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Ivory Coast

French arms specialist Sofema begins new sales drive

The French reconditioned defence equipment specialist plans to send a team to Abidjan in early October to try to regain market share in Ivory Coast. The armoured vehicles market, where it faces competition from China's Norinco and Turkey's Otokar, is its main target

Subscribers only Defence 03.10.2023

What role for the leader future of the PDCI opposition party?

Certain senior PDCI figures want to amend the party statutes to exclude the future chair from standing in the presidential election in 2025

Subscribers only Politics 29.09.2023

Abidjan keeps up cocoa pressure on Brussels

As the start of the 2023-2024 cocoa season approaches, the Conseil Café-Cacao is stepping up pressure on the EU by continuing its blockade of forward sales of cocoa beans.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 28.09.2023

Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara casts his ballot during the municipal and regional elections, in Abidjan, on 2 September 2023. © Sia Kambou / AFP

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Ouattara mulls replacing prime minister in reshuffle

The Ivorian leader got a boost from the results of recent regional and local elections and is now thinking about reshuffling his government as he looks ahead to the presidential poll of 2025. The main issue is whether or not to reappoint Prime Minister Patrick Achi.

Subscribers only Politics 22.09.2023

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu in Gigiri, Nairobi, on 16 July 2023. © Simon Maina/AFP

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New chair Tinubu formulates plan to revitalise ECOWAS leadership

As the new chair of the Economic Community of West African States, the Nigerian president wants to inject fresh energy into the organisation's leadership as it struggles more than ever with military juntas and Islamist militant threats across the region. He has set up a task force to tackle the issue.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.07.2023

Pierre Palmieri, deputy COO of Société Générale. © Xose Bouzas/Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect

Société Générale deputy CEO Palmieri seeks to reassure Abidjan

Subscribers only Finance 20.07.2023

Digital pioneer Sonec Africa hits hard times

Digital platform pioneer Sonec Africa has been excluded from public procurement procedures for two years.

Subscribers only Business 28.09.2023

Security forces buy further drones to patrol northern border and Africa Cup of Nations

The Ivorian gendarmerie has acquired Chinese and Hungarian drones, as well as anti-drone systems from France - and it's all to secure the northern border when Abidjan hosts the Africa Cup of Nations tournament next year.

Subscribers only Defence 27.09.2023

Cybersecurity: Foxtrot International hit by $200,000 fraud

French group Bouygues has ordered a cyber-security audit after its Ivorian subsidiary was the victim of a massive bank transfer fraud.

Subscribers only Energy 19.09.2023

Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné set to attend UN General Assembly

Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet Koné will represent Alassane Ouattara at the next UN General Assembly in New York in late September.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.09.2023

On a visit to Brussels, Conseil du Café Cacao revives battle with EU

Ivorian cocoa industry leaders have met European officials to demand recognition of their traceability system and an increase in the subsidy for sustainable cocoa. If it's not granted, they are threatening to continue blocking forward sales.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 15.09.2023

Running story
West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

By jointly introducing a premium of $400 per tonne on cocoa beans in autumn 2020, Ivory Coast and Ghana were seeking to ensure that cocoa producers' revenues were maintained. In so doing, however, they sparked off an open war with the big commodity traders, who have since taken steps to get round the measure and avoid paying the premium.

Subscribers only Commodity traders Business 15.09.2023

Cocoa beans drying in the sun in Ivory Coast.

Abidjan refuses Endeavour's second bid for SODEMI stake in Ity mines

The Ivory Coast vice-president's office has dashed the hopes of Endeavour Mining boss Sébastien de Montessus by rejecting his offer of €27m to buy SODEMI's 5% stake in the Ity gold mines. Abidjan is after much more.

Subscribers only Mining 14.09.2023

Avnon Group financial woes imperil Ivory Coast army contracts

The Israeli company, bogged down by insolvency proceedings, has been forced to put on hold several arms deliveries to the Ivorian armed forces.

Free Defence 14.09.2023

Petrosen buys Senegalese subsidiary of Mayelia Logistics & Automotive

The Senegalese state-owned company has acquired 51% of an affiliate of an Ivorian group involved in road safety.

Subscribers only Energy Business 13.09.2023

The heads of state who are set to attend the UN General Assembly

Several heads of state from ECOWAS are preparing to travel to New York at the end of the month to attend the next United Nations General Assembly.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.09.2023

New head of Sahel Coalition set to be announced

Former Chadian agriculture minister Djimet Adoum, who has been at the helm of the Coalition for the Sahel since 2021, is preparing to hand over to former Mauritanian foreign minister Hamadi Ould Meimou.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 31.08.2023

Gabonese presidential campaign strains Abidjan-Libreville relations

An audio recording, purportedly of a discussion between Gabonese opposition politicians Albert Ondo Ossa and Alexandre Barro-Chambrier, led to Libreville's foreign minister asking the Ivorian ambassador to explain himself.

