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For seven months, Indonesian activist Melati Wijsen went on an epic journey around the world with French author Flore Vasseur to meet young activists fighting for climate and social justice. She spoke to FRANCE 24 about their travels and the passion that drives her activist comrades. .

The very last government set up in Congo-Brazzaville has a ministry responsible for promoting public-private partnerships, led by the son of the head of state who during his first meeting with private actors promised to protect his investments and work to improve the business environment. But entrepreneurs expect more than promises.…

Financing small businesses is crucial for Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - In Somalia, it is usually difficult for people to finance business ideas. Most of the UCITS are not designed to support business start-ups, not even where they are meant to make money. The understanding and culture for creating business ideas does not work. This has forced many promising business ideas not to start due to…

Brazzaville has simply hosted the fifth version of the Worldwide Exhibition of Innovation and Expertise, Osiane. It has been an exhibition for a lot of corporations, together with start-ups which were hit laborious by the well being disaster. These corporations offered their merchandise or established partnerships. With regard to the organizers, the general public authorities demand acceptable digital…

The luxury industry in Africa is still in its infancy, but it exists and is beginning to become visible. It is to accelerate development that LaureenKouassi-Olsson, a French-Ivorian entrepreneur, launches Birimian, an investment company focusing on African and Afro-luxury European. "One of the reasons for Yves Saint-Laurent's…

The inauguration of the very first growth accelerator Digital Women's Day (JFD) in Africa took place on March 23, 2021 in Libreville, Gabon. It will be a place to gather women entrepreneurs and a networking place where there will be training and events aimed at facilitating access to finance for women, according to Delphine Remy-Boutang, founder and CEO of JFD, CEO of Global Entrepreneurship Network…

Jumia, the African leader in e-commerce and Gozem, one of the leading startups in the urban transport niche, saw with relief the end of a difficult year 2020 for its activities in Africa. And to start over, these companies, both founded by young French people, have a recipe: innovation and investment. Founded in eleven African…

From Madagascar, from today to 3 December 2020, the first regional business forum on the island must be held. On this occasion, the locked region of Atsimo-Andrefana, furthest south of the island, was chosen to host the very first edition. Two hundred participants are therefore expected in the city of Tulear, economic actors, project managers, representatives of ministries and local authorities but also…

Following the bloody attack on the Nigerian youth protest movement by the military, authorities are keeping the pressure on some identified individuals within the #EndSars movement. Twenty of them's bank accounts were frozen, following a decision by the Nigerian central bank. The #EndSars movement has always claimed to be leaderless, but the Nigerian authorities seem to have identified some of its alleged "promoters". They are under increasing pressure, almost three weeks after the army intervened the peaceful movement of…

Rwandan financial progress put in difficulties by coronavirus disaster. The service sector, on which the nation has supported its growth, may be very a lot affected. For a number of years, Kigali has been striving to turn out to be a regional convention identify. However the round 70 occasions deliberate in Kigali this yr have been postponed, representing a deficit of 80 million euros for the nation’s…