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Gagan Gupta

West Africa
Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

African Export-Import Bank could soon buy shares in one of three funds dedicated to investments in Africa owned by Indian-Singaporean agrifood business Olam.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 07.06.2021

Rwanda
Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

Gagan Gupta travelled to Rwanda earlier in April with electric rickshaw company Mauto Electric CEO Mansoor Ali Khan.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 21.04.2021

Africa
Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

The Arise IIP fund, which combines Nigeria's Africa Finance Corp and Indo-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam, has appointed a team of advisors to lobby the governments of the countries where the fund invests and the international bodies that regulate industrial parks.

Subscribers only Business 12.02.2021

Mauritania
Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Under pressure from the Mauritanian authorities for months, Arise Mauritanie has discreetly begun to renegotiate the concession it recently landed from President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's administration.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.09.2020

View of the Port Autonome de Nouakchott.

Africa, Singapore
Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

After shelving its infrastructure projects in the three Arise funds, the Indian-Singaporean giant Olam has been concentrating on its agro-food business and buying up African cotton companies with the help of a low-profile French advisor who knows the sector like the back of his hand.

Subscribers only Business 15.09.2020

Africa, Gabon
Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

While Olam set up its first fund, Arise Ports & Logistics, in London, from where its partner, AP Moeller Capital, runs its operations, the agribusiness giant has chosen Mauritius's more welcoming fiscal landscape for its second and third funds, Arise Infrastructure and Arise Special Economic Zone.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance, Business 31.08.2020

Inner circles | Central Africa, Gabon, West Africa
Gagan Gupta's French troops

Though now active in Africa via the three Arise mega-funds, Indian-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam still relies on French advisors to help guide its path.

Subscribers only Business 04.06.2020

Spotlight | Gabon, Rwanda, Somalia
From Bongo to Kagame: Liban Soleman is now tight with Rwanda's first family

The scion of a prominent Somali family that has spread itself across Africa, business consultant Liban Soleman, having served as Ali Bongo's chief of staff for five years, now works closely with the family of Rwanda's president.

Subscribers only Politics 26.05.2020

Liban Soleman, the well-connected consultant newly appointed to the Rwanda Development Board.

Gabon
State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Last week, Olam and the fund manager AP Moller Capital, an offshoot of the Danish container logistics company AP Moller-Maersk, [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2020

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo gifted his first political role

Barely had he been appointed as general coordinator of presidential affairs on 5 December than Noureddin Bongo, the eldest son [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2019

West Africa
Leading asset manager Meridiam teams up with Olam on African ports

Without waiting for the financing of the extension to the port of Nouakchott to be finalised last week, the investment firm Meridiam and Singapore's Olam started works two months ago.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.09.2019

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Airports spark intense international rivalries

At a time when many African capitals are constructing new airports to ease congestion around urban centres, such projects are giving rise to intense rivalry between new and established powers on the continent, all against a backdrop of growing sub-regional [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.05.2019

Extension of Diori-Hamani airport in Niamey, built and run by Turkish group Summa.

France, Gabon
Julien Nkoghe Bekale on charm offensive in Paris

Amid economic stagnation and French companies deserting the country (or [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2019

Gabon
Influential Olam director Gagan Gupta to leave Libreville

The Singapore-based agri-business company set up with Indian capital, Olam, also active in port logistics, power and soon in airports, [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.03.2019

Gabon
Olam's Gagan Gupta powers Bongo's electricity goals

The largest private employer in Gabon, with a payroll of nearly 15,000 in the agro-food sector, Singaporean firm OLAM seems [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2018

Gabon
Sylvia Bongo drops her opposition to Ali Bongo convalescing in Morocco

Having battled for two weeks to have her husband taken to Europe (WAN 788), first lady Sylvia Bongo has published [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.11.2018

Gabon
Ismael Oceni Ossa prays for Ali Bongo

Ismael Oceni Ossa, the president of the Conseil superieur des affaires islamiques du Gabon (CSAIG) whose rais (religious leader) is [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2018

In Focus | Gabon
Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo's favourite Indian tycoon

While French multinationals in Gabon have gone broke like Rougier and Necotrans or battle with the presidency like Veolia and Eramet, Indo-Singaporean group Olam has gone from strength to strength. The man behind its success, its Gabon country director Gagan Gupta, has succeeded in forging close links with the Gabonese presidency.

