tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71412434515520268622024-09-06T06:49:13.227+04:00AFRIKASOURCESPosts do not reflect our opinion but contribute to the collective awareness...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4774125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-54915188694964537372020-05-03T20:50:00.002+04:002020-05-03T20:50:16.599+04:00e-RMB: La Chine lance un essai à grande échelle d'une monnaie numérique d'État
Selon le site Le Vent de Chine, en date du 24 avril 2020
La Banque Centrale restera l’émettrice du e-yuan dont elle assurera la supervision auprès des banques commerciales et institutions financières qui, en retour, se chargeront de la distribution au public. Le DCEP présente à la fois les avantages des crypto-devises (faibles coûts d’émissions et de stockage), et des monnaies Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-38718080587724356722019-07-15T20:15:00.000+04:002019-07-15T20:15:07.617+04:00Al-Shabab Attack on Mogadishu Hotel Kills Twenty-Six
A gun attack and car bomb claimed by Islamist
extremist group al-Shabab killed twenty-six
people (NYT) at a
Mogadishu hotel on Friday and Saturday, officials said.
Among those killed was Hodan Nalayeh, a prominent Canadian-Somali journalist and the founder of Integration TV.
Among the confirmed dead is also her husband, Farid Jama Suleiman, a former minister of Commerce Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-66423214587198719362019-07-12T11:11:00.003+04:002019-07-12T11:11:45.158+04:00French aid boss, Remy RIOUX, hits out at USAID's 'perverse' self-reliance strategy
By Vince Chadwick // 09 July 2019
Europe should reject the logic behind the United States’ “perverse” new aid strategy, the head of the French Development Agency,
or AFD, has told Devex, arguing that Washington’s focus on countries’
“self-reliance” reflects one of two competing visions on the future of
development cooperation.
Rioux is not the first to take issue with the strategy. Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-58802808752015013972019-07-08T17:06:00.002+04:002019-07-08T17:06:44.842+04:00L'Inde subi à son tour les sanctions commerciales americaines
Donald Trump a confirmé le 1er juin que l'Inde serait
exclue de l'accord préférentiel américain sur l'importation de
marchandises à partir du 5 juin. Washington avait menace début mars 2019 de
sanctionner New Delhi, principale bénéficiaire de cet accord réservé aux
pays en voie de développement, en représailles aux barrières
commerciales érigées par l'Inde.
La Maison Blanche avait attendu Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-7117857850497419112018-07-30T09:38:00.001+04:002018-07-30T09:38:07.521+04:00KENYA: Thousands of homes destroyed in Kibera to make way for road
On Monday, Kenyan officials demolished the homes of 30,000 people in Nairobi's largest slum, Kibera, to clear the path for a USD 20 million road project. Construction of the major road is part of a "government plan to ease traffic congestion" in Kenya's capital city, home to over three million people. Authorities gave the residents of Kibera a two-week notice to vacate their homes, but Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-60237216726888054532018-03-05T09:37:00.000+04:002018-03-05T09:37:36.628+04:00Successful Indian test of nuclear-capable ballistic missile
The Indian armed forces have successfully test-fired nuclear-capable
surface-to-surface ballistic missile Dhanush in full operational
configuration on Friday morning from a naval warship positioned in the
Bay of Bengal. The trial was conducted by the Strategic Forces Command
(SFC) of the Navy from an undisclosed location nearly 45 km from the
Paradip coast.
Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-32398873700793482392018-01-24T09:20:00.003+04:002018-01-24T09:20:23.951+04:00 The Central Bank of Egypt warns against the Bitcoin
Date: 23 January 2018
Source: Al-Wafd via The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES)
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) warned against dealing in all types of encrypted virtual currencies, particularly the Bitcoin. The CBE said in a statement: "In light of the Central Bank of Egypt’s follow-up of recent news about encrypted virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin and others, the Central Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-64954795527549754322017-12-06T09:29:00.000+04:002017-12-06T09:29:14.205+04:00L’Égypte va accueillir six chefs d’État et d’importants Présidents-Directeurs généraux africains au Forum Africa 2017
Plus de 100 intervenants et 1 500 délégués vont débattre de l’intégration régionale et de la création d’emplois en Afrique
CAIRO,
Égypte, 5 décembre 2017/ -- Le Président Abdel Fattah al-Sisi va
accueillir six chefs d’État africains au Forum Africa 2017 (www.BusinessForAfricaForum.com)
qui aura lieu cette semaine dans la belle cité balnéaire de
Charm-el-Cheikh, en Égypte. Le Président Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414924148143738529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-87362150735657643072017-11-27T13:04:00.001+04:002017-11-27T13:04:17.410+04:00Madagascar : la BAD approuve le Document de stratégie pays 2017-202123/11/2017
Le Conseil d’administration du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, le 22 Novembre 2017 à Abidjan, en Côte d’Ivoire, le Document de stratégie pays (DSP) de Madagascar, qui vise à contribuer à réduire la pauvreté et à améliorer les conditions de vie de la population, en créant des emplois grâce à une transformation structurelle accélérée et Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414924148143738529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-61964050184833257652017-11-23T15:12:00.003+04:002017-11-23T15:12:46.685+04:00UN to launch Chinese-funded digital library on Kenya’s traditional games
“The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will next week launch a digital library on traditional games in Kenya to preserve the cultural heritage. The project, dubbed: ‘Creating Open Digital Library on Traditional Games in Kenya,’ is funded by Chinese tech firm Tencent and is part of a global project launched in 2015 by the UNESCO Office in Beijing.
More: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414924148143738529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-47044728527126007662017-11-21T17:35:00.002+04:002017-11-21T17:35:29.382+04:00US arrested former Hong Kong and Senegal officials on bribery charges
English: Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Foreign Minister of Senegal, at a United Nations summit (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The justice department said it charged Hong Kong’s former home affairs minister and Senegal’s former foreign minister with bribing high-level officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for contracts for a Chinese energy company.
Source: https://www.justice.gov/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414924148143738529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-50158422588183169012017-10-05T09:24:00.000+04:002017-10-05T09:24:12.510+04:00IMF team visited Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) from September 25 to October 4, 2017
An IMF staff team headed by Abdoul Aziz Wane visited Brazzaville from September 25 to October 4, 2017 to
collect information, including to reassess the country's debt, discuss
cash management with the authorities, and conduct a scoping for a
diagnostic study on governance issues in the Republic of Congo.
At the end of the mission, Mr. Wane issued the following statement:
"The
Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-24113458856119064032016-08-27T10:53:00.000+04:002016-08-27T10:53:01.659+04:00Presidential elections in Burundi
A commission set up by President Pierre Nkurunziza was expected to recommend to parliament that Burundi lift its two-term limit on presidential terms (East African). The commission was set up after the political crisis that followed Nkurunziza's announcement that he would run for a third term as office.
Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-4498187884907966252016-08-27T10:48:00.003+04:002016-08-27T10:48:25.540+04:00Piracy Worldwide
The first half of 2016 saw ninety-eight successful or attempted pirate attack on ships worldwide, the lowest number since 1995 (FT), according to the International Chamber of Commerce. Attacks off Somalia and Indonesia have dropped while incidents off the coast of Nigeria have risen. Experts credit increased surveillance of waters, ship owners' growing willingness to employ armed guards, Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-31368374358484390742016-08-01T15:02:00.002+04:002016-08-01T15:02:36.102+04:00Orange Drives Digital Transformation in the Middle East and Africa
Orange Drives Digital Transformation in the Middle East and Africa with New Innovations in Smart Metering, Solar Power, NFC and Customer Experience
The Middle East and Africa remains a key growth contributor for Orange
PARIS, France, July 28, 2016/ -- Speaking at its 4th annual strategy and activity update for press and analysts in London on 28 July, Ramon Fernandez, Deputy CEO Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-60492354999530136552016-06-22T21:41:00.002+04:002016-06-22T21:41:19.285+04:00EU Expands Mediterranean Mission Around Libya
EU foreign ministers said they would expand and extend by a year Operation Sophia, a naval mission to combat human smuggling across the Mediterranean from Libya. EU forces will train the Libyan coastguard and Navy (WSJ) and intercept arms smugglers in the Mediterranean (Libya Herald) they say are supplying the self-proclaimed Islamic State. The United Kingdom is also Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-13326407196173552422016-06-22T21:35:00.000+04:002016-06-22T21:35:23.982+04:00Centurion Law Group and Sutter & Pearce sign strategic alliance agreement to share knowledge and cooperate in providing legal services
The partnership will create the largest Africa-based legal services provider in the Central African Republic, Congo and CR Congo region.
