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Report 1
"New technologies"
Mali |
Week of May the 22ND 2006
Mali is to host Novatech 2006, a conference on Information and Communication Technologies. The meeting, backed by the European Commission and organised by Club Novatech, will bring together 300 European and African entrepreneurs and leaders.
Oumarou BARRY / Lukson KANGI – PEOPLE TV |
Report 2
20 years of SPORE
Benin
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A magazine specialising in agriculture ... and one that has staying power! That’s the story of Spore... the magazine of reference for the ACP nations. Published in English, French and Portuguese and in 79 countries, the magazine has over 1 million readers world-wide.
Eric MOUNIER– PEOPLE TV |
Road Transport
Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal |
The continent’s first tarmac, trans-Saharan highway is, at last, operational. The road covers 470 km of Sahara from North to South from the Mauritanian border and the capital Nouakchott, opening up Nouadhibou, the economic capital. The final stretch of the road link between Tangier in Morocco and Dakar in Senegal has boosted commercial exchanges in the region. The refrigerated trucks carrying fresh fruit, vegetables and fish can now cross the desert in a matter of hours. |
Report 3
Niger |
Niamey was host nation for the 10th UEMOA summit. It was an opportunity for the 8 member nations to evaluate the progress made by the Union in terms of integration... and above all to elect a new governor of the BCEAO and a new president for the West African Development Bank. However the leaders decided... to wait and see.
Pauline de CHASSEY– PEOPLE TV |
Employment
Gabon
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To fight the ‘brain drain’, the Gabon Employers Confederation, the CPG, has just organised its first Employment Forum in Paris. Gabon’s company leaders were able to meet young Gabonese finishing their studies or already qualified, and keen to work in the country as executives or high-level technicians. |
Report 4
Agricultural Relaunch
DR Congo |
Relaunching the economy of an entire region via agro-forestry ... well it is possible. With European Union support, the Hanns Seidel Foundation is providing the inhabitants of Mampu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with training in new agricultural techniques. Suitably impressed by the success of the sector, increasing numbers of Congo’s city dwellers are leaving for the country.
Hélène GANZMANN – PEOPLE TV |
In a brief |
North South cooperation in Angola, Construction in the Ivory Coast in Sudan, Energy in Mauritius | |
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