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Ivory Coast

Institut Choiseul to ramp up Africa presence

The French think-tank Institut Choiseul has been active in Africa since 2014 and now plans to increase its presence in 2024. This March, it will launch a club specifically dedicated to the continent.

Subscribers only Finance 26.02.2024

Macron's brand-new Africa envoy due to meet Ouattara

Emmanuel Macron's new 'personal envoy' for Africa, former minister Jean-Marie Bockel, will be in Abidjan on 20-21 February to discuss the ongoing reorganisation of France's military presence on the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.02.2024

Ex-French president Sarkozy to attend Dominique Ouattara's gala in Abidjan

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be in Abidjan in early March. He plans to take part in a gala organised there by Children of Africa, the foundation headed by Ivorian First Lady Dominique Ouattara.

Subscribers only Business 12.02.2024

Washington and Paris boost Abidjan's airborne surveillance capabilities

In the foreground, Ivorian prime minister Robert Beugré Mambé with, to his right, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Abidjan on 22 January 2024. © Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via Reuters

Subscribers only Defence 08.02.2024

Ructions over EU fast intervention boat contract

Within the framework of SWAIMS, the European Union-funded Support to the West African Integrated Maritime Strategy, 12 coastal countries in West Africa have been selected to receive 24 fast rescue boats.

Subscribers only Defence 02.02.2024

Cargill and Barry Callebaut cocoa plants may grind to halt

Most of the major traders had anticipated a production drop of between 20% and 25%. However, almost 50% of the volumes sold by the Conseil Café-Cacao will not materialise before the end of the 2023-2024 harvest.

Subscribers only Commodity traders Running story - Cocoa cartel v traders 02.02.2024

Rihanna's Fenty Beauty expands from Lagos to Luanda

Fenty Beauty's cosmetics will soon be sold in French-speaking Africa for the first time. But the brand has been struggling to make its mark on the continent, and ironically that is partly down to its main backer, the luxury giant LVMH.

Subscribers only Business 01.02.2024

Rihanna attends the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Anniversary Event on 3 October 2018 in Sydney, Australia.

Ouattara reorganises Treasury management team

Alassane Ouattara is expected to appoint Arthur Augustin Pascale Ahoussi, deputy director general of the Treasury, to replace his former boss Konan Jacques Assahore.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 01.02.2024

Abidjan picks banks for Eurobond issue

The Ivorian government has chosen five banks to carry out its Eurobond issue. They are Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, JPMorgan Chase, and Société Générale.

Subscribers only Finance 24.01.2024

Ouattara to visit Macron at Elysée Palace

The Ivorian president is to travel to France later this week, when he will spend a few days at his property in Mougins, on the hills behind Cannes, but also pay a visit to President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.01.2024

Emmanuel Macron and Alassane Ouattara at their last official meeting at the Élysée Palace in November 2023.

China's CREC-COVEC consortium pulls out of Abidjan electric bus project

Despite winning the international call for tenders in October, the consortium made up of Chinese companies CREC and Covec has withdrawn from the Bus Rapid Transit project in Abidjan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.01.2024

BICICI boss hires banker Charles Kié

Chairman Ahmed Cissé has recruited the former Ecobank executive to revamp the strategy of the partly state-owned Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie de Côte d'Ivoire.

Subscribers only Finance 17.01.2024

Marie-Viviane Ado Gossan takes charge of Millennium Challenge Account

Marie-Viviane Ado Gossan-Coulibaly, chief of staff and right-hand woman to the ex-secretary general in the Office of the President Abdourahmane Cissé, is about to take over as head of the Millennium Challenge Account Côte d'Ivoire.

Subscribers only Politics 17.01.2024

Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

The Ivorian president is considering using future revenues from the vast oil and gas field as collateral to raise funds, giving the government much-needed cash for its programme of major infrastructure works.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 12.01.2024

Banker Simon Tiemtoré makes final push to take over Oragroup

The Vista boss travelled to Abidjan in late December to resume talks on the takeover of Togo-based bank Oragroup, owned by Emerging Capital Partners.

Subscribers only Finance 11.01.2024

France's Wide Int scoops up big police intelligence equipment contract

French cyber intelligence company Wide Int has signed a €30m-plus equipment supply deal with the Ivorian police.

Subscribers only Defence 10.01.2024

US agro-trading giant ADM turns the page in Abidjan

US agricultural trading group Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to [...]

Subscribers only Commodity traders 10.01.2024

UN's West Africa head on his way to Moscow

The UN special representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Mozambique's Leonardo Santos Simao, is booked to travel to Moscow in the first quarter of this year. He has a meeting with the Russian foreign ministry to discuss the situation in the Sahel.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.01.2024

Abidjan reaches out to South African defence industrialists

Ivory Coast's South African embassy increased its contact with several South African defence companies in December. The motive was an economic forum slated to furnish the army with supplies, planned for mid-January in Korhogo, northern Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Defence 08.01.2024

Ouattara allies squabble over Bougouanou bauxite

The mining project launched by Moumouni Bictogo has prompted rifts between shareholders close to the presidential party, and the affair has now gone to court following a complaint by Ivorian businessman Léo Guigui.

Subscribers only Mining 22.12.2023

UN's West Africa head visited Élysée to talk junta sanctions

During a trip to Paris and Brussels, UNOWAS's Leonardo Santos Simao, held talks with officials, calling for a reduction in the sanctions against Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger's juntas.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.12.2023

BNI Finances fires managing director Georgine Codo

Georgine Codo, managing director of BNI Finances, the investment bank of the Banque Nationale d'Investissement group, was quietly sacked in mid-December.

Subscribers only Finance 20.12.2023

Macron dismisses his foreign ministry's Africa director

Christophe Bigot's hold on his position as the French foreign ministry's Africa head had been shaky for months before his sacking on 12 December. In the end, it came down to his handling of the Niger coup.

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2023

Ouattara won't play ball over rising CAN 2023 costs

Ivory Coast's PM has rejected a new call for additional funding from the Organising Committee of the African Cup of Nations. This decision comes as President Ouattara is privately annoyed by the football tournament's considerable cost overruns.

Subscribers only Politics 13.12.2023

With AFCON 2023, Richard Attias makes yet another foray into African sport

Richard Attias & Associates will organise the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2023 African Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Abidjan in January. The Moroccan businessman is also already planning to do the same for the competition's 2025 edition in Rabat.

Subscribers only North Africa 13.12.2023

Executive President of Future Investment Initiative (FII) Richard Attias, talks during an interview with AFP, in Riyadh on 17 October 2022.

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Ivory Coast

Institut Choiseul to ramp up Africa presence

Macron's brand-new Africa envoy due to meet Ouattara

Ex-French president Sarkozy to attend Dominique Ouattara's gala in Abidjan

Washington and Paris boost Abidjan's airborne surveillance capabilities

Ructions over EU fast intervention boat contract

Cargill and Barry Callebaut cocoa plants may grind to halt

Rihanna's Fenty Beauty expands from Lagos to Luanda

Ouattara reorganises Treasury management team

Abidjan picks banks for Eurobond issue

Ouattara to visit Macron at Elysée Palace

China's CREC-COVEC consortium pulls out of Abidjan electric bus project

BICICI boss hires banker Charles Kié

Marie-Viviane Ado Gossan takes charge of Millennium Challenge Account

Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

Banker Simon Tiemtoré makes final push to take over Oragroup

France's Wide Int scoops up big police intelligence equipment contract

US agro-trading giant ADM turns the page in Abidjan

UN's West Africa head on his way to Moscow

Abidjan reaches out to South African defence industrialists

Ouattara allies squabble over Bougouanou bauxite

UN's West Africa head visited Élysée to talk junta sanctions

BNI Finances fires managing director Georgine Codo

Macron dismisses his foreign ministry's Africa director

Ouattara won't play ball over rising CAN 2023 costs

With AFCON 2023, Richard Attias makes yet another foray into African sport

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Ivory Coast

Institut Choiseul to ramp up Africa presence

Macron's brand-new Africa envoy due to meet Ouattara

Ex-French president Sarkozy to attend Dominique Ouattara's gala in Abidjan

Washington and Paris boost Abidjan's airborne surveillance capabilities

Ructions over EU fast intervention boat contract

Cargill and Barry Callebaut cocoa plants may grind to halt

Rihanna's Fenty Beauty expands from Lagos to Luanda

Ouattara reorganises Treasury management team

Abidjan picks banks for Eurobond issue

Ouattara to visit Macron at Elysée Palace

China's CREC-COVEC consortium pulls out of Abidjan electric bus project

BICICI boss hires banker Charles Kié

Marie-Viviane Ado Gossan takes charge of Millennium Challenge Account

Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

Banker Simon Tiemtoré makes final push to take over Oragroup

France's Wide Int scoops up big police intelligence equipment contract

US agro-trading giant ADM turns the page in Abidjan

UN's West Africa head on his way to Moscow

Abidjan reaches out to South African defence industrialists

Ouattara allies squabble over Bougouanou bauxite

UN's West Africa head visited Élysée to talk junta sanctions

BNI Finances fires managing director Georgine Codo

Macron dismisses his foreign ministry's Africa director

Ouattara won't play ball over rising CAN 2023 costs

With AFCON 2023, Richard Attias makes yet another foray into African sport

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