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Kenya
Pan-African insurer ATIDI strengthens financing capacity to meet project demand

The Nairobi-based group will now be able to reinvest its dividends directly into future credit lines. The move follows major capital injections from international players, including African ones.

Africa
Backed by the AfDB and Nairobi, insurer ATIDI pursues quest for capital

The CEO of Africa Trade and Investment Development Insurance is planning a series of trips to attract potential shareholders. Support from the new head of the African Development Bank has given the institution a boost.

Ivory Coast
Porteo construction firm boss Hassan Dakhlallah moves into banking

The Ivorian businessman has already expanded into construction, industry and agribusiness, and is now stepping up the diversification of his group. He is setting up a bank, a project he has entrusted to former BGFIBank Côte d'Ivoire chief Malick Ndiaye.

Cameroon
EU puts Cameroon energy sector centre stage at Business Week

The second edition of the Cameroon-EU economic stakeholders gathering, to be held in Yaoundé on 16 and 17 June, will focus on the country's energy sector, as investors, lenders and public officials examine the sensitive Nachtigal dam dossier and the future of Socadel, the entity set to replace Eneo.

Guinea
Conakry seeks investment bank to issue its first Eurobond

With a view to financing its Simandou 2040 development plan, the country is seeking to raise funds on the international markets. It is expected to announce the investment bank that will guide it through the procedure in the coming weeks.

Comoros islands, Kenya
Ruto, Assoumani and Macron put their differences aside in Nairobi

Despite past tensions over the island of Mayotte, the heads of state of the three countries used the Africa Forward summit to take their cooperation forward, and the authorities of the French overseas territory have now strengthened their partnership with the Kenyan private sector.

Morocco
New French ambassador Philippe Lalliot prepares to take up post in Rabat

Christophe Lecourtier’s successor will officially take up his post at the end of May. He will mainly be responsible for setting up the bilateral friendship treaty between France and Morocco.

Palace Intrigues
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Mahamadou Issoufou, Christophe Lecourtier

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Africa-France SummitBassirou Diomaye Faye promotes Youth Olympics, while Samia Suluhu Hassan misses gun

NigerAbba Issoufou, son of Mahamadou Issoufou, settles in New York

MoroccoRabat bids French ambassador Christophe Lecourtier goodbye