Madagascar’s land observatory’s director, Laza Raharo Andriamanjato, announced on the sidelines of celebration of the 10th anniversary of the institution that new land offices will be built so that each municipality of the Island has one by 2030. This was reported by L’Express de Madagascar. “There are actually 524 operational land offices in Madagascar. 95% of them are...

While visiting Tunis last Monday, the president of the commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel de Souza, signed with Tunisian authorities a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aiming to elaborate a roadmap for the promotion of economic cooperation between Tunisia and the sub-regional institution. The MoU which concerns the sectors of agriculture, trade and...

In Nigeria, Gabon and Angola, debt servicing should take up more than 60% of public revenues this year. This is quite a heavy burden according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These are not the only countries of sub-Saharan Africa to be concerned by this challenge. The Fund notes that at the end of 2016, public debt had already exceeded 50% of GDP in 22 countries, resulting in some...

From November 24 to 27, Côte d’Ivoire will receive professionals of the web, marketing, and digital industries, in the framework of the fourth edition of Africa Web Festival. The event aims to promote African excellence in terms of digital. According to Mariam Diawara, the festival’s promoter, “jobs must be created for youth because the main challenge of the future is youth. The best way...

Kwesi Appiah (photo), coach of Ghana’s national football team, the Black Stars, has announced that he wishes to build in Ashaiman, in the Greater Accra region, a solar equipment manufacturing plant. To this end, he will be backed by Appiah-Karim Company Ltd and Palmer Group Company, respectively based in US and Germany, Ghana Web reported.  Worth €14.5 million, the plant will...

Last week-end in Abidjan was held a panel to teach young Ivoirians about land management, according to Agence ivoirienne de Presse (AIP). Organized by the Friedrich Ebert foundation and the Ivorian Leaders Network (Réseau ivoirien des leaders - RIL), the workshop was themed: “How can youth contribute to the resolution of land issues in Côte d’Ivoire?” “Land issues have become a chronic...

Naspers’ internet TV service Showmax recently broadcasted the trailer of its first original series, "Tali’s Wedding Diary". The comedy series was created for Showmax by Suzelle DIY’s creative team, a successful web series on YouTube. According to details obtained so far, Tali’s Wedding Diary will mainly target an African audience. The series is about Tali, a young South African coming...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Growing Together Fund (AGTF) are about to grant Rwanda a $171 million loan to develop a sanitation and water supply programme.  In the framework of the scheme, AfDB will provide $121.137 million while AGTF, the fund created by China and the pan-African institution itself, will provide $50 million. The whole project will...

On November 17, 2017, the telecom operator Algérie Telecom has revealed it was hit by a major cyberattack. According to the State-owned firm, the attack aimed at hacking and blocking its system.  It added that its IT engineers were able to stop the attack and secure operational platforms. With the collaboration of security services, Algérie Telecom further notified that the hackers were...

Fourth largest gold producer in Africa, Mali has announced last Friday that its overall output for the ore could reach 95 tons in 2017, up 40% compared to 2016. The news which was reported by Reuters originally came from Mamadou Sidibé, one of the government’s officials. The increase is attributed to production forecast for informal miners which should be of 50 tons, or more than twice the...