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Mauritania

ECOWAS heads of state prepare for 23 January summit in Abuja

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold a vast summit of its member heads of state in Abuja on 23 January under the high patronage of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.01.2021

Germany's ITO provides logistical support to EUTM and MINUSMA

In late December, the German logistics specialist ITO Global Logistics won a contract to bring supplies to the German troops and their allies deployed under EUTM and MINUSMA.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics Running story - The Sahel security crisis 06.01.2021

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Emmanuel Macron in January 2020. © Regis Duvignau/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to meet Macron in Paris on 11 January

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is due in Paris on 11 January to take part in the One Planet Summit, the climate change platform launched in 2017 by his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.01.2021

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. © Aziz Taher/Reuters

Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

The French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected to travel to Ouagadougou in the first half of January.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - The Sahel security crisis 04.01.2021

UN's Green Climate Fund asked to stump up $340m for solar energy

The Desert to Power programme, initiated by the African Development Bank, has been joined by the Green Climate Fund in a bid to remove obstacles to developing solar energy in G5 Sahel countries.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 24.12.2020

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Green energy will be the theme of the first two seminars organised by Jeantet's brand new OHADA desk.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 23.12.2020

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

The French development agency (AFD)'s technical cooperation arm, Expertise France, is keen to run the EU-funded €5m Gulf of Guinea security project called Seaport Cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.12.2020

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Bolloré's competitors now have until mid-January to eat into the French giant's transportation action in West Africa after France re-issued a request for bids it had abandoned.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 21.12.2020

French firms Okan, IFP Training, and Sfere rule the roost in consulting

Since gas discoveries in 2015, the oil ministry has been calling on international experts to advise it on Mauritania's future strategy. French groups have carved out the lion's share of the market.

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2020

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Since early Novemver MBDA France (owned by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo) has been beating a path to the Sahel.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 21.12.2020

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

Finactu, the financial advisory popular in French-speaking Africa, has brought in three African finance experts to hone its strategy. Two of these new "independent members" - former BOAD president Christian Adovelande and Bank of Africa founder Paul Derreumaux - know the consultancy well.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.12.2020

Christian Adovelande, chairman of the West African Development Bank (BOAD).

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

By making the extension of its moratorium on sovereign debt in October conditional on beneficiary countries treating all their lenders with parity, the G20 has opened up fresh opportunities for advisory banks and law firms.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.12.2020

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

After buying the West African firm Beneficial last year, the British insurer is considering taking a share in another of the region's banking and insurance companies, Orabank.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 17.12.2020

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

By setting particularly short deadlines on tender calls for French army transport contracts in West Africa, France has pulled the rug from under the feet of potential competitors of the existing contractor, Bolloré group, which should thus be able to continue to provide its services.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 15.12.2020

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Tortue gas field: BP drastically lowers its expectations, to Sall and Ghazouani's dismay

The second development phase of the giant Grand Tortue Ahmeyim gas field will not be as ambitious as Macky Sall and Mohamed Ould Ghazouani had hoped. As for the third...

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2020

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Having acquired Semafo and merged with Teranga, the gold producer Endeavour Mining, partly owned by the Egyptian magnate Naguib Sawiris, is in the process of selling off three sites in Mali, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

Subscribers only Mining 04.12.2020

Panoro takes on Tim O'Hanlon, the best connected ex-Tullow exec

The Norwegian junior oil firm has treated itself to the services of one of the masterminds of Tullow Oil's rise in Africa.

Free access Energy 03.12.2020

Embaló snubs Turkish business

A Turkish protégé since his 2019 election, Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embaló has not returned the favour, preferring to use an Emirati operator rather than a Turkish conglomerate for the future Bissau airport build.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 01.12.2020

Le président bissau-guinéen Umaro Sissoco Embaló.

Nouakchott port: Arise accepts peace deal with Mauritanian government in secret

After six months of intense negotiations, the Arise Port & Logistics/Meridiam joint venture has signed an amendment to its new concession contract for the construction and running of a terminal at the Port Autonome de Nouakchott.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 30.11.2020

Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

Already the owner of Burkina's International Business Bank, the CEO of the construction firm Ebomaf has his sights set on the Togolese banks UTB and BTCI as well as the pan-African company Orabank, in which the Ivorian civil servants' pension fund recently acquired a majority stake.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 27.11.2020

Mahamadou Bonkoungou, CEO of Ebomaf Group and Liza Transport International.

After Dakar, Insign sets up shop in Abidjan

Insign Africa communications agency, which is already established in Senegal, is due to open an office in Ivory Coast early next year.

Subscribers only Business 26.11.2020

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As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

After buying Semafo and deciding to merge with Teranga, Endeavour Mining is preparing to list on the London Stock Exchange. At the same time, the French courts have resumed their probe into several operations carried out by CEO Sébastien de Montessus while he was working at Areva.

Subscribers only Mining 23.11.2020

Sébastien de Montessus, CEO of Endeavour Mining.

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Mauritania

ECOWAS heads of state prepare for 23 January summit in Abuja

Germany's ITO provides logistical support to EUTM and MINUSMA

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to meet Macron in Paris on 11 January

Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

UN's Green Climate Fund asked to stump up $340m for solar energy

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

French firms Okan, IFP Training, and Sfere rule the roost in consulting

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

Spotlight
Tortue gas field: BP drastically lowers its expectations, to Sall and Ghazouani's dismay

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Panoro takes on Tim O'Hanlon, the best connected ex-Tullow exec

Embaló snubs Turkish business

Nouakchott port: Arise accepts peace deal with Mauritanian government in secret

Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

After Dakar, Insign sets up shop in Abidjan

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As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

China's Poly Changda clinches Rosso bridge contract

BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

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Mauritania

ECOWAS heads of state prepare for 23 January summit in Abuja

Germany's ITO provides logistical support to EUTM and MINUSMA

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to meet Macron in Paris on 11 January

Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

UN's Green Climate Fund asked to stump up $340m for solar energy

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

French firms Okan, IFP Training, and Sfere rule the roost in consulting

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

Spotlight Tortue gas field: BP drastically lowers its expectations, to Sall and Ghazouani's dismay

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Panoro takes on Tim O'Hanlon, the best connected ex-Tullow exec

Embaló snubs Turkish business

Nouakchott port: Arise accepts peace deal with Mauritanian government in secret

Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

After Dakar, Insign sets up shop in Abidjan

Spotlight As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

China's Poly Changda clinches Rosso bridge contract

BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

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Tortue gas field: BP drastically lowers its expectations, to Sall and Ghazouani's dismay

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As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris