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Spotlight Exploration-Production 20/06/2017

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 ALERT LCE 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 ALERT LCE 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 [...]

Consultants 04/04/2017

Northland helps Keras switch target

British firm Keras Resources solicited the services of Northland Capital [...]

CORRIDORS OF POWER 29/03/2017

Reforms that rub the Constitution the wrong way

President Patrice Talon pledged in his electoral campaign in March [...]

POWER BROKERS 29/03/2017

Frederic Joel Aivo has presidential residence in a tizzy

Dean of the law faculty at Abomey-Calavi university in Benin, Frederic Joel Aivo, has drawn fire from president Patrice Talon [...]

Consultants 21/03/2017

Re-branding of former Alufer head

The former non-executive director of British firm Alufer Mining in [...]

CORRIDORS OF POWER 15/03/2017

Talon goes softly, softly with the imams

After banning prayers in the streets across the country, Benin president Patrice Talon received a number of imams in the presidential palace on Feb. 4. [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 15/03/2017

Benin Control retains the services of Webb Fontaine

After a long process of consultation lasting months, the firm [...]

Oil 14/02/2017

Who wants to operate the Seme field?

The managing director of Societe Beninoise des Hydrocarbures (SBH), Jean-Jacques [...]

CORRIDORS OF POWER 14/02/2017

Talon opens his borders Free

In accordance with his promise to open up his country to Africa, President Patrice Talon has instructed embassies and consulates [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 07/02/2017

Steinepreis brothers patiently cobbles together a gold empire

Running into problems in Australia, the Steinepreis brothers are snapping up small gold concerns in West Africa. [...]

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