Launched by the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB), Seychelles Travel Guide is an app which is mainly intended for tourists who come to the 115-Islands archipelago. “With the help of new technologies, we tried to put everything in one app, from housing, to restaurants, attractions and touristic activities,” said Vahid Jacob, STB’s e-marketing chief. The app’s functionalities were...

In an interview with national TV, ORTM, and daily Les Echos, the President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, said he will work to implement a land reform which will help improve land management in the country. “I think it’s time we have a proper land register. It is time also for the land management regulations, and land code to be reviewed and revised. A strict discipline should be in place...

head of presidential election in December 2016, Ghana’s President, John Mahama, said in a speech addressed to his party on September 13 that “Ghana's budget deficit is expected to fall to 4.9 percent of GDP this year against an initial projection of 5.3 percent”, adding that “gross domestic product is expected to grow more than 8 percent next year, compared with a projected 4.1 percent...

Mining firm Robex Resources, active on the Nampala Mine in Mali, has recovered the Kamasso exploration permit, which it held from 2004 to 2013, and in which it invested $1,076,052 in research and exploration works. The permit which covers an area of 100 km² is adjacent to the Mininko permit held by Robex at the Nampala Mine. Due to its proximity with Nampala, the permit offers the company...

Honeywell Oil and Gas Limited on Thursday, said it has changed its business name to HOGL Energy Limited.According to the indigenous oil and gas marketing companies within and outside Nigeria, consistent with the change, the company’s logo, website and email addresses would change effective from September 15, 2016, while all other details and organizational structure would stay unchanged, Punch...

Each day, 120 tons of potato chips are consumed in Nigeria. Truly, despite being the leading potato producer in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria depends mainly on imports to satisfy its demand. Statistics show that it imports around $45 million of potato yearly.  However, given the actual dollar shortage that the nation is recording, as a result of central bank’s policy, the whole potato...

The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 14 Sept 2016, has announced the launch of an investment plan for Africa and neighboring countries. The plan aims to provide more local prospects and tackle economic emigration to the E uropean Union (EU). “We currently have an ambitious investment plan for Africa and its...

Lekoil is currently in preparation to reach its production target of 10,000 barrels of oil a day from the Otakikpo facility in West Africa by the end of this year. “Onshore facilities are complete while welding and installation work continues to progress on the offshore pipeline. The company expects commercial production to begin at Otakikpo in the next few weeks. The company is targeting...

Morocco’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) just blocked Google Duo, another VoIP app.According to news website Telquel.ma, the app kept working until now, despite the regulatory authority blocking VoIP, by using WebRTC, a sub-technology different from that used by Skype, Viber, or WhatsApp. With Google Duo blocked, concerns now turn toward Imo which is still accessible but uses the...

Construction of the Bab Ighli site which will host the COP 22 is in its fourth stage, according to those in charge of the project. “Being at the fourth stage of the project means we still have the ground to cover, pass the cables and the optic fibre through their tubes and trays, and place parquets, one of the project’s leaders said. There is also dressing which has already been designed,...