Subscribers only Finance 09.08.2018

France, Gabon
Olam commissions ADIT

In early June, the powerful boss of Gagan Gupta, the [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.06.2018

Gabon
Eiffage set to partner Olam at Libreville airport?

Now that its subsidiary Gabon Special Economic Zone (GSEZ) has [...]

Subscribers only Business 25.04.2018

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Gagan Gupta

West Africa
Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Rwanda
Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

Africa
Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

Mauritania
Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Africa, Singapore
Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

Africa, Gabon
Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

Inner circles | Central Africa, Gabon, West Africa
Gagan Gupta's French troops

Spotlight | Gabon, Rwanda, Somalia
From Bongo to Kagame: Liban Soleman is now tight with Rwanda's first family

Gabon
State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo gifted his first political role

West Africa
Leading asset manager Meridiam teams up with Olam on African ports

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Airports spark intense international rivalries

France, Gabon
Julien Nkoghe Bekale on charm offensive in Paris

Gabon
Influential Olam director Gagan Gupta to leave Libreville

Gabon
Olam's Gagan Gupta powers Bongo's electricity goals

Gabon
Sylvia Bongo drops her opposition to Ali Bongo convalescing in Morocco

Gabon
Ismael Oceni Ossa prays for Ali Bongo

In Focus | Gabon
Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo's favourite Indian tycoon

France, Gabon
Olam commissions ADIT

Gabon
Eiffage set to partner Olam at Libreville airport?

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Gagan Gupta

West Africa Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Rwanda Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

Africa Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

Mauritania Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Africa, Singapore Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

Africa, Gabon Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

Inner circles | Central Africa, Gabon, West Africa Gagan Gupta's French troops

Spotlight | Gabon, Rwanda, Somalia From Bongo to Kagame: Liban Soleman is now tight with Rwanda's first family

Gabon State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Gabon Noureddin Bongo gifted his first political role

West Africa Leading asset manager Meridiam teams up with Olam on African ports

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa Airports spark intense international rivalries

France, Gabon Julien Nkoghe Bekale on charm offensive in Paris

Gabon Influential Olam director Gagan Gupta to leave Libreville

Gabon Olam's Gagan Gupta powers Bongo's electricity goals

Gabon Sylvia Bongo drops her opposition to Ali Bongo convalescing in Morocco

Gabon Ismael Oceni Ossa prays for Ali Bongo

In Focus | Gabon Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo's favourite Indian tycoon

France, Gabon Olam commissions ADIT

Gabon Eiffage set to partner Olam at Libreville airport?

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About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

West Africa
Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Rwanda
Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

Africa
Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

Mauritania
Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Africa, Singapore
Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

Africa, Gabon
Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

Inner circles | Central Africa, Gabon, West Africa
Gagan Gupta's French troops

Spotlight | Gabon, Rwanda, Somalia
From Bongo to Kagame: Liban Soleman is now tight with Rwanda's first family

Gabon
State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Gabon
Noureddin Bongo gifted his first political role

West Africa
Leading asset manager Meridiam teams up with Olam on African ports

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Airports spark intense international rivalries

France, Gabon
Julien Nkoghe Bekale on charm offensive in Paris

Gabon
Influential Olam director Gagan Gupta to leave Libreville

Gabon
Olam's Gagan Gupta powers Bongo's electricity goals

Gabon
Sylvia Bongo drops her opposition to Ali Bongo convalescing in Morocco

Gabon
Ismael Oceni Ossa prays for Ali Bongo

In Focus | Gabon
Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo's favourite Indian tycoon

France, Gabon
Olam commissions ADIT

Gabon
Eiffage set to partner Olam at Libreville airport?