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The Focus pieces are the result of the Africa Intelligence editorial team's long-term investigations and aim to provide an in-depth analysis of the networks of political leaders and key players across the African continent.

The population cheering soldiers in Bamako after the coup of 18 August 18 2020.

MALI Politics 26/10/2020

How regime insiders Karim Keïta and Moussa Diawara slipped through the putschists' net

Despite being Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's leading collaborators, former intelligence chief Moussa Diawara and the deposed head of state's oldest son, Karim Keïta, have been able to slip quietly into exile. Africa Intelligence reveals their activities before and after IBK's fall from power and detail the ambiguous roles they played in the weeks leading up to the coup. [...]

Legal exploitation of cannabis for medical use.

SOUTHERN AFRICA Business 19/10/2020

Southern Africa's other green revolution

The slow legalisation of the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, which got under way in Canada and the United States in 2016, has started a veritable agricultural revolution in Africa. From the mountains of Lesotho to the South African coast, taking in Malawi and Zimbabwe, the sector's major operators have set up partnerships with local entrepreneurs able to oversee plantations and talk to governments about the liberalisation of a form of cultivation which is still largely forbidden on the continent. [...]

Minister of Justice and Attorney General Abubakar Malami.

NIGERIA UNITED KINGDOM Oil & gas 05/10/2020

After his "victory" over P&ID, Abubakar Malami establishes himself as Buhari's anti-corruption supremo

Attorney General Abubakar Malami, who enjoys particularly close relations with President Buhari, has in less than 10 years become Nigeria's self-proclaimed champion in the battle against the misappropriation of public funds. His role in preventing oil company P&ID from seizing state assets worth $9bn has served as a springboard in this respect and helped him to sideline his main rival. [...]

SENEGAL Business 28/09/2020

Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Dutch development agency FMO and the African Development Bank have opened an investigation into the financing of the Sendou power station by a group of promoters led by Stockholm-based businessman Louis Claude Norland Suzor. The two institutions have invested over $110 million in the power station with little to show for it. [...]

Member States have submitted more than 90 candidates for vacant posts on the African Union Commission.

AFRICA Diplomacy 21/09/2020

Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

Although Moussa Faki looks certain to be re-elected as chairperson of the African Union Commission, his deputy and six commissioners have still to be found among the 90 applicants for the different posts. [...]

AFRICA UNITED STATES SOMALIA Politics 14/09/2020

Sincerus Global begins to make its mark as top Department of State military contractor in Africa

The company is about to take part in training - on behalf of the US Department of State, its main client - Ugandan troops deployed in Somalia to fight Al Shabaab insurgents. Its recent acquisition of SAIC's large portfolio will help it grow into Washington's diplomacy favourite operator across Africa. [...]

American private security tycoon Erik Prince.

AFRICA CHINA Business 07/09/2020

While waiting to do battle in Cabo Delgado, Erik Prince mints it in medevacs and mining services

Taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic, the security contractor's Frontier Services Group has established itself in the highly profitable medical evacuation business as it continues to provide its traditional services to Chinese mining groups, particulary in the DRC. [...]

The Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (Asecna) manages many airports on the continent.

AFRICA Politics 31/08/2020

With anonymous emails, audits and counter-audits, the campaign for control of Africa's skies has turned into a pitched battle

The campaign for the upcoming election of a new director general at African air navigation security agency ASECNA, which runs numerous airports but is also a key power hub on the continent, has turned into no-holds-barred trench warfare. [...]

Turkish Ambassador to Niger Mustafa Türker Ari with President Mahamadou Issoufou, in February 2020.

WEST AFRICA Diplomacy 24/08/2020

Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

After eight years of coaxing, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has concluded a major military and economic agreement with Niger - to France's great chagrin. [...]

João Poppe and César Ferreira (first and second from left) at the signing of a MoU between Cape Verde and IIB in 2019.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AFRICA Business 17/08/2020

Islamic bank IIB recycles top Banco Espirito Santo execs in Africa

Having become the leading private lender in Cape Verde, the Bahraini bank IIB owes its prominence in large part to a small handful of financiers with ties to the defunct Portuguese bank Banco Espirito Santo. [...]

Franco-Tunisian publicist Lotfi Bel Hadj.

TUNISIA WEST AFRICA Business 27/07/2020

Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

After having had the spotlight turned on his confidential online political marketing activities by American think-tank Atlantic Council last month, Franco-Tunisian communications adviser Lotfi Bel Hadj has already moved on. Last month, he signed PR and lobbying contracts with the Togolese presidency. [...]

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in January 2020.

ALGERIA TURKEY Business 20/07/2020

Allab, Tosyali, Bora and Demiral blaze trail for Erdogan's Algerian business crusade

A small group of Turkish and Algerian billionaires are serving as the advance guard for President Erdogan in Algeria. They stand ready to replace French entepreneurs, who are increasingly losing support in the North African country, and compete with the omnipresent Chinese. [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Tunisian counterpart Kaïs Saïed on June 22 in Paris.

