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Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

The Arise IIP fund, which combines Nigeria's Africa Finance Corp and Indo-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam, has appointed a team of advisors to lobby the governments of the countries where the fund invests and the international bodies that regulate industrial parks. [...]

Published on 12.02.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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ADIT
Africa Finance Corp
Arise Industrial Integrated Platforms
Bruno Delaye
Carlos Lopes
Chatham House
Enterprise et Diplomatie
EU
Francois Mitterrand
G20
Gagan Gupta
Interpol
Olam
Royal Institute for International Affairs
Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade
United Nation
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa&nbsp

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Carlos Lopes lobbies the international institutions for industrial platform developer Arise IIP

Economist Carlos Lopes, who is at once a senior international civil servant, an economy professor and a consultant, is trying to help Arise IIP to develop industrial zones in Africa without crossing swords with the international financial institutions

Free access Finance, Commodity traders 09.07.2021

West Africa
Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

African Export-Import Bank could soon buy shares in one of three funds dedicated to investments in Africa owned by Indian-Singaporean agrifood business Olam.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 07.06.2021

Mozambique
Mauritian ETG hungry for cashews after Olam's exit

Export Trading Group, an agricultural conglomerate registered in Mauritius and owned by the Patel family, is making moves on Mozambique's cashew nuts, up for grabs since the departure of agrifood giant Olam.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 19.05.2021

Africa
Former UN chief Africa economist Carlos Lopes also advises heads of state

Carlos Lopes, who headed the UN's Economic Commission for Africa from 2012 to 2016, has just added Togo to a growing list of countries on the continent to hire him as a consultant.

Subscribers only Business 20.10.2020

Carlos Lopes was director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Africa, Singapore
Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

After shelving its infrastructure projects in the three Arise funds, the Indian-Singaporean giant Olam has been concentrating on its agro-food business and buying up African cotton companies with the help of a low-profile French advisor who knows the sector like the back of his hand.

Subscribers only Business 15.09.2020

Africa, Gabon
Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

While Olam set up its first fund, Arise Ports & Logistics, in London, from where its partner, AP Moeller Capital, runs its operations, the agribusiness giant has chosen Mauritius's more welcoming fiscal landscape for its second and third funds, Arise Infrastructure and Arise Special Economic Zone.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance, Business 31.08.2020

Inner circles | Central Africa, Gabon, West Africa
Gagan Gupta's French troops

Though now active in Africa via the three Arise mega-funds, Indian-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam still relies on French advisors to help guide its path.

Subscribers only Business 04.06.2020

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Arise Industrial lays the first stone in its future African free zone empire in Akoupé-Zeudji

After setting up Arise Port & Logistics with AP Moller, then Arise Infrastructure, to invest in roads, agricultural trading giant Olam has created a third brand dedicated to industrial free zones. Arise Industrial is preparing to make its first investment in Ivory Coast.

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France, Gabon
Olam commissions ADIT

In early June, the powerful boss of Gagan Gupta, the [...]

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Mozambique Mauritian ETG hungry for cashews after Olam's exit

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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

Africa
Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

Africa
Carlos Lopes lobbies the international institutions for industrial platform developer Arise IIP

West Africa
Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Mozambique
Mauritian ETG hungry for cashews after Olam's exit

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Former UN chief Africa economist Carlos Lopes also advises heads of state

Africa, Singapore
Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

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Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

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Gagan Gupta's French troops

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Arise Industrial lays the first stone in its future African free zone empire in Akoupé-Zeudji

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Olam commissions ADIT