WHO'S WHO

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1333 - 26/05/2012
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 EU special envoy for Somalia, resident in Nairobi. (...)  [180 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1333 - 26/05/2012
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]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1333 - 26/05/2012
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 than four years in Mauritius. (...)  [133 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1332 - 12/05/2012
UNITED STATES/TANZANIA
Alexandros Tsingos
The chairman of the Dar es Salaam based trading company Zeus Vettel Corp Ltd since the beginning of the year, Alexandros Tsingos, has been scouting for mining permits in East Africa on behalf of American investors. (...)  [130 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1332 - 12/05/2012
KENYA
Ababu Namwamba
The youthful MP for Budalangi (western Kenya), Ababu Namwamba, stands a good chance of soon joining the government as the minister for local administration. (...)  [207 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1332 - 12/05/2012
FRANCE/MADAGASCAR
Philippe Escurat
The French consultant Philippe Escurat went to Madagascar last week to evaluate the impact of the political crisis on the tourist sector. (...)  [131 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1331 - 28/04/2012
MOZAMBIQUE
John William Kachamila
The former minister for mining and subsequently for the environment, turned businessman John William Kachamila, is turning his attention to a new sector of activity. (...)  [200 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1331 - 28/04/2012
MADAGASCAR/ALGERIA
Marcel Bernard
The highly discreet Malagasy Minister for Oil Products, Marcel Bernard, part of the sphere of influence of former President Albert Zafy, is a member of a rather original community network: (...)  [224 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1331 - 28/04/2012
DJIBOUTI
Omar Osman Rabeh
A former Somali militant nationalist and staunch opponent of the Djibouti regime that expelled him in 1983, Omar Osman Rabeh, 66, returned to Djibouti several years ago to back President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG). (...)  [77 words]   [FREE]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1330 - 07/04/2012
MADAGASCAR
Saraha G. Rabeharisoa
The leader of the ecology party Hasin’i Madagasikara, Saraha Georget Rabeharisoa, is discreetly preparing for the presidential election in Madagascar, initially scheduled for the end of 2012 but will most probably be held in early 2013. (...)  [204 words]   [$7]
 
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1333 - 26/05/2012
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 for one of their number, Gitobu Imanyara, to join the government. (...)  [195 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1333 - 26/05/2012
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 to Madagascar after going to France to study at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). (...)  [174 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1333 - 26/05/2012
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 manufacturer in the Ambodivona free trade zone. (...)  [95 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1332 - 12/05/2012
REUNION ISLAND/MADAGASCAR
Nelly Jirari
Reunion Island-born Nelly Jirari, who was sacked at the start of this year from her job as managing director of the Banque des Mascareignes (BM), the Mauritius subsidiary of the French Banque Populaire Caisse d’Epargne (BPCE), should logically also have to relinquish her seat on the board of Banque de La Réunion (BR, another subsidiary of BPCE). (...)  [234 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1332 - 12/05/2012
FRANCE/INDIAN OCEAN
Jean Philippe Karouby
Jean-Philippe Karouby, the representative of Jean Louis Borloo’s Parti Radical for French overseas territories since May 2011, will soon launch his own PR and lobbying consulting company. (...)  [234 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1331 - 28/04/2012
LEBANON/MOZAMBIQUE
Samer Said Khoury
The Palestinian-born Lebanese businessman Samer Said Khoury, is turning his attention to the public construction and civil engineering sectors in Mozambique. (...)  [163 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1331 - 28/04/2012
REUNION ISLAND
Isabelle Ah-Sing
Times are good for Isabelle Ah-Sing. She has just become the brand new executive vice president of Banque de la Réunion, making her the first woman from Reunion Island to reach such a high level job in a local bank. (...)  [127 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1331 - 28/04/2012
EUROPEAN UNION/ACP
Jean-Erick Romagne
Following the Who’s Who item on the Mauritian Jyoti Jeetun (ION 1328) announcing her appointment to the head of the three person steering group to run the Brussels based Centre for the Development of Enterprise ACP-EU (CDE), Anne-Valérie Michaux of the Belgian law firm Crabeels-Michaux sprl wrote to The Indian Ocean Newsletter on behalf of her client, the Frenchman Jean-Erick Romagne, the former director of the CDE who had been suspended. (...)  [123 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1330 - 07/04/2012
FRANCE/MADAGASCAR
Hubert Colaris
The next head of the economic service at the French embassy in Antananarivo, Hubert Colaris (see p.4) is impatient to take up his new post. (...)  [113 words]   [$7]
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1330 - 07/04/2012
MOZAMBIQUE
Zaid Mahomed Aly
A prosperous businessman, native of Beira, the capital of Sofala Province, and already active in several domains (trading, hotels, services, property) Zaid Mahomed Aly has now also turned his attention to mining exploration. (...)  [177 words]   [$7]

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