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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…

Until Sunday, November 15, we offer a series of reports dedicated to the Senegambia Bridge, which has changed the lives of Gambians and Senegalese for a year. After decades of waiting, the Senegalese bridge was open to individuals in January 2019. Then to trucks in July. This bridge built in the Gambia across the river is intended to open the Casamance region of southern Senegal. And to increase trade…

The world's main cocoa producer, Côte d'Ivoire and its neighbor Ghana and the world's second largest producer, promised final yr to lift the worth paid to growers by establishing, after session with the multinational chocolate corporations, a "Differential of First rate Earnings" of 400 In consequence, on 1 October, Côte d'Ivoire formally set the worth paid for crops at 1,000 CFA francs per kilogram of…

Lower than 15 days earlier than the primary spherical of the Ivory Coast presidential election, this week RFI is providing you a sequence of 5 studies from Africa and the economic system. First half on Monday: The best way to make Ivorian cashew extra aggressive and, particularly, to overcome the British and European markets? That was the topic of a debate that befell on Friday 16 October in Abidjan.…

The continuation of our series dedicated to transformations of the Guinean economy, the country Alpha Condé is very late on the Internet, but this delay can be compensated with the arrival of optical fiber. China has funded the construction of a public fiber optic network, known under the "backbone" of Anglicism. It is now entering the marketing phase. The traffic on the two buried loops over 4400 km,…

Continuation of our series devoted to the Guinean economy during the October 18 presidential election. In Guinea, the "eTax" platform has just been launched to dematerialize the payment of taxes and facilitate taxpayer procedures. Main objectives: combating corruption, but also expanding and securing the tax base. Conakry is thus following in the footsteps of many countries on the continent, which have…

Continuation of our collection dedicated to the Guinean economic system through the October 18 presidential election. The nation has determined to accumulate biometric identification. Particularly, the previous inflexible paper identification card, which might be simply solid, can be changed by a brand new card containing the biometric info of people. An actual revolution in a rustic the place the…