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Ivory Coast
Makeover for ADB

Abandoned since the organisation moved to Tunisia in 2003, the African Development Bank’s old Abidjan headquarters needs a serious lick [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.03.2012

Ivory Coast
Soro lands speaker’s job

Everyone thought that Guillaume Soro would not become speaker of the national assembly because at 39 he was a year too young to qualify for the job. But then Ouattara stepped in.

Subscribers only Politics 14.03.2012

Senegal
Wade gives it his last shot

Stung by his disappointing performance in the first round of Senegal’s presidential elections, President Abdoulaye Wade has been assiduously courting Senegalese interest groups that might swing the vote in March 25 run-off.

Subscribers only Politics 14.03.2012

Senegal
Dead man’s vote sparks EU spat

President Abdoulaye Wade is furious about the European Union’s criticisms of the first round of the presidential elections and is threatening to ban the EU observer mission from monitoring the run-off.

Subscribers only Politics 14.03.2012

Ivory Coast
Ouattara annuls property deals

President Alassane Ouattara told Finance Minister Charles Koffi Diby and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.03.2012

Burkina Faso
Sopatel chief

A fresh round of musical chairs is underway for the [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Burkina Faso
Newmont beats Ampela to Burkina Faso contract

The U.S. company Newmont Ventures, has been awarded the contract [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Ivory Coast
Sunu has eye on Versus Bank in Abidjan

The Ivorian insurance group Sunu, headed by Pathe Dione, is [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Africa, France
Attijariwafa out in force at CIAN

The Moroccan bank Attiyariwafa sent practically all of the staff [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Ivory Coast
PATRICK ASSI (DHL)

Ivorian chartered accountant Patrick Assi, 50, took over as head [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Ivory Coast
HIPPOLYTE GNAZALE EBAGNITCHIE (GS2E)

The former head of the distribution arm of Compagnie Ivorienne [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.03.2012

Nigeria
Private auction for local firms

Although an auction for marginal fields hasn’t yet begun, Nigerian companies are already jockeying to reserve the best blocks for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Niger
Several companies eye same blocks

Five oil companies have put in firm offers for exploration rights and the government will shortly start weighing their bids. What blocks attract the most interest?

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Nigeria
$600 million in guarantees

At the end of this month the World Bank will increase from $400 million to $600 million its guarantee on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Ivory Coast
Bouygues gets an OK for gas price

The French group plans to boost gas production and thus Ivory Coast’s power generation capacity thanks to two new gas fields.

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Nigeria
Usan is first clean gas project

France’s Total won’t be flaring a cubic meter of gas on its new FPSO in Nigeria’s deep offshore. That’s far from being the case of other projects under development.

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Ivory Coast
Soubre, a French-Chinese deal

A decision to construct the Soubre dam on the Sassandra river (it will generate between 270-300MW) is expected to be [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

West Africa
Bruce Burrows

With only a few months to go before it starts a three-well drilling campaign in Ivory Coast, Australia's Rialto Energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Nigeria
NNPC

The parliamentary panel that has been investigating oil product subsidies [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Mauritania
Private security for oil firms

Oil companies operating in Mauritania are highly concerned about new [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Nigeria
More cash for Delta

Pressure by governors from northern Nigeria for a change in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Nigeria
No rebates for Shell acreage

Although they weren’t given the role of operators on OML [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Nigeria
Eleda Capital Partner

Emeka Obi, one of the two middle-men involved in the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Nigeria
Bucy & Associates

A "business diplomacy" firm founded in 2009 by Nicolas Bourillon [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

Nigeria
Timi Alaibe

Timi Alaibe, former special adviser to Nigeria's president on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.03.2012

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