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Mines on the map: railways, roads & ports 19/09/2017

Vinnet Ndlovu wants to let the sun shine on mines

The Australian businessman has plans to build solar stations to power mining operations. [...]

Breaking news 06/09/2017

Humanitarian pioneer Bernard Kouchner moves into finance

Bernard Kouchner, founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and French foreign minister under President Nicolas Sarkozy, has confirmed his move [...]

Breaking news 01/09/2017

The presidency brings the mobile operators into line

The Beninese mobile telephone sector is currently experiencing major turbulence. Globacom subsidiary Glo Mobile Benin, which was due to renew [...]

Palace whispers 30/08/2017

Ajavon faces a hefty bill

Having helped Patrice Talon to win the Benin presidential election [...]

Consultants 29/08/2017

Kosmos Energy receives golden advice for London Stock Exchange IPO

American junior Kosmos Energy, which listed on the London Stock [...]

Looking ahead 01/08/2017

How Coris Bank wants to be mining company's best friend

Burkinabe Idrissa Nassa, head of Coris Bank International, has honed [...]

Oil 25/07/2017

Puma Energy's oil terminal slips out of its reach

Puma Energy, the oil product distributed of which trading firm Trafigura holds 48.4%, seems to be losing its footing in [...]

Business circles 18/07/2017

Ex-Canadian minister Pierre Pettigrew lends hand to Stan Bharti

During its general meeting of July 27, Canadian junior African [...]

Business circles 27/06/2017

Puma Energy rolls up sleeves to slog it out for oil terminal

Sentenced to pay a hefty $17 million to local businessman Vlavo Koundo, Puma won't give in to the arbitral ruling without a fight. [...]

Spotlight Exploration-Production 20/06/2017

Stan Bharti in the Forbes & Manhattan boardroom.

Stan Bharti sets up VIP Gold club

Indian-Canadian tycoon Stan Bharti is preparing an offensive to transform Canadian junior African Gold Group Inc (AGG) into a major player on the West African gold scene. Until now, AGG had only explored gold at its Kobada project in Mali. [...]

Breaking news 15/06/2017

Cotonou port unions engage in trial of strength with Patrice Talon!

The body representing unions at the Port of Cotonou Authority, which is extremely angry with Patrice Talon, has called a [...]

Breaking news 14/06/2017

Government orders Deloitte France to audit Cotonou city council

Benin’s general finance inspectorate informed the mayor of Cotonou, Lehady Soglo, by letter on June 12 that it plans to [...]

Power brokers 14/06/2017

Eustache Kotingan wields the baton at CNSS

The chairman of the board at Caisse Nationale de Securite Sociale (CNSS), 60-year-old Eustache Kotingan, cancelled a competition to recruit [...]

Business circles 13/06/2017

Elephant Oil looking for funds to drill on block B

British junior Elephant Oil is on the hunt for funds [...]

Corridors of power 06/06/2017

Jonas Gbian bumps up UEMOA mining code to top priority

Freshly appointed as the commissioner in charge of mines at [...]

Business circles 31/05/2017

Abidjan the epicenter of Talon-Ajavon rivalry

Benin’s president and his "best enemy" are competing with one another in business in Ivory Coast’s economic capital. [...]

Power brokers 31/05/2017

Soglo still down in the dumps

Problems keep piling for the mayor of Cotonou and political adversary of president Patrice Talon, Lehady Soglo. After a first [...]

Exploration-Production 23/05/2017

Double legal serving for Frank Timis

The Paris International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is finally about to start arbitral proceedings between the Burkinabe state and Pan [...]

Business circles 23/05/2017

Beninese gold exporter Badrish Krishna on trial

In early April, the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, dismissed [...]

Power brokers 23/05/2017

Andrey Guryev expands his phosphates empire

Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev, one of the main shareholders and deputy chairman of the board of directors of phosphates and [...]

Corridors of power 03/05/2017

All the king’s men gather around Talon

A man who’s hard to read, president Patrice Talon depends on just a few trusted aides to govern. [...]

Business circles 03/05/2017

IATA ticks off Talon

The international organization is opposed to a move by Benin’s president to slap a new fee on air travel. [...]

Power brokers 03/05/2017

Topanou in no-holds-barred fight against Patrice Talon

A senior lecturer and head of the political sciences department at Abomey-Calavi University, Victor Topanou, is one of the fiercest [...]

Power brokers 02/05/2017

Phil Patman, Vaalco’s righter of wrongs

While dodging blows from its shareholders who suspect the company’s books to contain substantial flaws (AEI 790), Vaalco Energy, the [...]

Power brokers 19/04/2017

Candide Azannai snubbed by Patrice Talon

Three weeks after resigning on March 27 as defence minister, Candide Azannai still hasn’t officially handed over his post to [...]

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