Alassane Ouattara

Ivory Coast
Ouattara reorganises Treasury management team

Alassane Ouattara is expected to appoint Arthur Augustin Pascale Ahoussi, deputy director general of the Treasury, to replace his former boss Konan Jacques Assahore.

Ivory Coast
Abidjan picks banks for Eurobond issue

The Ivorian government has chosen five banks to carry out its Eurobond issue. They are Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, JPMorgan Chase, and Société Générale.

Ivory Coast
Marie-Viviane Ado Gossan takes charge of Millennium Challenge Account

Marie-Viviane Ado Gossan-Coulibaly, chief of staff and right-hand woman to the ex-secretary general in the Office of the President Abdourahmane Cissé, is about to take over as head of the Millennium Challenge Account Côte d'Ivoire.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

The Ivorian president is considering using future revenues from the vast oil and gas field as collateral to raise funds, giving the government much-needed cash for its programme of major infrastructure works.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara allies squabble over Bougouanou bauxite

The mining project launched by Moumouni Bictogo has prompted rifts between shareholders close to the presidential party, and the affair has now gone to court following a complaint by Ivorian businessman Léo Guigui.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara won't play ball over rising CAN 2023 costs

Ivory Coast's PM has rejected a new call for additional funding from the Organising Committee of the African Cup of Nations. This decision comes as President Ouattara is privately annoyed by the football tournament's considerable cost overruns.

West Africa
Macron ponders French military presence in Africa

A gathering of France's top defence officials to discuss pressing issues about Africa that was original scheduled for 14 November will now take place on 12 December.

Ivory Coast
Abidjan bides time on tax incentives extension for local cocoa processing

Cocoa giants Cargill, Barry Callebaut and Olam, which have been investing heavily in industry in Ivory Coast since 2016, have still not received a guarantee from government that it will continue with a tax policy that favoured local processing.

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Abidjan and Accra cross swords over cocoa

The difficult marketing campaign for the 2023-2024 harvest is undermining cooperation between the two West African giants in the sector.

Palace Intrigues
Robert Friedland, Mamadi Doumbouya, Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly

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GuineaDoumbouya snubs Friedland in NYC

DRCModeste Bahati Lukwebo acquires luxury Bukavu hotel

EgyptSisi lays on elite judo training for grandson

Ivory CoastOnly first class will do for Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly

Ivory Coast
Standard Chartered facilitates €533m loan for Abidjan

The financially challenged Ivory Coast is to receive a Standard Chartered Bank-facilitated €533m loan in late November.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, David Cameron, Faure Gnassingbé, Alassane Ouattara, Guillaume Soro

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

DRCWill Cameron get through to Tshisekedi?

Ivory Coast/TogoOuattara and Gnassingbé's discreet tête-à-tête in Riyadh

NigeriaOlivier Becht keeps billionaire company in Lagos

Ivory CoastExiled opposition figure Guillaume Soro back in Africa

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Faure Gnassingbé, Charles Blé Goudé, Blaise Matuidi

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

Ivory CoastOuattara and Macron try to set date for meeting

TogoGnassingbé's quiet London escape

Ivory CoastOpposition leader Charles Blé Goudé prepares own "address to the nation"

CongoFootball world champion Blaise Matuidi nurtures his networks