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Senegalese President Macky Sall in The Netherlands, 4 September 2022. © Martin Bertrand/Hans Lucas/AFP

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SENEGAL Infrastructure Finance 31/05/2023

State's move on DP World Dakar sparks tension Free

EAST AFRICA Infrastructure 31/05/2023

World Bank's plan to boost connectivity in the Horn

This month, the World Bank approved a $172m grant aimed at improving internet access in South Sudan and Somalia.

EGYPT Infrastructure Business 24/05/2023

Arab Contractors keeps pressure on Cairo for Alexandria metro project

The Egyptian state-owned construction giant will not give up on the mega-contract, despite having lost out to Orascom and Bouygues. Mediation talks are planned over the next few weeks and the national transport agency may well change the outcome of the bid in its favour.

CHAD Infrastructure Energy 24/05/2023

Mahamat Idriss Déby calls on Lebanon's Georges Tehini to bolster his electricity production

The deputy secretary general of the president's office, Mahamat Borgou Hassan, has thus invited Cetri's CEO, the Lebanese Georges Tehini to N'Djamena on 17 May to discuss a turnkey photovoltaic power plant project.

GUINEA Infrastructure Business 22/05/2023

Doumbouya wants to renegotiate Albayrak's Conakry port contract

Conakry does not recognise the terms of the contract signed between the former administration and the Turkish group in 2018. Through renegotiations, Mamadi Doumbouya hopes to put pressure on Ankara to obtain the return of Alpha Condé from exile.

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TANZANIA Infrastructure Business 19/05/2023

AD Ports, Adani and DP World vie for Dar port contract

By July, the Tanzanian authorities are due to announce which companies have won the double tender call to run the country's biggest port. Several major players are in the running.

View of the Dar es Salaam Port in Tanzania on 9 April 2020.

MADAGASCAR Infrastructure Energy 18/05/2023

Rajoelina pulls Eiffage off Sahofika dam project

After years of negotiations between the Madagascan president and the French construction company, the Sahofika hydroelectric power station project is being put out to a new call for tenders.

LIBERIA Infrastructure Mining 16/05/2023

US Department of State attempts to mediate between ArcelorMittal and HPX

The management of the rail link between Liberian mining sites and the port of Buchanan is still the subject of intense negotiations. To try to find a solution to this logistical and commercial disagreement, the State Department brought together in Washington executives from ArcelorMittal and the American company High Power Exploration.

ALGERIA Infrastructure 16/05/2023

EIB negotiates with Algiers to kick-start stalled Medusa submarine cable project

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is in talks with the Algerian authorities to get the Medusa project back on track. The submarine fibre optic cable system, due to come into service in 2024, will be the longest in the Mediterranean.

MOROCCO Infrastructure 15/05/2023

Samir Goudar, president of Marrakech-Safi region, moves dam project ahead

Three engineering firms have been designated to carry out feasibility studies on six dams in the Marrakech-Safi region. The area has been hit hard with drought and is racing against the clock to build 16 reservoirs.

DRC Infrastructure Business 09/05/2023

N'Djili airport upgrade project draws fresh interest

Launched under the Kabila administration, the planned renovation of Kinshasa's international airport is attracting companies with competing proposals, creating a risk of confusion.

BURUNDI RWANDA Infrastructure 09/05/2023

The African Development Bank finances a cross-border road project

With the border between Rwanda and Burundi reopening last September after six years, the Rwandan road agency has launched a first tender for a project to improve the road between the two countries

MAURITANIA Infrastructure 08/05/2023

Army gets two new public works contracts

Mauritania's military engineering corps has just secured two healthy, public works contracts worth $22m for projects in Nouakchott.

CAMEROON CHAD Infrastructure Energy Politics 03/05/2023

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

The Cameroonian government has been caught up in an internal crisis since the SNH bought a 10% stake in the company running the oil pipeline between Doba and Kribi. In a series of letters seen by African Intelligence, presidency secretary general Ngoh Ngoh and SNH boss Moudiki have been locked in a violent dispute over the operation.

IVORY COAST Infrastructure Politics 03/05/2023

Alassane Ouattara attempts to bridge the divide with Laurent Gbagbo

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has decided to name Abidjan's fourth bridge after the country's former president, Laurent Gbagbo. A proposal to this effect is to be presented at the next Council of Ministers.

Abidjan's fourth bridge, pictured in March 2023.

MOROCCO Infrastructure 03/05/2023

Brahim Mojahid returns to Tiznit-Laâyoune-Dakhla expressway project

Moroccan construction group Mojazine, led by Brahim Mojahid, former PAM president of the Béni Mellal-Khenifra regional council, has won another contract for the vast Tiznit-Dakhla expressway project.

ANGOLA Infrastructure Mining 02/05/2023

Odebrecht returns to mining infrastructure after five-year absence

Brazilian construction group Odebrecht has made its return to Angola with the signature of a series of major new contracts. In so doing, it has demonstrated its resilience after having been one of the main groups charged under the Lava-Jato anti-corruption programme.

TANZANIA Infrastructure 02/05/2023

Samia breaks up vast Bagamoyo project to attract more investment

To avoid being overly dependent on a single partner, the Tanzanian president has decided to divide the scheme to build a major port in Bagamoyo into different tranches.

MOROCCO Infrastructure 02/05/2023

French group Alstom in a pickle in Casablanca

Alstom is still not going to be able to deliver all of its tramway trainsets for lines T3 and T4 in Casablanca, due to the delay in the delivery of the maintenance centre, which has been postponed several times.

DRC Infrastructure Business 02/05/2023

Gide advises MSC on port of Matadi modernisation project

Law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel played an active role in the negotiations which led to the final agreement on the financing of the modernisation work to be carried out at the river port of Maatadi between Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Société Congolaise des Transports et Ports (SCTP) last month.

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Rajoelina pulls Eiffage off Sahofika dam project

US Department of State attempts to mediate between ArcelorMittal and HPX

EIB negotiates with Algiers to kick-start stalled Medusa submarine cable project

Samir Goudar, president of Marrakech-Safi region, moves dam project ahead

N'Djili airport upgrade project draws fresh interest

The African Development Bank finances a cross-border road project

Army gets two new public works contracts

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh battles it out with SNH boss Adolphe Moudiki over Savannah Energy affair

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