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Morocco
Paris shifts its position on Western Sahara

France's U-turn on Western Sahara was personally supported by Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron, while the role of French diplomats and the king's foreign affairs adviser in the talks was decisive.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.08.2024

Morocco's King Mohammed VI attending a ceremony of allegiance to mark the 25th anniversary of his enthronement at the Tetouan palace on 30 July 2024.

Algeria
Algiers rules out economic reprisals against France

The Algerian government is bracing for renewed tensions with former colonial power France after recalling ambassador Saïd Moussi from Paris but is keen for them not to spill over into the economy.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 02.08.2024

Morocco
Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Plans to connect Western Sahara and Morocco's economic capital with a high voltage electricity line have come to a standstill. Despite the extra time granted by ONEE, the eligibility conditions and timetable are still considered unrealistic by potential applicants.

Subscribers only Business 02.07.2024

A high voltage power line in Errachidia province, eastern Morocco.

Mauritania
John Cockerill and Huawei compete to electrify rural areas

Ausar Energy, a subsidiary of Belgian group John Cockerill, and China's Huawei are competing for a major contract in Mauritania.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 31.05.2024

Morocco
Spanish energy firm Abengoa returns to Morocco under new name

Coxabengoa, born from Cox Energy's takeover of Abengoa in February, is hoping to pick up tenders for desalination plants in Morocco after trimming its sails in the kingdom.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.05.2024

Inner circles | Morocco
Samira Sitail's Paris connections help thaw Franco-Moroccan relations

Morocco's new ambassador to France is making the most of her contacts in the French capital to smooth out relations between Paris and Rabat, which were until recently very strained.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.04.2024

Samira Sitail at an international women's forum in Paris on 1 June 2017.

Morocco
Morocco-France forum to host hundreds of business leaders

As bilateral relations continue to improve, the France-Morocco business forum scheduled for 26 April in Rabat will be punctuated by signs of goodwill.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 23.04.2024

Morocco
Paris seeks to bolster investment in Western Sahara

Without radically shifting its political stance on Western Sahara, France's foreign ministry is nevertheless now encouraging French companies to invest in the disputed territory.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 01.04.2024

Morocco's FM Nasser Bourita (right) greets his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné in Rabat, 26 February 2024.

Morocco
French lobbyist Marc Teyssier d'Orfeuil returns to Morocco

The Parisian agency Com'Publics intends to make the most of 2025's AFCON and its expertise in public-private partnerships to get back into business in Morocco.

Subscribers only Business 31.10.2023

Algeria
Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

By November, the Algerian electricity company Sonelgaz will have to have chosen the companies or consortia for its project to build 2,000MW solar power stations.

Subscribers only Energy 25.09.2023

Spotlight | Morocco
French giants shiver as Rabat-Paris relations remain icy

French companies such as Veolia, Alstom and BNP Paris are struggling in Morocco against a backdrop of diplomatic tensions and have been forced to cut back their activities.

Subscribers only Business 18.08.2023

Nigeria
Engie and Arnergy Solar to hike prices after World Bank ends subsidies

The World Bank has decided not to continue subsidising the installation of solar home systems, despite having touted this as one of the solutions for bringing electricity to the country's rural zones.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 08.06.2023

The New Guard
Gabon, Cameroon, Senegal, Ethiopia

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

Gabon Sarah Doukouré, leading Vivo Energy's expansion in Gabon

Cameroon Gaelle Tarci le Tang, scion of one of Cameroon's most illustrious lawyer dynasties

Senegal In Dakar, Mamoudou Bocoum plans the future of country's ports

Ethiopia Hilina Zenebe Risom, start-up hunter

Free access Politics, Business 01.02.2023

Senegal
Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Teranga SA is betting on more business and has recruited three new members to its board of directors, including two former French heavyweights in Africa: General Grégoire de Saint-Quentin and the former deputy director of West Africa at the foreign ministry, Laurent Bigot.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 13.01.2023

Senegal
Dakar speeds up work on its new national port strategy

The Senegalese authorities and their partners are continuing to work quietly on a plan to make Senegal an integrated port and logistics hub by 2035. New legislation is being considered to provide guarantees for potential investors.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 09.01.2023

Port Autonome of Dakar, Senegal, March 2018.

Djibouti
Red Sea Power, the owner of the Ghoubet wind farm, starts off in the red

On 19 October, the Djibouti company Red Sea Power, owner and operator of the Ghoubet wind farm, confirmed, filed and certified its accounts for the year 2021.

Subscribers only Energy 16.11.2022

Guinea
Conakry turns to French bank Natixis to finance 'Côtière' power line

Guinea has asked Natixis to submit a financing offer for a project to supply electricity to the northwest of the country, a major bauxite mining area where a range of foreign and domestic mining firms are active.

Subscribers only Energy 25.10.2022

Algeria, France
After Macron visit, French ministers to get down to brass tacks in Algiers

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and her top ministers will travel to Algiers before the end of October for a high-level intergovernmental meeting. The aim is to turn the announcements made by Emmanuel Macron last month in Algiers into reality.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy, Diplomacy 12.09.2022

Egypt, European Union
Brussels eager to connect Europe to Egyptian electricity grid

As the European Union seeks to diversify its energy sources in order to free itself from dependence on Russia, several projects to connect electricity networks between Egypt and southern Europe are vying for funding from Brussels.

