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By Francis Kouakou I am however, appeased by corporate America who still see the trainfrom another window. Goldman Sachs said: the US economy will avoidarecession and instead move towards a “soft landing” where inflationmoderates but growth continues. I would like to set my arguments on the table. Why I think 2023 won’t see any recession?...

By Gilbert Houngbo ,Incoming Director-general of the International Labour Organization Founded in 1919, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has for over a century worked to promote social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. It is one of the oldest specialised agencies of the United Nations and today has 187 member states. The ILO has a unique tripartite structure, involving representatives of governments, employers, and workers in all its discussions and policies. Over the last few decades, as the world of work has become more complex, the organisation has found it necessary to adapt to take in new realities and…

By Hassana Mbeirick, Consultant international In Dakar (Senegal), the curtains fell on the 2nd edition of the MSGBC Conference, and the 3rd edition is scheduled to be held next year in Nouakchott (Mauritania). 2023 will be the year of the first GTA gas molecule placed on the world market; in other words, the meeting in...

Public Opinion: Stop the war before it is too late!(appeal open to co-signature, see the end of the appeal). The war in Ukraine is continuing, unabated for four months now, causing vast destruction of life and property of the people of Ukraine and enormous damage to the global economy affecting the lives of millions of people the world over due to rising prices and energy crisis, and above all steadily increasing global tensions pushing humanity to the brink of a nuclear war.The Russian military intervention in Ukraine was an evident response to the measures taken by the Kyiv regime and…

Africa.com’s CEO writes about how she felt after this special invitation I was invited to dine with Bill Gates last week during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  The terms of the invitation, which was extended to six others besides myself, were that the discussion would be off-the-record.  Therefore, I can’t write about anything discussed that evening. What I can tell you is what we ate, and what I thought about after the dinner. The menu, prepared by chefs at Microsoft House – the temporary headquarters of all things Microsoft at the Davos conference – was superb. The first…

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By Meissa Lô*, financial analyst. Without being too alarmist, we can say that we are probably at the dawn of the 3rd World War, if this is not already the case. A 3rd war that many analysts predicted would be a nuclear or religious war. The military war between Russia and Ukraine and the political-diplomatic...

By Abdoulaye Bangoura Confronting Crisis Through the Power of Stock Stocks! Stocks! They visit us frequently and invite us to trust in them. They constantly call for us to give them even just a small amount of money in order for that amount of money to grow. The stock market has existed for almost 300...

By Magaye Gaye, Economist. The world has for some time been plunged into a worrying inflationary crisis. This observation raises questions about the relevance of the responses that central banks have provided and about the monetarist theory embodied by the economist Milton Friedman. With a rate of 6.2% over a rolling year in the United States, observed in October 2020, the inflation rate has been multiplied by 11.5 in a year and a half. The euro zone is not left out with a rate of 5%. This inflationary surge is explained by the tensions observed on the global production chains,…

The Geopolitical Chronicle of Benoît Ngom, President of the African Diplomatic Academy (ADA). The Senegalese collective And Samm Jikko Yi organized a large rally in Dakar on February 20 to denounce the “illegal” rejection by the National Assembly of the bill aimed at criminalizing homosexuality. This demonstration can be interpreted as a way to maintain the tension around the debate on homosexuality in a secular state. The debate on homosexuality in Africa often borders on hysteria because of the irrational considerations it carries. The fear of what the other thinks or what the other will do sometimes dictates unnecessarily aggressive…

On the eve of his fifth visit to Senegal, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a message to the Senegalese people. “We consider Senegal, a shining star in its region, as a flagship country with great potential which will mark the future of the continent as it has marked its history” “TÜRKİYE-SENEGAL: A STRONG FRIENDSHIP ROOTED IN HISTORY AND LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE” Among African countries, Senegal occupies an exceptional place in the heart of our nation. The roots of the fraternal relations between our two peoples go back six centuries. Relations between Türkiye and Senegal, which were built on…

Business suits and black leather shoes aside, are there any similarities among the top 1% of the Congolese banking sector? This article proposes an assembly of the pieces of this puzzle in the form of a fictional interview. By Obed KAMBALA, economic analyst, holder of a Master’s degree in Economics and a Certificate of Expert in Risk Management. … All the same, we would not entrust the management of a credit institution to the first comer, would we? That’s right ! The management committees of banks include big names whose know-how is based on in-depth higher education and many years…

