Promoting Africa
The 23rd African Union (AU) Summit in Malabo adopted the statutes of the African Monetary Fund (AMF), a pan-African financial institution with an initial capital of US $ 22.64 billion, Economic development of the continent. This fund will be based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The fund, set up by the AU's constitutive act adopted in 2000…
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Facebook will open a new office in an upscale part of the cit Johannesburg. Company representatives say they hope it will bring new users to the site and expand opportunities for users and businesses.
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The gravity-powered lamp is an answer for the estimated 1.5 billion people with no access to electricity worldwide and it could replace the biomass fuels – mainly kerosene lamps – which so many families in the developing world rely on for light
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Senegalese public carrier Dakar Dem Dikk (DDD) has ordered 475 buses from the Indian Ashok Leyland for nearly 47 billion CFA francs (71.6 million euros). The order is financed, on the one hand, by Exim Bank India via the Senegalese State to 85% and on the other hand by the Regional Bank of Markets (BRM),…
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Since 1 July 2015, certain transactions can only be carried out by credit card or check in Algeria. The government wants to reduce the liquidity in circulation in the informal economy. Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal recently assessed the liquidity in circulation in the informal circuit to be € 37 billion, which he said were…
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Le 17 janvier 2015, 54 ans après l’assassinat de son grand-père, ce petit-fils aîné de Patrice Émery Lumumba sort le morceau « Patrice Lumumba ». Près de six mois plus tard, il met en ligne le clip vidéo de la chanson. Un certain 30 juin. Là encore, la date n’est pas choisie au hasard :…
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In this animated film, which takes place in 1916, Adama, a 12-year-old boy from West Africa, sets off in search of his missing brother, Samba, visibly enrolled in the French army. His journey will take him to the front in Verdun, France, where one of the bloodiest battles of this war was played. The actor…
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