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Citoso Commodities to trade Baleine output with Augusta Energy

Citoso has chosen the Swiss trader after securing the contract to lift Petroci's share of the Baleine field.

Subscribers only Energy 06.06.2024

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From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

Ukraine's special envoy for Africa and the Middle East, Maksym Subkh, in Kyiv, on 17 May 2024. © Ukrinform/Sipa USA/Reuters

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 05.06.2024

Ouattara secures further term for French ambassador in Abidjan

Jean-Christophe Belliard, France’s ambassador to Ivory Coast, was theoretically due to leave his post in the coming weeks but has been given another year in the job he has held since 2020.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.06.2024

Troubling times for speaker of parliament Adama Bictogo

In recent months, several companies founded by the businessman and politician have been subject to tax audits or have lost contracts.

Subscribers only Business 31.05.2024

Washington backs Abidjan's disinformation war

The US ambassador to Abidjan, Jessica Davis Ba, is in the process of concluding an agreement with the Ivorian communications minister, Amadou Coulibaly, to help his country fight against the manipulation of information.

Subscribers only Defence 28.05.2024

French drone firm Alta Ares prospecting broadly from Kyiv to Abidjan

IVORY COAST | After developing its technology for the Ukrainian military, the French drone company Alta Ares, founded in January 2024, is now prospecting in Africa, where it hopes to open an office in Ivory Coast shortly.

Subscribers only Defence 27.05.2024

Vista's takeover of Oragroup encounters fresh problem

Although the parties reached agreement on the transaction last year, the sale of the pan-African banking group has been suspended. One of the parties failed to provide the requisite documents on time.

Subscribers only Finance 22.05.2024

Syngenta fails to thrive in Abidjan's agriculture sector

Syngenta, the leading Swiss crop protection and seed development specialist, which ChemChina acquired in 2017, is struggling to do business in the cocoa and banana sectors in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.05.2024

Conseil Café-Cacao declares war on cocoa operators with Lebanese ties

Yves Koné, the head of the cocoa industry watchdog, has suspended the operations of several cooperatives that are suspected of buying and reselling beans above the regulated price.

Free access Commodity traders 17.05.2024

Yves Brahima Koné, head of the Conseil Café-Cacao, in Abidjan on 2 April 2024.

Ouattara pulls out of building international airport in Kong

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has backed out of plans to construct an international airport in his hometown of Kong, in the far north of the country.

Subscribers only Business 15.05.2024

France's DCI to manage €15m European military aid fund

The European Union has appointed the French operator Défense Conseil International to lead a military assistance mission to strengthen the air and ground capabilities of the Ivorian army on the country's northern border.

Subscribers only Defence 14.05.2024

Conseil Café-Cacao to compensate exporters for unfulfilled contracts

The regulatory body has given in to traders' demands for compensation for cocoa purchasing contracts that were not executed during the season ending 31 March because of the poor harvest.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 13.05.2024

Ivorian minister of agriculture Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani (left) and Yves Brahima Koné, director general of the Conseil Café-Cacao, in Abidjan, 2 April 2024.

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

With France's diplomats increasingly less interested in becoming ambassadors in Africa, French army generals look ready to step into their shoes.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.05.2024

Ivorian transport minister in Paris to discuss Abidjan metro

Ivorian Transport Minister Amadou Koné spent several days in Paris in late April. The focus of his visit was the progress of construction work on Abidjan's metro system.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.05.2024

Alassane Ouattara ponders government reshuffle

The head of state has been mulling over whether to reshuffle his government for some days now. Current Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé is expected to be reappointed, but a number of other departures are likely.

Subscribers only Politics 03.05.2024

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara (right) and his PM Robert Beugré Mambé in Abidjan, 13 February 2024.

