A new first counsellor (number two) of the French embassy in Nairobi will take up his duties in mid-August. Born in 1971, Yves Gounin has a diploma from Ecole Supérieure en Sciences Economiques et ...

After serving a first term as governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Leonard Tsumba has been re-appointed to the post by head of state Robert Mugabe, for a five-year term. Now 63, Tsumba studied ...

The CEO of construction group Ebomaf is expanding his sphere of influence in Gabon through a sector he is particularly fond ...

Since the crisis began in 2011, the AU has made a tentative effort to push for a peaceful resolution, although its chances of success are so slim that none of the actors involved in the conflict has ...

Italian businessman Luciano Fragola who runs the Eldo group has dropped his project for an industrial zone specializing in clothing textiles, " Carthage Fashion City, " that was to have opened in the ...

Last month's announcement that the Central Bank of Seychelles governor Aboo Aumeeruddy would be on medical leave until further notice for treatment in France was an advance sign of his forthcoming ...

For the first time in the history of the Kenya Planters Co-operative Union (KPCU), the oldest farming organization of the country has elected a woman managing director, following the departure of ...

The company Jubilee Platinum, quoted on the London Stock Exchange, has recently set up a subsidiary in Antananarivo, called Mineral Resources of Madagascar (MRM). 15% of MRM shares are owned by local ...

Discussions about combating irregular migration are continuing between Abuja and London. Having visited the British capital ...

Marc Deballon is to step down as the head of the economic service of the French embassy in Libya in mid-February. Guilhem Roger, his deputy, will fill in for him until his permanent replacement is ...

The trade department at the French embassy in Nouakchott recently published a survey on the big family groups that corner most of Mauritania's economy. Top dog is the MAOA group (owned by Mohamed ...

The main mobile money companies in Madagascar consider a new tax bill to be 'inefficient' and 'dangerous' and are calling ...