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Sangomar arbitration: Woodside and ConocoPhillips show fair play with FAR

Despite its crushing defeat against ConocoPhillips, FAR has been spared a drawn-out legal bill battle.

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2020

Covid-19: Paris works closely with NGOs to develop its health diplomacy

French President Emmanuel Macron and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian in videoconference on the Covid-19 crisis on 4 May 2020. © GONZALO FUENTES/Reuters

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.05.2020

International firms queue up to advise economy minister Amadou Hott on PPP reform

Senegalese economic minister Amadou Hott © Reuters

Subscribers only Business 29.04.2020

Vinci shifts into top gear on Sambagalou hydropower project

Vinci Construction Grands Projets is determined to not let the economic uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic stop it from starting construction of its Sambagalou hydropower plant in southeast Senegal.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 29.04.2020

BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

Rapper Akon presenting his Akoin cryptocurrency at the Lisbon WebSummit in November 2019. © PEDRO NUNES/Reuters

Subscribers only Finance, Business 27.04.2020

GES-Petrogaz boss set to gift petroleum register to Wone, Macky Sall's former new technologies boss

Khassoum Wone's Innov4Africa is tipped to win the contract to create a petroleum licence register in Senegal following a call for expressions of interest by GES-Petrogaz.

Subscribers only Energy 27.04.2020

G5 Sahel: virtual summit on April 28

The president of the European Council will discuss EU support for the regional body with the heads of its five member states via videoconference on April 28.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.04.2020

Israel Shipyards to deliver third patrol boat to Dakar this summer

Israel Shipyards has started sea trials of a third Shaldag MK II patrol craft to be sent to the Senegalese navy midway through this year. Dakar is making headway in its ambitious programme to strengthen its maritime surveillance capacities.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 23.04.2020

The Shaldag MK II patrol booat Soungrougrou, delivered to the port of Dakar in 2019.

Tension rises between Senelec and Akilee

Senelec's managing director Pape Demba Bitèye no longer wants to deal exclusively with the Senegalese smart meter maker.

Subscribers only Business 22.04.2020

African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

In a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a small group of financiers are lobbying intensely to get holders of African eurobonds to postpone their redemption dates for two years. The campaign is as advantageous for those waging it, however, as it is for its potential beneficiaries.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 16.04.2020

Covid-19 upsets Macky Sall's reshuffle plans

It took just a few hours for the sight of leading opposition figures like Ousmane Sonko, Khalifa Sall and Idrissa [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2020

Amadou Hott fine-tunes his PPP reforms

The draft bill on reforming public-private partnerships (PPP) which the Senegalese minister of the economy, Amadou Hott, has been working [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.04.2020

Powercom on a charm offensive at Senelec

The Israeli firm Powercom run by Yackov Dar, which specialises [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.04.2020

IamGold wins over all creditors but Morgan Stanley

IamGold has signed a deal with nine banks to postpone reimbursement payments on a $500 million credit facility but will have to clear its debt with Morgan Stanley earlier.

Subscribers only Mining 24.03.2020

Boris Johnson seeks to drum up post-Brexit business in Africa

In search of trading partners after its withdrawal from the EU, the United Kingdom has been proposing free trade deals across west Africa and promoting British companies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.03.2020

Macky Sall rocked by crisis in Bissau

The standoff between the self-proclaimed government of Umaro Sissoco Embaló, installed in Bissau thanks to the army, and that of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.03.2020

Olam anxious over inquiry into Nouakchott port

Having just signed off on its joint venture deal with Denmark's AP Moller Capital, Olam is having to face a parliamentary commission of inquiry in Mauritania.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.03.2020

France's Byblos vies for airport security contract

A new arrival in the African passenger screening market, the [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2020

Karim Benhamouda seeks to attract VIP passengers

The Franco-Algerian businessman Karim Benhamouda, who last summer launched Senegal's [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2020

Woodside and BP gain ground while Cissé frustrates oil exiles

Senegal's oil minister Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé and his teams are treading water on the crucial issue of how to engage [...]

Free access Energy 17.03.2020

Shawcor, Subsea 7's new AID on Sangomar, has African mavens at the ready

Pipeline giant ShawCor, which will supply Subsea 7 thermal insulation [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.03.2020

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E-Road Tong plans vast solar farm near Dakar

Hitherto unknown in Africa, the Chinese firm is trying to get a foothold in the Diass Special Economic Zone.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.03.2020

Local content: miners fear same fate as oil and gas sector

Several workshops have been held with Senegalese authorities and mining sector stakeholders over the past few weeks to discuss the [...]

Free access Mining 10.03.2020

Technip lands feasibility assessment of Cayor phosphates

Industrial services firm TechnipFMC, which has been building a strong presence among Senegal's gas players (AEI 858), plans to begin [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2020

British firm Westminster eyes passenger-screening market

The British firm Westminster Aviation Security Services (WASS), a subsidiary [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.03.2020

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Sangomar arbitration: Woodside and ConocoPhillips show fair play with FAR

Covid-19: Paris works closely with NGOs to develop its health diplomacy

International firms queue up to advise economy minister Amadou Hott on PPP reform

Vinci shifts into top gear on Sambagalou hydropower project

BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

GES-Petrogaz boss set to gift petroleum register to Wone, Macky Sall's former new technologies boss

G5 Sahel: virtual summit on April 28

Israel Shipyards to deliver third patrol boat to Dakar this summer

Tension rises between Senelec and Akilee

African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

Covid-19 upsets Macky Sall's reshuffle plans

Amadou Hott fine-tunes his PPP reforms

Powercom on a charm offensive at Senelec

IamGold wins over all creditors but Morgan Stanley

Boris Johnson seeks to drum up post-Brexit business in Africa

Macky Sall rocked by crisis in Bissau

Olam anxious over inquiry into Nouakchott port

France's Byblos vies for airport security contract

Karim Benhamouda seeks to attract VIP passengers

Woodside and BP gain ground while Cissé frustrates oil exiles

Shawcor, Subsea 7's new AID on Sangomar, has African mavens at the ready

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E-Road Tong plans vast solar farm near Dakar

Local content: miners fear same fate as oil and gas sector

Technip lands feasibility assessment of Cayor phosphates

British firm Westminster eyes passenger-screening market

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Sangomar arbitration: Woodside and ConocoPhillips show fair play with FAR

Covid-19: Paris works closely with NGOs to develop its health diplomacy

International firms queue up to advise economy minister Amadou Hott on PPP reform

Vinci shifts into top gear on Sambagalou hydropower project

BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

GES-Petrogaz boss set to gift petroleum register to Wone, Macky Sall's former new technologies boss

G5 Sahel: virtual summit on April 28

Israel Shipyards to deliver third patrol boat to Dakar this summer

Tension rises between Senelec and Akilee

African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

Covid-19 upsets Macky Sall's reshuffle plans

Amadou Hott fine-tunes his PPP reforms

Powercom on a charm offensive at Senelec

IamGold wins over all creditors but Morgan Stanley

Boris Johnson seeks to drum up post-Brexit business in Africa

Macky Sall rocked by crisis in Bissau

Olam anxious over inquiry into Nouakchott port

France's Byblos vies for airport security contract

Karim Benhamouda seeks to attract VIP passengers

Woodside and BP gain ground while Cissé frustrates oil exiles

Shawcor, Subsea 7's new AID on Sangomar, has African mavens at the ready

Spotlight E-Road Tong plans vast solar farm near Dakar

Local content: miners fear same fate as oil and gas sector

Technip lands feasibility assessment of Cayor phosphates

British firm Westminster eyes passenger-screening market

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E-Road Tong plans vast solar farm near Dakar