South Africa remains Madagascar’s largest African export market, while Malagasy imports of South African goods accounted for approximately 5.7% of the country’s global import basket, reflective of both countries’ ability to exploit the natural advantage of geographic proximity. Madagascar’s exports to South Africa have seen a steady and consistent growth in the previous five years from R 588 million in 2012 to over R1. 6 billion in 2016.
Dans ReliefWeb
Cyclone Enawo, which made landfall in mid-March, claimed 81 lives and injured more than 250 people, according to the National Office for the Management of Risks and Crises, better known as the BNGRC, the acronym for its French-language name the Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes. Almost half a million people were affected by Enawo and over 200,000 were displaced. In addition 40,000 houses were destroyed, 3,900 classrooms damaged, 1,300 water points polluted and over a hundred health centers damaged. (..) Madagascar is the country most exposed to cyclones in Africa and the third most vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change. On average, 1.5 cyclones a year cross Madagascar, generally affecting two thirds of the country.
Dans GlobalVoices
Chinese foreigners are forcing farmers in southwest Madagascar to sell their land for a mere 7 ariary (less than US $0.01) per square meter. That’s according to news from TV Plus Madagascar, as reported by journalists Ivon Mahandrisoa and Angelo Ranaivoarisoa on May 24, 2017. A similar land deal in Kenya in 2008 was priced at about US $0.05 per square meter for a total of 40,000 hectares. (The cost of a loaf of white bread is 1,481.85 Ariary). Already more than 12,000 acres have been acquired by the Chinese investors (..) The popular Facebook page “Malagasy ve ianao” (“Are you Malagasy?”)—followed by a community of more than 170,000 people—also raised awareness about these suspicious 7 Ariary per m2 deals with a brief report from Evah Randrianotahiana.
Dans ESI Africa
The use of thermal power has according to NewsGhana pushed up the cost of electricity in Madagascar. The country is ranked the 16th for the social tariff and the 17th for the industrial tariff on 39 similar countries in Africa, according to the World Bank. The coverage of electricity in Madagascar is still low with only 13% of its 23-million population linked to electricity, compared to 52% in Senegal and more than 75% in South Africa. (..) Madagascar’s hydro potential of 7,000MW represents a tremendous opportunity
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