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Tunisia
Petronor and Perenco band together for better shot at ENI's assets

Rival candidates for the purchase of ENI's Tunisian offshore and onshore assets, the family-owned French firm Perenco and UAE-Norwegian firm Petronor have decided to join forces.

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.2021

Spotlight | Sudan, United States
USAID gets off to inauspicious start in tackling Sudan's debt

With the United States, France and the United Kingdom all vying to become the partner of choice of the new regime in Sudan, the American development agency USAID, which was to select and finance an advisory bank to assist Sudan in restructuring its debt, has fluffed its lines and the tender call currently remains in limbo.

Subscribers only Business 26.07.2021

France
TotalEnergies CEO advisor Momar Nguer seeks to join prestigious learned society

One of Patrick Pouyanné's closest aides is hoping to get sponsored by members of the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-mer so as to be inducted into the exclusive century-old academic institution.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 13.07.2021

One of Patrick Pouyanné's closest aides, Momar Nguer.

Tunisia
Firms line up to buy ENI assets

As ENI prepares the Tunisian government for its departure, a range of firms are showing interest in the Italian major's assets in the country.

Free access Energy 15.06.2021

Libya
In Paris, Abdelhamid Dabaiba talks hospitals, debt and reconstruction

The Libyan prime minister has asked the French group Denos to once again take over the running of the Benghazi Medical Center, but an old debt has complicated the plan. Airbus, Bolloré and Idemia are meanwhile trying to revive the contracts promised by previous Libyan governments.

Subscribers only Business 07.06.2021

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on June 1, 2021.

Tunisia
Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar

With the country in a difficult social situation, Shell is pulling out all the stops to get the Tunisian government to extend its permit on the field ahead of its projected departure from the country in July 2022.

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2021

Spotlight | Sudan
Hamdok turns to advisory banks for major financial sector overhaul

Sudan's next major undertaking will be the reform of its financial system. Several international banks are on hand to advise the government in the task.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 21.05.2021

Africa, France
French media moguls expand Mediawan's African footprint

The next big move in Africa by French media giant Mediawan, launched in 2015 by Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse and Pierre Antoine Capton, will be in Abidjan, where it is preparing to recruit an audiovisual veteran to develop its presence on the continent.

Subscribers only Business 27.04.2021

In Focus | Tunisia
Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Tunisia, which has been given an official warning by the IMF and had its credit status downgraded by the ratings agencies, is struggling to cope with an external debt which currently stands at close to 100% of its GDP and is weighing heavily on its finances.

Subscribers only Politics 29.03.2021

Tunisia
ENI, Shell, CNPC, and Kufpec all jump ship as one

With only modest Tunisian reserves to their name and weary of an increasingly difficult political climate, the oil firms have decided to pack their bags and put their assets up for sale.

Subscribers only Energy 10.03.2021

Mohamed Bousaid, Tunisian trade minister and acting energy minister, must face the likely departures of major companies.

Africa, France
Florence Gabay's private school of diplomacy targets Africa

The CEDS, a private school in Paris run by the consultant Florence Gabay, is fishing for contracts from African foreign ministries to train their diplomats. She is also boosting her networks in African presidents' offices and reaching out as far as China.

Subscribers only Business 08.03.2021

Congo
Sassou Nguesso banks on IMF thaw to gild his re-election

With three weeks to go until the presidential poll, the Congolese government is working hard to clinch a debt rescheduling agreement with Glencore and get the IMF to resume lending.

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2021

President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Africa, France, United Kingdom
Olivier Colom, one of Sarkozy's ex-diplomatic aides, branches into sovereign advisory in Africa

Olivier Colom, closely linked to Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris, who placed him on the board of Endeavour Mining and then at Euronews, previously worked in the diplomatic unit of the Elysée Palace under Nicolas Sarkozy.

Subscribers only Business 03.03.2021

Olivier Colom last year set up a boutique consulting firm specialising in providing financial advice to governments.

Zambia
Lusaka to list mines alongside Euronext's big players

The national mining company ZCCM-IH is seeking consultants to help it switch Euronext markets in the coming months with the hope this will win over institutional investors, making it less vulnerable to price manipulations and ultimately earn more profit.

