Economy

Is the digital economy mature enough in Tunisia? This is the question that a study prepared last January by the World Bank attempted to answer. According to the diagnosis established by the World Bank, the maturity of the Tunisian digital...

What if the gradual lifting of deconfinement measures were an opportunity to implement new, pan-African technologies and protocols? This is the wish, in the perspective of the Continental Free Trade Area of ​​former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. Op-ed by former President of Nigeria...

The French Development Agency publishes a rich atlas on Africa. The book allows us to observe the progress made by the continent in recent decades, and to situate it in relation to the rest of the world. The trajectory of the African continent and...

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...

The MENA NGO Oxfam international denounces the increase in wealth of the richest and the worsening of inequalities. It calls for corrective measures to better respond to the social and health emergency. The wealth of the 21 billionaires in the MENA region (Middle East...

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...

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has revised its loss estimates for the airline sector upwards. Its leaders urge African countries to coordinate their actions, including their health protocols, in order to limit the damage. For its part, AFRAA offers an interactive capacity-sharing portal for...

The World Bank has just released its voluminous annual report CPIA, the Assessment of Policies and Institutions in Africa. It underlines the delays, sometimes the errors, of African countries and endorses certain progress, such as that of Togo. In the news, the World Bank's...

What is the specificity of the political and communication strategy of the President of Senegal, Macky Sall globally and specifically in the face of Covid-19 in Africa? The Covid-19 crisis has confirmed the leading role of some African leaders (South Africa, Morocco, Rwanda) and...

The Central Bank of Congo surprised, this weekend of August 15, by raising its key rate from 7.5% to 18.5%. The institution notes a resumption of inflationary pressures, but considers that the economic recession in DR Congo could be less than feared in 2020.