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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has confirmed that the West African single currency will not be created in the coming months. While reaffirming its will to work for the creation of the eco, despite the differences between states. “We know that the eco cannot be...
The new Prime Minister was Chief of Staff to President Faure Gnassingbé, with whom she has worked for more than ten years. Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé appointed on Monday, September 28, Prime Minister Victoire Sidémého Tomegah Dogbé; the first woman to head a...
Africa is the continent least affected by the coronavirus epidemic. While it is premature to conclude that the worst is over, the continent has certain peculiarities that put it outside the predicted disaster. The WHO offers some explanations. We must beware of any hasty...
Komi Sélom Klassou had been Prime Minister, since 2015, of this country of eight million inhabitants, led for more than half a century by the Gnassingbé family. The political change had been expected in Togo since Faure Gnassingbé was re-elected in February to the...
It is necessary to finance commercial activities to ensure their revival, underlines a report. Which points out that only 40% of business activities in Africa are financed through banks. Afreximbank and ADB (African Development Bank) publish the third part of the Trade Finance in...
Washington wants to go through Khartoum to convince Arab countries to normalize their relations with Israel, and through Algiers to fight terrorism on the continent. Africa is back in the United States' sights. While the head of U.S. diplomacy,...
Faced with the risk of recession, the Central Bank of Nigeria lowers its key rate by 100 basis points to 12.5%. Yet the institution fears the persistence of inflation. It calls for concrete measures on the part of the state. The Monetary Policy Committee...
All indicators are expected to deteriorate sharply in 2020 due to the health crisis and government measures, before recovering in 2021. Worse than last June, the new macroeconomic forecast for Morocco predicts a sharper economic recession in 2020 because of the health crisis....
Several creditor banks in Congo Brazzaville, led by BGFI Bank, have accepted a mechanism to reinject up to CFAF 300 billion into the economy. A relief as the state, in debt, is struggling to play its supporting role. After the Paris Club, the London...
On Sunday, former president and candidate Henri Konan Bédié called for "civil disobedience" in response to the candidacy of the current Ivorian head of state Alassane Ouattara. The best response according to Bédié to face what he considers an abuse...