Africa is embarking on ambitious projects. The latest, the start of 2021 is marked by the start of the AfCFTA. One is entitled to wonder if all these programs are calibrated enough to satisfy future generations?     By Daouda MBAYE   If it is enough to set up a...

Beyond creating a unique entrepreneurial hub, Gemini Africa, based in Egypt, intends to fully play its role of mentoring to talented African youth who deserve to build a better future. Explanations and Portrait of Adly Thoma, CEO of Gemini Africa.     Interview by Daouda Mbaye   If you had...

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Bamako Declaration, the Secretary General of La Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo, initiated a cycle of “Francophone Conversations” to discuss contemporary and major issues for the Francophone space, relating to human rights. Man, fundamental freedoms and democracy.   Twenty years ago, on November...

With World Bank support, the government of Rwanda has developed a bold new approach to tackle stunting, chronic malnutrition, with an enhanced package of multisectoral interventions. Early Achievements and Strategic Priorities.   By DBM, at Kigali Rwanda became one of the early adopters of the Human Capital Project and the Stunting Prevention and...

The World Bank announced today, at the One Planet Summit, its intention to invest more than 5 billion dollars in favor of 11 countries of the Sahel and the regions of Lake Chad and the Horn of Africa. With this support, we hope to build growth corridors to transform the...

Since 9 years, the Digital Women's Day, (JFD in French), which is no longer just a simple annual meeting but a platform for the promotion of digital entrepreneurship for women, has honored and connected women who work to revolutionize the world thanks to digital, both in Europe and in Africa....

The Covid-19 pandemic has put the brakes on many high growth assumptions. It is an understatement to say that sectors which, until a year and a half ago, were buoyant, suffered a sharp decline and threw hundreds of thousands of workers onto the streets. As there is growing talk of...

Ariane Umuringa founded Starlight, which supplies cheap solar lights to rural and peri-urban populations without access to electricity.   Before presenting the concept of Starlight, what was your background and what made you socially involved? I grew up in the western province of Rwanda after the genocide. At that time,...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is gradually taking shape. , The Digital Summit for the 13th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, held in early December, was supposed to give it a boost. On January 1, 2021, member states decide to launch commercial activities. What...

The consultancy firm Roland Berger carried out, at the request of the Women in Africa (WIA) platform, its annual study on female entrepreneurship. The 2020 edition, "Accelerating the entrepreneurial dynamic of women in Africa - Improving access to finance to support the entrepreneurial dynamic", confirms the trend: if women are...