CAMEROON:
The reform of public procurement has saved 500 billion FCF in five years, according to Abba Sadou: "The seventh reform intervened in 2011 in the public procurement sector in Cameroon is yielding good results. This is at least what Abba Sadou reveals, the Minister of Public Procurement, in an interview with the government daily. According to him, the reform has enabled the Treasury to save 500 billion CFAF in the last five years..."
After Camtel, the World Bank instructs Bolloré: ""For the Bretton Woods institution, the control by this multinational of the rail freight and the port operations could contradict the emergence ambitions of Cameroon. Promoting the competitiveness by encouraging competition at the local, regional and global level." According to the World Bank, this is one of the keys to make Cameroon, as ambitions Paul Biya, an emerging country by 2035. In the week of the 3th to the 9th of April, Souleymane Coulibaly repeated it in turn to the authorities, the press and the private sector. The outgoing Economist Chief of the World Bank for Central Africa presented the Cameroon Economic Memorandum (CEM) whose editorial he has directed..."
The CAMAIR-CO buys two Boeing 737-700 (company): "The Cameroon Airlines Corporation (CAMAIR-CO) has definitely acquired two Boeing 737-700 that it used hitherto to rent, APA told the company that the acquisition will be endorsed by an exchange of documents during a ceremony scheduled for Wednesday in Yaoundé..."
BURKINA FASO:
The IMF welcomes "a renewed growth prospects" of the country: "A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by the deputy manager of the Africa Department, Dominique DESRUELLE, during a stay in Burkina Faso was received in audience by the Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thiéba in Ouagadougou on Monday, the 10th of April, 2017. From this interview, Burkina Faso is performing well in the execution of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program..."
Burkina Faso-Economic Situation: Expected growth of an 8% in 2017: "As far as the national economy is concerned, we will note points on the governmental actions, that "Burkina Faso is on the move". It is getting better and better after the serious socio-political crises of 2014 and 2015. "If you allow me, "Burkina Faso is back", hammered Mr. Thiéba. To illustrate his remarks, the Prime Minister said that the country is better because the growth of the national economy, rising to a 6.2% in 2016 and it is at potential, suggesting even stronger growth in 2017. "The country is restarting with the design and start of the implementation of the National Plan for Economic and Social Development (PNDES)," he added…"
MALI:
The Hac announces the closure of 47 private radio stations for "non-respect of the law": ""47 private radio stations have been ordered to close," said the President of the High Authority of Communication (HAC) of Mali, Fodie Touré. In the 13th of April, 2017, the Regulatory Body held its first regular session. Fodié Touré recalled that "formal demands have been sent" to those media which have not yet complied with the regulations. "We do not close a radio as we close a shop; and we must avoid double standards," reacted the President of the Union of Free Radio and Television of Mali (URTEL), Bandiougou Danté. "It is necessary to give time to these radios to comply with the law," he continued..."
NIGERIA:
AREVA rejects the accusations of Ong on its exploitation of Nigerian Uranium: "The Ong One, Oxfam and Sherpa have released a report in which they conclude that the payments from the AREVA mining operator to the State of Niger are short of the uranium supply from which it (AREVA) benefits. This, despite the renegotiation of mining contracts between the Nigerian state and the French giant. In a statement released by the AREVA Communications Department in the 14h of April, the group said that "Oxfam's figure of a 15 million Euro reduction in mining royalties is unfounded." For them, the royalty in Niger is fixed by "the mining law as a percentage of the turnover of the mining companies. This percentage was stable in 2014 and 2015," suggests the press release which specifies that AREVA complies with all the reporting rules in accordance with French law..."
TANZANIA:
The seven telecom operators in the country are fined a total of 313,000 Dollar: "The telecom operators Zantel, Smart, Tigo, Vodacom, TTCL, Airtel and Halotel have been sanctioned by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) for the non-respect of telecoms quality norms. They were fined a total of 695 million shillings (313,064 dollars). Individually, Zantel was punished with an amount of 140 million Shilling; Smart was hit with 120 million Shilling, Same amount for Tigo. Vodacom will have to settle 115 million Shilling and 95 million for the incumbent TTCL. The subsidiary of the Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel was fined 55 million Shilling while Halotel, a subsidiary of Viettel, received 50 million Shilling..."
SENEGAL:
The Tigo workers demanded the payment of their rights before the transfer to Wari: "On the waves of radio RFM, the general secretary of the national union of the workers of Sentel-Tigo, Alioune Badara Seck, has revealed that a notice of strike has been filed for this purpose with the management of the telecom company. This strike announcement would be, according to the union, "the result of the refusal of Millicom International Cellular, mother house of Tigo, to settle their rights to the workers before the transfer of Tigo Senegal to Wari." These rights, including the transfer premium, had been negotiated in the course of exchanges conducted by the Directorate-General of Labor..."
BENIN:
The specter of new sanctions for poor quality of services hangs over the telecom operators: "The Minister of the Digital Economy and Communication, Rafiatou Monrou, has organized a working meeting with the representatives of MTN, Moov and Glo. During this meeting, which follows on from the 12th of February 2017, has again challenged the mobile operators on the poor quality of their services..."
IVORY COAST:
Fighting against cross-border smuggling of cocoa: Ivory Coast and Ghana grant their violins: "The convention called "The Abidjan Agreement", according to the General Manager of the CCC, Mrs. Massandjé Litsé Touré, also concerns the production of cocoa, its marketing, its promotion for consumption by the nationals and its transformation. "We must also have a common position on the private sector players in our sector," she said. A steering committee, she said, will be set up to consult three times a year. And a technical committee that will meet quarterly. Ghana cocoa board general manager Joseph Boahen Aidoo noted the importance of cocoa in his country's economy with a 25% of exports and an 8% of gross domestic product (GDP). "The Abidjan Agreement," he said, "is the beginning of a long process to enjoy the benefits of cocoa as a cash crop." "Cross-border cocoa inputs and illicit trafficking," he said, "will constitute important chapters in the discussions of the Abidjan Agreements...""
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
