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Power brokers 22/01/2019

Dan Weir pushing for swift progress on DNI Metals' graphite Free

Dan Weir, the chief executive of Canadian firm DNI Metals, hopes to raise $7 to $10 million by March to [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 11/01/2019

Who will Andry Rajoelina govern with?

Whether it was old friends, loyal allies in his Mapar party or last-minute converts to his cause, Andry Rajoelina, aka TGV, had to cast his net wide to erase the memory of his previous stint in power (2009-2013) and triumph [. [...]

Power brokers 11/01/2019

Henri Berube's new WB mission

Henri Berube, a 60-year-old consultant for the World Bank (WB), recently relocated to Antsirabe for a mission that will run [...]

Corridors of power Document 21/12/2018

UNDP seeks stricter arms controls

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a project to control the circulation of arms in Madagascar. In order [...]

Corridors of power 21/12/2018

High-wire act in store for future president…

As we go to print, Andry Rajoelina (TGV) is ahead of Marc Ravalomanana in the presidential election with 55% of [...]

Business circles 21/12/2018

Madarail's last hope is Russian

In acquiring parastatal Kraomita Madagascar (Kraoma), the Russian firm Ferrum Mining could offer a lifeline to struggling Madarail. [...]

Business circles 21/12/2018

Which firm will be advising Base Resources in Toliara?

Tim Carstens, the managing director of the Australian mining company [...]

Business circles Companies 21/12/2018

Ministry of Mining goes after IMME Madagascar

The Chinese geological prospecting laboratory Inner Mongolia Mineral Experiment Research [...]

Business circles Companies 21/12/2018

Eclosia treads on Tiko's toes

The Mauritian food company Eclosia Group (formerly Food & Allied) [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 07/12/2018

Marc Ravalomanana (left) and Andry Rajoelina, both former presidents, hope to have a new term.

Presidential election lays bare polarised political landscape

Although the second round of the presidential election on 19 December will pit Andry Rajoelina against Marc Ravalomanana as expected, the outcome of the last-minute horse-trading is uncertain. The outgoing president Hery Rajaonarimampianina has not come out in favour of [. [...]

Corridors of power 07/12/2018

Who is road testing CENI's software for the second round?

After the criticism it attracted during the first round of [...]

Business circles 07/12/2018

STAR shines less brightly without SONAPAR

Having held a stake in STAR for many years, SONAPAR recently finalised the selling of its shares in the company. [...]

Business circles Document 07/12/2018

The Jirama owed 847.480 billion ariary to its suppliers at the end of 2017.

Jirama's unpaid bills for 2017 spiral

With the national assembly having approved in late November a [...]

Power brokers 07/12/2018

Alain Toussaint, anti-France or pro-Russia?

Senior officials at the Ministry of Communications were not informed, and with good reason: the decision came directly from the [...]

Power brokers 07/12/2018

Eric Dozi, TGV's trusted lieutenant

To put on just as good a show in the second round as in the first (ION 1484), there is [...]

Exploration-Production Looking ahead 04/12/2018

Tirupati stalls stock market listing but tucks straight in to production

Tirupati Graphite chief executive, Indian businessman Shishir Kumar Poddar, has [...]

Business circles 04/12/2018

Cryptocurrency trader KaratGold wants hands on the real deal

Metal and commodities trader KaratGold plans to launch its own cryptocurrency and back this with gold it will extract itself in Africa. [...]

Power brokers 04/12/2018

Stanley Kalathara gives law and politics a rest to tap into gold

American Stanley Kalathara is busy looking for financial and operational partners for Royal Gold Mines' gold project in Madagascar. No [...]

Corridors of power Palace whispers 23/11/2018

Defence minister deploys in advance

General Beni Xavier Rasolofonirina has not waited for the blessing [...]

Corridors of power 23/11/2018

Anti-money laundering laws hang heavily over future president

The IMF is bringing unprecedented pressure to bear on the Antananarivo authorities to comply with the Financial Action Task Force recommendations. [...]

Corridors of power 23/11/2018

Vote count: a mix of fake news and true constraints

With rumours swirling in Antananarivo concerning the information technology system [...]

Business circles 23/11/2018

Russians muscle in on chrome industry

A Russian firm's completely opaque takeover of Kraoma marks the final act of the Rajaonarimampianina regime, but who are beneficiaries of this contract? An investigation. [...]

Power brokers 23/11/2018

Serge Zafimahova, architect of a ‘Ravalomanana 2.0'?

Officially his role is to coordinate the efforts of Marc Ravalomanana (TIM) to reach out to other candidates in preparation [...]

Corridors of power 09/11/2018

Electioneering alliances and scheming

With the first round out of the way, what last-minute manoeuvres have the candidates been engaging in? [...]

Corridors of power 09/11/2018

Former Front National figure lurks in wings of presidential election…

With Transparency International - Initiative Madagascar (TI-IM) having published on [...]

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