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Ivory Coast
Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

For weeks frequent power cuts have put pressure on the country and industry unions have held several meetings with the ministry of energy to review its rolling blackout plan.

An employee of the Ivory Coast Electricity Company (CIE) at a hydroelectric dam station.

Ivory Coast
Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Having received the final instalments of its $1.2bn International Monetary Fund (IMF) four-year programme in December, Ivory Coast is theoretically supposed to be tightening its belt - it has exceeeded its IMF quota and will be unable to negotiate further loans for at least a year (and probably longer).

Subscribers only Business 13.05.2021

The French economy minister Bruno Le Maire and the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 30 April 2021.

Morocco
Rabat rejects Eiffage's Dakhla port bid in a diplomatic tit for tat over Western Sahara

Morocco is furious about France's refusal to recognise its sovereignty over the Western Sahara and has retaliated by elimininating French construction group Eiffage from the bidding for the contract to build the port of Dakhla Atlantique in the contested territory.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 30.04.2021

Morocco
Eiffage embarks for Dakhla alongside French political delegation

The French construction giant and bidder for a contract to build the Dakhla Atlantique port will join a delegation of elected French officials planning to visit the Western Sahara city in June.

Subscribers only Business 28.04.2021

Madagascar
Rajoelina obsesses about track record in office in run-up to 2023

With most projects in the country on hold, the Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina is actively casting around for new ventures that he can add to his list of achievements in office when he runs for re-election in 2023.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy, Business 01.04.2021

Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina during the inauguration of the Pharmalagasy factory, 3 October 2020.

Tunisia
Covid causes Castex to postpone Tunis trip

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has postponed plans to travel to Tunis to attend the Franco-Tunisian Cooperation Council because of the Covd pandemic.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2021

Morocco
China's Sinohydro misses its take-off at Rabat-Salé Airport

Chinese construction giant Sinohydro, which won the contract for the extension of Rabat-Salé Airport in 2019 with a bid well below that of the leading Moroccan construction companies, is a long way behind with work on the contract and could even abandon it.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.03.2021

Djibouti
Awkward times for Bouygues as its subsidiary Colas fined for defrauding US Navy

A San Diego court has ordered the Djiboutian branch of Bouygues subsidiary Colas to pay a $12.5m fine for defrauding the US Navy and US embassy in Djibouti.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 22.02.2021

Djibouti
IOG overcomes hurdles to bag two contracts in Paris

When CAC 40 heavyweights met Djibouti's president and his team in Paris on 11 February there appeared to be some crossed wires.

Subscribers only Business 18.02.2021

Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh at Medef International, 11 February 2021.

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot Block CI-27 drilling faces possible delay

Foxtrot International planned to launch its drilling campaign on Block CI-27 in April using the Sapura Berani platform, but it may now have to delay the project.

Subscribers only Energy 02.02.2021

Djibouti
Omar Guelleh caught up in the queue to see President Macron

No date has yet been fixed for the visit to Paris planned by Djiboutian president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh for the end of January. According to our information, the French presidency is responsible for this delay.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.01.2021

Central Africa
Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Initially scheduled to take place in Brussels and then Paris, the CEMAC round table on public-private partnerships has finally taken place in Brazzaville, attracting a veritable horde of lawyers specialising in this domain.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.01.2021

Morocco
Bouygues clinches €9.8m upgrade contract for Dakhla airport

The decision to award a Bouygues subsidiary an airport modernisation contract comes as Morocco is striving to persuade Paris to follow Washington's lead in recognising the kingdom's sovereignty over Western Sahara.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.12.2020

Ivory Coast
Bouygues inherits Pathé-Gaumont multiplex project in Abidjan

Pathé-Gaumont and Prosuma have ended up choosing Setao, a subsidiary of the French giant Bouygues, to take over the project to build the Abidjan multiplex that will boast six cinema studios and is due to open in late 2021.

Subscribers only Business 18.12.2020

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot offers CI-27 respite to Schlumberger

Upcoming drilling campaigns in Ivory Coast may offer some temporary respite for Schlumberger, which has halved its workforce in the country.

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2020

Tunisia
Heavy competition for the construction of the Bizerte Bridge

French minister of state Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne rallies around French construction companies vying for Bizerte.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 04.12.2020

Ivory Coast
A full line-up: Foxtrot, CNR, Total and ENI prepare to drill

Despite Covid-related delays, oil companies working in Ivory Coast are determined to prepare for shallow-water drilling.

