Tag: africa-economy
Transsion, the Chinese “king” of smartphones in Africa
So what is Transsion, this Chinese group that will enter the top 5 of the world’s largest smartphone suppliers in 2023, behind Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi and Oppo? Unknown in Western…
In Mali, mining operators under fiscal pressure from Bamako to pay Wagner’s mercenaries
Gold ingots. THOMAS COEX / AFP In Bamako, the question is nagging: how was the ruling junta, financially strangled for six months by sanctions from the Economic Community of West…
In the wake of Safran, Morocco joins the big leagues of aeronautics
An aircraft engine at the Institute of Aeronautical Professions in Casablanca (Morocco), February 23, 2021. ABDELHAK BALHAKI / REUTERS Safran continues to expand its international footprint. After the historic presence…
In Morocco, the Carrefour and McDonald’s groups targeted by a boycott against the backdrop of the war in Gaza
In Casablanca, Morocco. MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP On the café terraces, the curious stood up to observe the scene, while intrigued passers-by paused. Sunday, November 19, late in the afternoon,…
In Senegal, anger and amazement after the sudden rise in electricity prices
Senegalese people demonstrate against the increase in electricity prices, in Dakar, in December 2019. SEYLLOU / AFP On November 2, Mamadou Diallo received the electricity bill from his textile company…
In South Africa, the army mobilized to fight against illegal mining activities
A “zama zama” works in a gold mine west of Johannesburg, August 11, 2023. SHIRAAZ MOHAMED / AFP South Africa will deploy 3,300 members of the army to combat illegal…
“Africans fear not having their say at a time when the rules of the game of globalization in crisis are being rewritten”
VSt was the expression used to describe the painful 1980s and 1990s in sub-Saharan Africa: the “lost decades”. Way of summarizing the procession of financial and social crises experienced at…
In Uganda, President Museveni downplays his country’s exclusion from a trade deal with the United States
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2023. TASS / VIA REUTERS Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday, November 5, that the United States “overestimated” their…
In Abidjan, Ivorians want to “decolonize” chocolate
The Bushman Café in Abidjan always smells of cocoa, but its aroma is particularly heady that day in the small meeting room on the ground floor. A few chocolate bars…
In Senegal, fishermen’s income is falling due to the practices of bottom trawlers
A Senegalese fisherman in Hann Bay, Dakar, September 27, 2023. JOHN WESSELS / AFP Nearly two-thirds of fishermen (65%) in Senegal say they earn less than five years ago, a…
Trade agreements between Morocco and the EU back before European justice
A Moroccan fisherman at the port of Agadir, in 2011. YOUSSEF BOUDLAL / REUTERS The trial which opened on Monday October 23 at the Court of Justice of the European…
In London, a court rules in favor of Nigeria in a dispute between it and an oil company
A London court ruled in favor of the Nigerian government on Monday, October 23, in a long-term gas dispute which could have forced this state to pay more than 11…