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Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

The Zambian government has recruited the London consultancy to manage its international communications on restructuring its external debt, which is estimated to stand at over $12bn.

Subscribers only Business Running Story - Debt diplomacy 11.01.2021

Tunisia
Onetech's Moncef Sellami to monitor Tunisia-Libya border with OTBS

IT specialist Onetech (OTBS) will diversify its activities by equipping the Tunisian National Guard with maritime video surveillance systems, marking tycoon and politician Moncef Sellami's major foray into the security sector.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 11.01.2021

Ivory Coast
Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

Alassane Ouattara, on National Cocoa and Chocolate Day, in November 2020.© Twitter@AOuattara_PRCI

Subscribers only Commodity Traders, Business Running Story - Cocoa cartel v traders 11.01.2021

Tanzania
Dangote Cement hopes new Mtwara power plant will boost production

Nigerian giant Dangote Cement is close to completing construction of the 50-MW, $90m Mtwara power plant.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 11.01.2021

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Nigerian businessman Alhaji Dahiru Mangal.© Dahiru Barau Mangal/Twitter

Subscribers only Politics, Business 11.01.2021

Africa
Dauphin heirs may manage Trafigura sale profits from Switzerland family office

In December, six years on from the death of Trafigura's founder, his family sold its last remaining shares in the trading giant. This was a major transaction for the clan, which manages its assets via a family office registered in Switzerland.

Subscribers only Business 08.01.2021

Mozambique, South Africa
Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Via the consultancy Burnham Global, the South African defence magnate Ivor Ichikowitz is instructing Mozambican soldiers in how to operate armoured vehicles supplied by his own firm Paramount.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 08.01.2021

Central Africa
Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Initially scheduled to take place in Brussels and then Paris, the CEMAC round table on public-private partnerships has finally taken place in Brazzaville, attracting a veritable horde of lawyers specialising in this domain.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.01.2021

Somalia
Duguf becomes go-to security provider for UN in Somalia

In landing an $8m contract to protect UNSOS personnel and facilities, the Somalian firm Duguf has established itself as a major player in the private security sector.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 07.01.2021

Security agents from Duguf Enterprise Security Services.

Sahel
Industrialists and lobbyists line up behind Macron's agroecology project at One Planet Summit

The "Africa agroecology initiative" to be launched on 11 January in Paris by Emmanuel Macron, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Prince Charles has been put together behind the scenes by Geocoton's deputy general manager Karim Aït Talb and the lobbyist Hamza Hraoui, who have brought several leading agribusiness players on board.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 07.01.2021

French President Emmanuel Macron at the One Planet Summit in New York City on 29 September 2018.

Morocco
"Makhzen" capitalist Abed Yacoubi Soussane set to supply parts to PSA

Abed Yacoubi Soussane, the long-serving chairman of mutual agricultural insurance group Mamda-MCMA and stalwart of royal holding company Al Mada, is to become a key supplier to the new PSA-Peugeot-Citroën plant in Kenitra.

Subscribers only Business 07.01.2021

Africa
Accor and Doha launch investment vehicle in Mauritius

Despite the disastrous impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the tourism industry, Kasada, an African fund spawned by the union of French hotel giant Accor with Qatar, has set up a new funding structure in Mauritius.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 07.01.2021

Gambia
China's TBEA short circuits Eiffage to land power line contract

With its bid of $23.3m, China's TBEA has pipped to the post its only other shortlisted rival, France's Eiffage, whose subsidiary had put in a bid costed at $24,7m for the contract to renovate a power line.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 07.01.2021

Morocco
Fondation Mohammed VI favours state workers as well as Tracom and HTTC

The Moroccan king's foundation has awarded more than 110m dirhams (€10m) in contracts to the public works company Tracom. HTTC will for its part develop a social centre in Rabat for 3m dirhams.

Subscribers only Business 06.01.2021

Cameroon
Biya ready to sell Camair-Co

Although it may have managed to get back in the air with a plane hired from Ukraine, Camair-Co's future is sealed: the government is making plans to privatise 51% of the national carrier.

Subscribers only Business 06.01.2021

Ghana
Mota-Engil abandons Franco-South African partners to revamp Accra-Tema highway alone

The Portuguese construction colossus has signed a contract with the Ghanaian authorities to rehabilitate the highway between Accra and Tema port on its own, leaving its bidding partners - Egis, Stoa Infra & Energy and AIIM - by the wayside.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 06.01.2021

Africa, Mauritius
Private jet mogul Ameerh Naran's global approach to business

The private jet broker Ameerh Naran has opened a new branch of his Mauritius-based firm to expand into the US while also finding the time to start up a real estate business in London.

