A new African Centre of Excellence for sustainable cooling and cold chain based in Rwanda will help get farmers’ produce to market quickly and efficiently – reducing food waste, boosting profits and creating jobs.   Based in Kigali and inspired by the University of Rwanda’s existing Africa Centre of Excellence...

Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa are in financial difficulty because of the pandemic. Impact of the crisis on the finance sector, approaches to reverse the trend, priority sectors after Covid 19; responses with Alain Le Noir, Managing Director of Finances Sans Frontières, member of the board of directors of several...

The Center for Disease Control (CDC Africa) has been coordinating actions to contain and eradicate the pandemic since the beginning of the COVID 19 crisis. Objective of CDC, Overview of the evolution of the pandemic, evaluation of experimental treatments in progress, with Dr Bertha AYI, expert within CDC Africa.  ...

The devastating effects of the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic are crashing economies and markets as the world scrambles for an ultimate cure. While clinical trials are an advanced stage in countries such as the United Kingdom, many African nations including South Africa are embracing life under these turbulent times.   By...

The young Senegalese political scientist, Hamidou Anne, delivers an exclusive analysis for ANA on Africa confronted with the Covid 19 crisis... and the Africa of tomorrow in this post-Covid 19 world.   Interview by Dounia Ben Mohamed   In general, how do you see this crisis that has shaken the...

He has been going through some rough times lately. Accused of nepotism, cronyism and other related evils, Akinwumi Adesina is the subject of an investigation process through which his fate as head of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is being played out. What about the review of his mandate ? Opinions diverge...

The Ghanaian authorities want to boost their automotive industry. The first step in this large project to overhaul the sector is to ban vehicles more than ten years old. The program also includes tax incentives to attract world leaders.    By Blamé Ekoué   Though the strategy, set out in...

Bi-banking can help renew the relationship between Africa and France, in particular, and Europe more broadly. And the current crisis in both continents can be an opportunity to implement it, as analyzed by Alain Gauvin, associate lawyer at Asafo & Co.   Alain Gauvin-DR   What is bi-banking ? “Bi-banking”...

Digital Africa’s members met in a general assembly on June 10, 2020 to define new orientations through an ambitious action plan to make digital entrepreneurs the first stakeholders in the African economic recovery.   By Blame Ekoué   In a context marked by the Covid 19 pandemic and its impact...

On 17thJune 2020, the United Nations will be electing 15 states from its 193 Members to take up the Non-Permanent seats at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period 2021-22. Kenya will be on the ballot vying for the single seat available for Africa having been endorsed by...