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DP World

DP World is a logistics and transportation firm, created through the merger of Dubai Ports Authority and Dubai Ports International in September 2005. It is one the main competitors of the French company Bolloré Transport & Logistics.

AFRICA FRANCE Business Ports and airports 18/10/2021

Banks ready to pounce as rumours surface of the sale of Bolloré's African assets

A benchmark conducted by Morgan Stanley on the port and logistics assets of the Bolloré group sent African capitals into a panic last week. [...]

French businessman Vincent Bolloré © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Spotlight UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AFRICA Business Ports and airports 30/09/2021

How Abu Dhabi Ports is preparing its African push

The firm, hitherto overshadowed by its compatriot DP World, has forged numerous alliances with shipowners and commodities traders in recent months. It is now preparing to make offers for several African ports. [...]

The container terminal at the port of Lobito (Angola), one of the targets of Abu Dhabi Ports. © Empresa Portuária do Lobito/Facebook

SUDAN Business Ports and airports 16/09/2021

Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

For three months now, Hamburg Port Consulting has been working to reduce delays for unloading ships at Port Sudan, the only international port in the country. [...]

HORN OF AFRICA Business Ports and airports 10/09/2021

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Four months after opening the port of Berbera in Somaliland, DP World's chairman, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, tasked his teams to conduct a study on Chinese activism in the ports of the Horn of Africa. [...]

DJIBOUTI Business Ports and airports 06/09/2021

Port of Djibouti barons at loggerheads

State-run Port of Djibouti, the country's main source of income along, in equal measure, with the rent from foreign military bases, is in the throes of a management war. [...]

The Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port, managed by the state company Port of Djibouti. © Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

DJIBOUTI Business Power 30/08/2021

The authorities try to reach agreement with Fortescue on electricity projects MOU

Three months after a visit to Djibouti by Andrew Forrest, the billionaire boss of Australia's Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), an online meeting is due to be held in mid-September between representatives of Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's presidential administration (IOG) and the mining group. [...]

ETHIOPIA Business Defence 09/06/2021

Paris boosts new naval force with two Sillinger speedboats

France is equipping the Ethiopian navy with two Sillinger boats in a bid to capture a share of the market for its shipyards. Ethiopia does not have an access to the sea, but it hopes to house its fleet in a port in Eritrea or Djibouti. [...]

Spotlight HORN OF AFRICA Diplomacy Defence 04/06/2021

Sisi tries two-pronged attack on Abiy via Khartoum and Djibouti

The Egyptian army wants to capitalise on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's visit to Djibouti last week to strengthen cooperation with the country in hope of securing a permanent presence there. Cairo generals, which have already firmed up ties with their counterparts in Sudan, are fighting Ethiopia's plans to continue filling the Renaissance dam this summer. [...]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Djibouti. © diplomatie.gouv.dj

Spotlight AFRICA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Business Ports and airports 01/06/2021

DP World looks at using shares to fundraise

Emirati Port operator DP World is ready to open up its capital to finance growth in Africa and elsewhere. [...]

Spotlight SUDAN Diplomacy 27/05/2021

Hamdok's difficult debt relief conversation with the Gulf

Germany and France may be happy to write off virtually all of Sudan's debts, but the Gulf states are asking for something in return before they will renegotiate. [...]

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok at the Sudan Creditors' Summit in Paris on 17 May 2021. © Sarah Meyssonnier/SAM/SAA/Reuters

Spotlight UNITED ARAB EMIRATES QATAR SOMALIA Diplomacy 18/05/2021

Farmajo, spurned by Qatar, turns to UAE crown prince MBZ

The Somali president, on the verge of losing his job, is seeking financial support from new sources in the Gulf. The Emirati crown prince has agreed to talks, but remains cautious. [...]

