Economy

Two days after the severance of diplomatic relations with Morocco, Algeria announces that it can do without the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline, an important gas infrastructure for the Moroccan economy. While the diplomatic staff packs their bags, because it is today that the Moroccan embassy enters Algeria closes the doors, a new…

In the DRC, the authorities, on Thursday in Kinshasa, presented an ambitious re-industrialization plan worth 58 billion US dollars. For experts, this plan is beneficial, but there is a huge funding challenge. However, this gives optimism to some. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaPresenting the plan to an audience of…

Fintech InTouch was created in 2014 in Senegal and has become one of the pan-African leaders in the acceptance of payments and distribution of digital services. It offers a single payment platform that enables merchants and companies to accept all means of payment. Now present in ten countries on the African continent, it wants to support the boom in the digitalisation of services and democratize…

As in most African countries, and despite rapid urbanization, the agricultural sector is the main source of employment and income for the people of Senegal. But in rural areas, local shop stewards emphasize that income from agriculture does not eradicate poverty. Fadel Diop:in reality, the potential for family farms is not…

Makongo is the generic name for Sango, the language most commonly spoken in the Central African Republic, to denote larvae. They are available in all colors and sizes. Eaten fresh, fried, in sauce or dried, they represent a very profitable sector, from pickers to preparers, including retailers who make the daily round trip between the capital and the Lobaye forest area in the east of the country.…

With the Covid-19 pandemic, African tourist countries are going through a deep crisis. Tunisia, Morocco, South Africa and Senegal have seen international customers disappear and local economies hit hard. A new sector may restore the taste for travel: e-tourism, an interactive virtual visitor experience. A young start, Maghreb Experience, thus offers to discover mythical places in Algeria, Morocco and…

Meeting this Tuesday, August 17 with Mossadeck Bally, founder of the hotel group Azalaï. Azalaï is the first Pan-African hotel group with an international dimension founded by an African. .

According to more than 2.8 million votes according to the final result of the first round, Hakainde Hichilema was elected the seventh president of Zambia. Zambians have raised their voices to this businessman, nicknamed "HH", largely for his promise to turn the economy around. From now on, the new head of state must meet voters' expectations.…

With less than 6,000 cases of Covid-19 registered for 195 deaths, Niger is one of the least affected countries from a health point of view, but its economy is one of the most affected. And the impact of the pandemic has exacerbated the existence of uncertainty in production and exacerbated the number of Nigerians who end up in very great insecurity.…

The one with the nickname "the princess" in Angola is now facing a new legal obstacle. Isabel dos Santos, the richest woman on the African continent, is accused of corruption. It must return more than 400 million euros worth of shares to the Angolan oil company Sonangol. The fees are stacked on top of each other for Isabel dos Santos, Africa's first female billionaire. This time, the Dutch arbitration institute is questioning the validity of a transaction it carried out with the Angolan state oil company Sonangol. In…