French-speaking Africa

• Comprehensive Online Exchange to Promote Trade Among Thirty French-Speaking Countries in Europe and N. Africa.

• Business Wire
• May 10, 2000

• CosmoCom Partner PhoneControl Excels with Hosted Contact Center Offering; Signs Fifth French-Speaking Offshore Outsourcer in Northern Africa.

• Business Wire
• November 17, 2004

• The man who ran Francafrique.

The death of Frenchman Jacques Foccart on March 19, 1997, created a powerful impact in French-speaking Africa. Foccart was considered the most mysterious and powerful man in France under the leadership of Charles de Gaulle. He is considered the engine and prime mover behind the success of France's special sphere of influence in post-colonial Africa called Francafrique. Foccart's extreme secretiveness was to make him a legend. His death will likely not be able to lift the ambiguity surrounding the myth and the man.

• The National Interest
• Nbr. 1997, March 1997

• YellowOnline.com Acquires Novavision Yellow Pages Operations in French Polynesia, French-Speaking West Africa.

• Business Wire
• October 11, 2000

• Trademark Advisory: International Trademark Protection: Why Don't My U.S. Rights Protect Me Elsewhere?

... Central and South America, Mexico, South Africa, and Canada. A convenient list of participating co...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• W. Africa Retiring $1 Billion in Grungy Cash

DAKAR, Senegal -- With paper bills so rancid even beggars hate to touch them, French-speaking West Africa gets down to serious money- laundering today: An eight-country campaign aims to retire more than 1 billion dollars in decaying currency seen as much as vectors of disease as units of exchange. The cash campaign -- already putting revamped, virgin bills into circulation -- aims to replace currency in circulation since 1992 that bank officials say is deteriorating beyond use and ripe for counterfeiting.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• September 15, 2004

• Schultz Will Visit Area Cities, Towns

MADISON, Wis. - Senate Majority Leader Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, will tour business and meet with constituents on Monday in several Grant County communities. Schultz's visit will culminate at the University of Wisconsin- Platteville, where he will attend a reception at 6:30 p.m. at the Pioneer Student Center for delegates from northern Africa's French- speaking Maghreb region. The delegation is visiting Wisconsin as part of a project to help develop the region's fledgling dairy industry.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• November 25, 2005

• 8 Countries Will Clean Hands of Dirty Money

DAKAR, Senegal - With paper bills so rancid even beggars hate to touch them, French-speaking West Africa gets down to serious money- laundering Wednesday: An eight-country campaign aims to retire more than $1 billion in decaying currency seen as much as vectors of disease as units of exchange. The cash campaign - already putting revamped, virgin bills into circulation - aims to replace currency in circulation since 1992 that bank officials say is deteriorating beyond use and ripe for counterfeiting.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• September 16, 2004

• 'Drum' Wins Top Prize at Film Festival in Africa

Drum," a South African movie celebrating a reporter's struggle against apartheid, won the top prize at Africa's biggest film festival. Directed by Zola Maseko and starring Taye Diggs, "Drum" is the second English-language movie to win the Gold Talon prize for best feature-length film at the festival in French-speaking Burkina Faso. "Heritage Africa," from Ghana, which won in 1989, was the first.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• March 08, 2005

• Trust Is Sacred, Cannot Be Legislated

In response to the March 13 commentary, "Public corruption is facilitated by secrecy" by Richard McKee: The author made a lot of good points - but in addition to openness in government, there is another issue that must be addressed. I will illustrate with a story:

...My students were from 22 different African countries. Since some students were from French-sp...

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• March 19, 2011