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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.

DRC
DP World, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Ports set to lock horns over Matadi site

The contract signed in December last year by Kinshasa and DP World goes beyond building a deepwater port at Banana. Its provisions also cover the river port of Matadi, at the risk of irking the players - Abu Dhabi Ports, Qatar and Bolloré - in the running for the deal to modernise the site.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 09.02.2022

DRC
Logistics giants vie for Matadi river port

France's Bolloré has been keen on the modernisation project since 2019 but UAE's Abu Dhabi Ports is also now showing interest.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 03.02.2022

Spotlight | Qatar, Rwanda, UAE
Maghreb and Gulf frenemies rush to Kagame

The Rwandan president's growing influence in African affairs has turned Kigali into a regional hub for diplomacy and business.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.02.2022

Somalia, UAE
MBZ unsure of which of three presidential candidates to back

Shut out of Somali politics by Qatar since 2017, the United Arab Emirates is undecided on what strategy to adopt to regain its foothold in Villa Somalia.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.01.2022

UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MBZ).

Inner circles | UAE, West Africa
Abu Dhabi Ports in chaotic dash to build Africa empire

With a war chest of a billion dollars, Abu Dhabi Ports is hunting for projects in Africa in a bid to match its arch-rival DP World. Backed by the emirate's highest authorities, the parastatal, which in less than two years has gone from sub-regional player to global giant, is nevertheless struggling to build a proper African empire.

Free access Infrastructure, Business 14.01.2022

A delivery of bauxite from Guinea by Abu Dhabi Ports in June 2018.

Africa
How MSC's Aponte family outbid CMA CGM's Saadé owners for Bolloré's African assets

The announcement, on 20 December, that Bolloré had entered exclusive negotiations with the Italian-Swiss group MSC for the sale of its African port and logistics business came as a slap in the face for CMA CGM.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.12.2021

Bolloré Ports' container terminal in Pointe-Noire (Congo).

DRC
How Banana deepwater port got back on track

Félix Tshisekedi's government and the Dubai-based DP World have both had to make concessions to reach a deal on constructing the Banana deepwater port.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 15.12.2021

The Emirati Minister of State for Cooperation, Khalifa Shaheen al Marar, and the Congolese Minister of Transport and Disenclavement, Cherubin Okende, during the signing ceremony of the concession contract for the construction of the deepwater port of Banana between the Congolese State and DP World on 11 December 2021.

Egypt, Tanzania
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Samia Suluhu Hassan's honeymoon period

Since Samia Suluhu Hassan's coming to power in Dodoma, Tanzania has steadily edged closer to Egypt.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.11.2021

Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Africa, France
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.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance, Business 18.10.2021

Spotlight | Africa, UAE
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.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 30.09.2021

The container terminal at the port of Lobito (Angola), one of the targets of Abu Dhabi Ports.

Sudan
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.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 16.09.2021

Horn of Africa
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.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 10.09.2021

Djibouti
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.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 06.09.2021

The Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port, managed by the state company Port of Djibouti.

Djibouti
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.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 30.08.2021

Ethiopia
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.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 09.06.2021

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
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.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.06.2021

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Djibouti.

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Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

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

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

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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

DRC
DP World, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Ports set to lock horns over Matadi site

DRC
Logistics giants vie for Matadi river port

Spotlight | Qatar, Rwanda, UAE
Maghreb and Gulf frenemies rush to Kagame

Somalia, UAE
MBZ unsure of which of three presidential candidates to back

Inner circles | UAE, West Africa
Abu Dhabi Ports in chaotic dash to build Africa empire

Africa
How MSC's Aponte family outbid CMA CGM's Saadé owners for Bolloré's African assets

DRC
How Banana deepwater port got back on track

Egypt, Tanzania
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Samia Suluhu Hassan's honeymoon period

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

Spotlight | Africa, UAE
How Abu Dhabi Ports is preparing its African push

Sudan
Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

Horn of Africa
UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Djibouti
Port of Djibouti barons at loggerheads

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

Ethiopia
Paris boosts new naval force with two Sillinger speedboats

Spotlight | Horn of Africa
Sisi tries two-pronged attack on Abiy via Khartoum and Djibouti

Spotlight | Africa, UAE
DP World looks at using shares to fundraise

Spotlight | Sudan
Hamdok's difficult debt relief conversation with the Gulf

Spotlight | Qatar, Somalia, UAE
Farmajo, spurned by Qatar, turns to UAE crown prince MBZ

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