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Morocco
Royal Air Maroc-Airbus deal still up in the air

The Moroccan company's negotiations over its Parisian flight time slots are hindering the finalisation of an order for 20 aircraft from Airbus, a deal the European aeronautics company was hoping to sign at the Paris-Le Bourget Air Show.

Subscribers only Business 23.06.2025

View of a Royal Air Maroc plane in Marrakesh, on 10 January 2024.

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines' new airport project takes wing despite local pushback

Africa's leading airline is aiming to quadruple the number of passengers flying in and through the country by building a new airline hub in Bishoftu. However, farmers in the Oromia region are unhappy about the compensation being offered by the local authorities and the plans for their resettlement.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.01.2025

An Ethiopian Airlines plane at Addis Ababa airport, March 2021.

Congo, Madagascar
New boss for Ravinala Airports

A French national will shortly be taking over the helm of Ravinala Airports, which manages Antananarivo's Ivato and Nosy Be Island airport terminals.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.08.2024

Madagascar
Julien Coffinier, head of Ravinala Airports, quits Groupe ADP

The current managing director of the company that runs Ivato International Airport in Antananarivo is leaving to join the competition.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.06.2024

Tanzania
Between Brest and Brussels, Samia Suluhu raises funds in Paris

The Tanzanian president visited France from 11 to 15 February, and made the most of Tanzania's current favourable international position to conclude a series of trade agreements. It was an opportunity to sell a new image of her country to French investors.

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2022

Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan addressing MEDEF representatives on 14 February 2022.

Madagascar
Will Meridiam run Ivato airport's new terminal alone?

The restructuring of the capital of the consortium Ravinala Airports, which manages Ivato's airport new terminal, should speed up following a 4 January move by the World Bank, anticipated by Africa Intelligence, to sanction the French construction companies Bouygues and Colas as well as Groupe ADP, all three of which are shareholders in the consortium.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 10.01.2022

Madagascar
Ivato airport inauguration carefully crafted to reconcile president's office with Meridiam and ADP

Great care is being taken over the organisation of Ivato airport terminal's inauguration ceremony, which should end two years of hostilities between Madagascar's president and Ravinala consortium, a joint venture between France's Meridiam infrastructure fund and Groupe ADP.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 07.12.2021

Madagascar
Rajoelina negotiates compromise with Meridiam-owned Ravinala Airports

After giving it the cold shoulder for two years, the Madagascan presidency is about to put an end to hostilities with French consortium Ravinala Airports. The group, which manages Ivato and Nosy Be airports, is a joint-venture between Aéroports de Paris and the Meridiam infrastructure fund.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 16.11.2021

West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

Subscribers only Business 20.08.2021

Madagascar
Rajoelina obsesses about track record in office in run-up to 2023

With most projects in the country on hold, the Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina is actively casting around for new ventures that he can add to his list of achievements in office when he runs for re-election in 2023.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy, Business 01.04.2021

Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina during the inauguration of the Pharmalagasy factory, 3 October 2020.

Tunisia
TAV Airports escapes financial collapse but heads into political turmoil

Turkey's TAV Airports, which has the operating concession for the Enfidha and Monastir airports, has had several hundred million euros worth of debt cancelled by international institutions and Tunisia but now faces scrutiny by Tunisian deputies.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.03.2021

Enfidha airport seen from the sky, in 2012.

Madagascar
ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Ravinala, the consortium led by Aéroports de Paris that runs the airports serving Antananarivo and Nosy Be, wants the government to ditch CSPI-M as these facilities' security provider.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 11.11.2020

The new international terminal in Ivato, November 2019.

Libya
TAV gets no support from Turkey in its confrontation with Libyan authorities

Last summer, TAV Airports attempted to seize on €15bn in frozen Libyan funds at Euroclear Bank in Belgium. The attempt failed and Erdogan is doing nothing to help.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 10.11.2020

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara begins sell-off of public companies

With his coffers depleted, the liberal Ivorian president is embarking on the sale of several prestigious but indebted public companies.

Subscribers only Business 16.01.2019

Benin
Patrice Talon keeps the Eiffel Tower spirit alive

French businesses have the wind in their sails thanks to an avowedly francophile president. Analysis.

Subscribers only Politics 25.04.2018

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo
Beijing does the spade work and Paris cleans up!

Underpinned by Eximbank, its formidable financial spearhead, China is increasingly making its presence felt in west and central Africa, a region where France already has extensive business interests. Beijing is now expanding beyond the ‘captive' energy and raw material markets [.

Subscribers only Business 24.01.2018

Benin
Holiday homework for Patrice Talon

The Beninese president Patrice Talon kept his closest colleagues by [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.01.2018

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Groupe ADP

Morocco
Royal Air Maroc-Airbus deal still up in the air

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines' new airport project takes wing despite local pushback

Congo, Madagascar
New boss for Ravinala Airports

Madagascar
Julien Coffinier, head of Ravinala Airports, quits Groupe ADP

Tanzania
Between Brest and Brussels, Samia Suluhu raises funds in Paris

Madagascar
Will Meridiam run Ivato airport's new terminal alone?

Madagascar
Ivato airport inauguration carefully crafted to reconcile president's office with Meridiam and ADP

Madagascar
Rajoelina negotiates compromise with Meridiam-owned Ravinala Airports

West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Madagascar
Rajoelina obsesses about track record in office in run-up to 2023

Tunisia
TAV Airports escapes financial collapse but heads into political turmoil

Madagascar
ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Libya
TAV gets no support from Turkey in its confrontation with Libyan authorities

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara begins sell-off of public companies

Benin
Patrice Talon keeps the Eiffel Tower spirit alive

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Groupe ADP

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Congo, Madagascar New boss for Ravinala Airports

Madagascar Julien Coffinier, head of Ravinala Airports, quits Groupe ADP

Tanzania Between Brest and Brussels, Samia Suluhu raises funds in Paris

Madagascar Will Meridiam run Ivato airport's new terminal alone?

Madagascar Ivato airport inauguration carefully crafted to reconcile president's office with Meridiam and ADP

Madagascar Rajoelina negotiates compromise with Meridiam-owned Ravinala Airports

West Africa Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Madagascar Rajoelina obsesses about track record in office in run-up to 2023

Tunisia TAV Airports escapes financial collapse but heads into political turmoil

Madagascar ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Libya TAV gets no support from Turkey in its confrontation with Libyan authorities

Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara begins sell-off of public companies

Benin Patrice Talon keeps the Eiffel Tower spirit alive

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Morocco
Royal Air Maroc-Airbus deal still up in the air

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines' new airport project takes wing despite local pushback

Congo, Madagascar
New boss for Ravinala Airports

Madagascar
Julien Coffinier, head of Ravinala Airports, quits Groupe ADP

Tanzania
Between Brest and Brussels, Samia Suluhu raises funds in Paris

Madagascar
Will Meridiam run Ivato airport's new terminal alone?

Madagascar
Ivato airport inauguration carefully crafted to reconcile president's office with Meridiam and ADP

Madagascar
Rajoelina negotiates compromise with Meridiam-owned Ravinala Airports

West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Madagascar
Rajoelina obsesses about track record in office in run-up to 2023

Tunisia
TAV Airports escapes financial collapse but heads into political turmoil

Madagascar
ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Libya
TAV gets no support from Turkey in its confrontation with Libyan authorities

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara begins sell-off of public companies

Benin
Patrice Talon keeps the Eiffel Tower spirit alive

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo
Beijing does the spade work and Paris cleans up!

Benin
Holiday homework for Patrice Talon