Amadou Gon Coulibaly

Ivory Coast
Cocoa farmers' representative body clashes with sector regulator over unsold stocks

After just a few months in existence, the Organisation Interprofessionnelle Agricole du Café-Cacao, launched by former minister Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani, is set to take over significant stocks that have failed to find buyers.

Ivory Coast
VP Koné's entourage makes move towards presidency

Although the odds of seeing Tiémoko Meyliet Koné running for the majority party in the October presidential election are slim, a few members of his inner circle want to cast him as prime candidate material.

Ivory Coast
Singapore's JB Cocoa factory project on stand-by in Abidjan

The chocolate subsidiary of the giant JB Foods has halted construction of its cocoa processing plant at Yopougon Akoupé Zeudji.

Ivory Coast
Parliament speaker ordered to pay €9.5m to Africa Global Logistics boss

Ivory Coast speaker Adama Bictogo has been ordered to pay €9.5m to Africa Global Logistics' Martine Coffi-Studer in the final episode of their lengthy legal dispute over a plot of land.

Inner circle | Congo, Ivory Coast
Banker Ibrahim Magassa dispenses financial advice from Abidjan to Brazzaville

At the comparatively young age of 44, the French-Ivorian banker has established himself as a leading adviser to indebted states, initially to Ivory Coast and then to Congo and Ghana. He can rely on a solid network of contacts in Paris, not least at the investment bank Rothschild.

Ivory Coast
Cotton king Koné Daouda Soukpafolo set to acquire Versus Bank

The Ivorian businessman who heads up EKDS is finalising his bid to buy the state-owned Versus Bank.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Alassane Ouattara, Patrice Talon, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

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

Congo Sassou puts finishing touches on Congo Basin summit preparations

Ivory Coast Ouattara thinks twice about naming bridge after Gbagbo

Benin President's son Lionel Talon seeks to bring NBA to Cotonou

CAR Pro-Russian sports minister invited to Paris Olympics

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Félix Tshisekedi, Vincent de Paul Massassa

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

Congo Influential Julienne Johnson becomes an official adviser to her father

Ivory Coast Ouattara's former special adviser Serey-Eiffel back in Abidjan

DRC Tshisekedi's favourite luxury hotels in the Big Apple

Gabon Vincent de Paul Massassa makes a final, quick trip to oil ministry

Ivory Coast
Ex-CCC exec Vallet-Coulibaly to support local cocoa traders in new role

Recently appointed as the vice president's chief of staff, Françoise Vallet-Coulibaly has been tasked with tackling the supply difficulties being experienced by Ivorian cocoa bean exporters.

Ivory Coast
Ivorian employers' association boss Ahmed Cissé selects his team

To assist him throughout his term at the helm of the CGECI, the businessman has handpicked three figures with close connections to the government.

Africa
Ivory Coast, Gabon, Namibia, Tunisia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara makes key new appointments at his embassy in Paris

Following his appointment of a new consul general at the French embassy in Paris in February, Alassane Ouattara has promoted one of his generals as head of the military mission there.

Ivory Coast
Ivorian state to make surprise bid for BICICI's sale

Private investors keen to purchase shares in the capital of French bank BNP Paribas's lucrative subsidiary in Ivory Coast, the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie de Côte d'Ivoire (BICICI), are readying themselves for battle.