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France and South Korea do battle over Abidjan’s urban railway

Paris has launched a new offensive over the construction project of a train line that will cross Ivory Coast’s economic capital.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Soro set to see off challengers

Several people covet the post of National Assembly speaker but the odds favour the former rebel leader staying put.

Subscribers only Politics 04.01.2017

Will Bouygues bite the dust again in 2017?

The French group is being increasingly buffeted by competition on its home turf.

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2017

First hearing held in Cafe de Rome case

After the state refused to compromise, the commercial dispute was the focus of an initial hearing in Paris.

Free access Business 04.01.2017

Prosuma’s sales plummet

Prosuma, the retail giant owned by Abu Kassam, Karim Fakhry [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2017

Oracle supplies IT equipment to the tax authorities

The French subsidiary of the American Oracle Corporation has won [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2017

Carrefour sets up shop at HC Capital

Carrefour does not plan to build a hypermarket in Yopougon, [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2017

Workers unhappy at Africab

Businessman Vangsy Goma, the grandson of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2017

CCA is still looking for a bank

Adama Coulibaly, the interim CEO of the Conseil du Coton [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2017

New panel to oversee future power projects

Ivory Coast’s government has set up a Fonds National de [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.2017

PhilippeGarric sets up firm to assist oil companies locally

In early December, French national Philippe Garric registered a consulting [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.2017

Buyers hovering nearby to snap up Taurus Gold’s Afema mine

Africa Mining Intelligence understands Randgold Resources has positioned itself to buy part of the Afema gold project in the Aboisso [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Serigne Drame’s push for wider worker rights

In Dakar in late November, the Senegalese magistrate Serigne Assane Drame spelled out his first recommendations aimed at establishing a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Government seeks to assess environmental impact of mines

With the number of mining projects constantly on the rise [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Brou inaugurates corridors for diggers

Ivory Coast’s industry and mines minister Jean-Claude Brou has been [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Grand TV jackpot for Alassane Ouattara’s pals

Via the broadcasting authority Haute Autorite de la Communication Audiovisuelle (HACA) and following a tender call, the Ivorian state has [...]

Subscribers only 15.12.2016

France trains African troops

Following commando operations by French Special Forces in the Sahel-Saharan Strip and recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, Mali and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

Hamed Bakayoko retains pro-Gbagbo administrators

On Nov. 30, Ivorian Interior and Security Minister Hamed Bakayoko raised with the appointments committee led by Prime Minister the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

Total wants to branch out

Alongside its extractive activities, the French oil group hopes to diversify its business into pipeline construction.