African Economy

Morocco is granted a multi-million euro loan from the World Bank. This loan will be used to improve water management in Morocco, affected by a historic drought that is currently affecting this North African country.…

Patrice Talon is the new current president of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). The Beninese head of state was appointed by his comrades on Friday in Accra, following a double summit between ECOWAS and UEMOA.…

The war in Ukraine caused a veritable earthquake in the international wheat market. Russia is the world's largest exporter of wheat and Ukraine the fourth. And for African countries that import grain, price is a big issue. Many entrepreneurs offer…

The war in Ukraine is causing an earthquake on the international wheat market. Russia is the world's largest exporter of wheat, Ukraine the fourth. And for African countries that import grain, price is a big issue. Many entrepreneurs offer alternatives to…

How can African companies be helped in the context of an international crisis? How to promote investment and trade on the continent despite the disorganization of the value chains on the continent? These are some of the assignments for International Finance Corporation (IFC), the leading development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Its CEO, Makhtar Diop, gave an interview to RFI to describe his actions and his…

Several African video game studios have joined forces in PAGG, Pan Africa Gaming Group, to develop and harmonize the continent's sector. And one of the problems to be solved for these studios is games to generate money, knowing that the US online stores, Apple…

In Africa, a dozen online game studios have simply merged to type PAGG, the Panafrican Gaming Group. This coalition goals to develop the sector and, above all, to harmonize practices on a continent with one billion individuals and 54 nations. But the long run…

In Guinea, a few weeks before Ramadan, in a country that is more than 85% Muslim, women challenged the head of state, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, about the high cost of living and suffering in the household basket, on March 8. The head of state immediately urged…

In Kenya, the territory consists of two thirds of dry or semi-arid land. A tree marks these types of landscapes: the acacia in Senegal, a shrub that resists well because it needs some water. A blessing because its dried sap is a gold mine. Sudan is the…

The crisis in Ukraine raises concerns about the consequences on the African continent. Some states take the lead. This is the case with Algeria, which in the Council of Ministers on Sunday decided to ban the export of certain consumer products whose raw…