SENEGAL:
The African Ranking in Tourism Competitiveness for 2017: Senegal in the 15th place: "According to the ranking of the most competitive African countries in terms of tourism for the year 2017, Senegal is in the 15th place. South Africa is the first African country, according to the ranking made by the World Economic Forum..."
According to the DPEE: Decrease of 71.5 billion FCFA in the trade deficit in February: "The trade deficit of Senegal decreased by 71.5 billion CFA Franc last February to stand at 44.9 billion against 116.4 billion CFA Franc in January 2017. "This situation reflects the increase in the exports (+18.3 billion) combined with a decline in the imports of goods (-60.5 billion), in monthly variation," explains the Directorate of Forecasting and Economic Studies (DPEE). As a result of this development, notes the DPEE, which publishes its monthly economic update for the month of February 2017, the coverage rate of imports by exports "stood at a 67.0% against a 46.0% a month earlier." This rate thereby records "an increase of 21 percentage points"..."
Maritime transport - Cooperation between the Pad and HAROPA: The access of the Senegalese products in the European market becomes easier: "The port of Dakar is now connected to the ports of Havre, Rouen and Paris. Through a partnership, the ports of Haropa offer logistical and transport solutions to the Senegalese producers..."
WAEMU: 990 billion FCFA of emissions of public securities: ""The member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) have realized 990 billion FCFA (approximately 1.584 billion Dollar) of the emissions by auction of public securities in the first quarter of 2017," reports the quarterly newsletter of the agency UMOA-Titres based in Dakar..."
The BCEAO denies the creation of a digital currency: "Since several weeks, an information that the Central Bank of the West African States (CBWAS) will launch an electronic currency called "E-Cfa". The CBWAS wanted to deny such information. In a statement, the Central Bank shall explain to the public opinion that it is not involved in any way in the claimed project..."
IVORY COAST:
Improvement of the transportation and the electricity in Ivory Coast: The World Bank approved a loan of 325 million Dollar: "In the 30th of March, the World Bank approved a loan of 325 million Dollar for Ivory Coast for the electricity transmission, distribution and access project, financed under the Supplementary Funding Facility (SUF) of the IDA, a mechanism recently put in place by the World Bank Group. "I am particularly pleased to assist the birth of this project, the most ambitious project ever financed to date by the World Bank Group in Ivory Coast," says Pierre Laporte, the Manager of Operations of the World Bank in Ivory Coast..."
New strategies for the reduction palm oil deficit in Central Africa: ""The Economic Community of the Central African States (ECCAS) in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), brought together some thirty organizations and companies from the subregion to validate the Regional Strategy Paper on the sustainable development of the palm oil sector," according to a report by the government..."
Urban development: The Ministry of the Construction meets with a delegation from the ESSEC: "The urban development of the Abidjan city explained to a delegation of the ESEC Business School on Thursday, the 6th of April, 2017. As part of its study tour of the Continuing Education Program of the ESSEC General Management of Cities and Territory, a delegation from the ESEC Business School that is staying in Abidjan from the 5th to the 9th of April 2017, held a working session with the Ministry of the Building Sanitation and Urbanism which presented the different projects in the great Abidjan..."
The economic growth is expected to remain strong in 2017 (IMF): ""The economy of Ivory Coast, the first in the Francophone West Africa, is expected to remain strong in 2017, despite the fall of more than a 35% of the world cocoa prices," said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday..."
Ivory Coast and Ghana at the heart of a high-level meeting on the cocoa and the forests: "A high-level meeting on the cocoa and the forests was held, in London, on Thursday, the 16th of March 2017, under the leadership of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to examine the ways to end the deforestation and the forest degradation in the global cocoa supply chain, with initial focus on Ivory Coast and Ghana, the two largest producers..."
The United States in "rescue" mode of the mango industry: "Third export fruit of Ivory Coast, the mango has for several months been a source of concern for the government and the various actors in the sector, particularly due to the epidemic of fruit flies. A certain brake on the boom of a sector in which this country of West Africa can play a better partition in the international market. The United States offers its help..."
CAMEROON:
The SODECOTON loses an important stock of cotton in Douala: "The fire that devastated the warehouse of the French company Necotrans in the Autonomous Port of Douala during the night of the 3rd to the 4th of April, as a great loss to the Cotton Development Corporation (SODECOTON). According to the company, an important stock of cotton fiber for the export was consumed by the flames. Joint by telephone, the head of information and communication department of SODECOTON, Adamou Saliou, Explain: "The damage is enormous, we underestimated the losses, but according to the investigation of our team, we realized that a large stock of cotton was damaged"..."
Financial Placements: Société général wants to help the companies: "Société générale Cameroun offers its clients, the "Company Investment Account" which is a progressive placement solution, allowing the companies to place cash from day to day which is directly allocated to the production cycle and which must be able to remain available overnight by the companies..."
