Senegal
Less than a week after the European Parliament gave the green light on April 6 for the new fishing agreement between the EU and the Comoros, a delegation of fishermen from West Africa, brought to Europe by the NGO Greenpeace, told MEPs and EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki, on 14 April in Brussels, of the threat posed by the mass influx of European vessels into their waters.
Thirteen...
In April 2011, 70 pupils from the Elementary School of the Patte d'Oie Builders in Dakar enjoyed their first viewing of a film on the big screen: Le ballon d’or by Cheick Doukouré. This viewing was one of the first organised as part of the MobiCINE project, which is piloting an innovative system of film screenings in two major West African cities: Dakar and Bamako. In February, 7...
West Africa’s plans to move up the world tourism rankings are taking root, both at regional and country-levels.
Nigeria’s Delta State is aiming for one million visitors a year by 2014 on completion of a water theme park. According to Richard Mofe Damijo, state commissioner for tourism, it is the first of its kind in West Africa and will help propel the country’s tourism sector...
Established in 1991, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a partnership between African governments and the international donor community, is enabling Africa to build its own capacity, says Executive Secretary, Frannie Leautier. She was recently in Brussels to explain more about ACBF’s aims and activities to European Union (EU) institutions. The body has, to date, funded 246...
Ken Ndiaye is the one of the best known faces of the African diaspora, and above all a link between this community and others from all corners of the earth in the cosmopolitan city of Brussels. Trained as a ballet dancer at the Mudra de Béjart dance school in Dakar, Senegal, he is also a musician and anthropologist. In 1997 he opened, along with Belgian associate Paul Jamoulle, L'...
West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) is a trans-territorial radio station, set up to facilitate the exchange of development information between West African countries.
Its promoter is the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the network of the Soros Foundations whose aims are to further democracy, good governance, the rule of law, freedom and civil society participation.
After...
Aziz Mebarek is the founding partner of Tuninvest/Africinvest,an independent private equity fund founded in 1994. First established in Tunisia, the fund initially expanded to cover the Maghreb region, and is now targeting Sub-Saharan African business. The Group is currently investing its third generation of funds, targeting growth and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In an interview...
took place in Dakar from 10-31 December. It attracted artists and visitors from around the world in a celebration of the culture and creativity of Africa and its Diaspora.
The festival was created by Senegal’s former president, Leopold Senghor. It was first held in Dakar in 1966, just a few years after Senegal obtained independence from France and symbolised African pride, the...
Universal Healthcare Insurance (UHI) or health insurance, financed by the state, employers and possibly by private individuals, was long regarded as unattainable in developing countries. Unlike pensions, industrial accident insurance or free public schooling, this was not part of the colonial legacy bequeathed to the newly independent African or Caribbean states in the 1960s and 70s....
Misinformation has been one of the main stumbling blocks to the conclusion of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with West Africa.
An EPA with West Africa would potentially be the largest by trade volume since the region currently accounts for 40 per cent of all ACP-EU trade.
“Failure in the past to interact with constituents has given room for misinformation,...
Less than a week after the European Parliament gave the green light on April 6 for the new fishing agreement between the EU and the Comoros, a delegation of fishermen from West Africa, brought to Europe by the NGO Greenpeace, told MEPs and EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki, on 14 April in Brussels, of the threat posed by the mass influx of European vessels into their waters.
Thirteen...
In April 2011, 70 pupils from the Elementary School of the Patte d'Oie Builders in Dakar enjoyed their first viewing of a film on the big screen: Le ballon d’or by Cheick Doukouré. This viewing was one of the first organised as part of the MobiCINE project, which is piloting an innovative system of film screenings in two major West African cities: Dakar and Bamako. In February, 7...
West Africa’s plans to move up the world tourism rankings are taking root, both at regional and country-levels.
Nigeria’s Delta State is aiming for one million visitors a year by 2014 on completion of a water theme park. According to Richard Mofe Damijo, state commissioner for tourism, it is the first of its kind in West Africa and will help propel the country’s tourism sector...
Established in 1991, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a partnership between African governments and the international donor community, is enabling Africa to build its own capacity, says Executive Secretary, Frannie Leautier. She was recently in Brussels to explain more about ACBF’s aims and activities to European Union (EU) institutions. The body has, to date, funded 246...
Ken Ndiaye is the one of the best known faces of the African diaspora, and above all a link between this community and others from all corners of the earth in the cosmopolitan city of Brussels. Trained as a ballet dancer at the Mudra de Béjart dance school in Dakar, Senegal, he is also a musician and anthropologist. In 1997 he opened, along with Belgian associate Paul Jamoulle, L'...
West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) is a trans-territorial radio station, set up to facilitate the exchange of development information between West African countries.
Its promoter is the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the network of the Soros Foundations whose aims are to further democracy, good governance, the rule of law, freedom and civil society participation.
After...
Aziz Mebarek is the founding partner of Tuninvest/Africinvest,an independent private equity fund founded in 1994. First established in Tunisia, the fund initially expanded to cover the Maghreb region, and is now targeting Sub-Saharan African business. The Group is currently investing its third generation of funds, targeting growth and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In an interview...
took place in Dakar from 10-31 December. It attracted artists and visitors from around the world in a celebration of the culture and creativity of Africa and its Diaspora.
The festival was created by Senegal’s former president, Leopold Senghor. It was first held in Dakar in 1966, just a few years after Senegal obtained independence from France and symbolised African pride, the...
Universal Healthcare Insurance (UHI) or health insurance, financed by the state, employers and possibly by private individuals, was long regarded as unattainable in developing countries. Unlike pensions, industrial accident insurance or free public schooling, this was not part of the colonial legacy bequeathed to the newly independent African or Caribbean states in the 1960s and 70s....
Misinformation has been one of the main stumbling blocks to the conclusion of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with West Africa.
An EPA with West Africa would potentially be the largest by trade volume since the region currently accounts for 40 per cent of all ACP-EU trade.
“Failure in the past to interact with constituents has given room for misinformation,...
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