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Paris puts finishing touches to Africa Forward summit in Nairobi

Africa
Macron's African cultural centre gets permanent home in French capital

A Paris-based African cultural institution created after being announced by French President Emmanuel Macron in 2021 will relocate to the west of the capital.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Nadia Fettah Alaoui

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

CongoDenis Sassou-Nguesso gives ground on daughter's marriage

SenegalTafsir Diattara, Bassirou Diomaye Faye's informal visitor

MoroccoTwo ministers to attend French economic forum

Palace Intrigues
Mamadi Doumbouya, Alassane Ouattara, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

GuineaRobert Bourgi and Mamadi Doumbouya's discreet one-on-one

Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara makes a stop in Paris

Central African RepublicIvorian businessman Tommy Tayoro Nyckos gives Touadéra a lift

Kenya
French-Lebanese consortium wins feasibility study contract for Nairobi's urban train

Projected to take 24 months, the $5.7m contract will also cover the preliminary design and the preparation of tender documents for future work on the Kenyan capital’s metro system.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Emmanuel Macron, Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCTshisekedi to watch Houston World Cup match from luxury box

Africa Forward summitFally Ipupa, Youssou N'Dour and other stars to perform for Emmanuel Macron

CongoSassou-Nguesso meets Yamina Benguigui amid tit-for-tat between Brazzaville and Paris

Comoros islands
Moroni fears Mayotte issue will surface at Africa Forward summit

Ahead of the France-Africa summit, scheduled to take place in Kenya on 11 and 12 May, the Comoros is apprehensive about Paris bringing up the question of the Indian Ocean archipelago, a French department, that the Comoros claims as its own.

Palace Intrigues
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Mahamadou Issoufou, Christophe Lecourtier

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Africa-France SummitBassirou Diomaye Faye promotes Youth Olympics, while Samia Suluhu Hassan misses gun

NigerAbba Issoufou, son of Mahamadou Issoufou, settles in New York

MoroccoRabat bids French ambassador Christophe Lecourtier goodbye

The New Guard
Morocco, Cameroon, Algeria

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

MoroccoYassine Oukacha, the ‘mini-Akhannouch' rising through the RNI's ranks

CameroonSaida Mouleu at the helm of the world's fifth-largest shipowner

AlgeriaMehdi Delmi, taking charge of copyright in Africa

Cameroon
Civil society seeks place at table for Africa Forward summit

Pan-African organisations will gather in Yaoundé on 28 April to draw up proposals ahead of the Africa-France summit in Nairobi on 11 and 12 May, with the aim of structuring funding for youth groups and supporting job creation.

Africa
New Delhi races to stage India-Africa Forum

After repeated delays, the fourth India-Africa Forum Summit will finally take place on 31 May in New Delhi, as India seeks to deepen its economic footprint across the continent and assert itself in its rivalry with China.

Kenya, Madagascar
Dilemma over sending Africa-France summit invite to Malagasy junta

Suspended from the African Union following Colonel Michael Randrianirina's seizure of power, Madagascar remains excluded from the organisation's bodies until the next elections. As such, the Kenyan government is hesitant to invite the junta to the talks, despite Paris's more favourable position.

Kenya
Nuclear power project gathers steam

Next year Nairobi is due to choose from a growing number of contractors keen to build Kenya's first nuclear power station, even before financing questions have been resolved.

Nigeria
Paris-backed Winwin Afrique sets up shop in Lagos

The French startup hopes to build on its success in West Africa by constructing several sports and cultural centres in Nigeria.