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Is the Senegalese countryside about to make the great leap forward? This is surely the ambition of Mr Macky Sall (pictured) and his government who have just launch the Community Development Emergency Programme (PUDC). The initiative, which goal is to “meet immediate and crucial needs through a fast procedure” according to Senegal’s first citizen, is meant for the construction of 10,029 km...
The leader in international money transfer services Western Union and the mobile operator MTN announced, in a press release published on 6th July, the launch of a new mobile money transfer service in Rwanda and Côte d’Ivoire.
The new service will allow MTN clients, in the aforementioned countries, to receive money transfers in their mobile wallets. The senders can choose to operate from a...
According to a communiqué issued by Etienne Dieudonné Ngoubou, minister for Oil and Gas, and released yesterday, the Republic of Gabon and the Japanese group Marubeni signed on 6th July 2015 in Libreville a memorandum of understanding to carry out a feasibility study in Gabon for a methanol plant project.
Though the details in relation to the construction of this plant have not yet been...
The Ivorian group Yedcor International announced, on 8th July, its intention to build un big residential, trading and touristic real estate complex in Abidjan on an area covering 10 hectares.
According to Desnos T. Yed (pictured), CEO for Yedcor group, this project will include 350,000 m2 of constructed area, with two multi-level towers of 40 floors.
Christened Yedcor Valley Center, this...
In Marrakech, 5 young people were arrested for buying and drinking orange juice on the Jemaa el-Fna square. They could get a sentence of up to 6 months of prison sentence, as stipulated by the Moroccan law: “Whoever, publicly known for his affiliation to the Muslim religion, obviously breaks the fast in a public area during the month of Ramadan, without any reason admissible by the religion”,...
CFAO Technologies, a division of the CFAO Group, develops, designs, integrates and operates tailored IT infrastructure and system solutions for its B2B customers. The division recently secured Cisco Gold Certification, an international "gold standard" in IT system and network support and design.
CFAO Technologies is the first IT services company in the region to obtain this level of...
For 5 months now, French-speaking countries of Africa and France have been receiving channel Nina TV, a channel exclusively dedicated to showing African and South American telenovelas. Soon, English-speaking African world will have a comparable channel emitting in English.
The new channel has been christened Nina TV-The Novelas Channel. It will be launched on 27th July on all English-speaking...
The telecom group Econet Wireless Group, belonging to the Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa announced on 7th July 2015 the completion of the merger of its Burundian subsidiary with that of VimpelCom, U-Com Leo, bought as the same time as the Central African subsidiary in October 2014 for US$65 million.
The new operator, consisting of Econet Wireless and U-Com Leo has been called Econet Leo....
Vietnam has just announced an investment of US$2 million in the development of rice seeds for a production project in Mozambique. This initiative is taking place in the Zambeze province and is geared towards ensuring food safety in this region which faced floods at the beginning of the year.
The investment is also meant to strengthen Hanoï’s influence in a country where the Vietnamese...
The Chinese group C&H Garment Company will build a clothing manufacturing plant in Senegal with an investment of US$25 million. A memorandum of understanding was signed on 5th July between the Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Major Works (APIX) and the managers of C&H Garment Company.
The project, part of the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE), will be located in the Diamniadio...