Collective sanitation and gutter maintenance are theoretically the responsibility of the municipalities. Lacking financial resources and adequate services, the government is supporting them with the help of external partners. In...

Togo – Sanitation and waste treatment

In Togo, only 171,000 households have a handwashing facility with soap and water. Challenges include improving the waste collection and management system, ...

Madagascar – Towards access to drinking water for all

Although Madagascar has abundant water resources, some of the highest in the world, more than half of the Malagasy population does not have access to drinking water (57%). Access to...

Congo – Improving access to drinking water

The government wants to improve the rate of access to drinking water, which currently does not match the country's hydrological potential. 741,000 people have access to a water source...

Gabon – Water and electricity: an acceleration of investments

To address its energy and drinking water supply deficit, Gabon is planning an investment of 500 million $ by 2023. The Gabon Energy and Water Company (SEEG)...

Madagascar – The strategic orientations of the PNEAH

The National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Policy (PNEAH) is framed by fundamental human rights, the General State Policy (PGE), the SDGs and the constitution of ...

Breeding

Cameroon – The Livestock Sector

Given the rapid increase in population and urbanization, the demand for livestock products is increasing but does not meet the needs of national consumption.

DRC – Livestock development

In this sector, which employs the majority of the workforce, the development of the livestock sector could offer enormous opportunities to meet the demand for animal products and generate...

Madagascar – The challenges of agro-livestock farming

Livestock farming contributes 601,000 households in Madagascar to their income. Its growing importance is noteworthy, particularly for dairy farming and urban poultry farming. Beekeeping and sericulture are also gaining importance.

Togo – The challenges of agro-livestock farming

The livestock subsector's contribution is estimated at 6,731 million TND of GDP. A development strategy has been developed in line with the strategic axes of the Togo 2025 plan. If...

Gabon – Livestock farming: an activity with real potential

Livestock farming remains dominated by the presence of small farm operators scattered across the country. The country imports almost entirely the beef, lamb, pork, and poultry consumed by...

Congo – The agropastoral and fishing sectors

Congo has a diversity of agro-ecological zones suitable for agro-pastoral and fishing activities, a young population and sufficient land resources suitable for development...

Forest

Gabon – African leader in environmental protection

Gabon is a leading country in conservation in almost every area: preservation, exploitation, timber industry, etc., which has earned it international recognition. First...

Cameroon – The forest economy

With a forest area extending over 22 million hectares representing 48% of the national territory, the forest-wood sector is a key sector of the economy, the 2nd contributor ...

Madagascar – A vast reforestation program

The mining sector is known to be environmentally harmful, and a large-scale reforestation program will help combat deforestation. To contribute to environmental protection and...

Madagascar – Environment and Forestry

To protect Madagascar's magnificent natural sanctuary, a strategy for conservation and sustainable development has been implemented. According to the results of a study...

Congo – The advantages of the forest economy

Congo's forestry sector remains the country's second largest economic sector, and is a major producer of tropical hardwoods, including logs, square-edged timber, and panels. The...

DRC – Forests, an important reserve of biodiversity

The Congo Basin forests represent the second largest tropical forest in the world after the Amazon Basin. Its dense, humid forests cover approximately 200 million hectares, including more than...

Agro-industries

DRC – The development of other cultures

The Congo Basin offers favorable climatic conditions for the cultivation of oil palm, rubber, coffee, cocoa, bananas and cassava, while...

Togo – The cassava sector, an opportunity to be seized

To promote the development of this sub-sector, the government has developed and implemented several programs and projects targeting cassava. Among the root crops and...

Cameroon – Towards organic farming

Organic agriculture contributes to the structural transformation of the Cameroonian economy by participating in technological and intentional changes. Since the 1990s, organic agriculture has struggled to emerge...

DRC – Development of agro-industrial parks

Approximately 801,000 tonnes of agro-industrial products consumed in the DRC are imported. The gradual development of around twenty agro-industrial parks covering tens of thousands of hectares across the country is expected to...

Madagascar – Cash crops for export

Higher value-added cash crops for export are currently grown on a small scale. Promotional activities to provide access to foreign markets for "...

Gabon – The main agricultural sectors

To diversify its economy, Gabon has decided to revive its agriculture by developing part of its 5.2 million hectares of arable land that is still under-exploited, in order to...

Fishing

Togo – Mr. Sani Yaya, Minister of Economy and Finance – in office in 2025

Entretien avec Sani Yaya, Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances. Ayant comme domaine de prédilection la banque, les finances et les stratégies des institutions, il est Président en exercice du ...

Togo – A technological and digital hub

After several years of investment to consolidate its telecoms infrastructure, the Togolese government is focusing on digital services with the ambition of becoming a technology and digital hub within the next few years.

Cameroon – Connection to submarine fiber optic cables

Presented as a telecoms infrastructure hub, Cameroon is connected to five submarine fiber optic cables: SAT3, WACS, ACE, SAIL, and NCSCS. Cameroon operates...

Cameroon, the most diversified economy in the region

As the driving force behind the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), Cameroon is well aware of the leading role it must play in helping to address the many challenges facing...

Cameroon – Agro-industries at the service of economic growth

According to the National Development Strategy for 2030 (NDS), Cameroon is counting on local industry to boost its economy. Agribusiness is one of the levers the authorities intend to use to...

Gabon – Reform of the education system and vocational training

Congo's future rests on its youth, and the government intends to use education as a key lever for development to ensure the successful integration of its economy into the global economy. If education is...