Opinion-Editorial by Souleymane Traoré, Chief Executive Officer, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG), Conakry, Guinea The mining sector has a responsibility to develop new, sustainable practices to minimize and mitigate its impact on the environment, transform the lives of the people in the areas surrounding operations and respect fundamental human rights. It’s why, much like many other industries, there needs to be a rapid shift towards Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) business strategies. Because rhetoric is no longer enough, especially in the developing world. The difference between ESG and typical corporate social investment work is that ESG requires transparent plans…

By Gedeon Kalombo Ntambwe* After holding its first peaceful power transfer in its history in 2019,  the biggest sub-Saharan country had made one of the biggest democratic moves in its history and set itself in a new direction. The Congolese banking system has always been highly shaken by the political events and a continuous conflict in the Eastern part of the country causing a standstill in the development of the sector countrywide. More so, the country has seen its banking sector overwhelmed by foreign banks (list of banks table below). Though this may be perceived negatively on the surface, there…

Chronicle of a vessel in distress First head to roll Following the revelations of Financial Afrik (Parent company of Kapital Afrik), the chairman of the board of Shelter Afrique, Dr. Steve Mainda, was ousted on December 6, 2021, by a sanction vote of his fellow directors, at the rate of 10 votes to 1. Then the directors proceeded to a vote to appoint a new chairman of the board in the person of the Ugandan Ephraim Kizaa Bitchetero, representing Africa-RE, one of the institutional shareholders (group B). Note that no press release sanctioned this major decision taken on the sly.…

By Mark Doumba, CLIKAFRIK Group Part of the youth and the African diaspora spoke eloquently in Montpellier, to affirm their desire to change the model of cooperation that African countries maintain with France, and implicitly with the rest of the world. From these discussions emerged a firm desire on the part of Africans to take ownership of the development of their continent. This requires the need to adapt political and economic institutions to the needs of expressing private initiative. Indeed, the African populations now want to welcome more direct investment, less debt, and even less development aid. The declared wish…

By Jean-Louis Moulot *, Mayor of Grand-Bassam (Ivory Coast). As we know, Africa contributes less than five percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions and is one of the regions of the world most affected by climate change. The ocean whose rise is almost imperceptible, coastal erosion, the scarcity of fishery resources, are time bombs for coastal populations, and more generally for the economies of our countries. All projections show that African coastlines will be increasingly populated in the years to come. Each year, behind these few extra millimeters of water on our coasts, behind these few tenths of a…

[The geopolitical chronicle of Benoit Ngom]. To decipher the news and bring geopolitical and geostrategic depth to the information, Professor Benoit Ngom * deals in these columns with a weekly column, to be found every Thursday. The sanctions imposed on Kémi Seba, recently expelled from Burkina Faso, and Guy Marius Sagna, sentenced by a court in Senegal, when both thought they could safely enjoy their freedom of expression and assembly, challenge us to reality protection of public freedoms in the ECOWAS region. However, the founding fathers of ECOWAS had a deep desire to create a community of States united by…

By Julien Briot *, compliance expert. The Congolese mining sector is full of business opportunities that are no longer unsuspected. The nerve center of the national economy, the mining industry is the strategic focus of public policies and national growth projections. State and institutional investors are joining forces to take advantage of this high added value market. It is interesting to recall that the Democratic Republic of Congo is the leading cobalt producing country in the world and is home to more than 50% of the planet’s reserves, mainly located in the provinces of Haut-Katanga and Lualaba. Cobalt, also called…

The geopolitical chronicle of Benoit Ngom. To decipher the news and bring geopolitical and geostrategic depth to the information, Professor Benoit Ngom deals in these columns with a weekly analysis, to be found every Thursday. An international conference on the theme “Justice for International Crimes: Challenges and Strategies in West Africa and Elsewhere” was held on October 25-26, 2021 in Dakar, Senegal. This meeting, which brought together experts from the United Nations, the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal, offers us the opportunity to put into perspective the work of Fatou Bensounda in the promotion of…

By Ilyes Zouari, President of CERMF (Center for Study and Reflection on the Francophone World). Some African countries are experiencing a particularly high level of indebtedness, which is expected to even exceed the symbolic bar of 100% of GDP at the end of 2021 for seven of them. With a stabilization of its global debt during the same year, French-speaking Africa remains the least indebted part of the continent, in particular because of the economic dynamism of the majority of its countries. According to the latest IMF statistics and forecasts, released this October, the ten African countries expected to post…