Subscribers only Mining 08.02.2021

France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Having failed to take advantage of the G20's debt suspension initiative, which brought in new African contracts for all his competitors, former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is now offering his services as a consultant in Africa's smallest capitals.

Subscribers only Business 20.01.2021

Former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

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Tunisia
Petronor and Perenco band together for better shot at ENI's assets

Spotlight | Sudan, United States
USAID gets off to inauspicious start in tackling Sudan's debt

France
TotalEnergies CEO advisor Momar Nguer seeks to join prestigious learned society

Tunisia
Firms line up to buy ENI assets

Libya
In Paris, Abdelhamid Dabaiba talks hospitals, debt and reconstruction

Tunisia
Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar

Spotlight | Sudan
Hamdok turns to advisory banks for major financial sector overhaul

Africa, France
French media moguls expand Mediawan's African footprint

In Focus | Tunisia
Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Tunisia
ENI, Shell, CNPC, and Kufpec all jump ship as one

Africa, France
Florence Gabay's private school of diplomacy targets Africa

Congo
Sassou Nguesso banks on IMF thaw to gild his re-election

Africa, France, United Kingdom
Olivier Colom, one of Sarkozy's ex-diplomatic aides, branches into sovereign advisory in Africa

Zambia
Lusaka to list mines alongside Euronext's big players

France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Congo
Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

West Africa
G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Zambia
Lusaka bets on gold to pay off its massive external debt

Spotlight | Africa
Amina Mohamed and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in final sprint for top WTO post

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Lazard

Tunisia Petronor and Perenco band together for better shot at ENI's assets

Spotlight | Sudan, United States USAID gets off to inauspicious start in tackling Sudan's debt

France TotalEnergies CEO advisor Momar Nguer seeks to join prestigious learned society

Tunisia Firms line up to buy ENI assets

Libya In Paris, Abdelhamid Dabaiba talks hospitals, debt and reconstruction

Tunisia Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar

Spotlight | Sudan Hamdok turns to advisory banks for major financial sector overhaul

Africa, France French media moguls expand Mediawan's African footprint

In Focus | Tunisia Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Tunisia ENI, Shell, CNPC, and Kufpec all jump ship as one

Africa, France Florence Gabay's private school of diplomacy targets Africa

Congo Sassou Nguesso banks on IMF thaw to gild his re-election

Africa, France, United Kingdom Olivier Colom, one of Sarkozy's ex-diplomatic aides, branches into sovereign advisory in Africa

Zambia Lusaka to list mines alongside Euronext's big players

France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Congo Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

Zambia Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

West Africa G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Zambia Lusaka bets on gold to pay off its massive external debt

Spotlight | Africa Amina Mohamed and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in final sprint for top WTO post

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Tunisia
Petronor and Perenco band together for better shot at ENI's assets

Spotlight | Sudan, United States
USAID gets off to inauspicious start in tackling Sudan's debt

France
TotalEnergies CEO advisor Momar Nguer seeks to join prestigious learned society

Tunisia
Firms line up to buy ENI assets

Libya
In Paris, Abdelhamid Dabaiba talks hospitals, debt and reconstruction

Tunisia
Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar

Spotlight | Sudan
Hamdok turns to advisory banks for major financial sector overhaul

Africa, France
French media moguls expand Mediawan's African footprint

In Focus | Tunisia
Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Tunisia
ENI, Shell, CNPC, and Kufpec all jump ship as one

Africa, France
Florence Gabay's private school of diplomacy targets Africa

Congo
Sassou Nguesso banks on IMF thaw to gild his re-election

Africa, France, United Kingdom
Olivier Colom, one of Sarkozy's ex-diplomatic aides, branches into sovereign advisory in Africa

Zambia
Lusaka to list mines alongside Euronext's big players

France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Congo
Brazzaville flies solo in debt talks with traders

Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

West Africa
G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Zambia
Lusaka bets on gold to pay off its massive external debt

Spotlight | Africa
Amina Mohamed and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in final sprint for top WTO post