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Tension rises between Senelec and Akilee

Senelec's managing director Pape Demba Bitèye no longer wants to deal exclusively with the Senegalese smart meter maker. [...]

Published on 22.04.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Akilee
Amadou Ly
Direction Centrale des Marches Publics
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Mouhamadou Makhtar Cisse
Pape Demba Bitèye
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Amadou Ly sets up own party with eyes on 2024 presidential election

Having run unsuccessfully in the municipal elections in January, the businessman Amadou Ly is about to launch his own political party. But he has not ruled out allying himself with other figures on the Senegalese political scene in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.

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Short-circuited in Dakar, smart meter start-up Akilee hopes to plug in to foreign markets

Setbacks over a €286m contract with Senelec, its top client and shareholder, have prompted the company to seek business elsewhere in Africa. It's already taking a good look at Rwanda.

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Macky Sall still hopes to meet his goal of electrifying all of Senegal

To extend Senegal's electricity network, Macky Sall could receive a major boost from the World Bank, which is considering releasing $150m to help the state-owned company Senelec invest in its infrastructure.

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Dakar struggles to meet Beijing's demands over Diamniadio industrial platform

Exim Bank of China is demanding tight control over the expansion of the Diamniadio industrial park before releasing the funds to finance the project. Senegal is trying to comply with this requirement.

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Senegalese President Macky Sall (centre) during the inauguration of the Diamniadio industrial platform.

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Ageroute fawns over China's CRBC for AIBD airport road contract

Already criticised in 2019 for hiring CRBC to work on the access road to the Blaise Diagne airport without a tender process, the road management agency Ageroute has now awarded the Chinese infrastructure giant a six-month extension to its contract.

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Macky Sall seeks to nationalise Akilee electric metering start-up

The Senegalese president has informed Akilee's management that the state wants to acquire a 100% stake in the Senegalese smart electricity meter startup. Since early April, this new venture has been wrangling with the national electricity supplier Senelec, which placed an order for 2.

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Israel, Senegal
Powercom on a charm offensive at Senelec

The Israeli firm Powercom run by Yackov Dar, which specialises [...]

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Mouhamadou Makhtar Cisse
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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Senegal
Tension rises between Senelec and Akilee

Senegal
Amadou Ly sets up own party with eyes on 2024 presidential election

Senegal
Short-circuited in Dakar, smart meter start-up Akilee hopes to plug in to foreign markets

Senegal
Macky Sall still hopes to meet his goal of electrifying all of Senegal

Senegal
Dakar struggles to meet Beijing's demands over Diamniadio industrial platform

Senegal
Ageroute fawns over China's CRBC for AIBD airport road contract

Senegal
Macky Sall seeks to nationalise Akilee electric metering start-up

Israel, Senegal
Powercom on a charm offensive at Senelec