Les Afriques
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Les Afriques Editions et Communication SA
PublisherDominique Flaux
EditorAdama Wade, Chérif Elvalide Seye
Founded2007 (2007)
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersCarouge, Geneva, Switzerland
WebsiteLes Afriques

Les Afriques is a weekly economical and financial African newspaper. In 2007, it claims to be the first Pan-African[1] financial newspaper. It is published weekly and available in almost all French-speaking countries.

History

The newspaper started its publication in July 2007.[2] Its launch was announced on the French-language TV Journal de Léman bleu and on several specialised African websites.[3]

After a first journal and a necessary period of adaptation using a franchise system,[4] the journal Les Afriques launched local editions for Morocco, Senegal and Cameroon.[5]

Objectives

In order to balance the views of the "old continent", the journalist are based in Africa (Morocco, Senegal and Algeria) and are highly respected in the African financial community.

Journalists

Adama Wade, Morocco

Adama Wade, a Mauritanian national, established in Casablanca for at least thirteen years. He has flourished as a journalist in the Economic and Financial sections in the Moroccan press.

Chérif Elvalide Seye, Senegal

He was a special advisor to the communication for president Abdoulaye Wade 2000–2002 and he has created or managed several media entities in his country. Chérif Seye died on June 18, 2012, in Nairobi Kenya[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Les Afriques" : le nouveau journal de la finance africaine : La revue est disponible en kiosques - Pan Afrique - Finance - Presse - Afrique
  2. ↑ "Les Afriques, a New Financial Paper". The Arab Press Network. 30 July 2007. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Grioo.com : Dominique Flaux, directeur de publication de l'hebdomadaire économique 'Les Afriques'
  4. ↑ Communique de presse
  5. ↑ Cameroun Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ fr:Chérif Elvalide Seye
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