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West Africa
G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

By making the extension of its moratorium on sovereign debt in October conditional on beneficiary countries treating all their lenders with parity, the G20 has opened up fresh opportunities for advisory banks and law firms. The first to step into the breach look like being Franklin and Finexem, which are set to be retained as consultants by Mauritania. [...]

Published on 18.12.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Anne-Laure Kiechel
Baker McKenzie
Christine Lagarde
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Finexem
Francois Hollande
Franklin
G20
Global Sovereign Advisory
International Monetary Fund
Jacques Chirac
Lazard
Lion's Head Global Partners
Michel Sapin
Paris Club
Parnasse
Rothschild

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Global Sovereign Advisory, discreet architect of Lilongwe-IMF agreement

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Ghana
Lazard and GSA queue up to advise Ghana on IMF loan

In difficulty with the International Monetary Fund, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo met in great secrecy with a team from the French advisory bank Global Sovereign Advisory. Accra has previously used Lazard bank for such matters.

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DRC
Global Sovereign Advisory acts as sherpa for Tshisekedi in Washington

Global Sovereign Advisory, a small French boutique bank, is helping Kinshasa in its talks with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

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Niger
Bazoum eyeing consultants to help renegotiate sovereign debt

After attending the Paris summit on African economies, Niger's new President Mohamed Bazoum is considering hiring a legal and financial advisory team to help him meet his country's financial obligations.

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Senegal
Senegalese intel agency probes foreign influence on March riots

Officials have informed the president's office that protests following the arrest of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko in March were amplified by an armada of 9,000 Twitter accounts in what was probably a coordinated assault.

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Demonstration of support for Ousmane Sonko, 3 March 2021 in Dakar.

West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pursues his business prospecting marathon in Cotonou

Former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who now heads his own Parnasse International consulting company, has been in the Beninese capital, Cotonou, since Sunday 21 February.

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France, Guinea Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Having failed to take advantage of the G20's debt suspension initiative, which brought in new African contracts for all his competitors, former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is now offering his services as a consultant in Africa's smallest capitals.

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Former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

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Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

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Africa
Sovereign debt: Paris manoeuvres to involve Beijing in "new deal" with African states

While continuing to lobby for an extension to the G20 moratorium on sovereign debt, the Elysée is preparing to hold a summit in Paris in May on investment in Africa to which several dozen African heads of state will be invited.

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Africa
The ins and outs of extending G20 debt moratorium again

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Angola
Crack team of consultants goes to work on Angola's budget

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West Africa
Governments seek guidance on hidden pitfalls of G20 debt moratorium

For African countries, taking advantage of the G20 moratorium on bilateral debt during the Covid-19 pandemic could lead to unforeseen consequences, especially in terms of their credit ratings. A number of banks and law firms have been guiding them through this financial minefield.

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Mauritania, Qatar
Emir al-Thani courts Nouakchott

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz having abruptly severed diplomatic ties with Doha in June 2017, the oil-rich Gulf state is hoping the arrival of the new president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani will revive its relations with Mauritania.

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Mauritania
Michel Sapin at home in Nouakchott

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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

West Africa
G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Malawi
Global Sovereign Advisory, discreet architect of Lilongwe-IMF agreement

Ghana
Lazard and GSA queue up to advise Ghana on IMF loan

DRC
Global Sovereign Advisory acts as sherpa for Tshisekedi in Washington

Niger
Bazoum eyeing consultants to help renegotiate sovereign debt

Senegal
Senegalese intel agency probes foreign influence on March riots

West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pursues his business prospecting marathon in Cotonou

France, Guinea Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

Central Africa
Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

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Africa
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Angola
Crack team of consultants goes to work on Angola's budget

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