Atos, the French digital giant looks towards Africa

Atos, the French digital giant looks towards Africa

Published in : 02/02/2023 – 00:07 The French digital giant with a turnover of 11,000 million euros is present in 11 countries on the continent with more than 2,500 employees. But the group had a difficult time. Between the governance crisis, the stock market crash and the announcement of a split for July 2023, Atos … Read more

In Congo-Brazzaville, insertion by mushrooms

In Congo-Brazzaville, insertion by mushrooms

Published in : 01/18/2023 – 00:45 Deaf people are among the vulnerable strata in Congo-Brazzaville. The Future Challenge Foundation has decided to train them in miciculture. They learn to grow mushrooms to become entrepreneurs and ensure their empowerment. In the scientific city of Brazzaville, in the heart of a natural forest, behind a mushroom house … Read more

Africa and Brics, towards a new dynamic?

Africa and Brics, towards a new dynamic?

Published in : 12/19/2022 – 00:29 The BRICS group of emerging countries seems to have entered a new dynamic on the African continent. In June, Vladimir Putin at the last Brics summit said that he was convinced of the role that the Brics would play in developing a “unifying and positive path towards the formation … Read more

Health: The International Committee of the Red Cross concerned about the high level of armed violence in Haiti

Health: The International Committee of the Red Cross concerned about the high level of armed violence in Haiti

P-to-P, December 13. 2022 [AlterPresse] — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expresses its serious concern about the high levels of armed violence and “the growing threat posed not only by the cholera epidemic, but also by the inability of health to meet all the needs “. This serious upsurge in armed violence … Read more

Reform of the senior civil service: a change of culture

Reform of the senior civil service: a change of culture

Creation of a single body of State administrators, suppression of the exit classification of the old ENA, single salary table that will now include participation based on merit…: the reform, presented on Wednesday, November 23 by the minister of the civil service Stanislas Guerini is making a major change for the senior civil service, instilling … Read more

The challenge of insurers in the face of climate change in Africa

The challenge of insurers in the face of climate change in Africa

Published in : 11/14/2022 – 00:00 Today in Africa, the insurance penetration rate is estimated at only 3%. And among the increasingly important risk factors: the consequences of climate change. How do insurers deal with the phenomenon and what solutions do they offer? ” Increasingly extreme weather events that have doubled the amount of damage … Read more

Tunisian engineers are popular in French companies

Tunisian engineers are popular in French companies

Published in : 10/10/2022 – 00:19 As the engineering shortage becomes a concern in France – the French economy is estimated to need 50,000 new employees each year – some French companies have decided to turn to African countries. Morocco, Senegal, Madagascar or even Tunisia are of great interest to French recruiters who need gray … Read more

US economy shrinks again, fueling recession fears

US economy shrinks again, fueling recession fears

US gross domestic product (GDP) contracted again in the second quarter, raising risks of the world’s largest economy slipping into recession, months before a key election for Joe Biden. The contraction of GDP is 0.9% at an annualized rate, a measure favored by the United States, which compares with the previous quarter and then projects … Read more

Luxembourg in search of a green economy

Luxembourg in search of a green economy

Franz Fayot, Luxembourg’s finance minister (Photo: Harry Murphy/Collision via Sportsfile) GUEST BLOG. Last month, the Luxembourg Minister for the Economy, Franz Fayot, traveled to Toronto and Montreal as part of an economic mission organized by the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in close collaboration with the Ministry for the Economy. I had the opportunity to meet … Read more

Emirates News Agency – Finance Minister meets WIPO, UNCTAD and WEF representatives during MC12

Emirates News Agency - Finance Minister meets WIPO, UNCTAD and WEF representatives during MC12

GENEVA, 17th June, 2022 (WAM) — Economy Minister Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri held bilateral meetings with senior officials from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD) and the World Economic Organization. Forum (WEF), on the sidelines of the UAE’s participation in the 12th WTO Ministerial … Read more