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Malagasy students pursuing their study in France are currently in difficulty. They are launching a distress call to the High Authority of transition. In fact, these students have not received until now their monthly grants from the local government since last February. Yet they have to support themselves and have to pay all the necessary and mandatory expenses that allow ... Lire la suite »

The fact of seeing the Air Madagascar’s new aircraft, Airbus A 340, landing in Nosy Be is still a dream, unless the transportation authority finds the sum of at least 24 billion MGA to renovate the airport and its runway. According to an official in charge of the project, “The renovation of the airport is a huge investment. And the ... Lire la suite »

Arena Multimedia, the Mauritian leading school in 3D animation, is seducing Malagasy students. In fact, this prominent institute offers vocational trainings in computer engineering, software engineering, interior decoration and design, graphic design, web, 3D, audiovisual media, management, English and journalism. The tuitions for studying in this school vary according to the field of study but can range from 2500 to ... Lire la suite »

More than a dozen Chinese artists from the Chinese art show company of Paris will participate in a big show at Dome RTA this coming Friday, May 25, 2012. The show will start at 7:00pm, inviting all the die-hard fans of Chinese art which will be performed by young artists of the above company. During a press conference that took ... Lire la suite »

Madagascar is home to the smallest chameleon in the world, called Brookesia micra. The animal was discovered two months ago near Cape Ambre on the Nosy Hara archipelago in the northern part of the country. Herpetologists went on site to identify small reptiles that have so far never been identified. During their exploration trip, researchers traveled though the archipelago at ... Lire la suite »

Eric Mallet or Mr Mohair will exhibit his collection of Mohair carpets made ​​by hand according to ancient traditions of weaving in Ampanihy, from May 21 to June 3, at AFT (Alliance Française de Tananarive) Andavamamba. Eric Mallet manufactures his carpets with a contemporary inspiration mixed with inspirations from Mahafaly culture while keeping the traditional manufacturing process, being handmade and ... Lire la suite »

In order to improve the business environment in Madagascar, a partnership agreement was signed yesterday between GEM (Group of Companies of Madagascar) and EFOI Madagascar, a platform that gathers Malagasy women entrepreneurs who have expressed interest in collaborating with GEM after becoming aware of the importance of pooling their efforts and finding ways to cope with globalization.   According to ... Lire la suite »

In spite of the enduring socio-economic crisis in the country and despite recent news items concerning the murders of French tourists, the tourism sector in Madagascar experienced a sharp growth since the beginning of the year. Operators in this sector recently talked about optimizing all the activities and services, namely security, for the next tourist season. Besides, last Monday, the ... Lire la suite »

As part of the implementation of the reforms adopted by the Ministry in charge of development and town and country planning, the unique land office of the land services of Antananarivo was inaugurated on May 16, with 17 892 832 MGA expenses on infrastructure and 29 million MGA on diverse equipments, in addition to computers which were offered by various ... Lire la suite »

In close collaboration with the school district of Brickaville, The Department of Environment of the Ambatovy Project organized last month training sessions on environmental education geared toward 21 teachers of primary schools and 28 teachers of secondary schools in the surrounding Communes of the Massif of Ankerana. 49 teachers could strengthen their pedagogic knowledge concerning the protection of nature. For ... Lire la suite »