They reaffirm their determination to strengthen continental integration through the AfCFTA and welcome the contribution of African trade ministers in the preparations for the launch of trade on January 1, 2021. “The start of trade will be one of the most important stages. of the continental integration project and the clearest assertion to date that...
During the ceremony to lay the foundation stone for this project, held on December 10, 2020 in Mbankomo, a locality located 30 kilometres from Yaoundé, the builder reassured that the infrastructure will be delivered in about fifteen months.
Although the current management team has inherited a gloomy social situation, Congo Télécom is working to restore its image. According to the deputy Maurice Mavoungou, whose commission has searched well in the accounting books of the company, "salaries are paid regularly, social contributions are paid, the IRPP, retirement pensions and provisions for those who owe...
This operation will be carried out at the applicable tender interest rate (TIAO) of 3.25%, in accordance with community provisions. Assets accepted as collateral for BEAC refinancing operations operate in accordance with the resolutions of the CPM. According to the Central Bank, for this variable rate tender, the submission deadline of which is December 9,...
Setting up projects likely to be supported by GIZ within the framework of COMSSA; mobilization of funding for the implementation of local projects; support for decentralized local authorities and FEICOM in accessing climate finance on the basis of files that meet donor requirements; the joint organization of an ’Energy and Climate Finance Forum for Local...
Thus, article 3 of the decree of December 3 specifies that: "although remaining under the financial supervision of the Ministry of Finance, the ART will no longer work with a financial controller or an accountant, but with an auditor", the reporter notes.
This is the highest level recorded in previous months, supported by the consensus of OPEC members and its allies on a gradual increase in their production of black gold from next January. According to OPEC, this increase is explained by the agreement of the organization and its allies (OPEC +), limiting the increase in oil...
"The government of the Republic has completed this project to develop the investment promotion strategy, with the support of the African Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (…) These figures for 2016-2020 confirm the structural weakness of the Congolese private sector. Under these conditions, the Congo finds itself obliged to stimulate private investment in...
Between 2017 and 2019, Gabon recorded a downturn which caused it to lose two places in terms of the distribution of flows, thus occupying 91st place and 89th place in terms of trade flows against 88th in 2017. However, in relation to the size of its economy, the country gains three places from 103rd place...
The Minister of Tourism Development, Culture and Handicrafts, Patalet Géo, who travelled for the occasion, did not fail to present Chad and its cultural, craft and tourist wealth to Turkish partners. From north to south, from east to west, the riches are numerous. The Ennedi massifs, the Gauthiot falls, the queen of Guéra, the Zakouma...
As of November 30, thirty-three countries out of fifty-five on the continent have been able to ratify and deposit the related instruments with the AfCFTA Commission, said the Nigerien head of state, while praying to the twenty-two remaining countries to do the same. Issoufou Mahamadou previously indicated that the ongoing health crisis, which arose at...
"After this period, the administration reserves the right to proceed with the recovery of the sums due, in accordance with the procedures provided for by the General Tax Code," Gabin Otha-Ndoumba warned in L’Union on December 7.
According to the President of Cameroon's largest employers, youth is synonymous with vigour; young people are dynamic, voluntary, proactive; and that is why it is good, according to him, to integrate them into the employers' project because it is more urgent than ever to project Gicam into the future. He will have told the young...
"Under the Pdac, when a beneficiary wants to develop his activity in the savannah, the minimum space required by the Pdac is 25 ha. Thus, we encourage the Congolese to produce a lot in order not only to feed the populations but also to export our products, ”Isidore Ondoki said.
“We are very pleased to have finalized the acquisition of our new exclusive 3-D seismic survey over our entire Etame Marin block. We will now proceed to the processing and analysis of the data that has been collected. Over the past 20 years, we have capitalized on the great potential of Etame's resources, increasing the...
The first concerns a sovereign loan to the Republic of Chad of 15 million euros, or 9.8 billion FCFA to finance the acquisition of Chad's participation in the capital of ACA (Agency for Trade Insurance in Africa). “The EIB welcomes the Chadian government's initiative to join the Africa Trade Insurance Agency. We are honored and...
The AfCFTA offers the opportunity to create the world's largest free trade area with the potential to unite over 1.2 billion people in an economic bloc of over 2.5 trillion dollars and usher in a new era of development. It has the potential to generate many benefits through trade expansion, structural transformation, productive employment and...
Abdoulaye Seck was also informed of the constraints and challenges of the vocational training and employment sector linked to the insufficient infrastructure to deliver training adapted to the needs of the labor market on the one hand but also to the demographic weight of unemployed youth.