Summa goes on offensive in Brazzaville

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Sassou receives a fillip from Turkish billionaire Ali Metin Kazanci as he bids for re-election 

As Denis Sassou NGuesso seeks a fourth term as president, Aksa Enerji, a firm owned by a Turkish oligarch close to Ankara's ruling party, is speeding up its plans to increase electricity supply to Pointe-Noire, a city that has traditionally been hostile to the Congolese leader. [...]

Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa 

The Turkish group Summa is in talks with the Congolese authorities over an opportunity to take over the N'Djili international airport upgrades in what would be its first move in the country. [...]

New lease of life for Marc Sendanki, discreet ex-middleman for Gunvor in West Africa 

These days, Marc Honda Sendanki is giving the Russian firm Litasco the benefit of his extensive networks in the region. [...]

Congo's ailing construction sector on international drip feed 

Only the very few projects that are backed by foreign loans have survived the Covid-19 pandemic. Congo's worn-out government has simply stopped paying all other construction firms. [...]

Maxime Gandzion goes into consulting in Kinshasa 

Already established in Brazzaville, MG Consulting, the firm founded by the businessman Maxime Gandzion, recently opened an outpost in Kinshasa. [...]

How Antoinette Sassou Nguesso avoided humiliation 

It should have been at Congo's embassy at the United Nations in New York on the fringes of the general [...]

To upstage Doha, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi shower Idriss Deby with funds 

The new focus of rivalries between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on the one hand and Qatar and Turkey on the other, Chad is exploiting the situation to up the ante. So far, Riyadh is in the ascendant. [...]

Claudine Talon gives up on Assinie 

The businesswoman Claudine Talon, who is married to Patrice Talon, [...]

Selim Bora, the businessman with the ear of the presidents 

Appreciated in African capitals as a check on China's expansionist drive, the kind of Turkish ‘soft-power' wielded by the Summa boss is gaining ground. [...]

Yoann Gandzion expands the activities of his Afrique Pesage subsidiary 

In March, the 34-year-old Yoann Gandzion, who since 2017 has [...]

‘Kiki' tightens his grip on international contracts 

Jean-Jacques Bouya may be a permanent fixture when it comes to Chinese contracts, but the president's son is muscling in on the numerous interests of Turkey and Brazil. [...]