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Corridors of power 23/06/2017

Belgians act against rising insecurity

In response to growing climate of insecurity in Madagascar, Belgium's honorary consul in Antananarivo, Charles van der Straeten, who's also [...]

Corridors of power 23/06/2017

US embassy twists the government's arm

The American ambassador to Madagascar, Ro bert Yamate, is highly [...]

Business circles 23/06/2017

PGM plays its last card against government

A new twist has arisen in the long-running dispute between Madagascar's government and shareholders of the firm Polo Garments Majunga [...]

Companies 23/06/2017

Air Madagascar and Air Austral in further talks on tie-up

Although an actual partnership accord between Air Madagascar and Air [...]

Power brokers 23/06/2017

Minister Andriamiseza turns deaf ear to SMM

Justice minister Charles Andriamiseza is avoiding talks with the Syndicat des Magistrats de Madagascar (SMM) even though he has been [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 09/06/2017

Politics & business : Beijing playing across the board

Boasting a lobbyist even within Madagascar’s government, China is picking up any number of contracts in Antananarivo and particularly in the power-generation field. Its incursion hasn’t gone down well with local inhabitants, forcing Chinese groups to embark on sweeping public [...]

Corridors of power 09/06/2017

Head of France’s leading Freemasons lodge rattles GLNM

The Grand Master of the Grande Loge Nationale Francaise (GLNF), [...]

Business circles 09/06/2017

Antananarivo not yet on Delhi's gift list

India’s new ambassador to Madagascar, Subir Dutta, who took up his post in April, is openly committed to bolstering economic [...]

Business circles 09/06/2017

Antananarivo pins high hopes on Chinese bankers

Promises that the minister of presidential projects, territorial renovation and [...]

Companies 09/06/2017

Ambatovy mine’s owner breaks with Chamber of Mines

Louis Roland-Gosselin, vice president of Sherritt International that operates the [...]

Electricity 30/05/2017

Still ignored by Jirama, is Madagascar Oil’s future at stake?

In dire financial straits, Madagascar Oil, has let another opportunity to sell off its heavy fuel stocks get away. Madagascar’s [...]

Corridors of power 26/05/2017

Finance ministry blackballed by Pasteur Institute for unpaid bills

Philippe Lasnier, the administrative and financial chief of Institut Pasteur [...]

Corridors of power 26/05/2017

Reformed Protestant Church FJKM takes on Free Masons

Only days before the 15th World Conference of Grand Lodges [...]

Business circles 26/05/2017

President offers power plant deal to private Chinese partner

To cope with chronic power shortages the Madagascar’s government is continuing to discreetly sign contracts, and during a recent trip to China the president found a new partner. [...]

Business circles 26/05/2017

Can cash injection keep Air Madagascar flying?

Although it inked a partnership accord with Air Austral at the end of March, Air Madagascar isn’t yet free of [...]

Palace whispers 12/05/2017

President's staff tests its seductive powers on ESL & Network

Hugues Ratsiferana, diplomatic adviser to Malagasy president Hery Rajaonarimampianina (see [...]

Corridors of power 12/05/2017

Ravalomanana in quest for foreign backers

Former Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana (he served from 2002 to 2009) who announced a year ago that he would stand [...]

Corridors of power Document 12/05/2017

President Hery overloaded with advisers

Malagasy president Hery Rajaonarimampianina’s political fortunes have taken a knock with the "Claudine Razaimamonjy" affair that involves a businesswoman and [...]

Business circles 12/05/2017

Hiridjee brothers open purse strings for Macron

France’s new president, Emmanuel Macron, can count on financial backing from business players operating abroad. For instance, Hassanein Hiridjee and [...]

Companies 12/05/2017

GreenYellow intent on courting new Jirama chief

Holding dual French and Chilean nationality, Alvaro Fuenzalida-Cleary, managing director [...]

Power brokers 12/05/2017

Hugues Ratsiferana politely turned down in Paris

Hugues Ratsiferana, diplomatic adviser to Malagasy president Hery Rajaonarimampianina, is doing his best to vaunt the track record of his [...]

Power brokers 09/05/2017

Phil Hearse bets on Ianapera and Maniry graphite

Australian metallurgist Phil Hearse is planning to list mining junior BlackEarth Minerals on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) by the [...]

Electricity 02/05/2017

Who is the new muscle-man in energy?

Following president Hery Rajaonarimampianina’s mini ministerial shake-up by decree of April 20, there is finally some brain power behind the [...]

Business circles 28/04/2017

New energy minister takes Jirama immediately to task

Having been named by president Hery Rajaonarimampianina as energy and [...]

Business circles 28/04/2017

EIB to back road renovation program

The Autorite Routiere de Madagascar (ARM) headed by Jean Pascal [...]

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