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Financing and advisory 17/09/2019

Money woes force Balaji to seek buyer for Inata gold

Unable to make the Burkinabe gold mine profitable two years after purchasing the mine, Indian firm Balaji feels it best to call it quits on the asset. [...]

Corridors of power 11/09/2019

Blaise Compaore in an impasse

The sentencing of his lieutenants Djibril Yipene Bassole and Gilbert [...]

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. [...]

Supply Chain 03/09/2019

Ouagadougou dissects miners' contribution to water sector

After reducing the water tax required of mining operators from [...]

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Corridors of power 28/08/2019

Holiday time for the presidents

As every year, lobbyists and businessmen have been running up their mobile phone bills trying to find out where African [...]

Business circles 28/08/2019

Huawei and Vivendi battle it out over fibre optic

With its infrastructure lagging behind, west Africa is seen as an El Dorado by fibre optic operators, not least given the proliferation of internet services. [...]

Business circles 28/08/2019

A new career for Samuel Eto'o

The star guest at the party held in Cotonou on [...]

Business circles Infrastructure & Power 28/08/2019

Inoussa Kanazoe the cement king

The boss of the Burkinabe firm Cimfaso, Inoussa Kanazoe, is [...]

Power brokers 28/08/2019

Yacouba Isaac Zida positions himself for presidential election

The former general Yacouba Isaac Zida, who is out of favour with the current Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kabore, [...]

Business circles 24/07/2019

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

Deprived of financial guarantees from the airlines, several west Africa [...]

Business circles 24/07/2019

Business of Compaore's sister-in-law Alizeta Ouedraoho at risk

Dividing her time between France, Benin and Ivory Coast since [...]

State Strategy 16/07/2019

Head of tax steps in to ease miners vs. population feud Free

Appointed the new director general of tax for Burkina Faso on June 6, Moumouni Lougue struck straight into making measures [...]

State Strategy 16/07/2019

The anti-fraud brigade comes out as winner of the Essakane crisis

The ripple-on effect in Burkina Faso's mining sector from the [...]

Corridors of power 10/07/2019

Bonkoungou lays on a flight for Patrice Talon

On 7 July, Patrice Talon travelled to the African Union [...]

Corridors of power Defence & Security 10/07/2019

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Having discussed the situation in the Sahel with Alassane Ouattara on 9 July, Emmanuel Macron is due to chair a [...]

Business circles Defence & Security 10/07/2019

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

The American airport security firm Securiport active in Senegal, Mali and Ivory Coast has secured a $95 million arbitration win against Benin after it was driven out of the country to make way for a company with ties to Patrice Talon. [...]

Business circles 10/07/2019

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Put up for sale in early June, BNP's branches in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea have attracted several offers from west African financial institutions. [...]

State Strategy 02/07/2019

Essakane coal troubles state prosecutor Laurent Poda Free

Ever since he has been in charge of investigating a matter of coal at the Essakane gold mine, the state [...]

Financing and advisory WEST AFRICAN GOLD RUSH 02/07/2019

Arrow offers itself a front-row entrance into gold mining

With its purchase of Boromo Gold, Arrow has picked up a complete set of gold projects and an experienced team to handle them. [...]

Diplomatic Affairs Defence & Security 26/06/2019

Florence Parly expected in Ouagadougou

The French army minister Florence Parly will travel to Ouagadougou [...]

Business circles 26/06/2019

Jain, Orient and Marubeni to process cotton

With 95% of Burkinabe cotton exported raw, Chinese, Indian and Japanese firms like Jain, Orient and Marubeni are now looking to process it prior to export. [...]

Business circles 26/06/2019

Banker Idrissa Nassa sets sights on BNP Paribas

Idrissa Nassa, the CEO of Coris Bank International (CBI), which [...]

Power brokers 26/06/2019

Kadre Desire Ouedraogo reviews his troops with an eye on 2020

The former Burkinabe prime minister Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, aka "KDO", who wants to run for president in 2020, is relying [...]

State Strategy 18/06/2019

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Mining ministers within Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...]

Focus Corridors of power 17/06/2019

Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs

The Lecourt family, which has been established on the Rock of Monaco for the last two generations, began in the soap business before going on to build up a profitable agricultural trading business and then a cleaning business of a non-corporal sort, registering companies in Monaco for third parties. [...]

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ALL ARTICLES - BURKINA FASO

Money woes force Balaji to seek buyer for Inata gold

Blaise Compaore in an impasse

Angela Merkel hones her Sahel strategy

Ouagadougou dissects miners' contribution to water sector

Holiday time for the presidents

Huawei and Vivendi battle it out over fibre optic

A new career for Samuel Eto'o

Inoussa Kanazoe the cement king

Yacouba Isaac Zida positions himself for presidential election

Controversy over travel agency guarantee fund

Business of Compaore's sister-in-law Alizeta Ouedraoho at risk

Head of tax steps in to ease miners vs. population feud Free

The anti-fraud brigade comes out as winner of the Essakane crisis

Bonkoungou lays on a flight for Patrice Talon

High-level intelligence meeting at the Elysee

Securiport secures $95 million win against Talon

Who has their eyes on BNP Paribas network?

Essakane coal troubles state prosecutor Laurent Poda Free

Arrow offers itself a front-row entrance into gold mining

Florence Parly expected in Ouagadougou

Jain, Orient and Marubeni to process cotton

Banker Idrissa Nassa sets sights on BNP Paribas

Kadre Desire Ouedraogo reviews his troops with an eye on 2020

ECOWAS mining code nearing completion?

Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs

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