4 billion CFAF for the "Central African Fiber-optic Dorsal" project: "This budget was adopted during the 5th session of the National Steering Committee (NPC) of the project "Central African Fiber-optic Dorsal" presided over, in Yaoundé, in the 5th of April 2017, by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng, the President of the Committee and its Vice-President, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the Minister of Communications. Among the points on the agenda, the review of the status of implementation of the project activities since the last session of the Committee held in September 2016..."
The assurances of Orange Cameroon to the deputies: "The news around the electronic transfers of money, the Mobile Money, feeds hot throats in these recent weeks. A polemic which has swollen more after the exit of the governor of the Central Bank of the States of West Africa, that expressed reservations about the transparency that should accompany this operation in the CEMAC zone. And it is to reassure the Cameroonian people on the respect of the regulations in force, in relation to Mobile Money, that the Orange Cameroon company went to meet the deputies of the nation in the 7th of last April, 2017..."
30 billion FCFA for a shopping mall: "The Cameroonian state signed in Yaounde in the 7th of April, an emphyteutic lease with the Cameroon real estate management company (SOGIMCAM) for the development project of the Cfao-Retail-Carrefour shopping mall. This ceremony was presided over by Jacqueline Koung at Bessiké, the Minister of Domains, the Land Registry and Land Affairs (MINDCAF). The signed lease relates to a parcel of land with an area of 3.5 Hectare in the private domain of the State, located at the place called Ekoudou, in the arrondissement of Yaoundé II..."
Cameroon absent from top 10 Africa: "About five years ago, the country of Paul Biya did not fail to be quoted in all the bad international rankings. Whether it is about its economic backwardness, infrastructure or the evolution of corruption, Cameroon was a real indomitable lion. Only, over the last three years, the efforts made locally seem resolutely to bear fruit. It is the last rank of Ernst and Young, published in the 7th of last April..."
Acceleration tracks of the Growth of Cameroon: "The emergence of Cameroon by 2035 requires, according to the World Bank, high productivity and exponential construction of infrastructure such as roads, bridges and railways. The world financial authority adds the path of taking into account the factors of production, namely capital and labor. According to the World Bank, if the resources are invested in the most dynamic sectors, the growth of Cameroon will be certain..."
BURKINA FASO:
Cement works in Burkina Faso: The CIMAF company launches construction of its factory in Bobo Dioulasso: "The city of Bobo Dioulasso will have precisely in twelve months its new cement factory at the cutting edge of technology. The announcement was made in the 6th of April 2017 at a press conference organized by Ciments d'Afrique (CIMAF) in connection with the launching of the construction work for its new cement factory called CIMAF Dioulasso, held in the Banfora room of Sopatel Silmande in Ouagadougou..."
Regional project on the empowerment of women and the demographic dividend in the Sahel: More than 200 million for its realization: "This Friday, April the 7th, 2017, the Ministry of Health held an interdepartmental workshop on the appropriation of the regional project on the empowerment of women and the Demographic Dividend in the Sahel (SWEDD). The objective of this meeting was to reinforce the advocacy for a high-level commitment of the authorities to better support the implementation of the project in Burkina Faso in the context of the National Plan for Economic and Social Development (PNDES)..."
NIGERIA:
Unregistered Sim cards: MTN must pay 1.7 billion Dollar to Nigeria: ""The South African telecoms giant MTN has paid close to 100 million Dollar (94 million Euro) on a total fine of 1.7 billion Dollar for the not disconnecting millions of anonymous Sim cards," according to officials. "MTN paid 30 billion Naira (94 million Euro) as part of the fine. The payment is in accordance with the agreed timetable for the payment of the total fine, told the AFP Tony Okobo, the spokesman for the Communications Authority of Nigeria (Ncc)..."
The FAO seeking 62 million Dollar to boost the agriculture in the Northeast: "The FAO has requested 62 million Dollar from the UN to support farmers in northeastern Nigeria, in view of the next rainy season. "As part of the humanitarian response plan for Nigeria, the FAO is requesting 62 million Dollar in funding. "The only way to cope with the food crisis currently faced by the people of north-east Nigeria is to combine food assistance with a strategy to increase the agricultural production in the region," said FAO's interim representative in Nigeria, Nourou Tall..."
The farmers call on the UN to help: "The farmers affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in northeastern Nigeria have called on the United Nations to help fight the food crisis, during a visit by the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). "If you can help us with boreholes, tube wells, fertilizers, pesticides and silver as well as matching seeds, we will grow enough food to feed us," said Ali Kawu on Friday, a producer of vegetables, to José Graziano Da Silva. "We believe that if we increase production, we will have an increased harvest and a better price," he added during the visit of the UN official in the irrigated fields of Gongolon, in the outskirts of Maiduguri, the capital of the State of Borno, epicenter of violence since the beginning of the conflict in 2009..."
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
