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Wealth Report 2023 confirms that ’Africa is not poor but impoverished’

Not all Africans are poor — this could arguably be the main message from the 2023 edition of the annual Africa Wealth Report by London-based Henley & Partners that reveals that the ‘Big 5’ wealth markets in Africa — South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco — together account for a significant 56% of Africa’s […]

Election to the presidency of the AfDB: Mauritania’s Ousmane Kane in the starting-blocks

The African Development Bank (AfDB), headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, will elect a new president in May 2025. As the candidacy period approaches in September 2024, several names are emerging as potential contenders. Among the prominent candidates is Ousmane Kane from Mauritania, a former AfDB Vice-President for Institutional Services and a close associate of Mauritanian […]

Morocco stresses before UNESCO its full commitment to youth inclusion

Morocco is “fully committed” to the economic and social inclusion of young people, stressed, on Tuesday at the UNESCO Youth Forum, Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid. The 13th UNESCO Youth Forum, held as part of the 42nd session of UNESCO’s General Conference (November 7-22), focuses this year on the social impact […]