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Madagascar

Revival of GEPIMM press association

The Groupement des éditeurs de presse d'information et du multimédia de Madagascar will gain a new lease of life with help from the French Africa Médias association.

Subscribers only Business 21.03.2014

France Louis Tsialiva

Ruffine Tsiranana, the minister for decentralisation and daughter of Philibert Tsiranana, the first Malagasy president, recently took on France Louis [...]

Subscribers only 21.03.2014

Extensive changes in Antananarivo city hall

After appointing Ny Hasina Andriamajato the new Président de Délégation [...]

Subscribers only 21.03.2014

Malagasy president to meet French counterpart in Brussels

President Hery Rajaonarimampianina of Madagascar is unlikely to meet his [...]

Subscribers only 21.03.2014

A former Tiko’s Boy meets new Malagasy president

Ivohasina Razafimahefa, who was minister for trade and the economy [...]

Subscribers only 21.03.2014

Ho Hup Construction

Despite its wrangles some years ago with the Malagasy authorities [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.03.2014

Courts

The tribunal of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.03.2014

Almerys

The subsidiary of Orange, Almerys, created in France in 2000 [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.03.2014

CSBF gets involved in discussion on BNI

The Commission de Supervision Bancaire et Financiere (CSBF - banking and financial supervisory committee) took a tailor-made decision to try [...]

Subscribers only 19.03.2014

BNI's small shareholders really angry

Suzette Razafindrakoto Randriamanalina, the chairwoman of the Progediam association of small shareholders of BNI Madagascar, went on the offensive to [...]

Subscribers only 17.03.2014

Insiders
Panayotis Taloumis, a well-connected patriarch

Although he is now over 70, Franco-Greek businessman Panayotis Taloumis, known by his friends as "Pana", remains an authoritarian figure who keeps a tight hold on the reins of his group. A genuine self-made man who arrived in Madagascar as a teenager, he set up TAF, his first company, in the 1960s.

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2014

Malagasy president top of the bill at Ubifrance

The working breakfast that Ubifrance was to hold in Paris on 18 March has been put back to 21 March, [...]

Subscribers only 11.03.2014

BNI purchaser gives guarantees

The consortium acquiring Credit Agricole's stake in BNI has complied with the three necessary conditions laid down by the Banking and Finance Supervisory Committee.

Free access Business 07.03.2014

Hassim readying for Tiko’s return

The Franco-Malagasy of Indian descent, Amiraly Hassim, is expanding the production of his company Food & Beverage to cover the whole country in preparation for a possible revival of the Tiko group.

Subscribers only Business 07.03.2014

Mamy’s friend Willy Rakotomalala

A Malagasy businessman from Kuala Lumpur is close to the head of Sodiat, Mamy Ravatomanga, currently under criminal investigation in Antananarivo.

Subscribers only Business 07.03.2014

Roger Ralala

The new general secretary of the presidency, General Roger Ralala, has a somewhat open profile. Apolitical, although he was personal [...]

Subscribers only 07.03.2014

Malagasy president invited to Brussels in mid-April

During a meeting of the European Union-Madagascar Friendship Group of [...]

Subscribers only 07.03.2014

Madamobile

The shareholders of the United Arab Emirates firm Madamobile may [...]

Subscribers only Business 07.03.2014

Tullow Oil faces an impasse

Extensions of exploration rights awarded in late 2013 by Andry Rajolina’s government still haven’t been confirmed, and that’s a big problem for some companies.

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.2014

The new president's team takes shape

The leading force in new Malagasy Head of State Hery Rajaonarimampianina's team is Henry Rabary-Njaka, a lawyer with a practice [...]

Subscribers only 25.02.2014

Iqbal Rahim wants a partner in Galana

The Galana group head Iqbal Rahim is now looking for a new partner, after falling out with Azad Hiridjee and acquiring his stake in the company.

Subscribers only Business 21.02.2014

Lala Andriamanamisata

President Hery Rajaonarimampianina has just taken a new economic advisor in the person of Lala Andriamanamisata, the managing director of [...]

Subscribers only 21.02.2014

Antananarivo

The outgoing foreign affairs minister Ulrich Andriantiana sent a memo [...]

Subscribers only Politics 21.02.2014

Colonel Lylson takes his revenge in Madagascar

The first official act by Madagascar’s new president Hery Rajaonarimampianina [...]

Subscribers only 21.02.2014

Jules Etienne keen to become Prime Minister

Two men whom the Cour Electorale Spéciale (CES, special electoral court) had eliminated from the list of presidential candidates in [...]

Subscribers only 14.02.2014

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Madagascar

Revival of GEPIMM press association

France Louis Tsialiva

Extensive changes in Antananarivo city hall

Malagasy president to meet French counterpart in Brussels

A former Tiko’s Boy meets new Malagasy president

Ho Hup Construction

Courts

Almerys

CSBF gets involved in discussion on BNI

BNI's small shareholders really angry

Insiders
Panayotis Taloumis, a well-connected patriarch

Malagasy president top of the bill at Ubifrance

BNI purchaser gives guarantees

Hassim readying for Tiko’s return

Mamy’s friend Willy Rakotomalala

Roger Ralala

Malagasy president invited to Brussels in mid-April

Madamobile

Tullow Oil faces an impasse

The new president's team takes shape

Iqbal Rahim wants a partner in Galana

Lala Andriamanamisata

Antananarivo

Colonel Lylson takes his revenge in Madagascar

Jules Etienne keen to become Prime Minister

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Virtus Minerals

Paul Kagame

Savannah Energy

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Madagascar

Revival of GEPIMM press association

France Louis Tsialiva

Extensive changes in Antananarivo city hall

Malagasy president to meet French counterpart in Brussels

A former Tiko’s Boy meets new Malagasy president

Ho Hup Construction

Courts

Almerys

CSBF gets involved in discussion on BNI

BNI's small shareholders really angry

Insiders Panayotis Taloumis, a well-connected patriarch

Malagasy president top of the bill at Ubifrance

BNI purchaser gives guarantees

Hassim readying for Tiko’s return

Mamy’s friend Willy Rakotomalala

Roger Ralala

Malagasy president invited to Brussels in mid-April

Madamobile

Tullow Oil faces an impasse

The new president's team takes shape

Iqbal Rahim wants a partner in Galana

Lala Andriamanamisata

Antananarivo

Colonel Lylson takes his revenge in Madagascar

Jules Etienne keen to become Prime Minister

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Panayotis Taloumis, a well-connected patriarch