Often seen by host countries as a source of problems, migrants contribute to development through both host and departure countries. As employees or employers, migrants generate wealth. They send their money home for the family or to invest in promising sectors. In this article, we focus on the financial contribution of migrants to Africa. Migration […]
Cyprien Baza, a Rwandan refugee, has lived in Burkina Faso for more than twenty years. Baza, who left his country following the 1994 genocide, says he lost everything. Nearly thirty years later, he still hasn’t heard from his family. Baza, who doesn’t “believe in the future”, tells us about his career. With a black cap […]
A large number of young Africans are forced into adventure. A situation they find themselves in due to governance problems in their sector of activity. This is the case of a young Beninese professional footballer who, because of difficulties in his sector, went to try his luck elsewhere. A professional footballer, Boliano has seen his […]
This is something he makes no secret of. For him, life in Benin is a second chance in heaven. An “enfant terrible” of Abobo in Côte d’Ivoire, he is now one of the most famous DJs in his adopted country, where he has lived for over a decade. Let’s take a look at the atypical […]
Isabelle Yacoubou, Beninese by origin, naturalised French, former basketball international, captain of the France team, Olympic vice-champion in London in 2012, has published Géante, an autobiography, published on February 16, 2023 by Archipel editions, presented in Cotonou on July 28, 2023. As a teenager, she left Benin for France, with dreams in her head. At […]
There are several profiles of people in the boats of misfortune on the way to Europe. It is not only fishermen who embark in these canoes as often noted in the media’s coverage of migration issues in Senegal. Cheikh Ndour, like many other young Senegalese, is a graduate. He studied Electronics and Mechanics at the […]
