N°1333 - Paris,  05/26/2012
 
 05/23/2012 - AFRICA/FRANCE - Women lead the field in Paris
 05/16/2012 - UNITED STATES/MADAGASCAR - TGV eyeing New York and Chicago
Francis Soler
FRANCE/SEYCHELLES Editor in Chief
Bringing in the tourists without direct flights
The Seychelles government is deeply worried by the sharp fall in the number of tourists from France, and so sent a delegation to Paris on 21 May to try and give tour operators and airlines a boost. The Minister for Tourism, Alain St Ange, his colleague Joël Morgan (interior and transport), the chairman of the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA), David Savy, the CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB), Elsia Grandcourt, all went along on this lightning visit to try and stem the erosion of French clientele. (...)   [749 words]   [$11,2]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Al Sharif Group applies pressure
  The still rivalry between the Saudi Al Sharif Group and the Sudanese Petrolines to rescue Ma-Mwe has no immediate effect on the islands’ serious energy crisis. (...)
POLITICS & POWER
AFRICA/FRANCE
Women lead the field
   When African executives or diplomats contact the French administration from now on, they will have a high probability that their request will be handled by a woman.  (...)  [256 words]   [$7]

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Djibouti    The businessman Guirreh Omar Guelleh, the youngest brother of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG), who is already active in several sectors, is to launch into the construction industry. (...)  [103 words]   [$2,1]
Maputo    Kambarage Kaunda, 48, the youngest son of the Zambian former President Kenneth Kaunda, is doing good business in Mozambique. (...)  [92 words]   [$2,1]
Djibouti    A billionaire of Kazakh descent headed the delegation of businessmen opulently received in Djibouti this week by President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. (...)  [180 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Ylias Akbaraly’s Lebanese friends
   A group of Lebanese businessmen recently visiting Antananarivo is lobbying for Andry Rajoelina to be invited on an official visit to Beirut.  (...)  [282 words]   [$7]
SOMALIA
Ethiopian army losing patience
   The Ethiopian army does not want to prolong its stay in Somalia for more than need be. Its officers are therefore pushing Mogadishu and Nairobi to march on Kismayo. So far with little success``.  (...)  [245 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Improved security at Bole airport
   Acting on orders from Meles Zenawi, security measures at Bole International Airport have been beefed up.  (...)  [119 words]   [$7]

ON THE LINE
DJIBOUTI/FRANCE
Ismael Omar Guelleh has two French ministers against him
    Even though he had sent a message congratulating his French opposite number François Hollande on 7 May, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) knows that he now has at least two very strong detractors in Paris. (...)  [250 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
GLTSM holds an open “white dress” day in Madagascar
    A big first since the start of the political crisis in 2009, the Grande Loge Traditionnelle et Symbolique de Madagascar (GLTSM) whose Grand Master is the judge Erick Andrianaga, held an open “white dress” day (i. (...)  [170 words]   [$2,1]
ETHIOPIA
Student unrest reaches Ethiopa
    After the recent troubles in Gondar and at Bahr Dar University, it is now the turn of the students from Debre Markos University (in the Gojam region) to go on strike. (...)  [147 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Uneasy retirement for George Muhoho in Kenya
    The former director general of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), George Muhoho, who left this post about two years ago, could have the peace of his retirement broken by an old skeleton coming out of the cupboard. (...)  [183 words]   [$2,1]
UGANDA/SUDAN
Yoweri Museveni’s ally in Sudan
   Abdel-Aziz Al-Hilu, the military commander of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), the armed opposition to the Khartoum regime, has the full backing of the Ugandan authorities.  (...)  [311 words]   [$7]
DJIBOUTI/SOMALILAND
Political stakes of a Coca-Cola unit
   The extensive presence of officials from Djibouti at the inauguration in Hargeisa of Ahmed Osman Guelleh’s factory illustrates the power of the Djibouti First Lady.  (...)  [294 words]   [$7]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Colonel Gamil in the eye of a storm
   Several advisors to President Ikililou Dhoinine are pushing him to sack the chief of the AND general staff, Colonel Abdallah Gamil, whom they accuse of all ills.  (...)  [293 words]   [$7]
BUSINESS CIRCLES
DJIBOUTI
The Franciscis to open a casino
   The Pasha Casino in Djibouti’s Hotel Kempinski is to open for business again, after it had been closed for a long while since its previous Turkish managers had dropped it.  (...)  [205 words]   [$7]

