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Commodity traders

Tunisia
Italian grain trader Casillo on a roll

By delivering 50,000 tonnes of durum wheat on time, the firm further consolidated its place as the Tunisian grain board's go-to supplier.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 01.08.2024

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Bank of Central African States emblem in Libreville, Gabon, in 2019. © Laurent Moreau/Hemis via AFP

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 23.07.2024

Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Tanganda Tea brews plans to export more produce via port of Beira

With its avocado and macadamia nut production booming, the Zimbabwean agricultural and food group Tanganda Tea wants to export them via Mozambique.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 23.07.2024

Tunisia
Italy's Casillo extends foothold in wheat market

Along with other European firms, it will be supplying barley and soft wheat.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 19.07.2024

Kenya
Conditions set by ENOC, ADNOC and Aramco keep pump prices high

Despite recently settling a $2bn eurobond, Kenya does not plan to renegotiate its government-to-government oil agreement. This debt had led to additional conditions, which partly explained the ineffectiveness of the fuel prices contract.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 05.07.2024

Djibouti, Ethiopia
MSC suspends main operations in Red Sea after fresh attack

A Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) ship is being seen on the coastal line in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 24 April 2024. © Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via AFP

Subscribers only Commodity traders 29.06.2024

Madagascar
CNV keeps vanilla industry waiting

Trade minister Edgard Razafindravahy has once again postponed elections to the board of this parastatal, which is responsible for issuing vanilla export licences.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 27.06.2024

Edgard Razafindravahy in Antananarivo's town hall on 13 May 2013

Ivory Coast
Ouattara puts cashew nut regulator under presidency's control

Ouattara has deprived Adama Coulibaly, chair of the CCA, of most of his powers. From now on, Yves Brahima Koné, who heads the Conseil Café Cacao, will oversee the country's second-largest agricultural sector.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 24.06.2024

South Africa
Democratic Alliance eyes trade and industry portfolio

John Steenhuisen's centre-right party is hoping for five portfolios in all in the new ANC-led government of national unity.

Free access Infrastructure, Commodity traders, Politics 21.06.2024

Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), John Steenhuisen, in Benoni on 26 May 2024.

Kenya
Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

Fierce competition in the trade of a natural stimulant widely consumed across the Horn of Africa has prompted several government officials to take action. As cartels advance their interests, President William Ruto is under pressure to intervene.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 19.06.2024

Ivory Coast
Cocoa: CCC chairman Yves Brahima Koné extends season for traders

Ivory Coast's cocoa and coffee regulator, the Conseil Café Cacao, is poised to further extend the purchasing contracts of bean exporters who were unable to fulfil them during the season running between 1 October to 30 March.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 19.06.2024

Guinea
Fuel trader Okapi locked in legal dispute with TotalEnergies and Vivo

The boss of the small oil trader Okapi is hoping to get the Paris Court of Appeal to overturn a ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce compelling the company to pay $2.1m to fuel distribution giants TotalEnergies and Vivo.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 17.06.2024

Spotlight | South Africa
Pretoria imposes itself in Anglo American's restructuring plan

Gwede Mantashe's Ministry of Mines and the NUM and AMCU unions, which were instrumental in the failure of BHP's takeover bid for Anglo American, want to have a greater say in the mining group's South African strategy.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 12.06.2024

South African Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe at the African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, on 9 May, 2022.

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

By opting to prioritise the needs of the grinding plants of the large international groups, the Ivorian president has caused problems for local traders who no longer have the right to export unprocessed beans.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 12.06.2024

Uganda
Museveni fights on all fronts to refresh coffee sector

Coffee is Uganda's second-largest source of foreign currency and its economic lifeblood. Kampala, in the throes of a diplomatic reorientation, wants to boost exports to its new allies: Russia, Turkey and Serbia.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 11.06.2024

Yoweri Museveni during the Third South Summit in Kampala, Uganda, 21 January 2024.

Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Executive director of the International Cocoa Organisation since January 2019 and triumphantly re-elected last December, the Belgian ambassador has managed to revive an ageing body and open it up to the private sector and NGOs.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 07.06.2024

Michel Arrion, the executive director of the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on 15 May 2019.

Kenya
Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

State House is compiling a list of representatives to sit on a new 'tea tribunal'. Multinational trading houses are watching nervously from the sidelines.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 06.06.2024

Kenyan president William Ruto in July 2022 in Nairobi.