Support from Biden’s J&J vaccine donation  President Joe Biden’s commitment to donate a further 17 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to the African Union, adding to the 50 million the US had previously sent, capped a useful visit by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. While such numbers are dwarfed by the billions still needed, this additional batch will help support African countries with lower vaccine penetration and in turn assist in mitigating some of the economic impacts of the pandemic. We are also watching closely amid signs that the Biden Administration is keen to ramp up engagement…

“LA BOAD will continue to support the development of regional banking champions” As part of our report “The 30 African banks with a strong regional impact”, published in number 82 of the monthly Financial Afrik, Serge Ekué, president of the West African Development Bank (BOAD), signed this exceptional editorial in which he reaffirms the institution’s commitment to supporting regional banking champions. Exclusive. The flagship project of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the Agreement for the Establishment of an African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) entered into force on January 1, 2021. It is the realization of an ambition African policy…

Mamadou Safayiou DIALLO, economic analyst. The Guinean banking system, like that of most African countries, has enormous shortcomings which should push the monetary authorities to undertake courageous reforms, the sole purpose of which will be to prepare an infallible financial inclusion strategy and thus allow a good part of the population take advantage of the services offered by these banks to a lesser extent. This is why we believe that subjects, such as the procedures for granting credits and collecting means of payment, should be reviewed according to the evolution of the size of our economy. It is however to…

By University Professor Dr Abderrahmane MEBTOUL and President of the National Council for Privatization 1996/1999. Algerian President Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE during his meeting with the national press on August 08, 2021, indicated his desire to open the capital of public enterprises including banks to the private sector, a condition for the establishment of a market economy productive with a social purpose, far from any monopoly, whether public or private, source of additional costs and economic and social inefficiency, having to avoid the mistakes of the past (the period 1995/2012) and the sale of public assets. Its orientations will be applied, itself…

Highway users between Abidjan (the economic capital) and Yamoussoukro (political capital) can spot the imposing industrial complex not far from Toumodi. With more than 20,000 tonnes at the start of its activities in June, the processing capacity of the Dorado Ivory plant (a subsidiary of the Royal Nuts PTE Ltd group based in Singapore) will be increased to 50,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts per year when will reach cruising speed in a short time. The Rajkumar family have gone to great lengths to achieve this. The father and his 2 sons invested 10 billion CFA francs in the construction…

By Nicolas Clavel (photo), CIO, Scipion Capital Ltd and Edmund Fitzalan Howard, Analyste Intern, Scipion Capital LLP. Over the last eighteen months, the global supply chain has lurched from crisis to crisis as Covid-19 has wrought havoc with shipping practices. The closure of ports across Asia and Africa has caused particular harm with the consequences likely to be felt for years to come. When supply routes no longer function, this not only prevents the transport and trade of goods but also means that shipping containers, essential to the movement of commodities and any freight, are often left in the wrong…

In his 22nd speech on the Feast of the Throne, His Majesty King Mohammed VI wishes to take Morocco to a new stage. Internally, through the establishment of a “national development pact”, while continuing the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. At the external level, through a proximity approach with Algeria. an ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic As the Kingdom continues its fight against the spread of Covid-19, the King did not fail to note the complexity of the context, which imposed the adoption of difficult measures. The COVID-19 pandemic has left a negative impact on projects and economic activities…

An exceptional forum by Mo Ibrahim, president of the eponymous foundation dedicated to good governance in Africa and famous for its “Ibrahim Index” and its award dedicated to heads of state agreeing to peacefully leave power in accordance with the constitution and in the spirit of democratic change. It makes life better on the African continent today than in the past. The last two decades have been marked by constant improvement, so much so that today, a child born on the continent is more likely than ever to have a longer life expectancy, to escape the extreme poverty, to be…

By Alexander B. Cummings On 26 July, my country Liberia celebrates its 174th anniversary. In that time, few national days have arrived on the back of such turmoil. Today, our health workers are fighting day in, day out on the front line against COVID-19. I am proud of how Liberia, like the rest of Africa, is truly united in its determination to overcome the twin threats of a health crisis and the economic slowdown it has triggered. The pandemic has created a global economic crisis and Africa will emerge from its battle with COVID-19 into a very different economic environment.…