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80% of the people suffering from cancer in the oncology service at the HJRA Hospital do not have enough means to carry out their full treatment. On the other hand, in spite of an annual contribution provided by the government in each service of the hospital, its overall budget still remains insufficient to meet its needs and expenses. According to ... Lire la suite »

A delegation from the Starkey Hearing Foundation (SHF) is currently in Madagascar for humanitarian mission. For the first time in the history of the Great Island, hearing foundation such as the SHF performs humanitarian actions in the country.  Actually, 3 000 hearing aids, worth about 1 000 US Dollars, will be granted to hard of hearing persons, 2 100 from Antananarivo, 864 from ... Lire la suite »

The World Bank’s representative office in Madagascar held on October 20 a new session of its conferences and thematic debates called “Dialogue for Development”. It focused on the World Bank’s report regarding the Review of Public Expenditure and the conduct of Budget Policy after two years of crisis in Madagascar. While the Malagasy government managed to keep the balance of ... Lire la suite »

Japanese electronics giant, Panasonic, tends to reinforce its presence in the Malagasy market of electronic products. For that, the Japanese firm gets associated with Courts Madagascar, one leading local electronic store, to be the brand’s exclusive representative in Madagascar. Courts will take care of the sale of a full range of Panasonic products to individuals and companies. It will also ... Lire la suite »

Madagascar has won seven places, from the 144th to the 137th place, in the Doing Business 2012 ranking which was released yesterday by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In other words, the country has managed to improve a little bit its regulation of business for entrepreneurs over the last twelve months. Among the efforts mentioned in ... Lire la suite »

Child labor constitutes one of the sad realities prevailing in the current Malagasy society. Indeed, according to the survey conducted by Pack Madagascar in 2007, the number of children working in Madagascar was estimated at 1 870 000. Thanks to Kilonga Project, a project whose main objective is to contribute to the fight against child labor through education, 9 056 children ... Lire la suite »

 The signing of a partnership agreement, concerning the payment of visits to national parks via MVola, was performed yesterday in the headquarters of the Telma Group at Alarobia. Guy Suzon Ramangason, CEO of Madagascar National Parks, said the local and foreign tourists and tourism professionals will benefit from this new technology which represents a major innovation in the sector. The ... Lire la suite »

The World Rural Women’s Day was officially celebrated last Saturday in the Commune of Analavory (District of Miarinarivo – Itasy region). The ceremony was particularly marked by a public awareness campaign concerning the work of rural women to better promote gender equality. In fact, as 52% of the rural population is women, they constitute the first victims of poverty and ... Lire la suite »

Like every year, the bank BNI Madagascar organizes the contest known as “Young Entrepreneur Award” (Trophée du Jeune Entrepreneur). For this year, the contest was launched yesterday and will last until December 16, 2011. The contest is open for every man and woman who manages a company and less than 40 years old. The winner of the contest will earn ... Lire la suite »

A new 3-star hotel has just opened its door 3 days ago right in the middle of the business district of Antananarivo. Located in Tsaralalana, the establishment, called Central Hotel, gives a new look to the landscape of that particular area of the capital. For its General Manager, Laurent Tolz, who has been working in hotel industry in Madagascar for ... Lire la suite »