Over the last ten years, the agile method has become increasingly popular in all companies, especially those specializing in software publishing. Nevertheless, with hindsight, many tensions emerge between the ayatollahs of the Agile Manifesto and its detractors. Some even go so far as to present it as cancer for the industry. Far from such extremes, Jean-Yves Devaux, Project Director at...

Zambia reached a deal with Chinese firm Huawei on February 5 to promote the use of modern ICT tools in higher learning institutions. The project is called Smart Education. According to the Higher Education Minister, Brian Mushimba, this program will give Zambian students a range of technologies that will boost their academic training. “The current status of Smart Education in Zambia and where...

The African Union is disbursing $100 million to assist refugees and displaced persons on the continent. The good news was announced by Minata Samate-Cessouma, the Commissioner for Political Affairs, during a press briefing on the sidelines of the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union. According to the leader, the money will also serve...

Last year, companies operating in the private sector in Ghana obtained a total of 44.5 billion cedis (about $8.1 billion) in credit from commercial banks. This makes an increase by 18.3% compared to 2018 when growth was 10.6%, the Central Bank’s monetary policy committee reports. The good evolution is the result of growing demands for credit in the Ghanaian private sector, motivated by...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has suffered a drop of 8% on the Nigerian Stock Exchange over the first six days of February 2020. This is bad news after the good performance (+14.6%) in the previous month, the second strongest monthly performance since July 2018, according to market data collected by the Ecofin Agency. The Ecobank share hit peak value at 20.8 naira in July 2018, but it...

Ethiopian Airlines is not suspending flights to China, amid the coronavirus outbreak. During a press conference held last week, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam (pictured) announced that Africa’s largest airline has no plans to shut down its lines to the country. “WHO clearly stated that suspending flights to China would not end the coronavirus outbreak as victims of the virus are located in other...

Entrepreneurship has boomed with the advent of new technologies. The growth in internet penetration in the Democratic Republic of Congo has encouraged the creation of many young companies working in new technologies. According to some studies, the failure rate of Start-Ups is estimated at 90%. Therefore, Start-Up financing is always perceived as a risky bet by banks. However, most start-ups have...

Ghana cashed 43.9 billion cedis (about $8.1 billion) in tax revenues over the financial year 2018-19. According to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), this performance is higher than the initial target of 42.08 billion cedis (about $7.7 billion). The authority said tax revenue mobilization over the period was spurred by a rise in VAT collection and communication service tax. In a new...

Gabon has come up with strict security measures regarding the coronavirus currently spreading in China and other countries around the world. In a press statement on February 7, the Health Ministry announced that “the government has decided to refuse entry into the territory to any traveler coming from China, until further notice, in a move to prevent the possible spread of the virus in the...

The regional council for public savings and financial markets (CREPMF) recently received from the French Development Agency (AFD) €2 million (XOF1.3 billion). An agreement was inked last week between the two parties.  This facility should help stimulate the WAMU’s financial market, as part of the Project to Accelerate the Sustainable Development of the Regional Financial Market...