Author: Adama WADE

The 29 th edition of the Forum of Banks and Credit Institutions Club of Africa opened on Thursday 8 February in Dakar (Senegal) in the presence of a hundred representatives of the profession. Under the theme of “the bank of tomorrow, its regulatory context, the major issues of innovation and digitalization”, the meeting was the site of a technical and strategic debate between leading economists, invited to present a helicopter vision of the sector and the practitioners, “topographers” of an activity confronted with technological, financial and regulatory stakes. The debate, first posed by the economist Dhafer Saidane, focused on…

The highly publicized return in early January of Modibo Koné in Mali was preceded by 3 days of intense exchanges (late December) between the senior executive of the West African Development Bank (BOAD), which opted for early retirement to he declared at the foot of the plane, to put himself at the service of his country, and the Chérif de Nioro. The supreme authority of Hamallism, the cardinal personality of Islam, has not officially taken a stand. But for many observers, these three nights of interview with the leader of the Mali Kanu movement, under the seal of secrecy, are…

The resounding resignation of Paul Romer, Chief Economist of the World Bank, following his criticism of the Doing Business ranking, weakens this authoritative report for fifteen years.  According to the famous economist at New York University, known for his theory of endogenous growth, sometimes political considerations have motivated the ranking of some of the 190 countries highlighted in this document particularly taken seriously in Africa. The case of Chile illustrates this state of affairs well. The Latin American country would have been penalized voluntarily since the arrival of the socialist Michelle Bachelet, in 2014. Since then, Chile has lost 20…

Alberic Kakou leaves the African Development Bank.

The week of January 12 was marked by a significant rebound in transactions on the Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM). Thus, the total value of transactions recorded over the week is 16,81 billion FCFA for 1 897 356 shares exchanged against 1,50 billion FCFA for 638 393 securities processed last week. Negotiations focused on 51 Securities, including 42 on the stock market and 9 on the debt market. The market capitalization of the stock market was 6 513,33 billion FCFA against 6 574,99 billion FCFA last week. That of the bond market amounts to 2 964,97 billion FCFA against 2 965,71…

The Senegalese media mainly saw the small fault of orthography. Elsewhere, it is the expression “black race” that challenges. “Africa and the black race deserve respect,” the Senegalese president reacted in response to his American counterpart Donald Trump, who described some African countries as “shitty country”. The tweet of Macky Sall joined the reaction of Botswana were rather well received by the African netizens. In Senegal, the small sprain to the conjugation will force “tirailleurs of the French language” to leave the wood. The communication service of the palace will provide a learned explanation by endorsing the famous mistake. This…