SENEGAL:
BDIA: Reception of the book in late April: "The Minister of Tourism and Air Transport announced that the new airport will be received in late April. "The reception of the book is expected at the end of April and the start of its operation before the end of the year," the minister said. This latter added that after several months of blockages, construction work on the new Blaise Diagne international airport has resumed with a sustained pace "without any impact on its cost". The minister also said that the operation of the national airline Air Senegal SA should also be launched before this deadline. "Our ambition is to ensure the inaugural flight of Blaise Diagne International Airport with a clean airplane of the national company," said Maïmouna Ndoye Seck. "We waited for him, here we are! "Said Abdoulaye Mbodj, general manager of the Blaise Diagne International Airport, speaking in order to present the book. In February 2016, the Turkish companies Summa and Limak took over from the Saudi Bin Laden Group to complete the Construction of Blaise-Diagne International Airport, BDIA. The deadline for carrying out the work was postponed several times and the Saudi Bin Laden Group had asked for an endorsement by the end of 2015, which was to cost the State of Senegal 63 billion CFA. The airport. A request that the Senegalese side had rejected ... "
Overall satisfactory banking sector indicators (BCEAO): "The indicators of the banking sector were generally satisfactory at the end of December with an upturn in banking activity at a 16%, a 22.4% increase in the network and a consolidation of the profitability of the sector, National Manager of the Central Bank of West African States for Senegal, Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô. He hosted a press briefing at the bank's headquarters in Dakar on Thursday after a meeting with the General Manager of credit institutions. On this "uptrend" of banking activity, he pointed out that, at the level of the credit activity, the total credit outstanding of the banking system rose from 2992 billion CFA at the end of 2015 to 3347 Billion in late December 2016, an increase of a 12% in the credit activity. It also noted an increase in the banking rate of a 1.4%. However, according to Al Aminou Lô, "efforts remain to be deployed with a view to greatly reducing the level of gross and net delinquencies that are high". In this context, he urged "intensifying" the actions undertaken to strengthen counterparty risk management tools and the recovery of unpaid debts. Hence, he suggested, the need for banks to deploy any possible strategy to speed up the collection of customer consent for the sharing of their credit data history. The same is true of the effectiveness of communication actions which have yet to be completed, according to the National Manager of the Bceao for Senegal. Al Aminou Lô invited users to facilitate the work of the banks and to give their consent in order to enable the Bureau of Information on credit to have data that can be consulted by the banks as part of the investigation of their application files credit….. "
CAMEROON:
Anglophone crisis: Here is what Paul Biya has decided for anglophone lawyers strikers: "Laurent Esso, the Minister of Justice yesterday disclosed on Thursday the 30th of March 2017 during a press conference in his ministerial department in Yaounde, the major steps taken by the Head of State to get anglophone lawyers to put an end to a movement of mood that has lasted for about six months. The most important decisions taken by Paul Biya, the President of the Republic, are the creation of a section of the Common Law at Enam, the creation of a Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences at the University of Buea, Creation of a department of English Law in the universities of Douala, Ngaoundere, Dschang and Maroua, the creation of an Institute of Judicial Studies for the training of lawyers, notaries and judicial officers, the redeployment of magistrates taking into Linguistic criteria, the increase in the number of English-speaking magistrates within the High Court, etc...”
