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IN FOOTBALL, AS IN ECONOMICS OR POLITICS, AFRICA IS AT ITS LEVEL! EN FOOTBALL, COMME EN ÉCONOMIE OU EN POLITIQUE, L’AFRIQUE EST À SON NIVEAU !

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  English version   Dear readers, it is a fundamental reality of both history and modern development: the quality of leadership is often the definitive dividing line between national prosperity and stagnation. While geography, natural resources, and historical starting points certainly matter, it is ultimately how a country is governed that dictates its trajectory. The correlation between a nation's macroeconomic health, its political institutions, and its success on the soccer pitch is a well-documented phenomenon in sports economics. Just as inclusive institutions and fiscal discipline drive a country’s economic development, those same structural advantages scale down to produce elite athletic performance. This concept, popularized by researchers and books like Soccernomics, demonstrates that winning a World Cup is rarely just about raw, innate talent or luck. It is heavily dictated by quantifiable economic and political factors. A high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capit...
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THE SCENARIOS OF THE MATCHES OF THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES PROVE STEREOTYPE PEDSMEN RIGHT! LES SCENARIOS DES MATCHS DES PAYS AFRICAINS DONNENT RAISON AUX COLPORTEURS DE STÉRÉOTYPES!

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English version  "Black people do not have the concentration to last more than 80 minutes," said a television commentator named Rade Bogdanović, a former Yugoslav international. The results of the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and more dramatically Senegal, seem to prove right all the racists who feed us their pseudo-science. Indeed, after a good, well-controlled match, the Ivory Coast was crucified by Erling Haaland, left completely alone at the penalty spot by the Ivorian defense. We were in the 86th minute. 2-1 for Norway and bye-bye Ivory Coast. The DRC scored in the 4th minute, and then played on equal terms with England before letting Harry Kane crucify Congo in the 86th minute. More dramatically and pathetically, Senegal gave Belgium a football lesson by leading 2-0, until Lukaku scored a first goal in the 86th minute, then Thielemans in the 89th, before finally losing to a very generous penalty. While it is true that this World Cup is marked by cruel ...
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THE SPLIT OF SEEG DOESN’T SOLVE ANYTHING! LA SCISSION DE LA SEEG NE RIME À RIEN!

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English version  CBON has just decided to split the state-owned enterprise SEEG into two separate entities: water on one side and electricity on the other. This solution is presented as a technical panacea. However, dismantling the SEEG without tackling the deep-rooted evils eating away at it runs a high risk of being merely window dressing. The physical infrastructure deadlock:  Creating two distinct entities does not generate a single new megawatt, nor does it plug any leaks in the distribution network. The real crux of the problem remains the investment deficit in basic infrastructure. Without fresh capital to modernize turbines or water treatment plants, the split will only divide the shortage. The toxic management of financial liabilities:  The SEEG is burdened by colossal debt and degraded financial ratios. The split poses an accounting headache: how do you allocate this sovereign or quasi-sovereign debt? Without an absolute requirement for transparency in public sp...
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