TUNISIA FRANCE Diplomacy 13/07/2020

Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

As Tunisia continues to drag its feet over the organisation of the next summit of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, France is starting to run out of patience, while event-planning companies, which have been destabilised by the Covid-19 pandemic, still hope to take advantage of the gathering to restore their fortunes. [...]

ANGOLA Business 06/07/2020

General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

With accusations over the use of false documents and dual identities, the power struggle between Portugal's Ricardo Leitão Machado and his former General Electric partner Wilson Dacosta has taken on epic proportions. [...]

Franco-Moroccan financier Yariv Elbaz at the 2014 New York Forum Africa.

GABON Business 29/06/2020

How Ycap became the Gabonese sovereign fund's favorite asset manager

After having been sanctioned by France's financial markets authority, financier Yariv Elbaz has succeeded in making a comeback in Gabon with his fund Ycap, which has become the main financial partner of the country's sovereign fund. [...]

A dragline carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at the Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces.

AFRICA Mining 22/06/2020

Moscow and Riyadh challenge Rabat on African phosphates market

Morocco's OCP, which is the leader in the fast-growing African fertilisers market, has run into increasing competition from Russia's PhosAgro and Saudi Arabia's Maaden, particularly on its west African "home" turf. The battle has been made fiercer by the direct interventions made by heads of state and governments. [...]

Major works minister Jean-Jacques Bouya.

CONGO Politics 15/06/2020

The rise of Jean-Jacques Bouya: how the China go-between became Sassou's strongman

Major Works Minister Jean-Jacques Bouya continues to extend his influence in the key non-oil economic sectors. [...]

Sadat and Security Side are carrying out a training mission among the government's forces.

LIBYA Business 08/06/2020

Turkish military company Sadat turns Erdogan-Sarraj alliance into business opportunity

Turkish paramilitary company Sadat, headed by former Turkish general Adnan Tanriverdi, has set up a partnership with Fawzi Boukatif-led Libyan company Security Side to train the forces fighting for Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord. [...]

MOROCCO Business 01/06/2020

Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

Faced with the worst economic crisis of his reign, the king plans to refinance his private holding company Al Mada via a $500m bond issue. The main subscriber is likely to be mutual smallholders' insurance group MAMDA-MCMA, which has already got him out of difficulty on several occasions in the past. [...]

MADAGASCAR Politics 25/05/2020

Rajoelina expedites investigation into Meridiam airports concession to try to topple Rakotovao

In the midst of a major power struggle with Senate President Rivo Rakotovao, the government is pressing forward with investigations into the concession he awarded to French investment group Meridiam to operate the country's two main airports. [...]

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How regime insiders Karim Keïta and Moussa Diawara slipped through the putschists' net

Southern Africa's other green revolution

IN FOCUS

How regime insiders Karim Keïta and Moussa Diawara slipped through the putschists' net

Southern Africa's other green revolution

After his "victory" over P&ID, Abubakar Malami establishes himself as Buhari's anti-corruption supremo

Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

Sincerus Global begins to make its mark as top Department of State military contractor in Africa

While waiting to do battle in Cabo Delgado, Erik Prince mints it in medevacs and mining services

With anonymous emails, audits and counter-audits, the campaign for control of Africa's skies has turned into a pitched battle

Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

Islamic bank IIB recycles top Banco Espirito Santo execs in Africa

Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

Allab, Tosyali, Bora and Demiral blaze trail for Erdogan's Algerian business crusade

Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

How Ycap became the Gabonese sovereign fund's favorite asset manager

Moscow and Riyadh challenge Rabat on African phosphates market

The rise of Jean-Jacques Bouya: how the China go-between became Sassou's strongman

Turkish military company Sadat turns Erdogan-Sarraj alliance into business opportunity

Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

Rajoelina expedites investigation into Meridiam airports concession to try to topple Rakotovao

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How regime insiders Karim Keïta and Moussa Diawara slipped through the putschists' net

Southern Africa's other green revolution

Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

IN FOCUS

How regime insiders Karim Keïta and Moussa Diawara slipped through the putschists' net

Southern Africa's other green revolution

After his "victory" over P&ID, Abubakar Malami establishes himself as Buhari's anti-corruption supremo

Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

Sincerus Global begins to make its mark as top Department of State military contractor in Africa

While waiting to do battle in Cabo Delgado, Erik Prince mints it in medevacs and mining services

With anonymous emails, audits and counter-audits, the campaign for control of Africa's skies has turned into a pitched battle

Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

Islamic bank IIB recycles top Banco Espirito Santo execs in Africa

Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

Allab, Tosyali, Bora and Demiral blaze trail for Erdogan's Algerian business crusade

Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

How Ycap became the Gabonese sovereign fund's favorite asset manager

Moscow and Riyadh challenge Rabat on African phosphates market

The rise of Jean-Jacques Bouya: how the China go-between became Sassou's strongman

Turkish military company Sadat turns Erdogan-Sarraj alliance into business opportunity

Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

Rajoelina expedites investigation into Meridiam airports concession to try to topple Rakotovao

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