SENEGAL:
Economic growth: The World Bank welcomes the robustness of Senegal: "The Sub-Saharan Africa will return to the growth this year. According to the new edition of Africa's Pulse, the World Bank's semi-annual report analyzing the state of the African economies, the growth is expected to reach a 2.6% in 2017, and Senegal is among the most resilient countries..."
A project to improve the quality and equity in the basic education: The companies invited to complete the work before the end of May 2017: "The state of play of the Project to Improve Quality, Equity in Basic Education (PIQEBE), which ends this year, was held in Saly during a sharing workshop. The rate of execution of the works was not considered satisfactory. The injunction was thereby made to the contractors to complete the work by the end of May. The sharing meeting on the progress state of the construction, rehabilitation and equipment works of the Quality Improvement, Equity in Basic Education Project (PIQEBE) brought together the central level of the Ministry of National Education, the sixteen academic inspectors of the country, engaged monitoring firms and contractors..."
3000 girls want to pursue a career in the ICT sector: "As a prelude to the celebration of the International Day of Girls in the Information and Communication Technologies scheduled for the 27th of April on the theme "Act and think ICT for personal and professional fulfillment", the head of the gender unit of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Bitty lokho Ndiaye, said that 3,000 girls and young women are motivated to pursue a career there..."
CAMEROON:
113.086 billion FCFA of the IBRD for the development of the transportation sector: "”The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) will grant a loan of about 113.086 billion CFAF to Cameroon, for the financing of the transportation sector development project,” said an official source on Tuesday.
A possible ending of the unexpected cuts of the electric energy: "The hydroelectric dams under construction, the creation of the SONATREL and its operationalization, the involvement of SMCs in the rural electrification, and the recent agreements signed between Cameroon and its partners suggest this possibility..."
The IDB funds the maternal, newborn and child health in Cameroon: "The Minister of Economy, Planning and Town and Country Planning (MINEPAT) Louis Paul Motaze, has just signed two financing agreements with the Vice President of Cooperation and Programs of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Sayed Aqa. Through these agreements, the IDB is providing Cameroon with a 27.76 million USD loan, about 13.88 billion FCFA. These funds are dedicated to the financing of the project to support maternal, neonatal and child health in Cameroon..."
BURKINA FASO:
West Africa: A "Road of cotton" project in gestation in Cotonou: "Some thirty African experts from countries in the C4 group (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad), plus Togo and African and Pan-African organizations, started, in Cotonou on Wednesday, the study of the "Cotton Route" project which will contribute to eradicating poverty and hunger through the creation of resilient employment and infrastructure in these countries..."
Promotion of the textile sector in Burkina Faso: Support from the International Trade Center: "As part of her regional tour in west Africa, the Executive Manager of the International Trade Center, Arancha Gonzalez, held a press conference in Ouagadougou on Tuesday (April the 18th). According to her, the objective of this regional visit is to advance a series of projects that the International Trade Center (ITC) maintains with the governments of the three countries namely Burkina Faso, Mali and Benin..."
10 million Euro from the EU for a textile project in favor of Burkina Faso and Mali: “"The European Union will finance a project to create jobs in textile value channels for young people and women in Burkina Faso and Mali,” the Burkinabe Ministry of Trade informed APA..."
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
