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Madagascar

Gold smugglers used same plane as finance ministry

The arrest of three gold smugglers in South Africa earlier this month was a particularly unwelcome development for Rajoelina's government because the plane that flew them to Johannesburg is frequently used by the finance ministry.

Subscribers only Business 20.01.2021

Madagascar Oil encroaches on Axian's turf

Madagascar Oil has won its first contract to supply fuel to electricity company Jirama, which has previously sourced almost exclusively from Axian.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 18.01.2021

Consultations a-go-go at the presidency to find a successor to Ntsay as prime minister

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina. © Christophe Morin/IP3 press/MAXPPP

Subscribers only Politics 12.01.2021

Rajoelina desperate to bring home the Madagascan gold smugglers arrested in South Africa

Breaking news published on 09/01/21, 8 a.m. - The Madagascan president is worried that the South African authorities could start investigating the clandestine exports of Madagascan gold to Dubai. As a result, he is pulling out all the stops to get the three suspects arrested in Johannesburg repatriated.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.01.2021

Ravatomanga brings in ESL & Network to improve his image in France

The businessman and advisor to the Malagasy president, Maminiaina Ravatomanga. © Maminiaina Ravatomanga/Facebook

Subscribers only Business 22.12.2020

Rio Tinto connects up to CrossBoundary Energy's wind farms

Rio Tinto, which is one of the leading investors in Madagascar, will henceforward be getting its electricity from CrossBoundary Energy.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 18.12.2020

Ex-Jirama directors caught up in anti-corruption net

Antananarivo's anti-corruption unit has secured the arrest of several former top managers at the national electricity supplier Jirama, including the man whom its current CEO Vonjy Andriamanga wanted to appoint as his number two. But the affair has also drawn in the consortium SMTP owned by the industrialist Danil Ismaël.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 11.12.2020

Ex-Rio Tinto execs orchestrate Akora Resources stock exchange listing

Australia's Akora Resources, a newcomer to the African iron ore market, is seeking to shift up a gear on its Bekisopa project in Madagascar. It is planning to get itself listed on the Sydney stock exchange in early December in order to finance exploration operations led by veterans from Rio Tinto.

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2020

Ambassador Higuchi firing on all cylinders to unblock Japanese investments

Concerned for the future of the Ambatovy mine and JICA-funded Port Toamasina expansion, Japanese ambassador Yoshihiro Higuchi has gone knocking on nearly every door in the Rajoelina administration.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 26.11.2020

In Focus
Madagascar's luxury golf courses offer a fairway to power

Unlike in the rest of Africa, where golf is often seen as a leftover from the colonial period, Madagascar's political and business elites like to meet up over a round of golf. Andry Rajoelina's government has taken advantage of this parallel power structure to build up a solid support network.

Subscribers only Politics 23.11.2020

The Golf Club du Rova hosted the final stage of the Staysure Tour in 2019.

ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Ravinala, the consortium led by Aéroports de Paris that runs the airports serving Antananarivo and Nosy Be, wants the government to ditch CSPI-M as these facilities' security provider.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 11.11.2020

The new international terminal in Ivato, November 2019.

Ravatomanga goes hand in hand with minister Hajo for Senate race

Businessman Maminiaina Ravatomanga is getting involved in the senatorial elections on behalf of the party of president Andry Rajoelina, with whom he is close. In Fianarantsoa, he is trying to secure a comfortable victory for TV Plus CEO Nicolas Rabemananjara.

Subscribers only Politics 04.11.2020

General and 2009 coup architect Dolin Rasolosoa makes moves for senate comeback

Dolin Rasolosoa, the former chief of army staff and head of the transitional senate, may now be keeping a low profile but he still has the ear of members of president Andry Rajoelina's cabinet. His grand plan is to use these connections to return to the senate.

Subscribers only Politics 03.11.2020

Rajoelina and Ravatomanga determined to push through new mining code

Less than two months from the deadline the government has set itself to introduce a new mining code, the issue of the taxes to be levied on the industry has still not been resolved with the private sector.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics, Business 30.10.2020

Ravatomanga's discreet associate back in business

José Andrianasolo, a long-standing partner of well-known businessman and friend of President Rajoelina, Maminiaina Ravatomanga, has recently returned to sectors he knows well - tourism and oil transport.

Subscribers only Business 27.10.2020

After Aggreko and BP withdraw, Rio Tinto is the last man standing

Commercial ties between the United Kingdom and Madagascar are continuing to shrink and Rio Tinto, the last British flagship present in Madagascar, is struggling to remain on good terms with the administration of President Andry Rajoelina.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 23.10.2020

Tokyo and Seoul on different tracks over Ambatovy nickel mine

After Canada's Sherritt, the longtime operator of Ambatovy's nickel-cobalt mine, threw in its hand in August, the two remaining shareholders differ on the way forward: armed with the government's blessing, Japan's Sumitomo is all-in for the long-haul, but South Korea's Kores is already looking for a way to fold.

