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Togo

From Michael Jackson to Ghana's elite, Nicky Wilson's networks stretch far and wide

The mysterious and influential Togolese businessman Nicky Wilson is close to all of Ghana's decision-makers and knows numerous African presidents.

Subscribers only Business 01.02.2021

Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

Meeting between Dominique Strauss-Kahn (left) and Guinea Bissau head of state Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Bissau, 15 January. © General Umaro El Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo/Facebook

Subscribers only Business 29.01.2021

Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn. © Michael Reynolds/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Business 20.01.2021

Paris supplies Lomé with SeaOwl surveillance system to combat piracy

In the face of increased criminal activity in the Gulf of Guinea, France has ratcheted up its assistance to Togo by supplying a maritime radar surveillance system that will be installed by SeaOwl Technology Solutions.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 14.01.2021

Billionaire Patrice Motsepe goes all in for African football's top job

On 12 March, the Confederation of African Football will elect a new president and South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe is busy pulling strings to give the role his best shot.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.01.2021

A Marauder armored vehicle. © Paramound Group

Mali losses prompt Togo to buy Paramount APCs

To make up for losses on the Malian front under MINUSMA, the Togolese army will acquire 20 new Marauder armoured vehicles from South African manufacturer Paramount.

Free access Defence, Business 12.01.2021

Faure Gnassingbé plays godfather of Mali transition

Togo's president, who since August has forged close links with putschist officers in Mali, wants to persuade the vice-president of the transitional government, Assimi Goita, to give more leeway to Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. Lomé is set to host the next meeting of the Mali Transition Support Group in February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.01.2021

The transitional vice-president Assimi Goita with Togo's president Faure Gnassimbé, on 28 december in Lomé.

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 06.01.2021

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 04.01.2021

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

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

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

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

France extends anti-jihadist air surveillance to Togo and Ghana

France already has an air force support programme in place in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea, and is now extending it to Togo and Ghana, which also face a terrorist threat from the Sahel.

Free access Defence, Politics 01.12.2020

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.

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

Spotlight
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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Togo

From Michael Jackson to Ghana's elite, Nicky Wilson's networks stretch far and wide

Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Paris supplies Lomé with SeaOwl surveillance system to combat piracy

Billionaire Patrice Motsepe goes all in for African football's top job

Mali losses prompt Togo to buy Paramount APCs

Faure Gnassingbé plays godfather of Mali transition

ECOWAS heads of state prepare for 23 January summit in Abuja

Germany's ITO provides logistical support to EUTM and MINUSMA

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

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

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

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

France extends anti-jihadist air surveillance to Togo and Ghana

Embaló snubs Turkish business

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

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Togo

From Michael Jackson to Ghana's elite, Nicky Wilson's networks stretch far and wide

Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Paris supplies Lomé with SeaOwl surveillance system to combat piracy

Billionaire Patrice Motsepe goes all in for African football's top job

Mali losses prompt Togo to buy Paramount APCs

Faure Gnassingbé plays godfather of Mali transition

ECOWAS heads of state prepare for 23 January summit in Abuja

Germany's ITO provides logistical support to EUTM and MINUSMA

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

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

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

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

France extends anti-jihadist air surveillance to Togo and Ghana

Embaló snubs Turkish business

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

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