Subscribers only Business 05.01.2021

Djibouti
Drilling to begin at Gale-le-Koma geothermal power plant wells

Djibouti's geothermal energy office plans to launch the drilling of ten wells - eight for production and two for reinjection - this year at the Gale-le-Koma site.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 05.01.2021

Morocco
Equity Conseil flies to airports authority's rescue on social networks

On December 16th, the Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA) chose Equity Conseil to monitor and manage its online image.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 05.01.2021

Kenya
Carrefour in the running to buy Tuskys

The troubled supermarket chain is negotiating its acquisition by three major retail operators, including France's Carrefour.

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2021

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Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

Tunisia
Onetech's Moncef Sellami to monitor Tunisia-Libya border with OTBS

Ivory Coast
Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

Tanzania
Dangote Cement hopes new Mtwara power plant will boost production

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Africa
Dauphin heirs may manage Trafigura sale profits from Switzerland family office

Mozambique, South Africa
Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Central Africa
Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Somalia
Duguf becomes go-to security provider for UN in Somalia

Sahel
Industrialists and lobbyists line up behind Macron's agroecology project at One Planet Summit

Morocco
"Makhzen" capitalist Abed Yacoubi Soussane set to supply parts to PSA

Africa
Accor and Doha launch investment vehicle in Mauritius

Gambia
China's TBEA short circuits Eiffage to land power line contract

Morocco
Fondation Mohammed VI favours state workers as well as Tracom and HTTC

Cameroon
Biya ready to sell Camair-Co

Ghana
Mota-Engil abandons Franco-South African partners to revamp Accra-Tema highway alone

Africa, Mauritius
Private jet mogul Ameerh Naran's global approach to business

Djibouti
Drilling to begin at Gale-le-Koma geothermal power plant wells

Morocco
Equity Conseil flies to airports authority's rescue on social networks

Kenya
Carrefour in the running to buy Tuskys

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Zambia Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

Tunisia Onetech's Moncef Sellami to monitor Tunisia-Libya border with OTBS

Ivory Coast Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

Tanzania Dangote Cement hopes new Mtwara power plant will boost production

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Africa Dauphin heirs may manage Trafigura sale profits from Switzerland family office

Mozambique, South Africa Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Central Africa Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Somalia Duguf becomes go-to security provider for UN in Somalia

Sahel Industrialists and lobbyists line up behind Macron's agroecology project at One Planet Summit

Morocco "Makhzen" capitalist Abed Yacoubi Soussane set to supply parts to PSA

Africa Accor and Doha launch investment vehicle in Mauritius

Gambia China's TBEA short circuits Eiffage to land power line contract

Morocco Fondation Mohammed VI favours state workers as well as Tracom and HTTC

Cameroon Biya ready to sell Camair-Co

Ghana Mota-Engil abandons Franco-South African partners to revamp Accra-Tema highway alone

Africa, Mauritius Private jet mogul Ameerh Naran's global approach to business

Djibouti Drilling to begin at Gale-le-Koma geothermal power plant wells

Morocco Equity Conseil flies to airports authority's rescue on social networks

Kenya Carrefour in the running to buy Tuskys

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About Africa Intelligence

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Indigo Publications' websites

Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

Tunisia
Onetech's Moncef Sellami to monitor Tunisia-Libya border with OTBS

Ivory Coast
Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

Tanzania
Dangote Cement hopes new Mtwara power plant will boost production

In Focus | Niger, Nigeria
Nigerian tycoon Dahiru Mangal plays king-maker as he backs Issoufou's heir Bazoum

Africa
Dauphin heirs may manage Trafigura sale profits from Switzerland family office

Mozambique, South Africa
Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Central Africa
Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Somalia
Duguf becomes go-to security provider for UN in Somalia

Sahel
Industrialists and lobbyists line up behind Macron's agroecology project at One Planet Summit

Morocco
"Makhzen" capitalist Abed Yacoubi Soussane set to supply parts to PSA

Africa
Accor and Doha launch investment vehicle in Mauritius

Gambia
China's TBEA short circuits Eiffage to land power line contract

Morocco
Fondation Mohammed VI favours state workers as well as Tracom and HTTC

Cameroon
Biya ready to sell Camair-Co

Ghana
Mota-Engil abandons Franco-South African partners to revamp Accra-Tema highway alone

Africa, Mauritius
Private jet mogul Ameerh Naran's global approach to business

Djibouti
Drilling to begin at Gale-le-Koma geothermal power plant wells

Morocco
Equity Conseil flies to airports authority's rescue on social networks

Kenya
Carrefour in the running to buy Tuskys