Scheduled and imminent devaluation of the CFA: Open letter from Pierre Numkam to the new BEAC Governor Abbas Mahamat Tolli: "The former Senior Executive of the BEAC calls on the new Governor of the Central Bank to enforce the Monetary Cooperation Agreement which binds the BEAC Member States to France and therefore call on the French State as a guarantee of the unlimited convertibility of the CFA with the euro ... This will allow, he says, to reconstitute the Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves and "spare our people from the horrors of another devaluation of the CFA on the one hand and on the other hand, That I would like to make with you that this other devaluation of the CFA which is imminent has been skilfully planned by your predecessors with the active complicity of France who wants it to further impoverish us and keep our people under bondage…. "
IVORY COAST:
Extension of the north highway: The works will cost 96.6 billion CFA: "A road whose scope goes beyond the borders of the Ivory Coast and which symbolizes the regional integration", according to him. In 24 months, the highway of the north will soon reach the city of Tiébissou. The Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly began work on Wednesday, March 29, in the northern corridor at Morofé (Yamoussoukro). 37 km long, the Yamoussoukro-Tiébissou section will cost 96.6 billion CFA. Of which 77,402,926,000 CFA granted by the Islamic Development Bank and 15,234,303,162 CFA disbursed by the Ivorian State. For the Head of Government, in addition to the permanent and occasional jobs that will be created in the regions, "the launch of this work reinforces the position of regional center of growth, devolved to our political capital which must be able to support the development of the zones Rural areas by improving the competitiveness of agriculture and transport services ".Therefore, it invited the contracting companies to respect their commitments .... "
Architecture: a bill to redefine the profession: "Gathered in the Council of Ministers yesterday Thursday, the government passed a bill to redefine the profession of architect. At a time when the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) is engaged in the harmonization of rules relating to the profession of architect, the Ivorian authorities now want to integrate the "imperatives of sustainable development into architectural conceptions". The Government also intends to make architecture an essential area in the framework of the work "subject to authorization to build in Ivory coast". This bill will make the functioning and composition of the Order of Architects more modern. It should be noted that with this new law, the freedom of movement and the establishment of foreign architects in Ivory Coast will be realities ...... »
SOROUBAT begins work on a highway costing $ 150 million: "The Ivorian authorities proceeded on Wednesday the 29th of March 2017, to launch the works of extension of the highway of the north, section Yamoussoukro-Tiébissou. These new works, which cover a length of 37 kilometers, were awarded to the Tunisian company SOROUBAT, its founder Mr. Nourredine HACHICHA. Led by the Ivorian Ministry of Economic Infrastructure, the overall cost of the project is estimated at 92.637 billion CFA , equivalent to over 150 million Dollar, co-financed at CFA 77.4 billion (126 million Dollar) By the Islamic Development Bank. With financial support from the IDB, Côte d'Ivoire has launched a major program of studies in all its regions, taking into account the development and tanning of 2,200 km of inter-urban roads, 117 civil engineering works and 400 Hydraulic structures. As for Groupe SOROUBAT, it now has 7 companies in Tunisia and is present in 8 countries: Algeria, Libya, Ivory Coast (5 companies), Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Chad and most recently Cameroon. Since its creation in the 1970s, Groupe SOROUBAT has built more than 5,000 km of roads in Africa, employs nearly 10,000 people and boasts more than 1 billion dinars of turnover ... .. "
BURKINA FASO :
2PS is organizing a training session on the theme "The new system for setting up a competitive call record": "How to henceforth set up and win public contracts taking into account Law 039-2016 / AN of 02 December 2016 Bearing the general regulations governing public procurement and its implementing decrees below have been adopted. This is: React Tweet decree n ° 2017-0049 / PRES / PM / MINEFID of the 1st of February 2017 on procedures for the award, execution and settlement of public contracts and public service delegations; Decree No. 2017-0050 / PRES / PM / MINEFID of the 1st of February 2017 on the allocation, organization and functioning of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority; Decree 2017-0051 / PRES / PM / MINEFID of the 1st of February 2017 regulating the delegated public contracting authority. The present training session will focus on the following points:The context for the adoption of the new regulatory framework and the innovations it brings with respect to the old system æ Procurement procedures and delegations public service ; The evaluation of tenders and proposals received in connection with calls for competition; The performance of the contract. From Wednesday the 5th to Tuesday the 10th of April 2017. COST OF TRAINING: 70,000 francs. You are interested in training Contact us at 51 56 66 66 78 38 98 98 or send us by sms your first and last name to 76 84 99 23 We are located in zogona on the avenue Charles de Gaulle in front of the general society NB: Training provided by a senior official in the Public Procurement Department in Burkina Faso ... »
