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Algeria
Danone appoints new general manager to get back on track

The food multinational has signed up a new recruit to manage its local subsidiary to replace the French national Frédéric Sudre.

Morocco
New Zniber generation to take over family empire

The wealthy French-Moroccan Zniber family is speeding up the handover of its financially troubled food giant, Diana Holding. The two eldest siblings, Leyth and Diana, are the chief legatees.

Morocco
McDonald's franchise counters Gaza-linked boycott with PR blitz

Moroccans have been staying away in droves from the hamburger chain since last month's sharp escalation of hostilities in the Middle East. The US giant is now staging a rearguard media riposte.

The New Guard
Morocco, Kenya, Uganda

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

MoroccoGhalia Mokhtari, a lawyer going places with green energy

KenyaJohn Muchiri Muriithi, Visa's East Africa sales rep

UgandaDavid Lewis Rubongoya, Bobi Wine's young teacher

Ivory Coast
Ezzedine family suspends mineral water production at ex-Castel plant

The Ivorian family conglomerate Carré d'or has suspended the production of mineral water at the Abidjan plant, which it acquired from France's Castel and which produces bottled mineral water for the well-established brands Awa and Cristaline.

Morocco
Danone boss pays low-key visit to Rabat

Earlier this month Danone CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique made a rare trip to Morocco, where the French food giant's subsidiary is trying to get back on track.

Sudan
Gum arabic heavyweight set to visit Kordofan

Frédéric Alland, head of Alland & Robert, will travel to Sudan on 19 March. The French gum arabic giant shares, with its French competitor Nexira, over half the Sudanese market for the acacia tree resin.

Algeria
US fast-food chain KFC ready at last to launch in Algeria

The US group's plans to launch in Algeria have had to be postponed on several occasions, but the kick-off is now set for January 2023. The American giant hopes to partner with local producers.

Ivory Coast
Ezzedine family buys Castel's water business in Abidjan for €16.7m

A subsidiary of the Ivorian company Carré d'Or, controlled by the influential Ezzedine family, is buying the mineral water business of the Société de Limonaderies et de Brasseries d'Afrique, a subsidiary of French group Castel.

Algeria
Candia seeks to compete with Soummam in Algeria

2021's freeze on powdered milk imports got the better of the dairy sector's most vulnerable producers. Now Candia's Algerian arm is trying to milk this opportunity to step on national leader Soummam's toes.

Madagascar
Habibo poised to take over Star Madagascar's Coca-Cola licence

Brasseries Star Madagascar, an offshoot of the French group Castel, will no longer be bottling or distributing Coca-Cola drinks in the country. The US giant is in talks with two potential replacements.

West Africa
After Abidjan, Castel loses Coca-Cola distribution rights in Ouagadougou

The Atlanta-based soft drinks giant has already severed its ties with Castel in Ivory Coast and a number of other African countries, and is now about to do the same in Burkina Faso.