Free access Energy 19.08.2022

Tunisia
Energy minister Neila Gonji gets serious about renewables

Faced with rocketing gas prices, Tunisia's industry and energy minister will be concentrating after the summer recess on kick-starting the many solar and wind power projects that have nominally been launched in recent years but have so far come to nothing.

Subscribers only Energy 17.08.2022

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

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

Engie

Morocco
Paris shifts its position on Western Sahara

Algeria
Algiers rules out economic reprisals against France

Morocco
Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Mauritania
John Cockerill and Huawei compete to electrify rural areas

Morocco
Spanish energy firm Abengoa returns to Morocco under new name

Inner circles | Morocco
Samira Sitail's Paris connections help thaw Franco-Moroccan relations

Morocco
Morocco-France forum to host hundreds of business leaders

Morocco
Paris seeks to bolster investment in Western Sahara

Morocco
French lobbyist Marc Teyssier d'Orfeuil returns to Morocco

Algeria
Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

Spotlight | Morocco
French giants shiver as Rabat-Paris relations remain icy

Nigeria
Engie and Arnergy Solar to hike prices after World Bank ends subsidies

The New Guard
Gabon, Cameroon, Senegal, Ethiopia

Gabon Sarah Doukouré, leading Vivo Energy's expansion in Gabon

Cameroon Gaelle Tarci le Tang, scion of one of Cameroon's most illustrious lawyer dynasties

Senegal In Dakar, Mamoudou Bocoum plans the future of country's ports

Ethiopia Hilina Zenebe Risom, start-up hunter

Senegal
Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Senegal
Dakar speeds up work on its new national port strategy

Djibouti
Red Sea Power, the owner of the Ghoubet wind farm, starts off in the red

Guinea
Conakry turns to French bank Natixis to finance 'Côtière' power line

Algeria, France
After Macron visit, French ministers to get down to brass tacks in Algiers

Egypt, European Union
Brussels eager to connect Europe to Egyptian electricity grid

Tunisia
Energy minister Neila Gonji gets serious about renewables

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Engie

Morocco Paris shifts its position on Western Sahara

Algeria Algiers rules out economic reprisals against France

Morocco Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Mauritania John Cockerill and Huawei compete to electrify rural areas

Morocco Spanish energy firm Abengoa returns to Morocco under new name

Inner circles | Morocco Samira Sitail's Paris connections help thaw Franco-Moroccan relations

Morocco Morocco-France forum to host hundreds of business leaders

Morocco Paris seeks to bolster investment in Western Sahara

Morocco French lobbyist Marc Teyssier d'Orfeuil returns to Morocco

Algeria Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

Spotlight | Morocco French giants shiver as Rabat-Paris relations remain icy

Nigeria Engie and Arnergy Solar to hike prices after World Bank ends subsidies

The New Guard Gabon, Cameroon, Senegal, Ethiopia

Gabon Sarah Doukouré, leading Vivo Energy's expansion in Gabon

Cameroon Gaelle Tarci le Tang, scion of one of Cameroon's most illustrious lawyer dynasties

Senegal In Dakar, Mamoudou Bocoum plans the future of country's ports

Ethiopia Hilina Zenebe Risom, start-up hunter

Senegal Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Senegal Dakar speeds up work on its new national port strategy

Djibouti Red Sea Power, the owner of the Ghoubet wind farm, starts off in the red

Guinea Conakry turns to French bank Natixis to finance 'Côtière' power line

Algeria, France After Macron visit, French ministers to get down to brass tacks in Algiers

Egypt, European Union Brussels eager to connect Europe to Egyptian electricity grid

Tunisia Energy minister Neila Gonji gets serious about renewables

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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

Morocco
Paris shifts its position on Western Sahara

Algeria
Algiers rules out economic reprisals against France

Morocco
Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Mauritania
John Cockerill and Huawei compete to electrify rural areas

Morocco
Spanish energy firm Abengoa returns to Morocco under new name

Inner circles | Morocco
Samira Sitail's Paris connections help thaw Franco-Moroccan relations

Morocco
Morocco-France forum to host hundreds of business leaders

Morocco
Paris seeks to bolster investment in Western Sahara

Morocco
French lobbyist Marc Teyssier d'Orfeuil returns to Morocco

Algeria
Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

Spotlight | Morocco
French giants shiver as Rabat-Paris relations remain icy

Nigeria
Engie and Arnergy Solar to hike prices after World Bank ends subsidies

The New Guard
Gabon, Cameroon, Senegal, Ethiopia

Senegal
Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Senegal
Dakar speeds up work on its new national port strategy

Djibouti
Red Sea Power, the owner of the Ghoubet wind farm, starts off in the red

Guinea
Conakry turns to French bank Natixis to finance 'Côtière' power line

Algeria, France
After Macron visit, French ministers to get down to brass tacks in Algiers

Egypt, European Union
Brussels eager to connect Europe to Egyptian electricity grid

Tunisia
Energy minister Neila Gonji gets serious about renewables