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Spotlight | Cameroon
Multinationals slug it out over container terminal at docks of Douala

The standoff that began last year between the giants of maritime logistics which are in the running for the Douala container terminal concession has entered a critical phase. Currently held by Bollore and Moller-Maersk, the contract is up for renewal [...]

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Adebayo Ogunlesi
Bollore
Bollore Africa Logistics
Bollore Ports
Bollore Transports & Logistics
Cyrille Bollore
Cyrus Ngo'o
Dominique Lafont
Douala International Terminal
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh
Global Infrastructure Partners
International Chamber of Commerce
Moller-Maersk
Paul Biya
Philippe Labonne
Port autonome de Douala
Terminal Investment
World Bank

Cameroon, France
Bolloré challenges overturning of controversial Port of Douala arbitration ruling

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Port of Douala authority runs into new legal problems following Bolloré's departure

The Port of Douala, which has been entirely managed by a single state body since Bolloré group's management contract for the container terminal was not renewed, is facing a number of disputes with port operators.

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As it battles with Bolloré, the Autonomous Port of Douala is on a hunt for investors

A delegation from the Autonomous Port of Douala (PAD), the company which owns the country's biggest port in Douala, travelled to Paris at the beginning of July to meet with the French business community hoping to find financing for expansion works.

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Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Ten people, including Benin's four senior executives from Bolloré Africa Logistics, have been arrested following a vast anti-drug trafficking operation ordered by President Patrice Talon, in the hope it will help shed his country's reputation for being weak on drugs.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2021

Cameroon
Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano, the shadow queen of Douala port

A behind-the-scenes adviser to the director of Douala port, the Cameroonian businesswoman is the driving force behind the independent authority set up to take over from Bolloré.

Subscribers only Infrastructure Business 25.01.2021

Cameroonian businesswoman Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano.

Cameroon
Army frustrated over treatment of Israeli-supervised special forces defending Paul Biya's twilight years

Dissatisfaction is growing in the Cameroonian army as it finds itself in the front line of the fight against separatist groups in anglophone regions while the special forces defending the country's seats of power are given preferential treatment.

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Spotlight | Cameroon
Anglophone crisis plays into hands of government hardliners

The sudden flaring up in less than a fortnight of the latent security crisis in the north-west and south-west (‘No/So') anglophone regions, together with tensions generated by the 9 February elections, has upset the delicate balance achieved by President Paul [.

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Cameroon
Port of Douala seeks its independence

Without waiting for the outcome of its legal action against Bolloré, the Port autonome de Douala has hunkered down and is running operations itself.

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Cameroon
Switzerland abandons mediation in anglophone west

Involved since June in mediating between the Cameroonian government and most of the separatist groups active in the anglophone west [...]

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Cameroon
Port autonome de Douala to do without concession holder

As anticipated by the West Africa Newsletter (WAN 812), the [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure Business 04.12.2019

Cameroon
Clock ticks down at port of Douala

The renewal of the concession having been blocked by the government, the Doula container terminal will be without an operator as of 1 January 2020.

Subscribers only Infrastructure Business 20.11.2019

Cameroon
Franco-Swiss brawl in Douala docks

The battle for the container terminal concession at the Port Autonome de Douala has taken a decidedly political turn. As [...]

Free Politics 06.11.2019

Document | Cameroon
Jean-Yves Le Drian intervenes in port of Douala saga

Until now, the Elysée had refrained from getting involved in the saga of the renewal of the Bolloré Logistics concession [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure Business 25.10.2019

Cameroon
Baba Danpullo gains foothold at Port autonome de Douala

Cameroon Continental Merchants (CCML), one of the firms owned by [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure Business 09.10.2019

Cameroon
Who will partner TIL at port of Douala?

Having won the contract for the container terminal concession at [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.09.2019

Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh governs by correspondence

Addressed to ministers and heads of civil service departments alike, the letters from the president's secretary-general, Ferdinand Ngoh, which invariably [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2019

Cameroon
Two contenders in running for Douala container terminal

On 17 September, the Port autonome de Douala will announce who is taking over the Douala container terminal concession. After failing to get shortlisted, Bollore is battling to stay in the running.

Subscribers only Infrastructure Business 11.09.2019

West Africa
Holiday time for the presidents

As every year, lobbyists and businessmen have been running up their mobile phone bills trying to find out where African [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.08.2019

Cameroon
Chantal Biya stamps her influence

The first lady is exploiting her power to secure appointments for her husband's ministers and collaborators. An investigation.

Subscribers only Politics 16.01.2019

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

A former tobacco magnate in Africa, Vincent Bollore had the bright idea to drop that business some time back to return to what was once a core business: shipping. In the space of a few years, the French businessman succeeded [.

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Bollore
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Cyrus Ngo'o
Dominique Lafont
Douala International Terminal
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh
Global Infrastructure Partners
International Chamber of Commerce
Moller-Maersk
Paul Biya
Philippe Labonne
Port autonome de Douala
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