Les Afriques

Les Afriques
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Les Afriques Editions et Communication SA
Publisher Dominique Flaux
Editor Adama Wade, Chérif Elvalide Seye
Founded 2007 (2007)
Language French
Headquarters Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland
Website Les 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]

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