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The Shaldag MK II patrol booat Soungrougrou, delivered to the port of Dakar in 2019.© Africa intelligence

Senegal
Israel Shipyards to deliver third patrol boat to Dakar this summer

Israel Shipyards has started sea trials of a third Shaldag MK II patrol craft to be sent to the Senegalese navy midway through this year. Dakar is making headway in its ambitious programme to strengthen its maritime surveillance capacities.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 23.04.2020

MSPV's Panthera T2 uses Toyota Land Cruiser 79s as a base.© MSPV

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
Emirati company Minerva aims to sell its Panthera armoured vehicles in the Sahel

Emirati armoured vehicle builder Minerva Special Purpose Vehicles (MSPV) is currently prospecting in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Abu Dhabi sees the Sahel as a key zone of military and diplomatic influence.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 22.04.2020

Senegal
Tension rises between Senelec and Akilee

Senelec's managing director Pape Demba Bitèye no longer wants to deal exclusively with the Senegalese smart meter maker.

Subscribers only Business 22.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Government's favourite banker Youssouf Fadiga to manage FCFA 520bn Covid-19 allocation

BNI Director Youssouf Fadiga (left) with the Minister of the Economy, Amadou Coulibaly.© BNI

Subscribers only Politics 22.04.2020

Ghana
Helios Investment hush hush about secret partner on Tema LNG project

The discreet Ghanaian company Lyndhurst Corp has actively invested in the Tema LNG import project, whose 2020 launch has now been compromised by the Covid-19 crisis.

Subscribers only Energy 22.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Compagnie Minière du Bafing lowers its sights over nickel

Disappointed with the quantity and quality of the nickel in its Ivorian mine, Compagnie Minière du Bafing is considering abandoning its sintering plant.

Subscribers only Mining 21.04.2020

Nigeria
NAPIMS tussles with oil majors Shell/ExxonMobil/Total over cost-cutting

NNPC's local content arm is trying to keep the oil sector profitable by imposing severe cuts in international companies' expenditure, to the detriment of their Nigerian partners.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2020

Ivory Coast
The businessman Amadou Gon Coulibaly chose to buy masks in China

The contract to supply Ivory Coast with ventilators and masks was won by the Ousmane Bamba.

Subscribers only Business 21.04.2020

Le premier ministre Amadou Gon Coulibaly et Ousmane Bamba.

Guinea
Covid-19 forces Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée to close its head office

Following the infection by the coronavirus of an executive at long-established bauxite production company Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, access to the the company's head office has been closed, complicating the management of some of its operations and hampering its expansion programme.

Subscribers only Mining 20.04.2020

France
Why Paris seized Jack Hazout's masks

The French customs hit Jacob "Jack" Hazout, a discreet French broker very active in Africa, with a fine in excess of €100,000 in late March for trying to sell FFP2 masks after the state had requisitioned all stocks of equipment of this type.

Subscribers only Business 20.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Marc Gentilini, Alassane Ouattara's discreet Covid-19 advisor

Marc Gentilini, a French doctor and former Red Cross president who has known the presidential couple for over a decade, has quietly been advising Alassane Ouattara since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis.

Subscribers only Politics 20.04.2020

Marc Gentilini, a French doctor and former Red Cross president

Africa
AfDB governors face calls for an independent investigation into Akinwumi Adesina's presidency

Following criticism of AfDB chairman Akinwumi Adesina's management of the pan-African bank by an anonymous group of employees, the board of governors is coming under pressure to launch its own investigation during the weeks to come.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.04.2020

Togo
Gnassingbé's presidential guard lowers Gazelle helicopter order

Secaero, the small firm specialised in reconditioning former French army helicopters, will now only deliver three of the five aircraft Togo had ordered back in 2016.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 17.04.2020

West Africa
African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

In a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a small group of financiers are lobbying intensely to get holders of African eurobonds to postpone their redemption dates for two years. The campaign is as advantageous for those waging it, however, as it is for its potential beneficiaries.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 16.04.2020

Mauritania
Arise caught in crosswinds over Nouakchott port project

Already the target of a parliamentary enquiry, Arise Mauritanie, the joint venture that is now building and is later supposed to operate Nouakchott's new container terminal, is also firmly in the sights of the head of the city's port complex.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance, Politics 16.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Covid-19 could delay presidential poll

The presidential election scheduled for 31 October could be postponed by between two and six months, President Alassane Ouattara suggested during an April 8 cabinet meeting held via video conference.

