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France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Having failed to take advantage of the G20's debt suspension initiative, which brought in new African contracts for all his competitors, former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is now offering his services as a consultant in Africa's smallest capitals.

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Former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Congo
Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

Under pressure from the IMF, which for the past 18 months has been blocking the second tranche of the $448.6m loan it approved in 2019, Congo is trying to revive talks with traders who have extended oil-backed loans to the country.

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West Africa
G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

By making the extension of its moratorium on sovereign debt in October conditional on beneficiary countries treating all their lenders with parity, the G20 has opened up fresh opportunities for advisory banks and law firms.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.12.2020

Africa
Former UN chief Africa economist Carlos Lopes also advises heads of state

Carlos Lopes, who headed the UN's Economic Commission for Africa from 2012 to 2016, has just added Togo to a growing list of countries on the continent to hire him as a consultant.

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Carlos Lopes was director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Spotlight | Africa
McKinsey scores win over BCG in Libreville in pan-African battle of consultants

Embroiled in a fierce battle for government contracts in Africa with rival Boston Consulting Group since the spring, McKinsey has scored a significant win over its rival in Gabon.

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In Focus | Tunisia, West Africa
Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

After having had the spotlight turned on his confidential online political marketing activities by American think-tank Atlantic Council last month, Franco-Tunisian communications adviser Lotfi Bel Hadj has already moved on. Last month, he signed PR and lobbying contracts with the Togolese presidency.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 27.07.2020

Franco-Tunisian publicist Lotfi Bel Hadj.

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

Since he replaced Vital Kamerhe, interim presidential chief of staff Désiré-Cashmir Kolongele Eberande has been relying on military intelligence to sort through the state's "sovereign" contract commitments, especially those involving identity papers.

Subscribers only Business 18.06.2020

Désiré-Cashmir Kolongele Eberande, chief of staff in the DRC president's office.

Congo
Calixte Nganongo, part-time finance minister

Congo's recently recovered finance minister Calixte Nganongo has rallied and got back to work. Denis Sassou Nguesso needs him to act as a counterweight to the all-powerful minister of major public works Jean-Jacques Bouya, whose sphere of influence is growing.

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DRC Minister of Finance Calixte Nganongo.

DRC
Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

Despite making strenuous efforts, Parnasse, the consulting company of former French IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, failed to win the consulting contract it was chasing in DRC. It was beaten to it by Baker McKenzie, where Strauss-Kahn's successor at the IMF, Christine Lagarde, used to work.

Subscribers only Politics 19.05.2020

Africa
Herbert Smith, Rothschild and Intellidex paint post-Covid future to their clients

Consultancy firms are eager to demonstrate that they remain at the side of their clients in the African mining industry despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Subscribers only Mining 19.05.2020

Africa
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Jacques Attali foretell the future of a post-Covid Africa

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the sovereign advisory market but consultancy heavyweights Jacques Attali and Dominique Strauss Kahn have been quick to adjust, vying for contracts to help states overwhelmed by the crisis.

Subscribers only Business 29.04.2020

In Focus | Africa
Ex-Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse reinvents himself in Africa

Six months after leaving Lazard, Matthieu Pigasse is quietly working on the creation of a new boutique bank that will specialise in sovereign advisory and looking for his first state clients in Africa. He is also looking for new investments in the African entertainment sector, which is currently booming.

Subscribers only Business 23.03.2020

Matthieu Pigasse is quietly working on the creation of a new boutique bank.

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Congo
Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

West Africa
G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Africa
Former UN chief Africa economist Carlos Lopes also advises heads of state

Spotlight | Africa
McKinsey scores win over BCG in Libreville in pan-African battle of consultants

In Focus | Tunisia, West Africa
Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

Congo
Calixte Nganongo, part-time finance minister

DRC
Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

Africa
Herbert Smith, Rothschild and Intellidex paint post-Covid future to their clients

Africa
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Jacques Attali foretell the future of a post-Covid Africa

In Focus | Africa
Ex-Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse reinvents himself in Africa

Congo
Matthieu Pigasse says goodbye to Sassou

Tunisia
The stars of the Paris bar join the fight over Sam Zormati's aircraft

DRC
Advisors queue up to lure back IMF

DRC
Why IMF won't sign on dotted line with Tshisekedi

Spotlight | Document | Congo
Stressful times for Denis Sassou Nguesso's financial advisors ahead of IMF meeting

DRC, France
ESL joins French lobbying scrum in Kinshasa

DRC
DSK offers Felix Tshisekedi his good offices

Spotlight | Congo
With Mercuria's new gameplay, SNPC's debt plays havoc on its future

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn

France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Congo Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

West Africa G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Africa Former UN chief Africa economist Carlos Lopes also advises heads of state

Spotlight | Africa McKinsey scores win over BCG in Libreville in pan-African battle of consultants

In Focus | Tunisia, West Africa Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

DRC Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

Congo Calixte Nganongo, part-time finance minister

DRC Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

Africa Herbert Smith, Rothschild and Intellidex paint post-Covid future to their clients

Africa Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Jacques Attali foretell the future of a post-Covid Africa

In Focus | Africa Ex-Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse reinvents himself in Africa

Congo Matthieu Pigasse says goodbye to Sassou

Tunisia The stars of the Paris bar join the fight over Sam Zormati's aircraft

DRC Advisors queue up to lure back IMF

DRC Why IMF won't sign on dotted line with Tshisekedi

Spotlight | Document | Congo Stressful times for Denis Sassou Nguesso's financial advisors ahead of IMF meeting

DRC, France ESL joins French lobbying scrum in Kinshasa

DRC DSK offers Felix Tshisekedi his good offices

Spotlight | Congo With Mercuria's new gameplay, SNPC's debt plays havoc on its future

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Congo
Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

West Africa
G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Africa
Former UN chief Africa economist Carlos Lopes also advises heads of state

Spotlight | Africa
McKinsey scores win over BCG in Libreville in pan-African battle of consultants

In Focus | Tunisia, West Africa
Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

Congo
Calixte Nganongo, part-time finance minister

DRC
Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

Africa
Herbert Smith, Rothschild and Intellidex paint post-Covid future to their clients

Africa
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Jacques Attali foretell the future of a post-Covid Africa

In Focus | Africa
Ex-Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse reinvents himself in Africa

Congo
Matthieu Pigasse says goodbye to Sassou

Tunisia
The stars of the Paris bar join the fight over Sam Zormati's aircraft

DRC
Advisors queue up to lure back IMF

DRC
Why IMF won't sign on dotted line with Tshisekedi

Spotlight | Document | Congo
Stressful times for Denis Sassou Nguesso's financial advisors ahead of IMF meeting

DRC, France
ESL joins French lobbying scrum in Kinshasa

DRC
DSK offers Felix Tshisekedi his good offices

Spotlight | Congo
With Mercuria's new gameplay, SNPC's debt plays havoc on its future