Economy

A new partnership between Britain's Aceleron and Madagascan Jirogasy enables the use of solar-powered computers to … fight digital illiteracy in Africa. The Malagasy solar start-up, Jirogasy, and the British company Aceleron, the British developer of lithium-ion batteries from the circular economy unveil a...

Ewatch Africa Investment Analytica, a subsidiary of HPS Consulting of Prosper Sugewe, intends to rate in local currencies the communities and companies of Central Africa. While the debt levels of certain African countries and certain large companies are running much ink, financial Africa is...

886,2 millions de dollars viennent d’être accordé à la Côte d’Ivoire afin de l’aider à faire face aux besoins urgents de financement engendrés par la pandémie de Coronavirus. En effet, d’après le Fonds Monétaire International (FMI), il y aura un gros impact et une...

Insurer Axa and money transfer company Western Union are launching specific products for migrant workers. A pilot project covers ten African countries. Insurer AXA partners with Western Union Company to provide affordable insurance products to users of westernunion.com. By combining insurance...

The African Development Bank and the World Adaptation Center are joining forces to mobilize an additional $25 billion to accelerate Africa's adaptation to climate change. The AfDB (African Development Bank) will implement its Acceleration Program for Adaptation in Africa (AAAP) intended to mobilize 25...

Will the first barrel of oil come out of Sangomar in 2023? The development of the offshore project is registering a new, though predictable avatar, after the delays accumulated in the oil industry in recent weeks due to the pandemic crisis. Far RSSD...

The Abidjan court of first instance on Tuesday ruled the removal of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo from the electoral list. This decision has serious consequences, as it definitively eliminates Laurent Gbagbo from the list of citizens likely to run for the presidential election...

Senegal's annual economic chart, along with provisional figures for 2020, confirms how much services drive Senegal's growth. The finance sector, in particular, supported lower-than-expected activity in 2019. The Senegalese Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD) has adjusted its estimates of the country's activity for...

Eight candidates are in the running to regain the leadership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) after the departure of Director-General Roberto Azevedo. World trade is at a standstill because of COVID-19. The prospect of a "no-deal" and a trade war between the United...

Central African countries have launched various stimulus packages to alleviate the impact of the crisis on the population and the economy. However, these measures had only very short-term redistribution effects, with no significant effect on the overall level of production. If, as ECA (Economic...