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2020

Benin
The secrets behind a lightning putsch attempt

Benin president Patrick Talon's security advisers, who pleaded against confining the population to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, are the ones who, last month, ordered 20 or so arrests to respond to a plot…which was hatched in less than three weeks.

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2020

Burkina Faso
Cement giants vie for airport contracts

India's West African Cement, Morocco's Ciments de l'Afrique and Burkina Faso's Cimfaso are jostling for the contracts that Ouagadougou and the Meridiam investment fund, partnered with the airport of Marseille, are awarding to build Ougadougou-Donsin Airport, the country's biggest construction project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 14.04.2020

Niger
National Guard set to receive a fourth Delair drone

Using French financing, Delair, a small company based in Toulouse in southern France, is developing its exports to the armed forces of the Sahel.

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2020

Mauritania
Total pays the price for ExxonMobil's signing bonus largesse

Arrangements made by the US major two years ago set a costly precedent for the French firm's acquisition of offshore blocks C15 and C31.

Subscribers only Energy 10.04.2020

Africa, France
How BNP Paris is quietly shedding its African liabilities

It's been more than five years since BNP Paribas, in the wake of the $8.9 billion fine imposed in 2014 by the U.S. Department of Justice for doing business with countries under sanctions, gave up its very lucrative oil-backed lending and other high-stakes activities in Africa.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 09.04.2020

Ivory Coast
Former Credit Suisse head Tidjane Thiam tests his presidential credentials

Officially, Tidjane Thiam is pursuing his career in finance as if nothing else was happening. After having been forced to resign as chief executive of Crédit Suisse in February, he is set to become a director of the Pinault family's Kering luxury goods group at its next general shareholders' meeting, which has been postponed to June 23.

Subscribers only Politics 08.04.2020

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Senegal
Israel Shipyards to deliver third patrol boat to Dakar this summer

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
Emirati company Minerva aims to sell its Panthera armoured vehicles in the Sahel

Senegal
Tension rises between Senelec and Akilee

Ivory Coast
Government's favourite banker Youssouf Fadiga to manage FCFA 520bn Covid-19 allocation

Ghana
Helios Investment hush hush about secret partner on Tema LNG project

Ivory Coast
Compagnie Minière du Bafing lowers its sights over nickel

Nigeria
NAPIMS tussles with oil majors Shell/ExxonMobil/Total over cost-cutting

Ivory Coast
The businessman Amadou Gon Coulibaly chose to buy masks in China

Guinea
Covid-19 forces Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée to close its head office

France
Why Paris seized Jack Hazout's masks

Ivory Coast
Marc Gentilini, Alassane Ouattara's discreet Covid-19 advisor

Africa
AfDB governors face calls for an independent investigation into Akinwumi Adesina's presidency

Togo
Gnassingbé's presidential guard lowers Gazelle helicopter order

West Africa
African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

Mauritania
Arise caught in crosswinds over Nouakchott port project

Ivory Coast
Covid-19 could delay presidential poll

Benin
The secrets behind a lightning putsch attempt

Burkina Faso
Cement giants vie for airport contracts

Niger
National Guard set to receive a fourth Delair drone

Mauritania
Total pays the price for ExxonMobil's signing bonus largesse

Africa, France
How BNP Paris is quietly shedding its African liabilities

Ivory Coast
Former Credit Suisse head Tidjane Thiam tests his presidential credentials