Subscribers only Energy 30.11.2020

Madagascar
ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Ravinala, the consortium led by Aéroports de Paris that runs the airports serving Antananarivo and Nosy Be, wants the government to ditch CSPI-M as these facilities' security provider.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 11.11.2020

The new international terminal in Ivato, November 2019.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara U-turns in mid-campaign to award airport contract to Bouygues

With the presidential election just weeks away and the contract seemingly already in the bag for China Railway, the Ivorian president has in the end decided to award the contract to extend Abidjan airport to France's Bouygues.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 12.10.2020

Madagascar
Air Madagascar has stopped paying Meridiam

Tensions between Madagascar's government and the consortium running the country's two main airports have been heightened by tax arrears going back for up to eight months.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 06.07.2020

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Bouygues

Ivory Coast
Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Ivory Coast
Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Morocco
Rabat rejects Eiffage's Dakhla port bid in a diplomatic tit for tat over Western Sahara

Morocco
Eiffage embarks for Dakhla alongside French political delegation

Madagascar
Rajoelina obsesses about track record in office in run-up to 2023

Tunisia
Covid causes Castex to postpone Tunis trip

Morocco
China's Sinohydro misses its take-off at Rabat-Salé Airport

Djibouti
Awkward times for Bouygues as its subsidiary Colas fined for defrauding US Navy

Djibouti
IOG overcomes hurdles to bag two contracts in Paris

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot Block CI-27 drilling faces possible delay

Djibouti
Omar Guelleh caught up in the queue to see President Macron

Central Africa
Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Morocco
Bouygues clinches €9.8m upgrade contract for Dakhla airport

Ivory Coast
Bouygues inherits Pathé-Gaumont multiplex project in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot offers CI-27 respite to Schlumberger

Tunisia
Heavy competition for the construction of the Bizerte Bridge

Ivory Coast
A full line-up: Foxtrot, CNR, Total and ENI prepare to drill

Madagascar
ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Ivory Coast
Ouattara U-turns in mid-campaign to award airport contract to Bouygues

Madagascar
Air Madagascar has stopped paying Meridiam

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Bouygues

Ivory Coast Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Ivory Coast Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Morocco Rabat rejects Eiffage's Dakhla port bid in a diplomatic tit for tat over Western Sahara

Morocco Eiffage embarks for Dakhla alongside French political delegation

Madagascar Rajoelina obsesses about track record in office in run-up to 2023

Tunisia Covid causes Castex to postpone Tunis trip

Morocco China's Sinohydro misses its take-off at Rabat-Salé Airport

Djibouti Awkward times for Bouygues as its subsidiary Colas fined for defrauding US Navy

Djibouti IOG overcomes hurdles to bag two contracts in Paris

Ivory Coast Foxtrot Block CI-27 drilling faces possible delay

Djibouti Omar Guelleh caught up in the queue to see President Macron

Central Africa Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Morocco Bouygues clinches €9.8m upgrade contract for Dakhla airport

Ivory Coast Bouygues inherits Pathé-Gaumont multiplex project in Abidjan

Ivory Coast Foxtrot offers CI-27 respite to Schlumberger

Tunisia Heavy competition for the construction of the Bizerte Bridge

Ivory Coast A full line-up: Foxtrot, CNR, Total and ENI prepare to drill

Madagascar ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Ivory Coast Ouattara U-turns in mid-campaign to award airport contract to Bouygues

Madagascar Air Madagascar has stopped paying Meridiam

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Ivory Coast
Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Ivory Coast
Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Morocco
Rabat rejects Eiffage's Dakhla port bid in a diplomatic tit for tat over Western Sahara

Morocco
Eiffage embarks for Dakhla alongside French political delegation

Madagascar
Rajoelina obsesses about track record in office in run-up to 2023

Tunisia
Covid causes Castex to postpone Tunis trip

Morocco
China's Sinohydro misses its take-off at Rabat-Salé Airport

Djibouti
Awkward times for Bouygues as its subsidiary Colas fined for defrauding US Navy

Djibouti
IOG overcomes hurdles to bag two contracts in Paris

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot Block CI-27 drilling faces possible delay

Djibouti
Omar Guelleh caught up in the queue to see President Macron

Central Africa
Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Morocco
Bouygues clinches €9.8m upgrade contract for Dakhla airport

Ivory Coast
Bouygues inherits Pathé-Gaumont multiplex project in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot offers CI-27 respite to Schlumberger

Tunisia
Heavy competition for the construction of the Bizerte Bridge

Ivory Coast
A full line-up: Foxtrot, CNR, Total and ENI prepare to drill

Madagascar
ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Ivory Coast
Ouattara U-turns in mid-campaign to award airport contract to Bouygues

Madagascar
Air Madagascar has stopped paying Meridiam