In Focus | Nigeria
Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Two of the region's main urea producers are suspected of having organised a shortage in order to favour exports and payments in dollars. This may be in breach of a 2022 agreement with the Nigerian security services.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 03.06.2024

© Illustrated by Julien Pacaud - Photos: P.U. Ekpei/W. Emmanuel/AFP; T. Adelaja/Reuters

Burundi
Ndayishimiye banks on agriculture to boost forex reserves

The Burundian president is striving to revitalise exports of produce such as coffee and avocados. With parliamentary elections just a year away, the government is keen to show it can address a crippling shortage of dollars.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 31.05.2024

President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye in Nairobi, Kenya on 5 September 2023.

Central African Republic
Cameroon's Neptune Oil under pressure in CAR

Faced with a worsening fuel crisis, Central African Republic lawmakers and the IMF want Energy Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri to end an exclusive deal with Cameroon's Neptune Oil.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders, Politics 29.05.2024

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Tunisia
Italian grain trader Casillo on a roll

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Tanganda Tea brews plans to export more produce via port of Beira

Tunisia
Italy's Casillo extends foothold in wheat market

Kenya
Conditions set by ENOC, ADNOC and Aramco keep pump prices high

Djibouti, Ethiopia
MSC suspends main operations in Red Sea after fresh attack

Madagascar
CNV keeps vanilla industry waiting

Ivory Coast
Ouattara puts cashew nut regulator under presidency's control

South Africa
Democratic Alliance eyes trade and industry portfolio

Kenya
Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

Ivory Coast
Cocoa: CCC chairman Yves Brahima Koné extends season for traders

Guinea
Fuel trader Okapi locked in legal dispute with TotalEnergies and Vivo

Spotlight | South Africa
Pretoria imposes itself in Anglo American's restructuring plan

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

Uganda
Museveni fights on all fronts to refresh coffee sector

Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Kenya
Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

In Focus | Nigeria
Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Burundi
Ndayishimiye banks on agriculture to boost forex reserves

Central African Republic
Cameroon's Neptune Oil under pressure in CAR

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Commodity traders

Tunisia Italian grain trader Casillo on a roll

Spotlight | Central Africa BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Mozambique, Zimbabwe Tanganda Tea brews plans to export more produce via port of Beira

Tunisia Italy's Casillo extends foothold in wheat market

Kenya Conditions set by ENOC, ADNOC and Aramco keep pump prices high

Djibouti, Ethiopia MSC suspends main operations in Red Sea after fresh attack

Madagascar CNV keeps vanilla industry waiting

Ivory Coast Ouattara puts cashew nut regulator under presidency's control

South Africa Democratic Alliance eyes trade and industry portfolio

Kenya Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

Ivory Coast Cocoa: CCC chairman Yves Brahima Koné extends season for traders

Guinea Fuel trader Okapi locked in legal dispute with TotalEnergies and Vivo

Spotlight | South Africa Pretoria imposes itself in Anglo American's restructuring plan

Ivory Coast Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

Uganda Museveni fights on all fronts to refresh coffee sector

Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Kenya Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

In Focus | Nigeria Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Burundi Ndayishimiye banks on agriculture to boost forex reserves

Central African Republic Cameroon's Neptune Oil under pressure in CAR

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Tunisia
Italian grain trader Casillo on a roll

Spotlight | Central Africa
BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Tanganda Tea brews plans to export more produce via port of Beira

Tunisia
Italy's Casillo extends foothold in wheat market

Kenya
Conditions set by ENOC, ADNOC and Aramco keep pump prices high

Djibouti, Ethiopia
MSC suspends main operations in Red Sea after fresh attack

Madagascar
CNV keeps vanilla industry waiting

Ivory Coast
Ouattara puts cashew nut regulator under presidency's control

South Africa
Democratic Alliance eyes trade and industry portfolio

Kenya
Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

Ivory Coast
Cocoa: CCC chairman Yves Brahima Koné extends season for traders

Guinea
Fuel trader Okapi locked in legal dispute with TotalEnergies and Vivo

Spotlight | South Africa
Pretoria imposes itself in Anglo American's restructuring plan

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders fall foul of Alassane Ouattrara's emergency export ban

Uganda
Museveni fights on all fronts to refresh coffee sector

Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Kenya
Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

In Focus | Nigeria
Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

Burundi
Ndayishimiye banks on agriculture to boost forex reserves

Central African Republic
Cameroon's Neptune Oil under pressure in CAR