Africa’s economy

In 2020, cotton production collapsed by three quarters in Mali, from 700,000 to 147,000 tonnes. Fearing a fall in producer prices and the removal of fertilizer subsidies, cotton producers turned away from white gold. But it is strategic for Mali, and the Ministry of Agriculture is intensifying consultations with the agricultural world to revive production.…

After a blank year in 2020 due to a pandemic, the Franco-African Foundation will resume this month and until March 21 its call for applications to select a new promotion of 100 young African and French entrepreneurs. The Young Leaders, an initiative launched in 2017 by Beninese Lionel Zinsou with the support of the French public authorities, has become a private foundation, but the goal remains the same:…

Look back on a year of entrepreneurship in Africa with this nugget worth being listed in this year’s startup, according to Africa Economy. It's called KKiaPay, and it's a Beninese FinTech that has established itself as a key player in integrated payment with mobile money. "We are fortunate to be one of the fastest growing…

In Côte d'Ivoire, on-line gross sales, that have already larger, exploded this yr within the context of the well being disaster. The e-commerce emblem Jumia, the main guests in the field in Africa and particularly within the Ivory Coast, let's say, claims birth of four.8 million programs simplest for the duration of "Black Friday".…

In Senegal, digital commerce is growing. Regardless of low financial institution entry (solely 21%), e-commerce websites are multiplying, primarily within the capital Dakar. And this because of an growing penetration price on the web, which reached 74% in 2019. Physique lotions and hair masks. For 3 years, Rosa Manuela Evora,…

Ten years in the past, the spark of the Arab Spring erupted in Tunisia, in Sidi Bouzid, a disadvantaged village within the heart of the nation the place Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on hearth. Ten years later, within the area, social anger has not died, fairly the other. And the well being disaster solely exacerbated the signs. Dozens of cities are demonstrating to demand the promised jobs and funding.…

A few weeks ago, Togo reached the level of reform that made it possible to take the threshold of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. This threshold for the US program is 20 billion CFA francs, or more than 30 million euros, which will be used to modernize the technology, information and communication sector (ICT) at a time when Togolese consumers are complaining about the high cost of telephone…

Like many African international locations, Burkina Faso is growing cutting-edge expertise within the house sector. Extra exactly when analyzing and utilizing satellite tv for pc photographs. Frédéric Ouattara is a physicist, he heads Norbert Zongo College in Koudougou the place he developed the Division of House Science: "What…

Every year in sub-Saharan Africa, eleven million young people enter the labor market. Finding a job is a challenge and improving employability, ie. the ability to find a job is one of the most important goals of the Burkinaction Association. Spotlight on this initiative which already has ten thousand members. Joël Bamogo is a…

Rwanda's meals supply app Vuba Vuba is driving the e-commerce dill boosted by the coronavirus pandemic. Vuba Vuba, launched a couple of yr in the past in January 2020, means "quick" in Kinyarwanda, the nationwide language, has already registered virtually 200 eating places, operates in two Rwandan cities and delivers as much as 600 meals a day. Whereas Jumia left the small Rwandan market on the finish…