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Burkina Faso

From Michael Jackson to Ghana's elite, Nicky Wilson's networks stretch far and wide

The mysterious and influential Togolese businessman Nicky Wilson is close to all of Ghana's decision-makers and knows numerous African presidents.

Subscribers only Business 01.02.2021

Endeavour Mining's new acquisition, Semafo, made to pay its debts

Canadian gold producer Semafo, bought by Endeavour Mining last year, has been ordered to pay sums owed to a transporter that worked on its mines in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger.

Subscribers only Mining 01.02.2021

Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is working the region to pave his way to the chairmanship of the regional bloc.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.02.2021

Meeting between Dominique Strauss-Kahn (left) and Guinea Bissau head of state Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Bissau, 15 January. © General Umaro El Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo/Facebook

Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

In Bissau on 15 January to meet with President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, the former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has offered to help Guinea Bissau raise Chinese funding for infrastructure projects.

Subscribers only Business 29.01.2021

Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in December 2018. © Ian Langsdon/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Kaboré's turn to meet Macron to discuss Sahel

After presidents Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania, Idriss Déby of Chad and Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger visited Emmanuel Macron in Paris, it's now Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's turn

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - The Sahel security crisis 22.01.2021

Former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn. © Michael Reynolds/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Having failed to take advantage of the G20's debt suspension initiative, which brought in new African contracts for all his competitors, former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is now offering his services as a consultant in Africa's smallest capitals.

Subscribers only Business 20.01.2021

Kaboré overhauls mining portfolio in politically calculated move

After supporting for months his controversial mining minister Oumarou Idani, the Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has decided in his second term to appoint to the post one of his more high-profile party figures together with a technical expert from the sector to advise him.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2021

Burkinabè President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.

Billionaire Patrice Motsepe goes all in for African football's top job

On 12 March, the Confederation of African Football will elect a new president and South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe is busy pulling strings to give the role his best shot.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.01.2021

South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe.

ECOWAS heads of state prepare for 23 January summit in Abuja

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold a vast summit of its member heads of state in Abuja on 23 January under the high patronage of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.01.2021

Germany's ITO provides logistical support to EUTM and MINUSMA

In late December, the German logistics specialist ITO Global Logistics won a contract to bring supplies to the German troops and their allies deployed under EUTM and MINUSMA.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 06.01.2021

Re-elected Kaboré juggles loyalties to form his new government

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who was returned to office in November, is set to announce his new cabinet in the coming days, after more than a week of intense negotiations.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2021

Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was re-elected on November 22, 2020.

Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

The French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected to travel to Ouagadougou in the first half of January.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.01.2021

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

UN's Green Climate Fund asked to stump up $340m for solar energy

The Desert to Power programme, initiated by the African Development Bank, has been joined by the Green Climate Fund in a bid to remove obstacles to developing solar energy in G5 Sahel countries.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 24.12.2020

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Green energy will be the theme of the first two seminars organised by Jeantet's brand new OHADA desk.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 23.12.2020

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

The French development agency (AFD)'s technical cooperation arm, Expertise France, is keen to run the EU-funded €5m Gulf of Guinea security project called Seaport Cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.12.2020

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Bolloré's competitors now have until mid-January to eat into the French giant's transportation action in West Africa after France re-issued a request for bids it had abandoned.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 21.12.2020

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Since early Novemver MBDA France (owned by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo) has been beating a path to the Sahel.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 21.12.2020

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

Finactu, the financial advisory popular in French-speaking Africa, has brought in three African finance experts to hone its strategy. Two of these new "independent members" - former BOAD president Christian Adovelande and Bank of Africa founder Paul Derreumaux - know the consultancy well.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.12.2020

Christian Adovelande, chairman of the West African Development Bank (BOAD).

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

By making the extension of its moratorium on sovereign debt in October conditional on beneficiary countries treating all their lenders with parity, the G20 has opened up fresh opportunities for advisory banks and law firms.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.12.2020

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

After buying the West African firm Beneficial last year, the British insurer is considering taking a share in another of the region's banking and insurance companies, Orabank.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 17.12.2020

Still in the fight for Cardinal Resources, Russia's Nordgold is on a roll in Bissa

To prepare for the start of production at new satellite deposits around its Bissa gold mine in northern Burkina Faso, the Russian mining company Nordgold is about to start the relocation of the populations living in the area.

Subscribers only Mining 16.12.2020

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

By setting particularly short deadlines on tender calls for French army transport contracts in West Africa, France has pulled the rug from under the feet of potential competitors of the existing contractor, Bolloré group, which should thus be able to continue to provide its services.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 15.12.2020

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Burkina Faso

From Michael Jackson to Ghana's elite, Nicky Wilson's networks stretch far and wide

Endeavour Mining's new acquisition, Semafo, made to pay its debts

Embaló's hush-hush campaign for ECOWAS chair

Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

Kaboré's turn to meet Macron to discuss Sahel

Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Kaboré overhauls mining portfolio in politically calculated move

Billionaire Patrice Motsepe goes all in for African football's top job

ECOWAS heads of state prepare for 23 January summit in Abuja

Germany's ITO provides logistical support to EUTM and MINUSMA

Re-elected Kaboré juggles loyalties to form his new government

Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

UN's Green Climate Fund asked to stump up $340m for solar energy

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

Still in the fight for Cardinal Resources, Russia's Nordgold is on a roll in Bissa

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

With French Air Force planes delayed, CAE Aviation still front and centre of Operation Barkhane

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Dorsale Nord power line to pass over Ouaga

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