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as Farmajo, addresses Parliament on May 1, 2021. © Hassan Bashi/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

DJIBOUTI Business 10/05/2021

DP World asks US State Department for help in Doraleh Port case

Dennis Hranitzky, the US lawyer DP World hired to obtain an exequatur in the United States on several arbitration rulings made against Djibouti, is up against a wall. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business Ports and airports 27/04/2021

Cornelder launches offensive on Mozambique's port terminals

With a foothold in Beira and in a number of Mozambican shipping companies, Rotterdam-based Cornelder Group is harnessing its many subsidiaries in order to win a bigger chunk of the country's port management sector. [...]

Spotlight DRC Business Ports and airports 01/04/2021

Tshisekedi and DP World wrangle over Port of Banana exclusive zone

The Emirati firm DP World wants an exclusive zone around the port they plan to build in Banana. Such a zone would prevent Australia's Fortescue from moving forward with their project. The Congolese authorities have asked the two companies to come to an agreement so that both projects can progress. [...]

QATAR DRC Diplomacy 31/03/2021

Behind the scenes of Tshisekedi's Qatar trip

During a lightning visit to Qatar, the Congolese leader tried to play on the competition between Doha and Abu Dhabi to secure projects. [...]

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi was received on March 29, 2021 by the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. © Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani/Twitter

ANGOLA Diplomacy 24/03/2021

Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

The Angolan president's quiet trip to Abu Dhabi last week is the latest sign of a fast-tracked rapprochement between the UAE and Angola. But this blossoming diplomatic and economic alliance depends on the UAE's willingness to hunt down the dos Santos family's assets. [...]

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former president. © REUTERS/Toby Melville

DJIBOUTI Business Ports and airports 19/03/2021

DP World undeterred by Djibouti's latest legal ploy

The legal proceedings initiated in the United States by the Emirati port operator DP World, which wants several arbitration rulings against Djibouti relating to the Doraleh port container terminal to be enforced, now hinge on the legal status of an email. [...]

Spotlight ANGOLA Diplomacy 08/03/2021

Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Already engaged in innumerable court cases and arbitration battles, the smallest details of which are dutifully publicized by their respective PR teams, the family of ex-president dos Santos and the Angolan state are also fighting another less public, much less procedural battle. [...]

DJIBOUTI Business Ports and airports 22/02/2021

Djibouti fights back against DP World's US legal offensive

Djibouti's lawyers are betting on a particular interpretation of American law in their bid to prevent the port operator DP World from getting the $485.5m in damages it is claiming in US courts. [...]

Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT), in which DP World has a 33.34% stake. © Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority

Inner circles DRC Politics 05/02/2021

The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors

President Tshisekedi has a team of nine special advisors he likes to call on. Playing on rivalries among the members of Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo, some have taken charge of state matters even if that means encroaching on the portfolios of the ministers concerned. [...]

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi. © Reuters

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DP World looks at using shares to fundraise

Hamdok's difficult debt relief conversation with the Gulf

Farmajo, spurned by Qatar, turns to UAE crown prince MBZ

DP World asks US State Department for help in Doraleh Port case

Cornelder launches offensive on Mozambique's port terminals

Tshisekedi and DP World wrangle over Port of Banana exclusive zone

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Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

DP World undeterred by Djibouti's latest legal ploy

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Banks ready to pounce as rumours surface of the sale of Bolloré's African assets

How Abu Dhabi Ports is preparing its African push

Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Port of Djibouti barons at loggerheads

The authorities try to reach agreement with Fortescue on electricity projects MOU

Paris boosts new naval force with two Sillinger speedboats

Sisi tries two-pronged attack on Abiy via Khartoum and Djibouti

DP World looks at using shares to fundraise

Hamdok's difficult debt relief conversation with the Gulf

Farmajo, spurned by Qatar, turns to UAE crown prince MBZ

DP World asks US State Department for help in Doraleh Port case

Cornelder launches offensive on Mozambique's port terminals

Tshisekedi and DP World wrangle over Port of Banana exclusive zone

Behind the scenes of Tshisekedi's Qatar trip

Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

DP World undeterred by Djibouti's latest legal ploy

Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Djibouti fights back against DP World's US legal offensive

The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors

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