Ivory Coast
SGS/Cotecna: business goes on despite quarantine

Guinea
Conakry begins iron ore production with Ashapura without waiting for Simandou and Nimba

Africa, United Kingdom
Jean Assice, Restrata's new airport advisor

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Senegal Israel Shipyards to deliver third patrol boat to Dakar this summer

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Emirati company Minerva aims to sell its Panthera armoured vehicles in the Sahel

Senegal Tension rises between Senelec and Akilee

Ivory Coast Government's favourite banker Youssouf Fadiga to manage FCFA 520bn Covid-19 allocation

Ghana Helios Investment hush hush about secret partner on Tema LNG project

Ivory Coast Compagnie Minière du Bafing lowers its sights over nickel

Nigeria NAPIMS tussles with oil majors Shell/ExxonMobil/Total over cost-cutting

Ivory Coast The businessman Amadou Gon Coulibaly chose to buy masks in China

Guinea Covid-19 forces Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée to close its head office

France Why Paris seized Jack Hazout's masks

Ivory Coast Marc Gentilini, Alassane Ouattara's discreet Covid-19 advisor

Africa AfDB governors face calls for an independent investigation into Akinwumi Adesina's presidency

Togo Gnassingbé's presidential guard lowers Gazelle helicopter order

West Africa African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

Mauritania Arise caught in crosswinds over Nouakchott port project

Ivory Coast Covid-19 could delay presidential poll

Benin The secrets behind a lightning putsch attempt

Burkina Faso Cement giants vie for airport contracts

Niger National Guard set to receive a fourth Delair drone

Mauritania Total pays the price for ExxonMobil's signing bonus largesse

Africa, France How BNP Paris is quietly shedding its African liabilities

Ivory Coast Former Credit Suisse head Tidjane Thiam tests his presidential credentials

Ivory Coast SGS/Cotecna: business goes on despite quarantine

Guinea Conakry begins iron ore production with Ashapura without waiting for Simandou and Nimba

Africa, United Kingdom Jean Assice, Restrata's new airport advisor

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Senegal
Israel Shipyards to deliver third patrol boat to Dakar this summer

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
Emirati company Minerva aims to sell its Panthera armoured vehicles in the Sahel

Senegal
Tension rises between Senelec and Akilee

Ivory Coast
Government's favourite banker Youssouf Fadiga to manage FCFA 520bn Covid-19 allocation

Ghana
Helios Investment hush hush about secret partner on Tema LNG project

Ivory Coast
Compagnie Minière du Bafing lowers its sights over nickel

Nigeria
NAPIMS tussles with oil majors Shell/ExxonMobil/Total over cost-cutting

Ivory Coast
The businessman Amadou Gon Coulibaly chose to buy masks in China

Guinea
Covid-19 forces Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée to close its head office

France
Why Paris seized Jack Hazout's masks

Ivory Coast
Marc Gentilini, Alassane Ouattara's discreet Covid-19 advisor

Africa
AfDB governors face calls for an independent investigation into Akinwumi Adesina's presidency

Togo
Gnassingbé's presidential guard lowers Gazelle helicopter order

West Africa
African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

Mauritania
Arise caught in crosswinds over Nouakchott port project

Ivory Coast
Covid-19 could delay presidential poll

Benin
The secrets behind a lightning putsch attempt

Burkina Faso
Cement giants vie for airport contracts

Niger
National Guard set to receive a fourth Delair drone

Mauritania
Total pays the price for ExxonMobil's signing bonus largesse

Africa, France
How BNP Paris is quietly shedding its African liabilities

Ivory Coast
Former Credit Suisse head Tidjane Thiam tests his presidential credentials

Ivory Coast
SGS/Cotecna: business goes on despite quarantine

Guinea
Conakry begins iron ore production with Ashapura without waiting for Simandou and Nimba

Africa, United Kingdom
Jean Assice, Restrata's new airport advisor