Parties will be able to leverage skills and expertise, expand capacity and increase client networks.
South Africa, June 22, 2016/ -- Centurion Law Group has entered a key strategic alliance with Republic of Congo-based law firm Sutter & Pearce. Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-44863213228208484642016-06-03T13:12:00.002+04:002016-06-03T13:12:37.981+04:00UN Lifts Final Sanctions on Liberia
The United Nations Security Council lifted the final sanctions on Liberia (VOA), which had been under some form of UN sanctions since 1992. The UN also ended an arms embargo on the country (Africa News).
Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-29492465927753291842016-06-03T12:45:00.002+04:002016-06-03T12:45:19.958+04:00Standard Chartered & USAID’s USD60 million partnership boosts Zambia’s power grid
LUSAKA, Zambia, May 30, 2016/ -- Standard Chartered (www.SC.com)
continues to deliver on its commitment to bridge Africa’s power gap by
facilitating, coordinating and arranging transactions which boost the
capacity of national power grids and access to electricity across
Africa. In this latest milestone transaction, Standard Chartered has
partnered with the U. S. Government, through Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-30479133369254809232016-06-03T12:39:00.002+04:002016-06-03T12:39:27.752+04:00Standard Chartered launches Africa’s most extensive roll out of mobile and online banking
Digital Banking made easier, faster and safer for over 1 million clients across 8 markets
LONDON, United Kingdom, May 31, 2016/ -- Standard Chartered Bank (www.SC.com)
is bringing its newest mobile and online banking platform to 1 million
clients across 8 African markets, the most extensive digital rollout of
its kind in Africa by an international bank. Supported by the Bank’s
Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-74740669695403328462016-06-03T12:32:00.000+04:002016-06-03T12:32:17.686+04:00General Electric dirige la création d'une joint-venture avec Mara Group et Atlas Merchant Capital pour investir dans l'infrastructure africaine
LUSAKA, Zambie, 26 mai 2016/ -- General Electric (www.GE.com)
s'associe à Mara Group et Atlas Merchant Capital pour mener une
initiative visant à créer une joint-venture destinée à investir dans le
secteur extrêmement sous-développé de l'infrastructure africaine. La
joint-venture cherchera à investir en fonds propres dans des projets
d'infrastructures dans des pays sélectionnés à Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-39360227732992084732016-06-03T11:55:00.003+04:002016-06-03T11:55:36.335+04:00Egypt and its former Red Sea islands
EGYPT: Authorities arrested three leaders of Egypt's journalist union and accused them of harboring fugitives and distributing false news (WaPo).
An attorney for the reporters said the arrests targeted one journalist
for his criticism of an Egyptian deal to hand over two Red Sea islands
to Saudi Arabia.
Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-75740929554462617312016-06-03T11:52:00.004+04:002016-06-03T11:52:52.108+04:00Speedy France : le fonds mauricien MCB Equity Fund vend sa part à Bridgestone Europe
Le
fonds d’investissement du Groupe Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) est
sorti du capital de Speedy France après le rachat de cette enseigne de
réparation rapide par Bridgestone
PORT LOUIS, Maurice, 1 juin 2016/ -- MCB Equity Fund, le fonds d’investissement du Groupe Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) (http://www.MCB.mu),
est sorti du capital de Speedy France après le rachat de cetteAfrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-15429342080112147212016-06-03T11:19:00.001+04:002016-06-03T11:20:53.324+04:00EMEA
#DAVIDCVACH - Conseiller Afrique du Nord et Moyen-Orient de François Hollande, David Cvach
sera, vendredi matin, au centre de conférence de la rue de la
Convention, l’annexe du Quai d’Orsay, pour le discours inaugural du
président de la république à l’occasion de la réunion ministérielle de
relance du processus de paix au Proche-Orient, une initiative française.
Les représentants de 28 paysAfrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141243451552026862.post-53132987335584106582016-05-12T13:35:00.003+04:002016-06-22T21:36:20.179+04:00REPRINT: Thinking beyond the resource boom: African countries must avoid procrastination
Ramdoo, I. 2016. Thinking beyond the resource boom: African countries must avoid procrastination. ECDPM Talking Points blog, 12 February 2016.
The resource sector has entered into a new phase. Prolonged downswings in commodity prices, fuelled by (i) the double effect of slower demand from emerging markets like China and excess supply resulting from massive investments during boom Afrikasourceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539313867077291084noreply@blogger.com