Hassan Dakhlallah

Ivory Coast
Porteo group snaps up PM's financial adviser

Within the Porteo group, founded by the businessman Hassan Dakhlallah, Jean-Marc Koffi Brou will take up the post of secretary-general.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Omar-Denis Junior Bongo, Brigitte and Tina Touadéra

Intrigues big and small: Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

GabonBrice Clotaire Oligui Nguema expected in Abidjan

GabonOmar-Denis Junior referred to the criminal court whilst at his wedding

Central African RepublicFaustin-Archange Touadéra's wives on a visit to Russia

West Africa
Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego builds roadmap for Abidjan-Lagos highway

The newly elected board chair of the ALCoMA transport body has been tasked with getting one of the region's most ambitious infrastructure projets rolling. He will need to convince investors and lenders to contribute $15bn in funds to the corridor.

Ivory Coast
Porteo construction firm boss Hassan Dakhlallah moves into banking

The Ivorian businessman has already expanded into construction, industry and agribusiness, and is now stepping up the diversification of his group. He is setting up a bank, a project he has entrusted to former BGFIBank Côte d'Ivoire chief Malick Ndiaye.

Ivory Coast
Tensions spike between transport and infrastructure ministers

The construction portfolio has been removed from Amadou Koné's remit and instead been handed to the infrastructure minister, Yacouba Hien Sié. This move has triggered strong reactions within the government.

Ivory Coast
Another gift for NSE

In early October, the Ivorian firm specialising in public construction [...]

Ivory Coast
More good news for NSE

Nicolas Srouji Etablissement (NSE) is securing one contract after another [...]

Ivory Coast
Ekacico-CI to construct a promenade along the front in Abidjan

The construction firm Ekacico-CI, founded by the Lebanese businessman Hassan [...]

Ivory Coast
Bouygues and Franzetti pipped at post for road contract

NSE-CI, the Ivory Coast affiliate of the Lebanese firm Nicolas [...]