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Ivory Coast
WAEMU regulator holds off on BNI's sale of BICICI stake to Brandon & Mcain

The Banque Nationale d'Investissement's sale of its stake in BICICI to the bank controlled by Ahmed Cissé has still not been given the go-ahead by the regional regulator. The buyer's profile and the terms under which the public institution disposed of its share are fuelling speculation.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Omar-Denis Junior Bongo, Brigitte and Tina Touadéra

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

GabonBrice Clotaire Oligui Nguema expected in Abidjan

GabonOmar-Denis Junior referred to the criminal court whilst at his wedding

Central African RepublicFaustin-Archange Touadéra's wives on a visit to Russia

Nigeria
Paris again seeks help of billionaire Mike Adenuga to back its cultural diplomacy

As President Emmanuel Macron is due to lay the foundation stone for the future Institut Français in Abuja during his forthcoming visit to West Africa, his team is negotiating the financing of its construction with one of the continent's wealthiest figures.

Morocco
Bank of Africa distances itself from France's Crédit Mutuel

The bank of Othman Benjelloun has quietly set out to find a new information technology services provider to support its daily operations, a role filled by a subsidiary of its French shareholder for more than 20 years.

Madagascar
New ambassador appointed to head Paris embassy

A member of the Malagasy diaspora in France, this former TotalEnergies executive is set to move to the French capital shortly, where he will take up a post that has been vacant for nearly a year.

Tunisia
Spanish firm Ferrovial loses another round in Radès stadium battle

A financial legal dispute between the infrastructure giant and one of its Tunisian subcontractors over the construction of the country's largest stadium is coming to an end, over 20 years since it began.

Senegal
Dakar spends €38m on half a dozen more regional fast train units

As part of the regional express train project, Bassirou Diomaye Faye's government made payment in August for six additional trains, totalling €38m.

Ghana
New hedge fund Kessner Capital invests in the gold sector

Investment fund Kessner Capital Management has lent Harlequin International Ghana several million dollars to enable the company to continue developing its mining activities.

Morocco
China's Wisdom Motor mulls factory to avoid Trump tariffs

The Hong Kong-based electric commercial vehicle manufacturer is considering launching operations in the kingdom in order to get round the US government's anti-China trade policy.

Morocco
Rusgrain Union aims to cultivate Moroccan grain importers during Casablanca visit

Representatives of the Russian Union of Grain Exporters and Producers expressed their determination to see the Moroccan market's last barrier to entry lifted.