Type Weekly newspaper Publisher Dominique Flaux | Format Tabloid | |
Owner(s) Les Afriques Editions et Communication SA Editor Adama Wade, Chérif Elvalide Seye Founded 2007; 10 years ago (2007) | ||
Les Afriques is a weekly economical and financial African newspaper. In 2007, it claims to be the first Pan-African financial newspaper. It is published weekly and available in almost all French-speaking countries.
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History
The newspaper started its publication in July 2007. Its launch was announced on the French-language TV Journal de Léman bleu and on several specialised African websites.
After a first journal and a necessary period of adaptation using a franchise system, the journal Les Afriques launched local editions for Morocco, Senegal and Cameroon.
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.
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