BNP-Paribas

Ivory Coast
Ouattara tasks Hamed Cissé with developing banking sector strategy

The employers' federation boss will be looking at ways of boosting the sector.

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
BICICI boss hires banker Charles Kié

Chairman Ahmed Cissé has recruited the former Ecobank executive to revamp the strategy of the partly state-owned Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie de Côte d'Ivoire.

Spotlight | Morocco
French giants shiver as Rabat-Paris relations remain icy

French companies such as Veolia, Alstom and BNP Paris are struggling in Morocco against a backdrop of diplomatic tensions and have been forced to cut back their activities.

The New Guard
Mali, Kenya, Uganda

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

MaliAli Soumaré, from PS to PR

KenyaBill Amunga, all about business

UgandaMaxwell Atuhura, the activist taking on TotalEnergies

Nigeria
Paris becomes battleground for rival Nigerian bankers

Nigerian banks keen to expand their footprint in West Africa have set their sights on the French capital, given its financial ties with the region. Paris is turning into a competitive scene for Lagos executives.

The New Guard
Kenya, South Africa, Morocco, Guinea

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

KenyaMary Mutula, from reality TV to activism

South AfricaChrispin Phiri, justice ministry spokesman and rising ANC star

MoroccoSamia Jlil, co-founder of Women For Cyber Africa

GuineaMambi Magassouba combines mining and writing novels

Ivory Coast
Loic Folloroux loses another round to RockWinds in marathon cocoa court case

The Bordeaux Court of Appeal has upheld a first instance ruling in the multi-million euro dispute between the French-Ivorian trader and the Bordeaux-based firm.

Ivory Coast
BICICI's new shareholders appoint their Ivorian directors

Each of the BICICI's new Ivorian shareholders has appointed two or three directors to represent it on the bank's newly constituted board.

Ivory Coast
BNP Paribas pulls out of Ivory Coast

BNP Paribas's management will leave is Ivorian branch Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie de Côte d'Ivoire (BICICI) on 15 February, after it was purchased by the Ivorian state in September.

Algeria
Algiers continues to curb access to new foreign banks

As has been the case for the past fifteen years, the annual list of banks approved of by Algiers does not feature any foreign newcomers. The situation, which is down to lack of political will and an uncompetitive business environment, does not look likely to change.

Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast
Kaboré aides reinvent themselves in Abidjan finance

Vista Bank boss Simon Tiemtoré has invited two men who advised the former Burkinabe president to join him in Ivory Coast's economic capital.