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Diplomatic Affairs Defence & Security 06/11/2019

High-stakes Sahel visit for Florence Parly

On 4 November, the French armed forces minister Florence Parly embarked on a trip to the Sahel with France forced into reviewing its strategy in the region. [...]

Business circles 06/11/2019

Société générale active on every front

Unlike its eternal rival BNP Paribas, which has completely withdrawn [...]

Business circles 06/11/2019

Attijariwafa steps up a gear on loans

Through its 51%-owned subsidiary Société ivoirienne de banque, Morocco's Attijariwafa [...]

Exploration-production 05/11/2019

Why fuel traffickers don't care about the border closure

Two months after Muhammadu Buhari decided to close the border [...]

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Corridors of power 23/10/2019

Mathieu Kérékou heirs ordered to vacate premises

On 19 September, the heirs of the former president Mathieu [...]

Corridors of power 23/10/2019

Behind the scenes of the rice wars

Officially intended to counter smuggling, the partial closure of the [...]

Power brokers 22/10/2019

Who is David Lawrie, Aidan Heavey's right-hand-man at Boru Energy?

As we anticipated he would in June 2019 (AEI 842), the founder and former chairman of Tullow Oil, Aidan Heavey, [...]

State Strategy 15/10/2019

Authorities makes plans for own mineral trading stations

Although Benin's mineral output is both marginal and produced by [...]

Infrastructure & Power 14/10/2019

To electrify the continent, USAID turns again to CrossBoundary

The investment advisory firm is setting up shop in Dakar to help the US development agency put together finance for electricity projects in West and Central Africa. [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 09/10/2019

Patrice Talon and Boni Yayi fail to hook up

Patrice Talon had asked his Nigerien counterpart, Mahamadou Issoufou, to [...]

Corridors of power Defence & Security 09/10/2019

Why the EU is holding back its latest G5 Sahel contribution

Due to the slowness of operators managing its contributions to the Sahel force, the EU may decide to disburse its funds directly through budgetary aid. [...]

State strategy Infrastructure & Power 08/10/2019

CNPC: secret financial arrangement afoot for export pipeline?

The Chinese major has already crunched the numbers to see how it will make a profit from the pipeline to Benin. The latest revelations. [...]

Infrastructure & Power 07/10/2019

Tracks of the Africarail West African rail loop project.

Africarail arbitration ruling due in early 2020

West African rail loop contract is at the heart of a legal row pitting company against Niger and Benin. [...]

Supply Chain 01/10/2019

EU and GIZ back diamond traceability in Mano River

The European Union (EU) and German cooperation agency GIZ will [...]

Spotlight Business circles 25/09/2019

Israelian businessman Eytan Stibbe, founding partner of Vital Capital.

How Israel's Eytan Stibbe is reinvesting his Angolan fortune

Omnipresent in Angola during the presidency of Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the Israeli businessman Eytan Stibbe has branched out into capital investment and is now focusing his energies on Ivory Coast and Ghana through his private equity firm Vital Capital. [...]

Corridors of power 25/09/2019

Patrice Talon goes missing for ten days

Having left Cotonou on 13 September to take part in [...]

Diplomatic Affairs 25/09/2019

Mike Pompeo reshuffles his Sahel embassy deck

The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, recently appointed two [...]

Corridors of power 25/09/2019

Pope Francis disappoints Abidjan and Luanda over cardinals

Ivory Coast and Angola had each hoped to get a cardinal appointed to the College of Cardinals, but the Church has opted for more political candidates. [...]

Corridors of power 25/09/2019

Guest what of September 25, 2019 Free

Visa | Bilateral meeting | Security caps | Home visit [...]

Business circles Infrastructure & Power 25/09/2019

Leading asset manager Meridiam teams up with Olam on African ports

Without waiting for the financing of the extension to the port of Nouakchott to be finalised last week, the investment firm Meridiam and Singapore's Olam started works two months ago. [...]

Business circles 25/09/2019

Patrice Talon fights back against Securiport

Eight months after being ordered by an arbitration court to [...]

Business circles 25/09/2019

COFINA to plant its flag in France

Launched five years ago by the Ivorian banker Jean-Luc Konan, [...]

Power brokers 25/09/2019

Activist Kemi Seba takes aim at Sahel

The founder of the NGO Urgences panafricanistes, and militant Franco-Beninese activist Kemi Seba, who was been extremely critical of France's [...]

Exploration-production 24/09/2019

Ex-Tullow chair Aidan Heavey spares no expense with Carlyle

Tullow Oil founder, Aidan Heavey, is still in the thick [...]

Diplomatic Affairs Defence & Security 11/09/2019

Angela Merkel hones her Sahel strategy

Anxious not to be left behind, Berlin has stepped up its initiatives in the Sahelo-Saharan belt. [...]

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ALL ARTICLES - BENIN

High-stakes Sahel visit for Florence Parly

Société générale active on every front

Attijariwafa steps up a gear on loans

Why fuel traffickers don't care about the border closure

Mathieu Kérékou heirs ordered to vacate premises

Behind the scenes of the rice wars

Who is David Lawrie, Aidan Heavey's right-hand-man at Boru Energy?

Authorities makes plans for own mineral trading stations

To electrify the continent, USAID turns again to CrossBoundary

Patrice Talon and Boni Yayi fail to hook up

Why the EU is holding back its latest G5 Sahel contribution

CNPC: secret financial arrangement afoot for export pipeline?

Africarail arbitration ruling due in early 2020

EU and GIZ back diamond traceability in Mano River

How Israel's Eytan Stibbe is reinvesting his Angolan fortune

Patrice Talon goes missing for ten days

Mike Pompeo reshuffles his Sahel embassy deck

Pope Francis disappoints Abidjan and Luanda over cardinals

Guest what of September 25, 2019 Free

Leading asset manager Meridiam teams up with Olam on African ports

Patrice Talon fights back against Securiport

COFINA to plant its flag in France

Activist Kemi Seba takes aim at Sahel

Ex-Tullow chair Aidan Heavey spares no expense with Carlyle

Angela Merkel hones her Sahel strategy

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