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Madagascar Oil commits itself as Exxon keeps biding its time

The Malagasy authorities are poised to endorse the explorer’s heavy-oil development plan while the major drags its feet.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

OMNIS says no thanks, to World Bank

A delegation from the World Bank turned up in Antananarivo [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Oil Ministry Staff overhauled

The Malagasy strategic resources minister Joeli Lalaharisaina had been thinking [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Livestock minister gathers his troops in Paris

The Malagasy minister for livestock, Anthelme Ramparany, took advantage of his trip to Paris at the end of March for [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.04.2015

Forced march to airport refurbishment

The government has promised that it will soon make its choice of consortium to refurbish Ivato and Nosy Be airports. Wait and see!

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2015

Latest round of negotiations with IMF

The IMF will take advantage of the Malagasy authorities’ presence in Washington for the IMF Annual Spring Meeting (17-19 April) [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2015

Jaoba’s Urban TV fiasco

Barely two months after it started broadcasting, the television channel [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2015

BGFIBank wants to set up on Nosy Be

The Malagasy subsidiary of the Gabonese BGFIBank is planning to [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2015

UK firm Cluff Geothermal goes prospecting

The London-based company Cluff Geothermal led by George Percy is [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2015

Eskil Jersing takes over at Sterling

Newly named boss of Sterling Energy, Eskil Jersing, former exploration chief for Marathon Oil, will find himself dealing with two [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.03.2015

Lobbying to join cocoa OPEC

The French national Philippe Fontayne, who has lived in Antananarivo for over two decades where he is the head of [...]

Subscribers only 27.03.2015

Toamasina port secures its traffic

The Belgian company ATPMS has won the call for tenders to inspect vessels transiting via Toamasina.

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2015

Chaigneau and Goldblatt at daggers drawn

The Frenchman Pascal Chaigneau, director in Paris of the Centre [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2015

Jean-Christophe Court new head honcho at Somaphar

Frenchman Jean-Christophe Court has taken the helm of Société Malgache de Pharmacie (Somaphar), replacing François Huguet, who has retired after [...]

Subscribers only 27.03.2015

Petromad chair goes lobbying in Washington

The US-based chair of Petromad, Roseline Emma Rasolovoahangy (ION 1351), does not miss a chance to sing the praises of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2015

Hery wants to take control of the purse-strings

President Hery Rajaonarimampianina, who is a former finance minister, is keen to differentiate himself from his former mentor Andry Rajoelina. [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2015

Solofo Rasoarahona’s return to grace

After being sidelined by President Hery Rajaonarimampianina for some months [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2015

Diaspora seeking unification

Tahiry Ratsimandao, the new Director General of Economic Promotion and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.03.2015

Ylias Akbaraly to restructure Sipromad

Following the departure of his chief of staff, Tiana Rasamimanana, [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.03.2015

Hasina Rakotobarison, new GLNM Grandmaster

On 7 March the Grande Loge Nationale de Madagascar (GLNM) Freemasons gathered at the Carlton Hotel in Antananarivo to select [...]

Subscribers only 13.03.2015

Spotlight
Intense lobbying to run two airports

The commercial battle looming ahead, after a call for declarations of interest was issued on 4 February to refurbish Ivato and Nosy Be airports (ION 1397), will be revelatory of government cacophony. To be sure, the main companies interested in [.

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2015

MFM draws closer to the president

Just as the MFM has moved away from the political [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.02.2015

Cowi Belgium advises Ambatovy

Cowi Belgium, the Belgian subsidiary of the international consulting company [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2015

G4S carries the can for Taolanaro

The Madagascan subsidiary of British security company G4S was more [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2015

New code shortly before parliament

The revision of mining legislation in Madagascar is making headway [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.02.2015

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