Bouygues

Egypt
Colas on verge of first contract with national rail company

Taking full advantage of the major infrastructure projects launched by President Sisi, Colas Rail, which is already working on two of Cairo's metro lines, is poised to snap up yet another contract.

Egypt
Alstom and Colas Rail bid €200m for Cairo metro line 6 contract

The two French companies are the only ones in the running for the energy component of this project, whose total cost is estimated at $5 billion. They are seeking to consolidate their position as service providers of choice for Egypt's many rail projects.

Ivory Coast
Patrick Achi plots to acquire Bouygues stake in Abidjan toll bridge

Two of the main shareholders in Socoprim, which runs the Henri-Konan-Bédié toll bridge in Abidjan, have reservations about a state pension fund acquiring Bouygues's shares in the venture.

Guinea
Conakry turns to French bank Natixis to finance 'Côtière' power line

Guinea has asked Natixis to submit a financing offer for a project to supply electricity to the northwest of the country, a major bauxite mining area where a range of foreign and domestic mining firms are active.

Ivory Coast
Achi hopes to cash in on Bouygues shares in HKB toll bridge operator

The Ivorian prime minister would like to get nearly 7 billion CFA francs (€10.6m) for the shares the state bought in Socoprim, operator of Henri-Konan-Bédié toll bridge, from Bouygues in 2021.

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Mysterious UK firm Duc In Altum wants to build medical cities in Africa

The South African representative of an unknown British firm owned by an Israeli-Bulgarian duo has been trying to convince various African governments to build vast smart medical cities to fight against Covid-19.

Egypt
Colas and Orascom bid for €1.7bn Alexandria subway facelift

Egypt has launched a call for tenders for the modernisation of a subway line in the country's second city, and French and Egyptian giants Colas and Orascom are finalising their bids.

Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast gives up on second Abidjan metro line

Ivory Coast has given up on building a second metro line for its economic capital Abidjan and has instead plumped for a bus rapid transit (BRT) system.

Tunisia
Transport minister in search of funds for Enfidha port

The project to build a deepwater port in Enfidha, postponed numerous times, is being relaunched with a call for tenders. Six companies are in the running but the funds for the project have yet to be secured.

Algeria, United States
US firm GHSN to pioneer foreign hospital management alongside Groupe Souakri

Groupe Souakri, the Algerian partner of the LafargeHolcim cement firm and Renault Trucks, has asked Global Health Services Network to design its future private hospital and paramedical training centre in Meftah. The American group will also manage the new complex, at least during the early years.

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
Palace pals look for cybersecurity partners in Israel

Moroccan cybersecurity experts Cyberforce and Alomra Group International, owned by members of Mohammed VI's inner circle, took part in Morocco's first trade mission to Israel in March.

Madagascar
After World Bank sanctions, Meridiam increases its stake in Ravinala Airports

Following World Bank sanctions on three of the four shareholders of Ravinala Airports (ADP International, Colas and Bouygues), the capital of this consortium, which manages the new Ivato airport and Nosy Be airport, has been being shaken up in favour of the only shareholder to have escaped sanctions, namely the Meridiam fund.

Tunisia
Second chance to bid for construction of Bizerte Bridge

The bidding process for the construction of the Bizerte Bridge has been reopened. Although Tunisia's Ministry of Equipment and Housing was already examining submitted bids in December 2020, none of them have so far been selected.

Madagascar
Will Meridiam run Ivato airport's new terminal alone?

The restructuring of the capital of the consortium Ravinala Airports, which manages Ivato's airport new terminal, should speed up following a 4 January move by the World Bank, anticipated by Africa Intelligence, to sanction the French construction companies Bouygues and Colas as well as Groupe ADP, all three of which are shareholders in the consortium.

Madagascar
World Bank wraps up corruption investigation into Ivato airport

The first few months of the new terminal at Ivato, built and managed by a consortium of Aéroports de Paris, the Meridiam fund and the Bouygues and Colas construction groups, are expected to be disrupted by the findings of an investigation by the World Bank's anti-corruption unit, a branch of which was involved in financing the project.