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Chad’s economic development, a major failure

Financially, Idriss Déby will not go into the history of his country as a great builder, nor a development architect. His country is at the bottom of the world rankings for development. The oil rent that started in 2003 has hardly helped the population. 187 out of 189 countries, this is Chad's position in the UN ranking for…

Congo-B: financial actors require

The Congolese government has just faced debts from economic operators who have pre-financed the state's works. Although the requirements were revised, they were only partially settled. Operators believe it will be difficult to revive the national economy with the small domestic commercial debt paid to them. They call for arbitration by the head of state for a final solution to their problem.…

The Democratic Republic of Congo is establishing “particular financial zones” to draw overseas buyers

Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, the authorities try to diversify a nonetheless fragile financial system, which is principally because of the mining sector. To do that, they determined to create six particular financial zones. On November 4, Congolese Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba launched the nation's first pilot "particular financial zone" within the suburbs of the capital…

[Série pont Sénégambie]: the economic downturn in the city of Farafenni (3/3)

The last episode of our series of reports dedicated to the Senegambia Bridge that has changed the lives of Gambians and Senegalese for a year. Inaugurated on January 21, 2019, the Sénégambien Bridge stretches across the Gambia River and allows easy connection of southern Senegal to the north. It replaces the old ferry that required waiting long hours before crossing or even several days for truck…