MALI:
Employability Project: A delegation from Mali visiting Quebec: "The representatives of school board Marie-Victorin have welcomed a delegation from Mali on 23 to 27 April as part of the Project of Mali Youths Employability (PEJM). Visitors have participated at a seminar on good practices in management of establishment of professional training Quebec and Mali. School organization, administrative and pedagogical responsibilities, competency-based approach, evaluation and support of teachers were among the themes addressed..."
Infrastructures: Mali at the time of the Grand Presidential Opportunity (GOP): "The present power has a fertile imagination, especially of formulas to asleep the conscience of the Malians. The latest finds "Great Presidential Offensive for Infrastructure". It would be a "presidential" program for the realization of priority road projects 2016-2018. This "big offensive" was heard by the Malians last Wednesday at the launching of the road asphalting works Banconi-Dialakorodji-Safo-Nossombougou..."
Africa development: Attijariwafa Bank (BIM) launches a club in Mali: " Following the dynamics of the International Africa Development Forum organized by the Africa Development Club of the Attijariwafa bank group, under the aegis of its key shareholder, the SNI, to which Mali's economic community has been involved since its inception in 2010, BIM (International Bank for Mali, a subsidiary of Attijariwafa bank) and the Africa Development Club are launching the official launch of the Africa Development Club-Mali, in Bamako, scheduled for May 11, 2017..."
CAMEROON:
Electricity: Eneo recovered the unpaid debts of nearly CFAF 4 billion in the first quarter of 2017: "On the occasion of the commemoration of Labor Day, Joël Nana Kontchou, the General Manager of Eneo Cameroon, the company in charge of the electricity sector in Cameroon, welcomed the mobilization of the Trade and Regional Directorate, which has allowed the recover nearly 4 billion CFA francs "slept in the pockets of customers" in the first quarter of 2017..."
Competitiveness: Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) the best Cameroonian company according to a ranking of Jeune Afrique: ""In Central Africa, there are only 25 classified companies, including 12 Cameroonians," indicated Cameroon Tribune which decrypts this classification. With the oil crisis, the National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH) registered a sharp decline in sales, from CFAF 1 261 billion to only 813 billion. However, it remains the best company in Cameroon and Central Africa, but is now 90th at the continental level..."
BENIN:
Benin collects 38.5 billion CFA Francs in the WAEMU financial market: ""The State of Benin has collected on Wednesday 38.5 billion CFA Francs (about 61,600 million dollars) in the financial market of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) at the closure of its issue by tendering of warrants and treasury bonds," APA informed from the agency UMOA-Titres based in Dakar. This state solicited through its public treasury 35 billion CFA Francs (1 CFA Franc equals 0.0016 Dollar). But it finally retained 38.5 billion of a total amount of submissions of CFAF 44.536 billion, which corresponds to a coverage rate the amount put in adjudication of 127,25% …"
IVORY COAST:
A "workshop of inspiration" for the promotion of innovation opened in Abidjan: "The Ivorian Bank Corporation (SIB) has initiated in Abidjan, on Wednesday, a workshop of inspiration and awareness as a prelude to the "hackathon" of innovation organized by the Moroccan group Attijariwafa Bank, scheduled from May 19 to 21 in five cities, Tunis, Paris, Casablanca, Dakar, and Abidjan. The hackathon (hack and marathon contraction) refers to a competition that takes place in 48 hours "non-stop", where groups of internal collaborators and external actors come together to produce innovative solutions to meet a proposed challenge…"
The government officializes a 9% cut in its 2017 budget: "The ambitious investment projects planned by Abidjan will have to wait. In a new bill, presented in Cabinet on Wednesday, the executive acts a cut in investments and an increase in ordinary expenses to meet the strikes of officials and, no doubt, to pay off the mutinies within the army..."
Coffee cocoa: Opening of the 6th session of the Public-Private Partnership Platform in Abidjan: ""The sixth session of the Public-Private Partnership Platform (PPPP) of the coffee cocoa sector opened in Abidjan on Wednesday to review activities and discuss current issues in the sector," APA on the spot in the Ivorian economic capital. For two days, about 300 participants from the public sector, including ministries and institutions, but also from the private sector (chocolate manufacturers, exporters, phytosanitary firms, producer organizations, certification bodies, producers, training firms, technical and financial partners) will take stock of the activities before sharing the results of projects and programs carried out under the PPPP..."
SENEGAL:
UEMOA: Nearly 4,000 billion CFA Francs of weekly bids in the BCEAO auction market: "The average amount of weekly bids in the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) amounted to 3,923.5 billion CFA francs (about 6.277 billion dollars) in March 2017, learned Tuesday APA from this institute of emission based in Dakar..."
1 million Senegalese to demand the recovery of oil and mining assets: "Immediately created, the collective citizen for the recovery of the oil and mineral assets of Senegal (Cc-Rapms) already launches hostilities against the State of Senegal. At a press conference on Tuesday, the spokesman of the day, the deputy Mamadou Lamine Diallo, unveiled the strategy they intend to implement, complaints worldwide and a petition..."
BURKINA FASO:
Deposit and Consignment Fund of Burkina Faso: The parliament authorizes its creation: "Access to finance is one of the main constraints to the realization of public and private investments in our country. Not to mention the mismatch between financing opportunities and tools offered by financial institutions and the financing needs of structuring investments. Indeed, the current investment finance market is confronted with the lack of financing for structuring investments, the almost non-existence of long-term financing by existing banks, the lack of a trusted third-party institution in Burkina Faso, the need to secure and make profitable retirement and savings funds, hence the need to develop alternative strategies to broaden the base of long-term financial resources that can be used to finance structuring investments. As a result, the creation of the CDC-BF is one of the most viable solutions..."
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