Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

Ivory Coast

A menage a trois in LNG

A project by Ivory Coast and Ghana to import Equatorial Guinea’s gas is still held back by a maritime boundary squabble between Abidjan and Accra.

Free access Energy 08.04.2014

A revived La Mancha in turnaround drive

La Mancha, the former mining unit of Areva listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and acquired by Naguib Sawiris in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Nouho Kone

The president of the Groupement Professionnel des Miniers de la Cote d’Ivoire (GMPC), Nouho Kone, is somewhat uncertain about his [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

SODEMI and Major Star still favoured

The state-owned mining company in charge of SODEMI’s mines, headed [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Amara seeks to raise £22

Amara Mining wants to raise £18.2 million in order to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.04.2014

Ouattara worries about oil

Continued falling oil production has started to concern the authorities in Ivory Coast. The country's output, principally from four blocks [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Dominique drums up hospital funds

Businessmen who want to please Ivory Coast's first lady Dominique Ouattara gave generously during the gala evening in aid of her charitable foundation Children of Africa on March 14.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Gala guests indisposed

Some attendees of the Children of Africa foundation's fund-raising gala [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Ouattara to rest some more

President Alassane Ouattara returned to Ivory Coast at the beginning [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2014

Finagestion pilots Tahibli and Tiboto projects in Ivory Coast

Ivorian oil and energy minister Adama Toungara signed two contracts [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

Petroci appoints new deputy director

Ivoirian Barakissa Bamba has been appointed deputy director for financial [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

How to spur competition

Ivory Coast’s new electricity legislation ought bring new players into the distribution sector and crack down more on fraud that severely hits the government’s receipts.

Subscribers only Energy 25.03.2014

Moves behind Ble Goude's transfer to The Hague

Announced on March 20 following a cabinet meeting in Abidjan, the decision to send Charles Ble Goude before the International [...]

Subscribers only 24.03.2014

Dharni Sampda lands mining conventions

A robust lobbying campaign by the Indian mining group Dharni Sampda had finally paid off. Despite the fierce opposition of [...]

Subscribers only 21.03.2014

Bouygues lands urban train deal

After its initial blueprint for the scheme was rejected by the Ivoirian authorities (WAN 676), a consortium made up of [...]

Subscribers only 20.03.2014

Quattara awards first of this year’s licenses

President Alassane Ouattara began awarding this year’s first mining licenses in Ivory Coast on March 12. Anxious to accelerate matters [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.03.2014

Augustin Komoe Kouadio

Minister and energy minister in the government of former president Laurent Gbagbo, Augustin Komoe Kouadio returned to Ivory Coast in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.03.2014

Spotlight
Winners of the Ouattara regime

Although he is the former deputy director general of the IMF and therefore supposedly the guarantor of a certain rigor, Alassane Ouattara has not hesitated to break with the transparency expectations of the Bretton Woods system.

Subscribers only Politics 12.03.2014

Asians dominate energy contracts

In a distinct trend, Asian groups have emerged as the major victors of Ivory Coast's electricity infrastructure contracts in recent [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.03.2014

Addoha's brush with Bidjans

After Bolloré (WAN 676), construction group Addoha may soon be [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.03.2014

Intelligence shake-up

In an ongoing reform of Ivory Coast's intelligence services, Alassanne [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.03.2014

Keystone Finance launches in Abidjan

Joel Cadier has stepped down as deputy director for finance [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2014

Attijariwafa battles for SIB in Ivory Coast

Attijariwafa Bank (AWB) is lobbying heavily to acquire the Ivorian [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2014

Natixis goes to Abidjan

French bank Natixis is in negotiations with the Ivorian government [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2014

FRANCOIS-DOMINIQUE DELAFOSSE (La Régionale)

Francois-Dominique Delafosse, who founded the company La Regionale in Abidjan [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2014

Create a notification

Ivory Coast Picto Synthese

Don't miss a single headline. Sign up to receive weekly summaries of our coverage of Ivory Coast.

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Ivory Coast

A menage a trois in LNG

A revived La Mancha in turnaround drive

Nouho Kone

SODEMI and Major Star still favoured

Amara seeks to raise £22

Ouattara worries about oil

Dominique drums up hospital funds

Gala guests indisposed

Ouattara to rest some more

Finagestion pilots Tahibli and Tiboto projects in Ivory Coast

Petroci appoints new deputy director

How to spur competition

Moves behind Ble Goude's transfer to The Hague

Dharni Sampda lands mining conventions

Bouygues lands urban train deal

Quattara awards first of this year’s licenses

Augustin Komoe Kouadio

Spotlight
Winners of the Ouattara regime

Asians dominate energy contracts

Addoha's brush with Bidjans

Intelligence shake-up

Keystone Finance launches in Abidjan

Attijariwafa battles for SIB in Ivory Coast

Natixis goes to Abidjan

FRANCOIS-DOMINIQUE DELAFOSSE (La Régionale)

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

Ibrahim Traoré

Virtus Minerals

Paul Kagame

Savannah Energy

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Ivory Coast

A menage a trois in LNG

A revived La Mancha in turnaround drive

Nouho Kone

SODEMI and Major Star still favoured

Amara seeks to raise £22

Ouattara worries about oil

Dominique drums up hospital funds

Gala guests indisposed

Ouattara to rest some more

Finagestion pilots Tahibli and Tiboto projects in Ivory Coast

Petroci appoints new deputy director

How to spur competition

Moves behind Ble Goude's transfer to The Hague

Dharni Sampda lands mining conventions

Bouygues lands urban train deal

Quattara awards first of this year’s licenses

Augustin Komoe Kouadio

Spotlight Winners of the Ouattara regime

Asians dominate energy contracts

Addoha's brush with Bidjans

Intelligence shake-up

Keystone Finance launches in Abidjan

Attijariwafa battles for SIB in Ivory Coast

Natixis goes to Abidjan

FRANCOIS-DOMINIQUE DELAFOSSE (La Régionale)

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Spotlight
Winners of the Ouattara regime