Author: Albert Savana

The Russian-Ukrainian war, which began on February 24, 2022 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, does not only have an impact in Europe. Its repercussions are also expected in Africa where the leading economy, Nigeria, could fear a rise in the inflation rate, which is already difficult to control. A major consumer of durum wheat...

The actors of the regional financial market were in Lomé, Thursday, February 24, for a workshop organized by the Regional Council for Public Savings and Financial Markets (CREPMF) with the aim of finalizing the draft regulatory texts before their presentation to the Council of Ministers of the West African Monetary Union (UMOA). Held face-to-face and...

After several weeks of uncertainty and concern, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced early this Thursday, February 24, at 3 a.m. GMT, a special military operation in Donbass, a separatist region in eastern Ukraine which he recognized independence at the start of the week. Already, the condemnations fuse. In his surprise statement, the Russian president urged...

Senegal’s trade balance deficit narrowed by 35 billion FCFA (52.5 million euros), on a monthly basis during the month of December 2021 compared to the previous month, according to data from the Forecasting Department and economic studies (DPEE) based in Dakar. This deficit is estimated by the DPEE at 147.8 billion FCFA against 182.8 billion...

The American bank Citigroup will launch its commercial banking services in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt due to the presence of large multinationals in these countries. “We will be in the markets with a caveat that we are not going to go to very small or small businesses, but rather focus on bringing the...

Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) today assigned the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) an Aa2 rating with a positive outlook for its long-term foreign currency borrowings. This extremely high rating coincides with the 48th anniversary of the creation of the Bank by eighteen visionary member countries of the League of Arab States (LAS). The main objective of the Bank is the strengthening of economic, financial and technical cooperation between the Arab and African regions, and the concretization of Arab-African solidarity on the basis of equality and friendship. Since the start of its operations in 1975, the Bank has…

The Democratic Republic of Congo should benefit from the upward trend of its main mining export products on the international market during the week of February 21 to 26, 2022, like copper sold at more than 10,000 USD per ton. against 9,825.80 USD per ton the previous week, with a positive price difference of 180.3...

Egypt and Sudan each condemned, on Monday, February 21, the start of electricity production from the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) by the Ethiopian authorities. A project which, since its launch in 2011, has been a dispute between Ethiopia and its neighbors located downstream of the Nile. In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry set the...

The activities of the Gabonese subsidiary of the French group TotalEnergies are on the rise again after a stagnation following the outbreak of the health crisis linked to the Coronavirus. A revival of activities which resulted in a turnover of 655 million dollars in 2021 against 435 million dollars for 2020, which represents an increase...

After a first postponement in October 2021 for reasons not previously mentioned, the cybersecurity summit co-organized by Togo and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will be held on March 23 and 24, 2022 in Lomé, according to an announcement made this Monday, February 21. Initially scheduled for October 25 and 26 in...

The road and rail infrastructure development project of the Douala-Ndjamena corridor linking Cameroon to Chad with a total investment of 471 billion FCFA, or 816 million dollars is on the right track. The World Bank (WB) has approved financing of 311 billion FCFA (538 million dollars) consisting of a loan of 181 billion FCFA (313...

The turnover of the Société Générale Industrielle de Filtration (GIF FILTER) SA, specializing in the manufacture and marketing of fuel and oil filters, recorded a sharp drop of 1.427 million dinars (435,645 euros) in end of the 2021 financial year compared to the same period of 2020, announced the managers of this company based in...

The central bank of Rwanda announced on February 17, 2022 that it had raised its key rate by 50 basis points to 5%. A decision taken by its monetary policy committee meeting on February 15 and which analyzed recent economic developments in the country. “To ensure that inflation is contained at an adequate level while...

As the 6th summit between the European Union and the African Union opened in Brussels on Thursday February 17, Emmanuel Macron delivered a panegyric on his African policy the day before. But his counterpart for the African Union, Macky Sall, expects more from Europe than a semantic change. By Christine Holzbauer. Relations between Africa and Europe must be overhauled in order to achieve a true partnership for the benefit of Africa. The speeches by Macky Sall and Emmanuel Macron on the eve of the 6th European Union/African Union summit (February 17-18), in Paris, set the tone for what this “new…

The ultra-high-grade Kipushi Mine, with an average grade of 36.4% zinc in the first five years of production, will be returned to commercial production under a new agreement signed by Kipushi Holding, a 100% subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines, and Gécamines, the Société Générale des Carrières et des Mines de la RDC. Both parties made the...

