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POWER BROKERS

Key decision-makers draw on a multitude of advisors, often unknown to the public but whose influence can sway important political, military and economic decisions. Africa Intelligence tracks the networks of these figures operating in the shadows.

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GUINEA 17/10/2017

Alan Davies, Rio Tinto's fallen star, fights for his reputation

In mid-September, Alan Davies, former head of energy and minerals at Rio Tinto, published a motion demanding the dismissal of [...]

TANZANIA 17/10/2017

Geoffrey Wallace pays little heed to tensions with John Magufuli

Flying in the face of the crisis looming between mining investors and the Tanzanian government (AMI 399), causing a number [...]

IVORY COAST 17/10/2017

Riaan van der Walt takes charge of Ity gold mine's future Free

South African miner Riaan van der Walt has been appointed managing director of the Ity gold mine operated by Endeavour [...]

NAMIBIA CONGO-K 17/10/2017

Tony Harwood seeks exit to South African and Tanzanian quagmire

Tony Harwood, CEO of Canadian junior Montero Mining & Exploration, wants to ride on the current rising demand for metals [...]

ALGERIA 12/10/2017

Jean-Marie Pinel makes the 51/49 law more flexible

With the 51/49 legislation again under discussion within the government, [...]

MOROCCO 12/10/2017

Hacker Cherrai sets up IT security company HackingByte

Amine Cherrai, who is known for having detected security weaknesses [...]

TUNISIA 12/10/2017

Abdelwaheb Ben Ayed buys into Sfax biscuit business

Industrialist Abdelwaheb Ben Ayed plans to break the domination of [...]

TUNISIA 12/10/2017

Ghannouchi enlists Algabid to boost his support in Niger

The postponement of the municipal elections until March 2018 leave [...]

LIBYA 12/10/2017

Eastern boss Sulaiman appointed adviser to Al Mejbari

Fathi al Mejbari, Cyrenaica representative on the Presidential Council in [...]

MOROCCO 12/10/2017

IRES debriefs Angel Losada on the Sahel

European Union (EU) special envoy for the Sahel Angel Losada [...]

GABON 11/10/2017

Sayid Abeloko takes over at OPRAG

Sayid Abeloko, who is close to his brother-in-law and current [...]

IVORY COAST BENIN 11/10/2017

Herve Le Goff called to the rescue in Cotonou

The current MD of the Ivorian subsidiary of Oryx Energies, [...]

IVORY COAST 11/10/2017

Business leaders give Zoumana Bakayoko the cold shoulder

Zoumana Bakayoko, the CEO of Agro West Africa, which specialises in distributing fertilisers and crop protection products and exporting cocoa, [...]

GABON 11/10/2017

Ike Ngouoni Aila Oyouomi becomes Ali Bongo's mouthpiece

In mid-September, Ike Ngouoni Aila Oyouomi, an ally of presidential chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga, became Ali Bongo's special [...]

IVORY COAST 11/10/2017

Coffi-Studer still furious

The boss of the Abidjan subsidiary Bollore Transport & Logistics, Martine Coffi-Studer, is still angrily trying to reclaim a plot [...]

CAMEROON 11/10/2017

Journalist Marie-Roger Biloa's A-list wedding

To judge by the personalities present at her marriage, the networks of the Franco-Cameroonian journalist Marie-Roger Biloa remain as solid [...]

ANGOLA 10/10/2017

Isabel dos Santos ever more unimpeded at head of Sonangol

The reshuffle of state-run firm Sonangol's board of directors at the end of September should give the company chairwoman Isabel [...]

MAURITANIA 10/10/2017

Moustapha Ould Bechir, the invisible hydrocarbons director

A good number of officials in Mauritania's ministry of oil and mines were pleased to see the back of hydrocarbons [...]

TANZANIA 10/10/2017

Medard Kaleman, last unchallenged gas man at ministry

The discreet Tanzanian deputy minister for energy and mines, Medard Kaleman, who has held his post since 2015, is one [...]

UGANDA 10/10/2017

Robert Kasande now in pole position to take over energy ministry

Petroleum Authority of Uganda boss, Ernest Rubondo, may have been the red-hot favourite a few weeks ago, it now seems [...]

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