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Olam self-medicates marketing strategy to shore up its image

While marching on with its strategy to divest from African infrastructure projects and facing up to a feisty inquiry commission in Mauritania, the Olam group is actively engaging African countries faced with the Covid-19 pandemic to improve its reputation.

Subscribers only Business 28.04.2020

Lambert-Noël Matha keeps tight rein on state security amid Covid-19 pandemic

While the presidential couple leads the public information campaign on the coronavirus crisis, the all-powerful interior minister Lambert-Noël Matha is keeping a tight grip on the levers of the security apparatus, ready to crack down on any social unrest sparked by the epidemic.

Subscribers only Politics 24.04.2020

Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

After having been headed for 10 years by Serge Mickoto, the husband of President Ali Bongo's step-sister, Gabon's sovereign fund has been taken over by a close associate of Mohamed Ali Saliou, best friend of the president's son and closest adviser, Noureddin Bongo.

Subscribers only Finance 22.04.2020

Why NJ Ayuk chose Leoncio Amada Nze as Africa Energy Chamber chief's point man in Malabo

The African Energy Chamber is expanding its team to mediate between the private sector and governments.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2020

Heavy-handed Sinopec takeover of Addax Petroleum pushes tensions to boiling point

Addax Petroleum's subsidiaries are feeling the brunt of the decision to move the senior management from Geneva to Beijing, from where all the shots are now called.

Subscribers only Energy 20.04.2020

Bongo family tightens its grip on security apparatus

Hitherto beyond the influence of first lady Sylvia Bongo and her son Noureddin, who has been acting as the presidency's number two since late last year, the Republican Guard has just been placed under the authority of people who owe their elevated positions to the Bongo family.

Subscribers only Politics 06.04.2020

Olam pushes ahead with its withdrawal

Having set up in very short order the holding company Arise P&L, which has taken over its investments in the ports of Gabon, Olam is poised to do likewise in the transport sector.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 01.04.2020

€100 million for Transgabonais railway

Had it not been for the Covid-19 pandemic playing havoc [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 01.04.2020

Tchango dynasty firmly established in Port-Gentil

Appointed as head of the ruling Parti démocratique gabonais branch [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.04.2020

Ali Bongo poised to make his international comeback

Nearly two years on from the serious stroke that he suffered, the Gabonese president is due to attend several international events to confirm that he is back at the helm.

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2020

Government divided over the Blairs

Although the coordinator at the Gabonese president's office recently initiated contact with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change set [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2020

Alfred Bongo, IBL and the missing FCFA 1.5 billion

The Mauritian firm IBL has launched legal action in Paris against the solicitor Alfred Bongo, the half-brother of President Ali Bongo.

Free access Business 04.03.2020

Sylvia Bongo ally François Auguste Akomezogho to get top finance job?

François Auguste Akomezogho, who has been the director-general of taxes for three years, is tipped to be appointed minister of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2020

A new brief for Lazard?

The coordination unit in the Gabonese president's office is currently [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business 04.03.2020

The spanner in Carlyle's plan to shed troublesome Assala

A contractual deadlock is holding CIEP back from selling the Assala group's Gabonese branch amid a raging in-house storm.

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2020

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'Scorpion' becomes a French affair

In the space of less than three months, the major anti-corruption drive that has claimed the scalps of Ali Bongo's former chief of staff and his allies has become a bone of diplomatic contention between Libreville and Paris.

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2020

Explosive atmosphere reigns in president's office

In recent days, tensions have been palpable between Ali Bongo's [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2020

BGFIBank in court in Paris

On 18 February, the Paris court of appeal ruled that [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business 19.02.2020

Monaco Resources puts up fight for cargo-handling dividends

The pan-African holding company Monaco Resources is battling to get hold of the profitable Libreville airport baggage and cargo-handling revenue.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 12.02.2020

Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

The French armed forces minister, Florence Parly, was in Washington from 27 to 28 January in the hope of persuading [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 05.02.2020

Family connections take sting out of Scorpion crackdown

Despite the rearguard actions of lawyers representing the ex-presidential chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga, who has been in detention [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Last week, Olam and the fund manager AP Moller Capital, an offshoot of the Danish container logistics company AP Moller-Maersk, [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

Apollinaire Alassa takes over as OPRAG boss

Appointed on 31 January as the head of the Office des ports et rades du Gabon, 54-year-old Apollinare Alassa has [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

Who will replace General Pascal Facon at helm of Barkhane?

Three generals are currently on the shortlist to take over [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2020

NJ Ayuk's African Energy Chamber dreams big

The African Energy Chamber is bent on becoming the leading bridge between the public and private sector on the continent and has a plan of attack to do just that.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

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Gabon

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Olam self-medicates marketing strategy to shore up its image

Lambert-Noël Matha keeps tight rein on state security amid Covid-19 pandemic

Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

Why NJ Ayuk chose Leoncio Amada Nze as Africa Energy Chamber chief's point man in Malabo

Heavy-handed Sinopec takeover of Addax Petroleum pushes tensions to boiling point

Bongo family tightens its grip on security apparatus

Olam pushes ahead with its withdrawal

€100 million for Transgabonais railway

Tchango dynasty firmly established in Port-Gentil

Ali Bongo poised to make his international comeback

Government divided over the Blairs

Alfred Bongo, IBL and the missing FCFA 1.5 billion

Sylvia Bongo ally François Auguste Akomezogho to get top finance job?

A new brief for Lazard?

The spanner in Carlyle's plan to shed troublesome Assala

Spotlight
'Scorpion' becomes a French affair

Explosive atmosphere reigns in president's office

BGFIBank in court in Paris

Monaco Resources puts up fight for cargo-handling dividends

Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

Family connections take sting out of Scorpion crackdown

State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Apollinaire Alassa takes over as OPRAG boss

Who will replace General Pascal Facon at helm of Barkhane?

NJ Ayuk's African Energy Chamber dreams big

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Document Olam self-medicates marketing strategy to shore up its image

Lambert-Noël Matha keeps tight rein on state security amid Covid-19 pandemic

Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

Why NJ Ayuk chose Leoncio Amada Nze as Africa Energy Chamber chief's point man in Malabo

Heavy-handed Sinopec takeover of Addax Petroleum pushes tensions to boiling point

Bongo family tightens its grip on security apparatus

Olam pushes ahead with its withdrawal

€100 million for Transgabonais railway

Tchango dynasty firmly established in Port-Gentil

Ali Bongo poised to make his international comeback

Government divided over the Blairs

Alfred Bongo, IBL and the missing FCFA 1.5 billion

Sylvia Bongo ally François Auguste Akomezogho to get top finance job?

A new brief for Lazard?

The spanner in Carlyle's plan to shed troublesome Assala

Spotlight 'Scorpion' becomes a French affair

Explosive atmosphere reigns in president's office

BGFIBank in court in Paris

Monaco Resources puts up fight for cargo-handling dividends

Standoff between Pentagon and US State Department

Family connections take sting out of Scorpion crackdown

State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Apollinaire Alassa takes over as OPRAG boss

Who will replace General Pascal Facon at helm of Barkhane?

NJ Ayuk's African Energy Chamber dreams big

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

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Document
Olam self-medicates marketing strategy to shore up its image

Spotlight
'Scorpion' becomes a French affair