Insiders Series

INSIDERS SERIES

True power in Africa is nearly always found at the crossroads of two worlds: politics and business. Each Insiders brief offers an in-depth account of the key decision-makers in their country, and insight into their inner circles and networks.

MADAGASCAR 24/08/2017

A new generation of Karana businessmen are taking over the reins

A whole raft of Madagascar's business elite, some of them well over sixty, are in the process of organising their [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 16/02/2017

President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals

6 chapters

Alberto Joaquim Chipande
Raimundo Domingos Pachinuapa
Atanasio Salvador Mtumuke

Ladis "Lagos" Henrique Lidimu & Salesio Teodoro Nalyambipano
Jose Mateus Muaria Katupha
Carlos Alberto Fortes Mesquita

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GUINEA 15/11/2012

Alpha Condé, an all-powerful miner president

6 chapters

The family clan
The key advisers
Outside backers

The public sector
The private operators
The intermediaries

MAURITANIA 22/08/2016

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, a self-made man who has become Mauritania's leading business man

7 chapters

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Abderrahmane Ndiaye
Ahmed Ould Hamza

Mohamed Ould Debagh
William Bourdon
Leila Bouamatou

MOROCCO 19/07/2016

Yassir Zenagui, Moroccan tourism’s golden boy

6 chapters

From London’s “Dune” restaurant to the Ministry of Tourism
How Zenagui keeps control of Wessal and Morocco’s major tourism projects
Karim Zenagui’s climb to Qatari Diar top job in Morocco

Sienna, the Zenagui brothers’ little known investment company
Youssef Benamour, the promoter
Akhannouch - friend, minister…and billionaire

CENTRAL AFRICA WEST AFRICA 05/07/2016

Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of African presidents

Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

10 chapters

Claude Dumont-Beghi
Jean-Paul Benoit
Jean-Charles Tchikaya
Pierre-Olivier Sur
Jean-Pierre Versini-Campinchi

Jemal Taleb
Francois Meyer
Christian Charriere-Bournazel
Pierre Haik
William Bourdon

LIBYA 28/04/2016

Abdelhakim Belhadj, the militia leader turned international businessman

6 chapters

Sallabi - the Brotherhood, the financial sector and the Irish connection
Belhadj at the controls of Libyan Wings
Al Jazeera’s little sister, Al Nabaa

Elaradi family - the military trading partners?
The Abusedra clan - a bridge with the West
Chafik Jarraya, the Tunisian strong man

UGANDA 26/01/2016

Yoweri, Janet, Muhoozi, Salim… the Musevenis keep their hold on power

5 chapters

Janet Museveni
Muhoozi Kainerugaba
Edwin Karugire, Odrek Rwabwogo and Geoffrey Kamuntu

Salim Saleh
Sam Kutesa, Jim Muhwezi and Henry Tumukunde

CONGO 19/01/2016

Paul Obambi, the man at the top of Congo-B's private sector tree

7 chapters

Alphonse Obambi-Itoua
Jean-Bruno Obambi
Pierre Oba
Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua

Charlotte Ovunda Makanda
Eugène Ondzambé Ngoyi
Lucien Ebata

ALGERIA 24/11/2015

Ali Haddad, the Bouteflika clan’s businessman

6 chapters

Ali Haddad’s little known brothers
Rahiel, Sellal’s man in the shadows!
Sid Ali Chercham makes allies of the public sector banks

Preferred partner of foreign groups
USM Alger takeover starts diversification process
The FCE - the unofficial second economy ministry

CHAD 30/10/2015

How Hinda Deby Itno controls Chad's oil sector

5 chapters

Ahmat Khazali Acyl
Djerassem Le Bemadjiel
Ngote Gali Koutou

Mahamat Zene Hissein Bourma
Ibrahim Hissein Bourma

IVORY COAST 05/08/2015

The corporate chiefs who have flourished during Ouattara's presidency

7 chapters

Pierre Fakhoury
Adama Bictogo
Mohamed Sidi Kagnassi
Martin Bouygues

Fabrice Sawegnon
Daouda Kone Soukpafolo
Mamadi Diane

LIBYA 23/06/2015

Rival teams battle it out for control of the LIA

5 chapters

Hassan Ahmed Bouhadi
Abdulmagid Breish
Al-Seddik Omar al-Kabir

Aref Ali Nayed
Faysel Gergab

DJIBOUTI 19/06/2015

Ismail Omar Guelleh governs family-style with Kadra, Naguib, Saad and co

5 chapters

Kadra Mahamoud Haïd
Fatouma-Awo and Haibado
Naguib and Nazli Abdallah Kamil

Saad Omar Guelleh and IOG’s brothers and sisters
Djama Ali Guelleh

IVORY COAST 28/04/2015

The new cocoa barons

7 chapters

Massandjé Touré-Litsé
Lambert Kouassi Konan
Lionel Soulard
Ali Lakiss

Loïc Folloroux
Zoumana Bakayoko
Loïc Biardeau

SEYCHELLES 24/03/2015

The archipelago's five leading business magnates

5 chapters

Joe Albert
Glenny Savy
Marco Lorenzo Francis

Ahmed Mahir Didi
Vaithinathaswamy Ramadoss

CONGO 20/10/2014

Denis Gokana, Denis Sassou Nguesso's influential oil supremo

5 chapters

A family business
Oil industry friendships
The mentors

Private sector connections
Biography

TOGO 26/06/2014

Togo's phosphates fall under presidential spell

2 chapters

A presidency hooked into phosphates

Beholden to the presidency

MADAGASCAR 27/03/2014

Business and friendship go together for Hassanein Hiridjee

6 chapters

Trusted collaborators
Friends from student days
Business partners

The Hiridjee clan
Karanan alter egos
Biography

ZAMBIA 27/03/2014

King Cobra strikes fear in the Copperbelt

3 chapters

Mining administration on a tightrope
Employers with political connections

Flourishing business for consultants

MADAGASCAR 14/03/2014

Panayotis Taloumis, a well-connected patriarch

5 chapters

The family clan
Business peers
Political connections

Other well-placed friends
Biography

Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war

Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope

A new generation of Karana businessmen are taking over the reins

President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals

A new generation of Karana businessmen are taking over the reins

President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals

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Alpha Condé, an all-powerful miner president

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, a self-made man who has become Mauritania's leading business man

Yassir Zenagui, Moroccan tourism’s golden boy

Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

Abdelhakim Belhadj, the militia leader turned international businessman

Yoweri, Janet, Muhoozi, Salim… the Musevenis keep their hold on power

Paul Obambi, the man at the top of Congo-B's private sector tree

Ali Haddad, the Bouteflika clan’s businessman

How Hinda Deby Itno controls Chad's oil sector

The corporate chiefs who have flourished during Ouattara's presidency

Rival teams battle it out for control of the LIA

Ismail Omar Guelleh governs family-style with Kadra, Naguib, Saad and co

The new cocoa barons

The archipelago's five leading business magnates

Denis Gokana, Denis Sassou Nguesso's influential oil supremo

Togo's phosphates fall under presidential spell

Business and friendship go together for Hassanein Hiridjee

King Cobra strikes fear in the Copperbelt

Panayotis Taloumis, a well-connected patriarch

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