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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

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari.© Tiksa Negeri/Reuters/File Photo

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Why Buhari is dragging his heels on marginal field awards

The head of state has once again postponed his decision on the 52 marginal fields that he was to award in December, much to the dismay of the increasingly impatient candidates.

Subscribers only Energy 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

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

Questiaux (ex-Addax Petroleum) on quest to save Eland Oil & Gas

Eland Oil & Gas's top executives jumped ship when Nigeria's Seplat took it over, and the British junior now faces numerous setbacks on OML 40. An Addax veteran is on a damage limitation mission.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2020

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

Portuguese drone maker Tekever prospects in Abuja, Kinshasa, and Yaoundé

Tekever, building on its recent success in Nigeria where it has supplied surveillance drones, is stepping up its sales pitch there. It also hopes to conquer new markets in the DR Congo and Cameroon.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 16.12.2020

Tekever delivered several of its AR3 observation drone to the Nigerian Navy in 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

Washington to take over Madueke clan's $20m villa after judge rejects Sarbonne Estate's claim

US Judge Keith Ellison decided late November that Sarbonne Estate cannot block the Department of Justice's seizure of Nigerian national Kola Aluko's villa.

Subscribers only Energy 15.12.2020

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

Buhari to finally announce marginal field winners

The Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has finally appended his signature to the document listing the local - and international companies as a partner - chosen to operate one of the blocks covered by the tender call issued in June.

Subscribers only Energy 03.12.2020

The Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari.

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.

OPL 245: Johnson law firm keeps Nigeria in dark over deal with Drumcliffe to finance Malabu litigation

In dramatic new developments in a Delaware courtroom, it has come to light that the lawyer representing Abuja in the Malabu affair, Olabode Johnson, has signed a litigation financing arrangement with a US private equity firm without informing Nigeria of the deal.

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2020

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

Spotlight
Why Buhari is dragging his heels on marginal field awards

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

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

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Questiaux (ex-Addax Petroleum) on quest to save Eland Oil & Gas

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

Portuguese drone maker Tekever prospects in Abuja, Kinshasa, and Yaoundé

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

Washington to take over Madueke clan's $20m villa after judge rejects Sarbonne Estate's claim

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

Buhari to finally announce marginal field winners

Embaló snubs Turkish business

OPL 245: Johnson law firm keeps Nigeria in dark over deal with Drumcliffe to finance Malabu litigation

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

Cobham Aviation takes centre stage in London-Abuja military cooperation

Czech company LOM Praha is training Nigeria's L-39 pilots

US sharpens defence to free Madueke clan villa from Sarbonne Estate's clutches

OML 133: appeal hearing for ExxonMobil and Shell in $2.5bn NNPC suit not due before 2021

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

Spotlight Why Buhari is dragging his heels on marginal field awards

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

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

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Questiaux (ex-Addax Petroleum) on quest to save Eland Oil & Gas

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

Portuguese drone maker Tekever prospects in Abuja, Kinshasa, and Yaoundé

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

Washington to take over Madueke clan's $20m villa after judge rejects Sarbonne Estate's claim

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

Buhari to finally announce marginal field winners

Embaló snubs Turkish business

OPL 245: Johnson law firm keeps Nigeria in dark over deal with Drumcliffe to finance Malabu litigation

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

Cobham Aviation takes centre stage in London-Abuja military cooperation

Czech company LOM Praha is training Nigeria's L-39 pilots

US sharpens defence to free Madueke clan villa from Sarbonne Estate's clutches

OML 133: appeal hearing for ExxonMobil and Shell in $2.5bn NNPC suit not due before 2021

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