Africa

As every year since more than a decade, JFD (Journée de la Femme Digitale) has announced on November 9, 2022, the call for applications for the Les Margaret Awards 2023. All women from Europe and Africa with innovative projects in the digital field are invited to participate.

Two years after the deadly conflict in the Tigray region in Ethiopia, a cease-fire was declared on Wednesday, November 2, by the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The African Union, which played the mediator’s role, is very pleased with this news.

To help African countries to improve their media landscape was the main theme of the Seminar for Young Media Talents from African Countries organized by the Academy for International Trade Officials of China Ministry of Commerce. It took place from October 12 to 25, 2002, by videoconference and seventeen (17) employees of the 24-hour bilingual news channel, Gabon 24 participated in this training, as part of the sponsorship of skills.

With a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $8,017 per capita at the beginning of 2022, Gabon is considered as the richest country in Africa for the second consecutive year, according to the report of the Centre d’Étude et de Réflexion sur le Monde Francophone (CERMF) published on October 12.

Strengthening economic and commercial relations between France and the African continent is the main objective of the Ambition Africa Forum, which takes place over two days (from October 4 to 5) in Paris.

R21/Matrix-M, the new and effective malaria vaccine will be deployed in Burkina Faso in 2023. Developed by scientists at Oxford University, several trials have shown up to 80% protection against the disease.