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Corridors of power 13/09/2017

Ali Bongo, still holding out…

The president is relying ever more heavily on his teke circle to face down his opponents. [...]

Oil 12/09/2017

Sense of an ending at Addax's genevan offices

The death knell has rung. Chinese giant Sinopec's affiliate, Addax Petroleum, has given its 170 Genevan-based employees their date of [...]

Electricity 12/09/2017

Imperatrice waiting on nod from EximBank of China

China Gezhouba Group Co (CGGC) is waiting on the outcome of ongoing talks between the Libreville government and EximBank of [...]

POWER BROKERS 12/09/2017

Guus Klusener, still carries sway at Addax from behind the scenes

According to our sources, the former legal director and member of the board at Addax Petroleum, Guus Klusener, being paid [...]

Spotlight Power brokers 30/08/2017

The fruit of the national dialogue launched in May between the government and parts of the opposition, the new 38-member executive formed by Ali Bongo on 21 August is unlikely to calm the tensions which have been coursing through Gabon [...]

Business circles 30/08/2017

The weather's turning grey at Veolia

An alarming level of debt, combined with the short fuse of the Gabonese authorities, has strained relations with the French company Revelations. [...]

Business circles 30/08/2017

SGS on the edge of the precipice

Societe gabonaise de services (SGS), which specialises in private security, [...]

Power brokers 30/08/2017

Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou, Ali Bongo's ‘southern' card

Just as Omar Bongo did before him by appointing Didjob Divungi Di Ndinge, on 21 August Ali Bongo chose a [...]

Power brokers 30/08/2017

Brice Laccruche Alihanga, an Accrombessi ally, installed at the palace

The appointment on 25 August of Brice Laccruche Alihanga as presidential chief of staff marks the return to the seaside [...]

Oil 29/08/2017

Sinopec chastises Geneva over Addax case

Beijing has made its decision. It is going to close Addax's Genevan, but also UK and US, offices. The move was in no small part precipitated by the Swiss court case, marking an end to Geneva's role as a global oil nucleus. [...]

POWER BROKERS 29/08/2017

Minister Houangni's path to become head honcho of oil

Appointed in January 2017 to replace Etienne Ngoubou, Gabon's new minister of oil Pascal Houangni Ambouroue recently won a decisive [...]

Special report 17/08/2017

Macky Sall, Senegal's president, during the Forum of Dakar, on december 6, organised by CEIS.

Conferences, the new African cash cow

Following on from gold, oil and cotton, consultants are now cashing in on the great economic gatherings and conferences being held across the continent. French firms Richard Attias & Associates [...]

Special report 10/08/2017

A year after his election, Ali Bongo is facing a financial crisis of great magnitude.

Gabon: Ali Bongo's real challenge lies in financial crisis

Gabon's president Ali Bongo got off to a rocky start, winning an election bitterly contested by his opponent Jean Ping and apathetically validated by international courts. A year on, he [...]

Breaking news 08/08/2017

Jacob Thaty Tsioba dismissed from the Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures (DGH)

According to our sources, the head of the Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures (DGH) Jacob Thaty Tsioba was dismissed today from [...]

Corridors of power 26/07/2017

Ali Bongo maintains the ethnic and regional balance of his government

The president has reshuffled his cabinet to make it more representative of the country. [...]

Power brokers 26/07/2017

Alexandre Barro-Chambrier proposes himself as the third way

Having toured Europe in early July to raise awareness of the post-electoral crisis in Gabon, Alexandre Barro Chambrier, the 59-year-old [...]

Oil 25/07/2017

Assala Energy struggles to close Shell purchase

Five months after being selected by Shell to pick up its assets in Gabon, Assala Energy and its shareholder Carlyle have their head on the chopping block in Libreville. [...]

Oil 25/07/2017

Vaalco unsuccessful in reassuring employees over Félicité Essono's role

Sent off in a rush by the group's management in [...]

Oil 25/07/2017

Ghanaian Brace Energy wants to be GOC's best buddy

Founded in 2016, the Ghanaian oil consultancy firm Brace Energy [...]

Corridors of power 12/07/2017

Richard Attias urges Ali Bongo to stump up!

Launched with grand pomp in 2012, the NYFA is in trouble. Libreville still hasn't finished paying for the 2015 event… [...]

Corridors of power 12/07/2017

Conde and Deby's ultimatum to Faustin Touadera

The two counterparts of the Central African president pressure him to to declare a general amnesty. A move which has provoked anger in Bangui. [...]

Power brokers 12/07/2017

Rene Ndemezo'o Obiang, the master of self-reinvention

Rene Ndemezo'o Obiang continues at the age of 70 to excel in the art of political reinvention. Previously the election [...]

Spotlight Oil 11/07/2017

Vaalco making its relations work at the presidential palace

Equity fund Group 42-BLR may have managed to get the reshuffle of its shareholder Vaalco Energy's management team the way it wanted (AEI 790), but that doesn't mean everything will be smooth sailing from here on out. The fund, along [...]

Breaking news 29/06/2017

Accrombessi's return leads to gnashing of teeth!

Maixent Accrombessi, who has been out of Gabon since August 18 2016 when he was evacuated on health grounds after [...]

Businessmen 28/06/2017

Charpentier signs up as adviser to Bongo

Co-chief of the architecture firm Concept Design Architecture Ingenierie (CDA) [...]

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Ali Bongo, still holding out…

Sense of an ending at Addax's genevan offices

Imperatrice waiting on nod from EximBank of China

Guus Klusener, still carries sway at Addax from behind the scenes

Third social tour for Ali‘16!

The weather's turning grey at Veolia

SGS on the edge of the precipice

Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou, Ali Bongo's ‘southern' card

Brice Laccruche Alihanga, an Accrombessi ally, installed at the palace

Sinopec chastises Geneva over Addax case

Minister Houangni's path to become head honcho of oil

Conferences, the new African cash cow

Gabon: Ali Bongo's real challenge lies in financial crisis

Jacob Thaty Tsioba dismissed from the Direction Generale des Hydrocarbures (DGH)

Ali Bongo maintains the ethnic and regional balance of his government

Alexandre Barro-Chambrier proposes himself as the third way

Assala Energy struggles to close Shell purchase

Vaalco unsuccessful in reassuring employees over Félicité Essono's role

Ghanaian Brace Energy wants to be GOC's best buddy

Richard Attias urges Ali Bongo to stump up!

Conde and Deby's ultimatum to Faustin Touadera

Rene Ndemezo'o Obiang, the master of self-reinvention

Vaalco making its relations work at the presidential palace

Accrombessi's return leads to gnashing of teeth!

Charpentier signs up as adviser to Bongo

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