The Egyptian economy recorded a growth of 9% in the first half of the financial year 2021/22, after achievements of 9.8% and 8.3% respectively in the first and second quarters of the period under review. Announcement made by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly who was facing the press on Wednesday February 16 in Cairo. At this...

The turnover of the Société Tunisienne d’Email (SOTEMAIL), which specializes in the production and marketing of ceramic tiles and porcelain stoneware for floor and wall coverings, recorded an increase of 31% at the end of the financial year 2021 compared to that of 2020, announced the managers of this company based in Monastir (162 km...

Suspicious death, on the run and in custody. Here is the big Guinean thriller that keeps the Pandoras of Scotland Yard awake. The man who led the Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea (BCRG) for more than ten years (from 2010 to 2021) under Alpha Condé, is plunged into turmoil against the backdrop of...

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, announced on February 14, 2022 its base commitment of USD 30 million as part of Axian Telecom’s inaugural 5-year USD 420 million public bond issue to support the extension of its network in Africa. “Affordable mobile and data services are a vital component of any economy and investments...

The president of Pepsi, Ravi Jaipuria, announced on February 12, 2022 in Kinshasa, the start of the group’s investments in the DRC with the kick-off, next April, of the construction site of a factory in the Congolese capital and a another in Lubumbashi (Haut-Katanga) to initiate the local manufacture of drinks and the entire range...

Visiting Dakar (Senegal) on Thursday, February 10, the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, announced a regional plan of 150 billion euros of investment in Africa, as part of her new investment strategy. called “Global Gateway”. A program that aims to mobilize funds to the tune of 300 billion euros for public...

The lending interest rates applied by the banks of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to their customers recorded a slight decline of .01 percentage point during the month of December 2021 compared to the previous month, according to the results of the survey on banking conditions carried out by the Central Bank...

Ghana’s foreign exchange reserves stood at USD 9.7 billion in December 2021, compared to USD 8.6 billion at the end of 2020. This is according to a statement from the Central Bank of Ghana, published at the end of January. With this level, the reserves of the second economy of the Economic Community of West...

The prices of the main raw materials exported by the member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) experienced mixed trends at the end of December 2021, according to data from the Central Bank of West African States. West (BCEAO) based in Dakar. According to the services of this issuing institute, it...

Benin’s Council of Ministers approved, on February 2, 2022, new so-called short-term measures intended to combat inflation in the country. Inflation that touches the heights. “Despite the good performance of our agriculture, which shows production levels of up to 180% of needs for certain products, since the second half of 2020, there has been an...

The 18 African billionaires in dollars come from 7 English-speaking countries with the exception of two Moroccans and one Algerian. More than the language effect, it is rather the demographic and technological lever added to the depth of the capital market that make Nigerians, Egyptians and South Africans dominate this Forbes ranking, which must be...

The Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which met this Thursday, February 3 in Accra, Ghana in an extraordinary session on the political situations in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso, under the presidency of Nana Akufo-Addo, has decided to maintain pressure on the military in...

The Fund for the Development of Exports in Africa (Feda), a subsidiary of Afreximbank, wants to encourage industries to reduce CO2 emissions by using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in the West African region. He announced, this Thursday, February 3, that he had invested in Ecow-Gas, an LNG distribution infrastructure platform to promote this material. “We...

The Casablanca Stock Exchange closed in the green on Thursday, the MASI having slightly increased by 0.06% to 13,913.39 points (pts). The MSI 20, an index comprising the 20 most liquid stocks, and the Casablanca ESG 10, a thematic index which calculates the performance of the prices of socially responsible companies, strengthened by 0.17% respectively,...

The CEO of the largest pan-African banking group, Ade Ayeyemi, can show a smile. [1 dollar USD = 580.5 CFA Franc XOF]. The consolidated net profit of Ecobank Transcontinental Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank banking group, increased sharply by 281% at the end of the 2021 financial year compared to the same...