (TVS Necotrans) for the export of its production through the Dakar Port. The signing of this contract, with this major actor of warehousing, was disclosed on 22 July by Minemakers Ltd, an...

The Algerian government announced, on 10 August, the start of a tax amnesty aimed at integrating funds circulating in the informal sector into the banking system. “The voluntary compliance program as specified by the Complementary Finance (Law LFC 2015) is effective as of 2 August 2015”, announced the Direction générale des impôts (DGI – Bureau of Internal Revenue) in a communiqué...

The Senegal Personal Data Commission (CDP), meeting in a plenary session on 31 July 2015, gave a warning to Digital Virgo, a French company present in 18 countries. The company specialised in the supply of mobile content is reproached with breaching the legal conditions of direct market research. Digital Virgo, during its search for new clients, has indeed repeatedly violated the regulations on...

CEO of the Bocom group (supply of petroleum products, treatment of industrial waste), the Cameroonian industrialist, Dieudonné Bougne (photo), is considering getting into the local processing of iron. This is at least what can be construed from a legal notice published on 3 August 2015, revealing the establishment of Cameroon Steel Manufacturing Company by him. This company, officially created...