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An Association called “Tahiana Creations”, manufacturer and distributor of Malagasy handicrafts made from raffia, vetiver and natural dye of raffia, will showcase its products at the Decorex exhibition event which will be held at the “Gallager Convention Center” in Midrand, South Africa, from August 7 to 9, 2011. For Marie Alexandrine Rasoanantenaina, founder and manager of “Tahiana Creations”, vetiver has ... Lire la suite »

Once again the President of the HAT, Andry Rajoelina, has made a promise in regard to strengthening the fleet of the national airline company, Air Madagascar, and this time, the promise seems to be the right one. Yesterday, in his speech at the inauguration of ADEMA’s new headquarters at Ivato, Andry Nirina Rajoelina announced that Air Madagascar will acquire a ... Lire la suite »

In the wake of his return from a private trip abroad, the President of the HAT, Andry Rajoelina, immediately got back to his activities. Actually, he received yesterday a powerful American investor who is operating in the fields of Industry and Finance. This powerful investor, who is no one else but the brother of the former American President, George Walker ... Lire la suite »

The company Total Madagascar has just extended for one year its oil exploration license in the Great Island. In fact, in addition to exploring heavy oil, the company has also recently focuses on the exploration of conventional oil in Madagascar. So, in order to carry out successfully its exploration project, Total Madagascar has decided to ask for an extension of ... Lire la suite »

Yesterday at dawn, 196 turtles that were about to be embarked in the flight to Nairobi, Kenya, were intercepted, in extremis, by the border police of the Airport. The animals were hidden in a cardboard and 3 large suitcases. Cargo-handlers were about to put them in the hold of the aircraft when a strange noise from inside the packages attracted ... Lire la suite »

The company Afren PLC announced from its London headquarters that it has recently received approvals from the Malagasy government to increase its activities in the block 1101, which consists of an “on-shore oil exploitation”. Under the terms of the reallocations, Afren has increased its overall participation in the block 1101 up to 90% after acquiring the shares of 50%, previously ... Lire la suite »

MIRALENTA is one of the associations that benefit from the training provided by the AFARS/EU project which co-financed by the European Union. MIRALENTA Association currently has about 350 members. Those members are then divided into 10 sub-branches and operate in 5 regions of Madagascar. The main target of the association is to contribute to the overall development of Madagascar through ... Lire la suite »

4000ha of land is now being infested with a population of locusts called “Locusta migratoria capito”.  According to the technical department inside the Ministry of Agriculture, these 4000ha must be treated (submit disinfection operations) towards the end of July in order to avoid a new locust outbreak. Technicians stated that this population of locusts is composed of larvae, which are ... Lire la suite »

The Great Island is still making its first steps in the fight against money laundering. However, that fight seems to be long and fruitless mainly because of the existence of contradictory texts in the legislative field. SAMIFIN’s General Manager, Jean Claude Razaranaina, said the anti-money laundering law stipulates that money transactions in the process of international trade should only be ... Lire la suite »

A hard drug trafficking network has been exposed. On July 9, 64 pellets containing cocaine were discovered in the stomach of a Malagasy smuggler, aged 35. While being questioned by the police, he confessed that he works for a foreigner. In the process, he explained that the foreigner, who is the head of a well-established drug trafficking network, pays him ... Lire la suite »