For "Le Monde", Thierry Vircoulon, professor at Sciences Po Paris, questions the notion of emergence in Africa. According to him, "the concept, put into all the sauces, has replaced the term development. Without defining the diversity of situations on t...

This tenth edition of the DRC Mining Week, held at the Pullmann Grand Karavia Hotel in Lubumbashi, from 19 to 21 June, with more than 160 local and international suppliers and exhibitors participating, was certainly one of the most successful.

According to the African Development Bank, Africa has maintained its position of the second fastest growing economy jus behind the South Asian region.

Zambia approved mid-April a proposal to drop a recent and controversial hike in mining royalties and it is returning to a tax system based on profit in a fresh effort to try solving a six-month standoff with miners over the increase.

According to the recently published 2014 national human development report (NHDR), the informal sector accounts for more than 70% of all of the DRC's socio-economic activities.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will launch a New Deal for Africa in energy resource development, its new president Nigerian Akinwumi Adesina confirmed today. “We are going to launch a New Deal on energy for Africa. Freeing up Africa’s huge energy pot...

The organisation does however expect the eurozone to grow by 1.4% in 2015 and 2% in 2016, up on earlier estimates. Fearing a drop in interests of which “the extent of the decline appears to be flashing a warning signal”, the OECD is worried markets may be...

Oil production logistics and transport to the Katanga sub-region

Tuesday, Total stated it had sold one million solar lamps throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia under its Awango programme launched late 2012. The French oil giant is aiming to sell five million lamps by 2020.

The saying goes that, “where there is a will there is a way”. In business this is mostly true, but I would also add that getting the timing right is equally as important as willpower.