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Burkina Faso

Lebanese giant Arabian Construction Co takes first steps in Africa

For a long time a key presence in the United Arab Emirates and then in Saudi Arabia, the Arabian Construction Co conglomerate is seeking to break into the African market.

Subscribers only Business 01.06.2020

Billionaire Konstantin Malofeev turns his attentions to Africa

Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev. © Tsargrad/Youtube

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2020

Inner circles
Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House

Former vice president Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. © Reuters/Wire services, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2020

Three-month investigation into Essakane fine coal could spell danger for government

The forthcoming three-month investigation into accusations that the producer IamGold illegally exported gold from Burkina Faso could turn out to be a very sensitive issue for the camp of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.

Subscribers only Mining 22.05.2020

Abdoulaye Soma plans to do a Macron in presidential poll

Abdoulaye Soma, founder of the political movement Soleil d'Avenir. © DR

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2020

Arise Industrial lays the first stone in its future African free zone empire in Akoupé-Zeudji

After setting up Arise Port & Logistics with AP Moller, then Arise Infrastructure, to invest in roads, agricultural trading giant Olam has created a third brand dedicated to industrial free zones. Arise Industrial is preparing to make its first investment in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2020

BNP gives up on idea of single buyer for its West African portfolio

After six months of trying to sell its branches in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea as a single West African portfolio, the French bank BNP Paribas is now looking at options to sell them in batches.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 14.05.2020

Elemental Royalties investors find new cash cow in Teranga gold

Elemental Royalties has increased its African portfolio with an acquisition of rights to the Wahgnion gold mine.

Subscribers only Mining 13.05.2020

WAPP sets up task force for Dorsale Nord project

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) cooperation working to provide a reliable power grid for the region hopes to soon be making headway on the Dorsale Nord interconnector project.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 13.05.2020

Covid-19: Paris works closely with NGOs to develop its health diplomacy

To lay the groundwork for its medical support to African states affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Elysée Palace has set up a coordination cell with eight hand-picked NGOs.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.05.2020

French President Emmanuel Macron and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian in videoconference on the Covid-19 crisis on 4 May 2020.

Lawmakers to investigate mining sector shortcomings

In the runup to a scheduled presidential election, Alassane Bala Sakandé plans to deploy a team of parliamentarians to investigate problems with certain obligatory mining levies and to find solutions.

Free access Mining, Politics 28.04.2020

BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

The "revolutionary" Akoin cryptocurrency that the American rapper Akon is hoping to launch on the continent seems to pay little heed to Africa's existing regulations on digital currencies and may fall foul of African central banks, not least BCEAO.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 27.04.2020

Rapper Akon presenting his Akoin cryptocurrency at the Lisbon WebSummit in November 2019.

G5 Sahel: virtual summit on April 28

The president of the European Council will discuss EU support for the regional body with the heads of its five member states via videoconference on April 28.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.04.2020

Emirati company Minerva aims to sell its Panthera armoured vehicles in the Sahel

Emirati armoured vehicle builder Minerva Special Purpose Vehicles (MSPV) is currently prospecting in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Abu Dhabi sees the Sahel as a key zone of military and diplomatic influence.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 22.04.2020

MSPV's Panthera T2 uses Toyota Land Cruiser 79s as a base.

African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

In a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a small group of financiers are lobbying intensely to get holders of African eurobonds to postpone their redemption dates for two years. The campaign is as advantageous for those waging it, however, as it is for its potential beneficiaries.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 16.04.2020

Cement giants vie for airport contracts

India's West African Cement, Morocco's Ciments de l'Afrique and Burkina Faso's Cimfaso are jostling for the contracts that Ouagadougou and the Meridiam investment fund, partnered with the airport of Marseille, are awarding to build Ougadougou-Donsin Airport, the country's biggest construction project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 14.04.2020

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Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

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The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Burkina Faso

Lebanese giant Arabian Construction Co takes first steps in Africa

Billionaire Konstantin Malofeev turns his attentions to Africa

Inner circles
Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House

Three-month investigation into Essakane fine coal could spell danger for government

Abdoulaye Soma plans to do a Macron in presidential poll

Arise Industrial lays the first stone in its future African free zone empire in Akoupé-Zeudji

BNP gives up on idea of single buyer for its West African portfolio

Elemental Royalties investors find new cash cow in Teranga gold

WAPP sets up task force for Dorsale Nord project

Covid-19: Paris works closely with NGOs to develop its health diplomacy

Lawmakers to investigate mining sector shortcomings

BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

G5 Sahel: virtual summit on April 28

Emirati company Minerva aims to sell its Panthera armoured vehicles in the Sahel

African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

Cement giants vie for airport contracts

Mission impossible for Aimé Barthélemy Simporé

Augustin Loada to stand for president?

IamGold wins over all creditors but Morgan Stanley

Boris Johnson seeks to drum up post-Brexit business in Africa

Second term for Kaboré looking increasingly uncertain

Olam anxious over inquiry into Nouakchott port

Blaise Compaoré prepares his move to Abidjan

France's Byblos vies for airport security contract

Runways and tighter security for Roxgold gold

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Burkina Faso

Lebanese giant Arabian Construction Co takes first steps in Africa

Billionaire Konstantin Malofeev turns his attentions to Africa

Inner circles Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House

Three-month investigation into Essakane fine coal could spell danger for government

Abdoulaye Soma plans to do a Macron in presidential poll

Arise Industrial lays the first stone in its future African free zone empire in Akoupé-Zeudji

BNP gives up on idea of single buyer for its West African portfolio

Elemental Royalties investors find new cash cow in Teranga gold

WAPP sets up task force for Dorsale Nord project

Covid-19: Paris works closely with NGOs to develop its health diplomacy

Lawmakers to investigate mining sector shortcomings

BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

G5 Sahel: virtual summit on April 28

Emirati company Minerva aims to sell its Panthera armoured vehicles in the Sahel

African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

Cement giants vie for airport contracts

Mission impossible for Aimé Barthélemy Simporé

Augustin Loada to stand for president?

IamGold wins over all creditors but Morgan Stanley

Boris Johnson seeks to drum up post-Brexit business in Africa

Second term for Kaboré looking increasingly uncertain

Olam anxious over inquiry into Nouakchott port

Blaise Compaoré prepares his move to Abidjan

France's Byblos vies for airport security contract

Runways and tighter security for Roxgold gold

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Inner circles
Trump and Biden's Africa advisors in 2020 race for White House