Launched in 2016 with World Bank’s support, the land reform procedure in Mauritania which aims to be transparent, inclusive and participative now has an institutional framework to enable its effective implementation. A national platform regrouping the civic society and the State, but also a steering committee for land governance were just put in place in this framework, at Rosso. These...

On October 16, the Algerian minister of communication has released on the official national journal, a decree to launch a call to offer for licenses to create private TV channels. The minister wishes to award 7 of those.  Amongst authorized channels, there is a news (politics, economic, social) channel, a culture channel, a youth channel, a food channel, a series and entertainment channel...

What if profitability and protection of agricultural lands in Africa was possible by establishing a more restricting tax regime? This is the solution preconized by the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina (picture), to the issue which many consider to be a paradox. During the “Betting on Africa to feed the world” panel at the University of Iowa, U.S, Adesina...

Société de gestion et d'intermédiation africaine de bourse (SGI-AB), subsidiary of Société Ivoirienne de Banque (member of Moroccan group Attijariwafa Bank), launched last Thursday in Abidjan, a new online trading service called “Bourse Connect”.  This is a first in Ivory Coast and this should allow customers to have an autonomous access to necessary tools for the management of...

In Ghana, the implementation of the solar electrification plan for the country’s high schools is valued at $420 million. This was told Starr Business, by Seth Maho, deputy director of the renewable energy at the ministry of energy. “We have counted more than 500 secondary schools already in Ghana from the Ministry of Education’s database. On the average if we are to give each of these...

In Cape Verde, the council of ministers has adopted a budget of about €550 million ($650 million) for the year 2018. This is 8% more than 2017’s budget. One of the main measures of next year’s budget will be the reduction of taxes for more than 80% of tax payers in the country. In addition, the budget plans for a 1% tax decrease on revenues that are below €725 ($855.5), to...

In 2016, the current deficit of West African Economic and Monetary Union’s (WAEMU) countries in 2016, stood at 4.8% of the region’s GDP, against 6% the previous year. This is a 1.2% improvement, spurred by a lower trade deficit mainly (+1.5% of GDP).  The latter is due to lower imports, and more especially to the reduction of the oil bill (-1.1% of GDP) caused by the slump in global oil...

Endeavour Mining has announced on Thursday that its Houndé gold mine in Burkina Faso has started production ahead of schedule. First pouring was about 980 ounces Au, and commercial production should commence in the coming weeks.  “We are proud to have successfully completed this major milestone ahead of schedule and below budget […]. The addition of Houndé will significantly...

From 2006 to 2016, Africa’s annual inflation rate has more than doubled, reaching 12.4%, according to recent data on socio-economic indicators released by the African Development Bank (AfDB).  Worldwide, Africa has been the number one in this regard over the period. In 2016, the region’s average exceeded by far that of the whole planet (3.5%), India’s (4.8%), Latin America and...

For some time now, Ghana has been recording, besides those from the State, multiple initiatives aiming to improve land management. Landmapp, a start-up based in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and operating in Ghana is one of the promoters of such initiatives. It provides in the country land rights documentation to Ghanaian landholders, to small farmers especially, based on customary traditions and...