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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Abidjan's cold cases

Ahead of French President François Hollande's visit to Ivory Coast on July 17, President Alassane Ouattara has asked justice minister [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2014

Ivory Coast
Ouattara tinkers with commission

Ivory Coast's president tweaked the bill on the new Ivorian independent electoral commission before it went before the council of ministers.

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2014

Mali
Origins of IBK's plane

From the Boeing factory where it was built to its recent acquisition by Mali, West Africa Newsletter has exclusively retraced the history of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's controversial new presidential plane.

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2014

Benin
Boni forgives Talon too late

Patrice Talon notched up a major victory in his business dispute with the Beninese government recently, helped by President Thomas Boni Yayi's temperamental behaviour.

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2014

Ivory Coast, Togo
Ouattara advises Faure

On a flying visit to Abidjan on May 21, Faure [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2014

Ivory Coast
PDCI builds 'bunker'

A year ahead of the presidential elections in 2015, Henri [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2014

Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo
Raidco Marine beefs up presence in Gulf of Guinea

The French ship-builder and repairer Raidco Marine is doing well [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2014

Ivory Coast
Niger Omega knocks on Abidjan’s door

After several unsuccessful attempts led by its chief executive Obiajulu [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2014

Ivory Coast
Societe Generale hosts 150th anniversary bash in Abidjan

Societe Generale hosted a reception in Abidjan on May 21, [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2014

Guinea
ALFREDO BARRIOS (Rio Tinto)

The day after the signature of a $20 billion framework [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2014

Ivory Coast
MARCELIN KOUAKOU DAPA (Sipresc Groupe)

Spiresc, founded by Ivorian Marcelin Kouakou Dapa in 2003, has [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2014

Spotlight | Ghana
Star pupil now the classroom dunce

Praised for its relatively transparent management methods and a clear and balanced legislative process, Ghana’s "model" oil sector has begun falling apart at the seams. The process of awarding blocks has come under increasing fire in private by donor institutions [.

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Nigeria
Lekoil follow’s Steinmetz lead

After trying in vain to acquire Shell assets in the Niger Delta, the Nigerian firm Lekoil has finally bought a stake in the marginal Otakikpo field once coveted by Israeli tycoon Beny Steinmetz.

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Nigeria
A phantom licensing round

Six months after being formally launched, a bidding round for marginal fields has yet to begin.

Free access Energy 27.05.2014

Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast
Quick fix for gas shortage

Abidjan no longer has enough gas to develop its many power station projects and has called on Malabo for help.

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Ivory Coast
Move to fight power theft

The China Electric Power Equipment & Technology Co has won a contract to automate Ivory Coast’s electricity and transmission networks. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Ghana
Benjamin Dagadu

Ghana’s deputy oil minister, Benjamin Dagadu, finds himself in a highly singular position in current negotiations between Ghana National Petroleum [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Guinea
Ray Leonard

The managing director of the U.S. oil firm Hyperdynamics, Ray Leonard, whose firm is active in Guinea's offshore, has every [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Abuja mediates in border row

Hopes of settling the maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Angola, Ivory Coast
Oil back-pedalling

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara is keen on forging fresh [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Nigeria
Locals seek to drum up cash

Having respectively submitted the highest bid for Shell’s stakes in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Nigeria
Diezani Alison-Madueke

Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria's oil resources minister, will be questioned by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Nigeria
PWC

In response to accusations by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former governor [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Nigeria, United Kingdom
Jeffrey Tesler

The man who organized briberies in the contract to build [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.05.2014

Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou

Innocent Belemtougri, founder and managing director of Bitel Communication, will [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.05.2014

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