Mali – Mopti : bad time for taxis
For a few years in Mopti, the moto taxis have dethroned yellow taxis, which are becoming increasingly rare and have increased their rates. Faced...
The Buhari administration’s anti-poverty schemes aren’t working
By Olakunle Ologunro
Two years ago, Foluke Akinosho*, a 63-year-old petty trader who sells food provisions in the Mushin area of Lagos, Nigeria, received a...
Swissleaks: the mysterious offshore accounts of the new cardinal of Mali
While Archbishop Jean Zerbo becomes the first Malian to be named cardinal by the Holy Seat in Rome, the elements made available by Swissleaks...
Mali: farmers postpone the cultivation cotton
The fall in the price of cotton and the rise in the price of fertilizer have angered farmers. From Koutiala to Yorosso, the producers...
Mrs Sogoba Jacqueline Konaté: in Mali, “we cannot talk about a...
Ms Sogoba Jacqueline Konaté is a Doctor of Computer Science, currently Assistant Professor at the University of Science, Techniques and Technology of Bamako (USTTB),...
In Mali, a fair to showcase women entrepreneurs
In Mali, the latest report of the National Institute of Statistics places the unemployment rate at around 10.6% (2015), and reveals that women are...
Economy: Towards a rebound in growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is rebounding in 2017, having registered its lowest level in more than two decades in 2016. This is what...
African countries want to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines. G7 nations’ patent protections...
By Nosmot Gbadamosi
At the G7 summit last week in Cornwall, southwest England, Western countries announced a plan to vaccinate the rest of the world...
Invest in Mali Forum: the countdown is launched
Three months before the big international meeting of promoting Mali as a privileged destination of investments and business in sub-Saharan Africa, a mobilization meeting...
Nigeria’s best hope for peace is a president from the southeast....
By Pelumi Salako
Nigeria is dealing with a lot right now: a surge in banditry, rampaging terrorist groups ISWAP and Boko Haram, farmer-herder conflict across...