The state of emergency, which was re-established for ten days beginning on Friday, "The Government of Mali decided on Thursday to renew the state of emergency throughout the national territory for a period of 10 days, starting tomorrow, Friday the 31st of March at midnight. The announcement was made by the government after a cabinet meeting chaired by President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The objective is to give more power to the armed forces and security to deal with the terrorist threat according to the authorities. "This extension allowed the authorities to further strengthen the measures to prevent and combat terrorism and increase the operational capabilities and control measures of the armed forces of security on the national territory," the statement said. For the Government the measure has borne fruit but the danger remains, despite the efforts made and the assessment of the terrorist threat in the subregion as well as the risks to the security of persons and their property. Decree of the 20th of July 2016, the state of emergency expired in the 29th of March 2017. Beyond this period of 10 days '' the extension of the state of emergency will occur if the security situation justifies it. The statement said. It should be added that the security measures have been strengthened in order to ensure the safe holding of the national conference of understanding which will take place from the 27th of March to the 2nd of April in Bamako. Since the 20th of November 2015, when a terrorist attack targeted the Radisson Blue Hotel in Bamako, causing about 20 deaths among its clients and staff, a state of emergency was declared almost without Discontinue, throughout the whole Malian territory .... "
SOUTH AFRICA:
Zuma wants the departure of his finance minister: "South African President Jacob Zuma wants to reshuffle government to get rid of his respected Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, a government coalition member confirmed Thursday. For several months, Mr. Zuma, accused in a litany of corruption scandals, and Mr. Gordhan, who has the confidence of the markets, publicly oppose the proper management of public funds. The head of state abruptly interrupted Monday a tour of promotion of his minister abroad by ordering him to return any business ceasing in South Africa, a decision interpreted as the imminent sign of his dismissal. "The president has informed us of his intention to carry out a cabinet reshuffle to replace the minister and the deputy finance minister," a leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Solly Mapaila, told reporters on Thursday. "We have informed him of our objection to such a reshuffle," said Mapaila, whose party is a member of the ruling coalition headed by the African National Congress (ANC). South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in the 28 of March 2017 in Pretoria afp.com - Phil MAGAKOE The battle surrounding Gordhan's fate reveals the political fractures that have emerged in the ANC, in power since the official end Of apartheid in that country in 1994. Nelson Mandela's iconic anti-apartheid struggle party is torn between supporters of Jacob Zuma, who recently reaffirmed his willingness to "radically transform" the economy in favor of the black majority, Moderated wing by Mr. Gordhan and current the Vice-President Cyril Ramaphosa. These divergences are fueled by the race for the succession of Zuma, who is due to leave the presidency of the ANC next December in view of the general elections of 2019. The head of state supports his ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma against the other favorite, Cyril Ramaphosa. The clash between the two sides continued on Wednesday at the funeral of a historic figure of the ANC hostile to the head of state, Ahmed Kathrada. Jacob Zuma was not present at the request of the family of the deceased ... "
CHAD :
Chadian Begoto Miarom takes the oath as a member of the African Union Advisory Council on Corruption: "Compatriot Begoto Miarom was sworn in in the 29th of March 2017 at the NDjamena court house as a member of the Union Advisory Council On corruption. It was during the 28th ordinary session of the African Union Heads of State and Government Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2017 that it was elected at the end of an election by the Executive counsel. He will represent Central Africa on this committee. Begoto Miarom solemnly undertakes to exercise the duties and responsibilities entrusted to him as a member of the African Union Advisory Committee on Corruption with loyalty, impartiality, discretion and conscience. It was after making that undertaking that the President of the Court referred him to the exercise of his new post. Begoto Miarom Created in the 26th of May 2009, the African Union Advisory Council on Corruption is an autonomous body established within the African Union under Article 22 of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption. corruption. Its mission is to monitor the implementation of the Convention and to advise the African Union and its Member States in the fight against corruption. The Board is composed of 11 members, each proposed by the States and elected by the Executive Board from a list of experts. And they are appointed for a renewable two-year period ...... »
TOGO :
An MCC mission notes the limitations of ICT services in Togo: "The Togolese telecommunications and digital sector suffers from several ailments. On the other hand, Cina Lawson, Minister of Posts and Digital Economy, tries every time the opportunity is presented to say the opposite. The cost of communication is high compared to that in the subregion. The Internet connection is rarely fluid ... Consumers complain regularly. The Minister of Posts and the Digital Economy is struggling to meet expectations, despite his kilometric CV. Stayed in the virtual, she even declared when Moov launched its 3G in June 2016 that "for a Togolese market of 7 million inhabitants, it is difficult to attract the Internet of a third operator. An argument too simplistic in the eyes of specialists. Grace Morgan at the head of a delegation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), arrived in Lomé, met last Friday the political authorities on the problem of ICT in Togo ... .. "
Forced marriage between BTCI and UTB: "The Togolese Bank for Trade and Industry (BTCI) and the Togolese Union of Banks (UTB) will merge to form a new entity. After several decades of chaotic management. The BTCI and the UTB exist today only by name. These banking institutions have lost their substance because of their rough management, prevarication. Having lost their credibility, the government decides to merge them into a new entity. According to information, the competent authorities have initiated the merger process, which is expected to be completed before the end of 2017. What about those who contributed to the "destruction" of these two boxes?......”
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