Auchan

Central African Republic
TotalEnergies poised to tiptoe out of CAR

The French oil major appears to have found a way out of the Central African Republic at last. The country's largest company is selling its assets to Tamoil, a Libyan company that is based in Europe.

The New Guard
Kenya, South Africa, Congo, Guinea, Morocco

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

KenyaSolomon Kuria, the link between Kenyatta and Odinga.

South AfricaNonceba Mhlauli, President Ramaphosa's youth champion

CongoSteven Moussala, Prime Minister Anatole Makosso's Franco-Congolese sherpa

GuineaMohamed Lamine Solano, Conakry's voice in Washington.

MoroccoOmar Chraibi, the man behind Voltalia's solar victory.

Morocco
Bakkoury's Noor PV II solar project fails to electrify candidates

Sustainable energy agency Masen has refused to extend its call for candidates for the Noor PV II project to build solar farms totalling 400 MW. Only nine candidates, including three foreign majors, have come forward.

DRC
Eranove scoops solar farm contract worth at least $110m

The French electricity and drinking water producer has been trying to expand beyond Ivory Coast for years. The consortium it heads has now won a major contract for a pilot electrification project in northern DRC.

Spotlight | Morocco
Cosumar, Holmarcom and Al Mada swoop on Nouakchott

The improvement in diplomatic relations between Rabat and Nouakchott is encouraging a revival of Moroccan investment in Mauritania, which was hardly remarkable during the term of former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Among the groups showing interest are the powerful [.

Spotlight | DRC
Voltalia vies for northern mini-grids contract

Hitherto little-known in DRC, the French electricity producer is to submit a bid to build three solar plants and local distribution systems in the Mongala, Sud-Ubangi, and Haut-Uele provinces.

Central African Republic
Telecel shareholder faces murder charge in Greece

Hugues Mulliez, the partner of the businessman Laurent Foucher in [...]

Tunisia
Mulliez family member targets Djerba retirement home business

Maxime Mulliez, a member of France's extensive Mulliez retailing family (Auchan, Decathlon, Leroy Merlin, etc.), is investing in medicalized residences [...]

Morocco
Engie and Nareva obtain Dakhla desalination plant contract unopposed

French energy giant Engie and Nareva, energy subsidiary of Mohammed VI's personal holding company Al Mada, did not have too [...]

Kenya
Solar energy: French billionaire Mulliez pampered by AfDB

One of the retail tycoon's offshoots, Voltalia, is about to get a leg up from Abidjan for its solar farm in Kenya.

Tunisia
Chahed helps Hichem Bouchamaoui to open hypermarket

Hichem Bouchamoui, co-owner of the Al Majd family holding company (construction, property and agriculture) is investing outside the family business [...]

Morocco
Voltalia is Veolia's joker for Dakhla desalination plant contract

French utilities giant Veolia has teamed up with tiny French company Voltalia to bid for the contract for the huge [...]

Spotlight | Morocco
Dakhla desalination plant attracts industry big boys

Agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch's "Moroccan Sahara" showpiece project, the wind-powered desalination project, which will provide irrigation for 5,000 hectares of agricultural land in the Dakhla Oued-Eddahab region, is attracting the leading national and international groups in the field.

Algeria
Lamine Boustila to build cosmetics plant with Turkey's Hunca

Lamine Boustila, the son of former gendarmerie head Ahmed Boustila, is continuing to build up his business interests. After having [...]

Ivory Coast
Auchan leaves Salloub in the lurch

The founder of the retail firm Top Budget, Adnan Mohamed [...]

Madagascar
WorkIT relocates its activity to Antananarivo

WorkIT, a French start-up specializing in big data for e-commerce, [...]