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Elbaz opens up Forafric's capital to Trumpists and Kazakh oligarch Machkevitch via Nasdaq listing

Financier Yariv Elbaz, who specialises in complex financial operations, particularly for the Gabonese sovereign fund, is putting the final touches to a stock exchange operation that will turn his Forafric milling group into a leading force in the cereals "diplomacy" stakes with powerful financial and political allies. [...] (1755 words)
Published on 31/01/2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 8 minutes
Yariv Elbaz, president of Forafric, during a meeting with the Autonomous Port of Abidjan on 25 August 2020.
Yariv Elbaz, president of Forafric, during a meeting with the Autonomous Port of Abidjan on 25 August 2020. © Story & Brands via PAA
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BMCE Bank of Africa boss Othman Benjelloun. © David Rodrigues/Story&Brands
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Banking magnate Othman Benjelloun settles his succession in Casablanca and Luxembourg 

Othman Benjelloun, chairman and CEO of BMCE Bank of Africa, has completed the reorganisation of his holding company O Capital, with its twin head offices in Morocco and Luxembourg. The handover of his fortune to his heirs has been settled but the future of his bank, the group's flagship, remains uncertain.
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Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings 

A string of offshore companies with no identified owner have been linked to transactions within the presidential couple's entourage. All were incorporated by the same financiers who also happen to be associates of Gabon's sovereign wealth fund.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, 24 August 2020. © Reuters Marketplace - Latin America News Agency Pictures
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Snubbed by Sudan, Pompeo and Netanyahu scour Africa in search of support 

Despite months of lobbying, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has failed to convince the president of Sudan's Sovereign Council to recognise Israel or support the Middle East peace plan concocted by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
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