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Senegal

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

With France's active support, the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) is on a mission to obtain some of the special drawing rights (SDR) funds attributed to developed countries to offset the impact of Covid-19. Paris and Berlin have already managed to secure $40bn more for African countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.08.2021

Senegal finally gets a shop window for its mining sector

After a more than 10-year wait, Senegal's mines register developed by US company Trimble is online.

Subscribers only Mining 26.08.2021

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Turkey's defence industry trade fair IDEF, the sector's major yearly event, held from 17 to 20 August in Istanbul, saw many African delegations roam the aisles of the Tüyap exhibition centre where models of aircraft, armoured vehicles, and above all drones, were on display.

Subscribers only Defence, Business Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 23.08.2021

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

Subscribers only Business 20.08.2021

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Qatar Airways inaugurated its Abidjan-Doha route on June 16, 2021. © @QatarAirways/Twitter

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.08.2021

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

After the much publicised seizure of 150 kilos of cocaine in containers used to transport sugar in Benin, two more consignments of the same drug have been discovered in Togo, also hidden in cargoes of sugar. These incidents have set off alarm bells throughout the sugar sector, particularly among traders and shipping companies.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 19.08.2021

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

For the past month, Ivory Coast's president has been trying to bring together his counterparts from Benin and Niger, whose customs feud has the entire region in a gridlock, while also attempting to patch up relations between Patrice Talon and Faure Gnassingbé.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.08.2021

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara.

Transport ministry back to square one on Cap Skirring airport tender

There has been a setback to the project to rehabilitate the Cap Skirring Airport, Senegal, following two local firms Sotracom and Rebotech's complaint to the public procurement regulator after losing out to an outside bidder.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 17.08.2021

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

With the diplomatic skirmish over customs decisions between Nigeria and Benin threatening to paralyse the subregion's entire economy, the Ivorian president has reached out to both their heads of state in an attempt to get them talking again.

Subscribers only Politics 20.07.2021

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

After working together for more than twenty-five years, Victor Delerue and his son Axel will no longer represent Raidco Marine in West Africa. The dramatic end to their lengthy relationship was due to a spat with Raidco boss Jean-Michel Monnier.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 20.07.2021

Sufi brotherhoods lose key diplomatic posts as Macky Sall reshuffles Gulf envoys

The president is making sweeping changes to several key ambassadorial posts in the Arab world. The powerful Mouride and Tidjane orders are about to lose their long-held prominence there.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.07.2021

Rohde & Schwarz to supply comms kit for Piriou patrol boats

Rohde & Schwarz has been chosen by the Senegalese Navy to install combat communication systems on the three OPV 58S patrol vessels Dakar ordered at the end of 2019 from the French shipyard Piriou-Kership.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 15.07.2021

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Two Nigerian citizens were among the 10 people police in Benin arrested in a 25 June drug bust. For the best part of two years Cotonou and Abuja have been at odds over the smuggling of narcotics between their two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2021

Dakar makes headway on road project to open up Casamance

The process of selecting a provider to rehabilitate the stretch of national road 4 running between Senoba, Ziguinchor and Mpack could shift up a gear in the coming weeks.

Subscribers only Business 12.07.2021

Damen Shipyards beats off Turkey's Desan and Tais

The Dutch shipyard has been contracted to deliver three military logistics ships to the Senegalese navy, even though two rival Turkish firms were favourites for the business. These ships could help improve the army's deployments in the insurgent province of Casamance.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 09.07.2021

Gambian National Petroleum Company to train with Petrosen pending FAR drill results

Gambia will have its eyes fixed on the results of FAR's drilling campaign on offshore block A2 expected by the end of the year.

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2021

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Two executives from Italian-Swiss container shipping company MSC were arrested and taken into custody in the course of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Beninese police on 25 June. The case is complicated by political considerations and internal police rivalries.

Free access Commodity traders, Politics 06.07.2021

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin.

World Bank alarmed by Dakar Bus Rapid Transit contract delay

Negotiations between Senegal and French investment fund Meridiam for the signing of the BRT operating contract are due to conclude by the end of July.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 30.06.2021

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Ten people, including Benin's four senior executives from Bolloré Africa Logistics, have been arrested following a vast anti-drug trafficking operation ordered by President Patrice Talon, in the hope it will help shed his country's reputation for being weak on drugs.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2021

Sendou shareholders rebel against businessman Norland Suzor

The Sweden-based businessman Louis Claude Norland Suzor, the boss of Nykomb Synergetics Development AB and SBEC Systems, is contending with a rebellion by his co-shareholders in the 125 MW Sendou coal-fired power plant south of Dakar.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 24.06.2021

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

The French investment bank has teamed up with the Jeddah-based organisation in order to diversify and expand on the continent.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 17.06.2021

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

The Togolese partners have made their first investment via their private equity fund Adiwale Partners, backed by the British development agency CDC Group.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 16.06.2021

Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

African Export-Import Bank could soon buy shares in one of three funds dedicated to investments in Africa owned by Indian-Singaporean agrifood business Olam.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 07.06.2021

Inner circles
Macky Sall uses army to boost influence on international stage

Since Macky Sall came to power, the army has contributed strongly to Senegal's international aura. Through peacekeeping missions for the UN and close military cooperation with France, the army's political and military leaders, who have been hand-picked by the president, have been promoting the country's interests.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.06.2021

Turkey's Desan Shipyard poised to win contract for navy logistics vessel

The Turkish yard is at an advanced stage in talks with the government on a contract to supply a 100 m long logistics vessel to the navy. A major opportunity for the Turkish defence industry which is determined to win greater market share in West Africa.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 02.06.2021

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Senegal

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

Senegal finally gets a shop window for its mining sector

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Transport ministry back to square one on Cap Skirring airport tender

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Sufi brotherhoods lose key diplomatic posts as Macky Sall reshuffles Gulf envoys

Rohde & Schwarz to supply comms kit for Piriou patrol boats

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Dakar makes headway on road project to open up Casamance

Damen Shipyards beats off Turkey's Desan and Tais

Gambian National Petroleum Company to train with Petrosen pending FAR drill results

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

World Bank alarmed by Dakar Bus Rapid Transit contract delay

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Sendou shareholders rebel against businessman Norland Suzor

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

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Macky Sall uses army to boost influence on international stage

Turkey's Desan Shipyard poised to win contract for navy logistics vessel

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Senegal

West Africa on lobbying spree to recover developed countries' share of IMF SDRs

Senegal finally gets a shop window for its mining sector

Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Ouattara's summer as regional mediator

Transport ministry back to square one on Cap Skirring airport tender

Ouattara tentatively mediates between Buhari and Talon

Brokers Victor and Axel Delerue slam door on Raidco Marine

Sufi brotherhoods lose key diplomatic posts as Macky Sall reshuffles Gulf envoys

Rohde & Schwarz to supply comms kit for Piriou patrol boats

Talon uses drug bust as trump card in Nigeria trade row

Dakar makes headway on road project to open up Casamance

Damen Shipyards beats off Turkey's Desan and Tais

Gambian National Petroleum Company to train with Petrosen pending FAR drill results

Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

World Bank alarmed by Dakar Bus Rapid Transit contract delay

Four Bolloré Africa Logistics execs held after cocaine find

Sendou shareholders rebel against businessman Norland Suzor

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Inner circles Macky Sall uses army to boost influence on international stage

Turkey's Desan Shipyard poised to win contract for navy logistics vessel

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Inner circles
Macky Sall uses army to boost influence on international stage