Subscribers only Mining 16.10.2020

State fails in bid to supplant private sector over fuel imports

Almost a year after Andry Rajoelina's government set up State Procurement of Madagascar to centralise fuel imports, oil companies are still running the show.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 13.10.2020

Culmen International to strategically advise Madagascan navy

Comme l'avait anticipé Africa Intelligence (09/09/20), Culmen International a remporté le 28 septembre le marché de mise à disposition d'un conseiller stratégique pour la marine malgache.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 08.10.2020

Rajoelina rewrites mining code behind closed doors

The highly volatile reform of the country's mining code led by Minister Fidiniavo Ravokatra should be over by December.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 29.09.2020

Rajoelina, French ambassador fail to bury the hatchet

Despite a meeting between Ambassador Christophe Bouchard and President Andry Rajoelina, relations between Paris and Antananarivo remain frosty.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.09.2020

Washington highlights child labour in mica mines to strike blow against Beijing

The Trump administration is financing a project to tackle child labour in Madagascar's mica mines, confronting Beijing, the main buyer of the mineral, on a sensitive human rights issue.

Subscribers only Mining 24.09.2020

Rajoelina appoints advisor as head of his Covid remedy laboratory

Gambling his international image on the properties of the anti-Covid infusion that he has been promoting relentlessly, Andry Rajoelina has parachuted an ally, Holijaona Raboana, in as head of Pharmalagasy, the laboratory that will make the miracle product.

Subscribers only Business 24.09.2020

President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina.

Lazarosy Mining gives American mining veteran Tom Cushman new lease of life

Registered in Mauritius on 14 September 2020, Lazarosy Mining (the Malagasy name for the biblical figure Lazarus) boasts among its board members the American-British duo Tom Cushman and John Ffooks.

Subscribers only Mining 18.09.2020

Jirama tries to clinch finance package for Sahofika dam

The 192-MW Sahofika hydro project has hit new bumps on its development road, this time over the PPA.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.09.2020

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Madagascar

Gold smugglers used same plane as finance ministry

Madagascar Oil encroaches on Axian's turf

Consultations a-go-go at the presidency to find a successor to Ntsay as prime minister

Rajoelina desperate to bring home the Madagascan gold smugglers arrested in South Africa

Ravatomanga brings in ESL & Network to improve his image in France

Rio Tinto connects up to CrossBoundary Energy's wind farms

Ex-Jirama directors caught up in anti-corruption net

Ex-Rio Tinto execs orchestrate Akora Resources stock exchange listing

Ambassador Higuchi firing on all cylinders to unblock Japanese investments

In Focus
Madagascar's luxury golf courses offer a fairway to power

ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Ravatomanga goes hand in hand with minister Hajo for Senate race

General and 2009 coup architect Dolin Rasolosoa makes moves for senate comeback

Rajoelina and Ravatomanga determined to push through new mining code

Ravatomanga's discreet associate back in business

After Aggreko and BP withdraw, Rio Tinto is the last man standing

Tokyo and Seoul on different tracks over Ambatovy nickel mine

State fails in bid to supplant private sector over fuel imports

Culmen International to strategically advise Madagascan navy

Rajoelina rewrites mining code behind closed doors

Rajoelina, French ambassador fail to bury the hatchet

Washington highlights child labour in mica mines to strike blow against Beijing

Rajoelina appoints advisor as head of his Covid remedy laboratory

Lazarosy Mining gives American mining veteran Tom Cushman new lease of life

Jirama tries to clinch finance package for Sahofika dam

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Madagascar

Gold smugglers used same plane as finance ministry

Madagascar Oil encroaches on Axian's turf

Consultations a-go-go at the presidency to find a successor to Ntsay as prime minister

Rajoelina desperate to bring home the Madagascan gold smugglers arrested in South Africa

Ravatomanga brings in ESL & Network to improve his image in France

Rio Tinto connects up to CrossBoundary Energy's wind farms

Ex-Jirama directors caught up in anti-corruption net

Ex-Rio Tinto execs orchestrate Akora Resources stock exchange listing

Ambassador Higuchi firing on all cylinders to unblock Japanese investments

In Focus Madagascar's luxury golf courses offer a fairway to power

ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Ravatomanga goes hand in hand with minister Hajo for Senate race

General and 2009 coup architect Dolin Rasolosoa makes moves for senate comeback

Rajoelina and Ravatomanga determined to push through new mining code

Ravatomanga's discreet associate back in business

After Aggreko and BP withdraw, Rio Tinto is the last man standing

Tokyo and Seoul on different tracks over Ambatovy nickel mine

State fails in bid to supplant private sector over fuel imports

Culmen International to strategically advise Madagascan navy

Rajoelina rewrites mining code behind closed doors

Rajoelina, French ambassador fail to bury the hatchet

Washington highlights child labour in mica mines to strike blow against Beijing

Rajoelina appoints advisor as head of his Covid remedy laboratory

Lazarosy Mining gives American mining veteran Tom Cushman new lease of life

Jirama tries to clinch finance package for Sahofika dam

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Madagascar's luxury golf courses offer a fairway to power