To secure Malagasy populations’ access to land, the Projet de promotion d’une politique foncière responsable (Responsible Land Management Promotion Policy Project), ProPFR, was just launched. This occurred in Boeny, in the North West of Madagascar, on the sidelines of a workshop organized by the ministry in charge of president projects, land development and equipment and the German...

Since last November 2, Guinea’s High Communication Authority has suspended the Espace FM radio station. The regulator blames the station for having diffused information likely to endanger national security and public order, and hurt the moral of armed forces. Hosts of Espace FM’s show “Grandes Gueules” (lousy mouths), however claim they were just citing a source that pointed out some...

South Korea has provided Ghana $9 million to boost rice farming in the Central Region. This was announced by Ghana’s minister of agriculture, Owusu Afriyie Akoto (picture).  The official explained the choice of the region by its potentials for the large scale production of the cereal, not only for local consumption but for export as well.   Let’s recall that 70% of...

The Togolese government has decided to release 42 people, arrested, judged and condemned by various courts during the recent protests that occurred in the country. It also ordered the restitution of bikes ceased in Lomé during the Sept 7 protest and also the lifting of the supervision measure targeting opposition leader, Jean Pierre Fabre. Measures will also be taken to start talks, in the...

Roxgold has released on Monday, the results of the feasibility study for the South Bagassi deposit at its Yaromoko gold project, in Burkina Faso. The deposit’s development should boost Yaramoko’s annual output by 40% or 40,000 ounces, bringing it to 150,000 ounces per annum. Moreover, the study stated that an investment of $29.6 million will be needed to start production at South...

The Federal Urban Job Creation and Food Security Agency revealed that it has created 119,931 jobs in the country, in the first quarter of the Ethiopian 2017/18 fiscal year started last July. With this performance the agency has thus achieved at 68.61% its job creation target for the period. Indeed, it initially aimed for 174,810 jobs. According to the entity, 44.6% of jobs created over the...

Two weeks ago, at the Riyadh Carlton Ritz, in Saudi Arabia, the country’s government regrouped many investment funds managers, as well as investors, many of whom have assets in Africa, to introduce them its sovereign fund. Named Public Investment Fund (PIF), the entity intends to be one of the most important worldwide, with an estimated projected commitment portfolio of $400 billion by...

Saudi energy developer Acwa Power plans, next year, to commission in Morocco four power plants having a combined capacity of 640MW, le 360.ma reports.  In details, the firm will deliver Noor II, a 200MW thermodynamic solar power plant, by the end of March 2018. There is also Noor III, with a capacity of 150MW, which will be delivered at the end of the year. The three PV power plants...

Over the first three quarters of 2017, DR Congo’s copper output has increased by 9.3%. The country has produced over the period 831,000 tons of the red ore, the Central Bank reported on Monday. In the meantime, cobalt’s production rose by 18% to 59,000 tons while gold’s increased by 5.7% to 23,000 kg. These increases should enable the Central African nation to cushion the negative...

During the 2017/18 season price to producers for a kg of cotton in Côte d’Ivoire, will be the same as the last season, thus CFA265. This decision by the government was spurred by global low prices of cotton. According to Reuters, citing Bruno Koné, spokesperson of the government, the State should turn toward a subsidy process to pay farmers. Côte d’Ivoire eyes this season, an output of...