COMPANIES
DJIBOUTI
CADG
 [109 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Cooperative Bank of Kenya
 [150 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Bionexx
 [222 words]   [$2,1]
MADAGASCAR
Dynatec
 [98 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
APA Insurance
 [99 words]   [$2,1]
KENYA
Gina Din CC
 [149 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
Sogea Satom
 [109 words]   [$2,1]
MOZAMBIQUE
FIDES Moçambique
 [103 words]   [$2,1]
TANZANIA
Hemisphere Resources
 [72 words]   [$2,1]
COMOROS ISLANDS
Al Sharif Group applies pressure
   The still rivalry between the Saudi Al Sharif Group and the Sudanese Petrolines to rescue Ma-Mwe has no immediate effect on the islands’ serious energy crisis.  (...)  [283 words]   FREE
MOZAMBIQUE
Chissano junior in the oil industry
   Oil is really becoming to be the main business activity of N’Naite Joaquim Chissano, the Mozambican former President’s son.  (...)  [180 words]   [$7]
SEYCHELLES
Michel Reybier arrives on Praslin
   The former owner of various household brands of pork products (Cochonou, Aoste and Justin Bridou), Michel Reybier has now gone into growing grapes and luxury hotels. He now has a foothold on Praslin.  (...)  [255 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Two Australian miners are back
   After being involved in the early days of coal exploration by Riversdale Mining in the Tete region, two Australians are now active in Niassa Province.  (...)  [246 words]   [$7]
MOZAMBIQUE
Boroma dam back on track
   The partners involved in building a hydro-electric dam on the Zambezi River have just constituted their company - a mere four years after first winning the contract.  (...)  [241 words]   [$7]
KENYA
The energy aspects of a sugar project
   Along with building a sugar refinery near Mombasa, Kisco and Omnicane will build a power station fired on bagasse.  (...)  [158 words]   [$7]
KENYA/ISRAEL
Direct flights to restart in 2013
   El Al suspended flights to Kenya in 2002 after an attack on an aircraft belonging to another Israeli company. Kenya Airways wants to reinstate this route next year.  (...)  [160 words]   [$7]

WHO'S WHO
EUROPEAN UNION/SOMALIA
Michele Cervone d’Urso
   The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, has just appointed an Italian diplomat, Michele Cervone d’Urso, to the post of  (...)  [180 words]   [$7]
KENYA
Gitobu Imanyara
   A group of Meru MPs from Mount Kenya East that supports the candidacy of Prime Minister Raila Odinga (a Luo) in the next presidential election, is waging an intense lobbying campaign  (...)  [195 words]   [$7]
ETHIOPIA
Haile Gebre Sellasie
   The Ethiopian athlete, Haile Gebre Sellasie, who has won several Olympic gold medals in long distance running, risks being sent to prison in his country.  (...)  [156 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR
Annick Rajaonah
   The President of the High Authority for the Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina known as TGV, has got back his director of international relations, Annick Rajaonah, who recently returned  (...)  [174 words]   [$7]
MAURITIUS/INDIA
Joseph Hadrian Bosco
   The managing director and CEO of the Global Board of Trade (GBOT), the first multi-asset exchange in Mauritius, Joseph Hadrian Bosco, should soon go back to India after spending more  (...)  [133 words]   [$7]
MADAGASCAR/MAURITIUS
John Hargreaves
   A former executive of the Groupement des Entreprises Franches et Partenaires (G.E.F.P) in Madagascar, the Mauritian John Hargreaves, 61, has left his job as CEO of Tropic Mad, a shirt  (...)  [95 words]   [$7]


top of the page |  Last edition  |  French edition  |  My account  |  Subscribe  |  Terms and conditions  |  FAQ  |  Contacts  |  Legal Notices  | top of the page

Africa Intelligence | West Africa Newsletter | The Indian Ocean Newsletter | Maghreb Confidential |
Africa Energy Intelligence | Africa Mining Intelligence | Top African Leaders |
Africa Business Intelligence | African Government & Political News | Intelligence Online