IVORY COAST :
Moroccan OCP attacking cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast: "The Moroccan group OCP (Office Chérifien des Phosphates) is in prospecting mode in the Ivorian" cocoa loop ", the cocoa production area of the country. Its Ivorian subsidiary, OCP CI, has just launched "OCP School Lab Cacao", a mobile soil diagnosis campaign to propose recommendations for optimal fertilization that correspond to the real needs of soils and crops ... "
AfDB and Ivory Coast sign five agreements to finance cross-cutting projects: " Ivory Coast and the African Development Bank, AfDB, signed on Tuesday, financing agreements for five integrated projects to be executed in the region Aries and the Autonomous District of Yamoussoukro and in the Indénié-Djuablin ... "
More than 300 companies from around the world expected in Ivory Coast: "Africa and its stakes. The first edition of the "Abidjan International Trade and Industry Fair" will take place in Radison Blu from the 11th to the 13th of May. The event was announced last Friday during a press conference animated by the Commissioner of the meeting, Yasmine Ajami, at the Hotel Tiama in the Plateau ... "
SENEGAL :
Telecom - Internet, mobile, land: Sonatel announces 80 billion investment in 2017: "The telecommunications sector is moving. The historic operator of Senegal has announced a colossal investment for this year. In addition to a downward revision of its tariffs, Sonatel expects to put 80 billion CFA to improve its network. An amount equivalent to that disbursed by the Wari money transfer platform to buy back one of its competitors in Senegal ... "
More than 1.6 million Tons of fish annually caught in West African waters: "The annual fish production in West African coastal waters is estimated at more than 1.6 million Tons, A commercial value of around two billion Euros, revealed Amadou Banda Diop, technical adviser to the Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy ... "
IFC launches its "Corporate Governance in Senegal" program: "The International Finance Corporation, IFC, the World Bank's organization dedicated to the private sector, launched in collaboration with the Senegalese Institute of Administrators ), Its program "Corporate Governance in Senegal". This program, supported by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SSEA, of the Swiss Confederation, aims to promote good corporate governance practices and to reinforce the capacities of key players in the market ... "
CAMEROON :
Yaoundé: an international fair to boost SMC: "1,300 exhibitors, including 500 foreigners, are expected to attend the International Business, SMC and Partnership Fair, open in Yaounde on Saturday. Its objective is to boost the business of SMC. Promoting SMC. This is the objective of the International Exhibition of Companies, SMC and Partnership, better known as Promote, open Saturday in Yaoundé ... "
Nearly 2,700 ICT projects identified by the government: "As a part of its plan to develop the digital economy, the Cameroonian government, through the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, has already identified nearly 2,700 ICT projects carried out by young people , and that are waiting only for multiform support to be developed, "we learn from internal sources to this ministerial department ..."
Cameroon-European Union: 60 years in the service of development: "The organization whose mission is to support the sustainable economic, cultural and social development of its member countries, celebrates through its remarkable presence at the 6th edition of the fair Promote, 60 years of accompanying Cameroon in improving the business climate through cooperation ... "
NIGERIA :
The government is mobilizing one billion Dollar from Shell to develop the Niger Delta region: "In Nigeria, the interim president Yemi Osinbajo announced that the federal government has mobilized one billion Dollar from the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, for the development of the Niger Delta region. "Shell will provide one billionDollar, per 200 million Dollar a year over five years, to provide clean water, conduct a health impact assessment and develop remediation technologies. We must make the Niger Delta region a dynamic economic zone, "says Osinbajo."
Dangote announces a program to help rice farmers in Sokoto: "Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, will launch a support program in Sokoto State, Nigeria. The program, which will focus on the development of rice fields on 25,000 Hectares, will create hundreds of jobs in the region ... "
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
