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Protest increasing against the use of the CFA Franc [Business Africa]

Protest increasing against the use of the CFA Franc [Business Africa]

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Protests against CFA Franc

The CFA franc is no longer welcome, the demand for a new legal tender among the masses across francophone Africa is growing by the day.
Protesters in Cameroon ,Senegal and Benin taking to the street say the legal tender is an hindrance to” socio- economic and political development”.
The CFA Franc is the common currency to roughly 155 million inhabitants.

Mushroom farming in Congo

Across the Republic of Congo, Bio-Tech the home of Mushroom production is well known.

In the following story, meet “Tsengué-Tsengué, the famous founder of the startup. He shares his plans of diversification and exportation.