KENYA:
The government raises the minimum wage by 18% to 125.4 Dollars: ""We are conscious that, for two consecutive years, we have not increased the minimum wage [...], after consultation with the main parties, I ordered that the minimum wage to be increased by 18%." said the Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, in a video posted on the Presidency's Twitter account. Two years after the beginnings of the demands for increasing the minimum income of the Kenyan workers, the government has just raised the minimum wage, bringing it from 10,955 shillings ($ 106.26) to 12,926 shillings ($ 125.4)..."
Kenya will have a 35-million Dollar patroller to fight the illegal fishing by June: "The Government of Kenya will set up a fishing patrol vessel to fight the illegal fishing by next June in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), located in the Indian Ocean, reports the information website Businessdailyafrica. At a cost of 3.6 billion Kenyan shillings (35 million Dollars), the ship will be provided by Bangladesh..."
NIGERIA:
Nigeria imports more than 100 million Dollar worth of sugar every year, according to the governor of the CBN: "Every year, Nigeria spends more than 100 million Dollars in the imports of sugar, which could be produced locally. This was revealed last Sunday by the governor of the central bank of the country (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. According to the official, the sugar production is one of the major axes of the financial institution's Anchor Borrowers program..."
TOGO:
Togo wins 13 points on freedom of the press, according to the 2017 report by Freedom House: "As the world celebrates this Wednesday, May 3, the International Day of Freedom of the Press, the report released on Friday, April 28, by the American NGO Freedom House, attests to better health of press freedom in Togo in a world context that is nevertheless deleterious. The country is making a significant jump, won 13 points and now ranks 23rd in the African continent. Far from its ranking of 5 years ago, it was at the bottom..."
SENEGAL:
The President Macky Sall announces the adoption of the latest version of the draft Code of the Press: "In Senegal, the text of the new Press Code will soon be adopted by the government. It is an affirmation of the President of the Republic, Macky Sall, who received, on May 1, 2017, the notebooks of grievances of the trade union centers..."
Boun Abdallah Dionne replaces Thierno Alassane Sall at the Ministry of Energy: "On May 2, 2017, a decree was passed on Mouhammed Boun Abdallah Dionne, the new Minister of Energy and Renewable Energy Development. He occupied, since 2014, the position of Prime Minister of Senegal..."
BURKINA FASO:
11th Session of the political dialogue between the European Union and Burkina Faso for a better partnership approach: "In accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on June 23, 2000, opened in Ouagadougou on May 2, 2017, the 11th session of the Political Dialogue between the European Union and Burkina Faso is an opportunity for both sides to discuss the state of cooperation in general, but also on the evolution of the socio-political and economic situation in the respective spaces... The ceremony was chaired by Minister Alpha Barry..."
CAMEROON:
South Africa affirms the interest of its investors for the Cameroonian energy sector: "The High Commissioner of South Africa in Cameroon, Zanele Makina, has just announced, after a hearing at the Ministry of Energy and Water, that the investors of his country are interested in the Cameroonian energy sector. According to him, these South African investors, in partnership with a leading Indian firm in the energy sector, are mainly concerned with the production of electricity and the transport of electric power..."
TANZANIA:
An appeal launched to support the controversial project of the Stiegler Gorge hydroelectric dam: "In Tanzania, the controller and general auditor has appealed to the Government to give fresh impetus to the project to build the Stiegler Gorge hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of 2,100 MW. In a report sent to Parliament, it has in fact notified that the Rufiji Basin Development Authority (Rubada), in charge of project management faced major difficulties, particularly with regard to the mobilization of funds..."
NIGER:
The CNPC announces the discovery of several deposits of oil on Agadem: "The China National Petroleum Corporation has made new discoveries of oil in the north-east of Niger. It has announced the past week, through its management committee, to have secured five significant black gold deposits and others of lesser importance, reports the number 73 of the periodic report Objectif Afrique..."
IVORY COAST:
Working visit of Rob Shuter, the President and CEO of MTN GROUP: "Mr. Rob SHUTER, the new Group CEO & President of MTN Group, paid a working visit to Ivory Coast on Friday, April 28. He was accompanied by Mr. Karl TORIOLA, the Vice President WECA (West East and Central Africa) of MTN Group. During the visit, he met with the Ivorian authorities, including the Vice-President, his Excellency Mr. Daniel Kablan Duncan and the Minister of Communication, Digital Economy and Post, Mr. Bruno Koné..."
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