Ivorian authorities sanction Turkish group TEK Transformator

Suspected of fraud, TEK Transformator, a company specialising in the supply of electricity, has been excluded by the Ivorian National Agency for the Regulation of Public Procurement from public procurement procedures for two years.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 30.04.2024

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

The 10 or so French ambassadors posted in ECOWAS capitals will gather in Cotonou, Benin for their traditional annual conference on 25-26 April.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.04.2024

Interior minister Diomandé's discreet Parisian meetings

During his stay, the minister has met with a number of senior French officials.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.04.2024

Société Générale faces stormy weather in Abidjan

The Ivorian subsidiary of the French banking giant is caught up in a row about the parent group's African future. A number of senior executives are expected to leave Société Générale as a result.

Subscribers only Finance 17.04.2024

Army pays price for hefty Africa Cup expenditure

Following substantial investment in organising Africa's top football tournament, the government is in arrears to its defence suppliers. And this is having a knock-on effect on the army.

Subscribers only Defence 15.04.2024

Diomaye Faye's phone call to Ouattara

A few days before the inauguration of Senegal's new president, the outgoing Macky Sall played matchmaker between his successor and the Ivorian leader.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.04.2024

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye (left) and his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara.

French security firm GEOS to keep watch on port of Abidjan

The private security provider has won a major contract to handle security at the logistics hub, a vital part of the West African economy.

Subscribers only Defence 11.04.2024

The port of Abidjan in Ivory Coast on 12 January 2024.

Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

Yves Brahima Koné, the head of the Conseil Café-Cacao, has decided to calm relations between his organisation and exporters who have been unable to fulfil their contracts for the main harvest season.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 10.04.2024

United Nations to name new resident coordinator

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is set to name a Chadian lawyer and African Development Bank veteran as resident coordinator in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.04.2024

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Ouattara and Soro's secret phone call

Breaking news published on 04/04/24 at 16h20 - Africa Intelligence can reveal that the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara and the opposition leader Guillaume Soro spoke by telephone on 29 March. An extraordinary exchange after more than 5 years of icy relations.

Subscribers only Politics 04.04.2024

Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara and leader of the opposition Guillaume Soro (left to right).

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Citoso Commodities to trade Baleine output with Augusta Energy

Spotlight
From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

Ouattara secures further term for French ambassador in Abidjan

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Vista's takeover of Oragroup encounters fresh problem

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Ouattara pulls out of building international airport in Kong

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Conseil Café-Cacao to compensate exporters for unfulfilled contracts

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

Ivorian transport minister in Paris to discuss Abidjan metro

Alassane Ouattara ponders government reshuffle

Ivorian authorities sanction Turkish group TEK Transformator

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Citoso Commodities to trade Baleine output with Augusta Energy

Spotlight From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

Ouattara secures further term for French ambassador in Abidjan

Troubling times for speaker of parliament Adama Bictogo

Washington backs Abidjan's disinformation war

French drone firm Alta Ares prospecting broadly from Kyiv to Abidjan

Vista's takeover of Oragroup encounters fresh problem

Syngenta fails to thrive in Abidjan's agriculture sector

Conseil Café-Cacao declares war on cocoa operators with Lebanese ties

Ouattara pulls out of building international airport in Kong

France's DCI to manage €15m European military aid fund

Conseil Café-Cacao to compensate exporters for unfulfilled contracts

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

Ivorian transport minister in Paris to discuss Abidjan metro

Alassane Ouattara ponders government reshuffle

Ivorian authorities sanction Turkish group TEK Transformator

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

Interior minister Diomandé's discreet Parisian meetings

Société Générale faces stormy weather in Abidjan

Army pays price for hefty Africa Cup expenditure

Diomaye Faye's phone call to Ouattara

French security firm GEOS to keep watch on port of Abidjan

Coffee and cocoa board boss gives multinationals some respite

United Nations to name new resident coordinator

Spotlight Ouattara and Soro's secret phone call

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Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

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

Spotlight
From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

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Ouattara and Soro's secret phone call