Subscribers only Politics Diplomacy 24.08.2023

Ouattara mandates Standard Chartered to raise €813m

Ivory Coast plans to raise more than €800m in syndicated debt at a time when the country's public finances are in difficulty and the government is struggling to pay its domestic debt.

Subscribers only Finance 23.08.2023

French head of Millennium Challenge Account steps down, due to Biden administration's wishes

French national Florence Rajan-Haudebert had been head of Ivory Coast's Millennium Challenge Account, an important tool for cooperation between Washington and Abidjan, since 2018, but was recently forced to step down.

Subscribers only Business Diplomacy 22.08.2023

Qatari investment firm Kasada renovates its Abidjan hotels

A vast operation to renovate the hotels controlled by the Qatari fund Kasada has begun in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. All the work should be completed before the start of January's Africa Cup of Nations.

Subscribers only Business 17.08.2023

Ouattara eager to settle tax dispute with Cargill

The Ivorian president is keen for the US trader, which has been accused of failing to pay its taxes, to put its affairs in order. The US ambassador in Abidjan is keeping a close eye on developments.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.07.2023

Orange boss Christel Heydemann to audit Ivorian branch

Orange, which is looking into ways of cutting costs, is to audit the tender calls, service providers and suppliers of its subsidiary in Abidjan.

Subscribers only Business 21.07.2023

Ezzedine family suspends mineral water production at ex-Castel plant

The Ivorian family conglomerate Carré d'or has suspended the production of mineral water at the Abidjan plant, which it acquired from France's Castel and which produces bottled mineral water for the well-established brands Awa and Cristaline.

Subscribers only Business 14.07.2023

Ouattara receives his new Airbus A320

On the hunt for a new aircraft since 2019, the Ivorian government turned to a discreet Swiss company to acquire an Airbus A320neo ACJ.

Subscribers only Politics Business 13.07.2023

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Ivory Coast

French arms specialist Sofema begins new sales drive

What role for the leader future of the PDCI opposition party?

Abidjan keeps up cocoa pressure on Brussels

Spotlight
Ouattara mulls replacing prime minister in reshuffle

Spotlight
New chair Tinubu formulates plan to revitalise ECOWAS leadership

Société Générale deputy CEO Palmieri seeks to reassure Abidjan

Digital pioneer Sonec Africa hits hard times

Security forces buy further drones to patrol northern border and Africa Cup of Nations

Cybersecurity: Foxtrot International hit by $200,000 fraud

Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné set to attend UN General Assembly

On a visit to Brussels, Conseil du Café Cacao revives battle with EU

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Abidjan refuses Endeavour's second bid for SODEMI stake in Ity mines

Avnon Group financial woes imperil Ivory Coast army contracts

Petrosen buys Senegalese subsidiary of Mayelia Logistics & Automotive

The heads of state who are set to attend the UN General Assembly

New head of Sahel Coalition set to be announced

Gabonese presidential campaign strains Abidjan-Libreville relations

Ouattara mandates Standard Chartered to raise €813m

French head of Millennium Challenge Account steps down, due to Biden administration's wishes

Qatari investment firm Kasada renovates its Abidjan hotels

Ouattara eager to settle tax dispute with Cargill

Orange boss Christel Heydemann to audit Ivorian branch

Ezzedine family suspends mineral water production at ex-Castel plant

Ouattara receives his new Airbus A320

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French arms specialist Sofema begins new sales drive

What role for the leader future of the PDCI opposition party?

Abidjan keeps up cocoa pressure on Brussels

Spotlight Ouattara mulls replacing prime minister in reshuffle

Spotlight New chair Tinubu formulates plan to revitalise ECOWAS leadership

Société Générale deputy CEO Palmieri seeks to reassure Abidjan

Digital pioneer Sonec Africa hits hard times

Security forces buy further drones to patrol northern border and Africa Cup of Nations

Cybersecurity: Foxtrot International hit by $200,000 fraud

Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné set to attend UN General Assembly

On a visit to Brussels, Conseil du Café Cacao revives battle with EU

Running story West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Abidjan refuses Endeavour's second bid for SODEMI stake in Ity mines

Avnon Group financial woes imperil Ivory Coast army contracts

Petrosen buys Senegalese subsidiary of Mayelia Logistics & Automotive

The heads of state who are set to attend the UN General Assembly

New head of Sahel Coalition set to be announced

Gabonese presidential campaign strains Abidjan-Libreville relations

Ouattara mandates Standard Chartered to raise €813m

French head of Millennium Challenge Account steps down, due to Biden administration's wishes

Qatari investment firm Kasada renovates its Abidjan hotels

Ouattara eager to settle tax dispute with Cargill

Orange boss Christel Heydemann to audit Ivorian branch

Ezzedine family suspends mineral water production at ex-Castel plant

Ouattara receives his new Airbus A320

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Kinshasa's thorny Kyiv-Moscow balancing act over armaments

Egypt
The rise of militia businessman Arjani

Spotlight
Ouattara mulls replacing prime minister in reshuffle

Spotlight
New chair Tinubu formulates plan to revitalise ECOWAS leadership

Running story
West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders