"MADAGASCAR" - All our articles - Africa Intelligence

Madagascar
Canopy Energy attempts to relaunch solar power project

A delegation from the French company Canopy Energy recently visited Madagascar to try to unblock a solar power plant project.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 29.03.2022

Africa
Fuel distributor Rubis bets high on Kenya

The French company had great results in 2021 from its African fuel, LPG and asphalt distribution branches. It plans to keep investing in Kenya, despite an ongoing court case with Gulf Energy, and is looking for opportunities to buy independent suppliers in East and Southern Africa.

Subscribers only 28.03.2022

Madagascar
China's CR18 wins bid for south-eastern access road

Construction giant China Railway 18th Bureau Group Co (CR18), which was competing against four other companies (three Chinese groups and Sogea Satom), has won the tender launched by the Malagasy Road Agency for the first works on the RNT12A road.

France, Madagascar
France dispatches Gen Thierry Marchand to revive sluggish security cooperation

During his visit to Madagascar, the French director of security and defence cooperation tried to breathe new life into the partnership between the two countries. Maritime projects launched by the US and Japan are also moving at a slow pace.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 23.03.2022

General Thierry Marchand, with lieutenant-colonel Henry-Sébastien Dupety and defense minister general Richard Rakotonirina.

Southern Africa
Volunteers forced to wait before joining International Ukrainian Legion

In Pretoria, the Ukrainian embassy has received many requests from South Africans and neighbouring nationals to join the fight against Russia, yet at the moment there are several obstacles stopping them from going.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 17.03.2022

Africa
Sanctions against Eurochem's Russian shareholder disrupt Helios's sale of Solevo

The European Union's decision on 9 March to blacklist the oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, who holds a majority stake in Eurochem, is likely to disrupt Helios's plans. The fund had been counting on the Russian-Swiss fertiliser giant to raise the stakes on Solevo against OCP.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 16.03.2022

Andrey Melnichenko, majority shareholder of Eurochem.

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's presidency under scrutiny from the European Union

The EU delegation in Antananarivo is set to hire several consultants to carry out studies on Madagascar's government. In a document seen by Africa Intelligence, the diplomatic mission already deems the Malagasy state to be "ineffective and inefficient".

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.03.2022

Madagascar
Under pressure from social media, Andry Rajoelina prepares a reshuffle

Only seven months after the August 2021 reshuffle, Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina has announced his intention to alter the government team. Most of the ministers that could be on their way out have recently been attacked or exposed in scandals on social media.

Subscribers only Politics 11.03.2022

Inner circles | Madagascar
Seven months after attempted coup, Rajoelina keeps faith with his security chiefs

Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina is continuing to rely on the same small group of individuals who were handling security questions before the mid-2021 attempted coup. He nevertheless launched a radical reorganisation of the army before the would-be putschists were arrested.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 04.03.2022

Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina and National Defence Minister Richard Rakotonirina (left) at the inauguration of the Iakora Forward Operating Base in May 2021.

Morocco
AMCI set to resurrect Mohammed VI's abandoned African projects

Foreign affairs minister Nasser Bourita has tasked the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI) with bringing thousands of projects signed during royal visits to Africa back to life. The goal is to counter Algerian soft power's revival on the continent.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 25.02.2022

Mohammed VI during one of his visits to Rwandan president Paul Kagame in 2016.

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina expected in Paris to talk business

The Madagsacan leader, who has frequently met with French entrepreneurs in the past, is expected in Paris on 18 February where he will attend a private dinner hosted by the Institut Choiseul think tank.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 11.02.2022

Africa
Generational succession at Rubis could take it out of Africa

The petroleum products trading and distribution company Rubis is gearing up for the succession of its co-founders, Gilles Gobin and Jacques Riou, as their children, including Clarisse Gobin Swiecznik, enter the scene. However, the transfer of power is taking place at the same time as a strategic reorganisation and a move into development in hydrogen and photovoltaic energy, in which the African subsidiaries, until now the driving force of the group, have been barely included.

Subscribers only 10.02.2022

Clarisse Gobin Swiecznik, deputy managing director of the Rubis Group.

Madagascar
After World Bank sanctions, Meridiam increases its stake in Ravinala Airports

Following World Bank sanctions on three of the four shareholders of Ravinala Airports (ADP International, Colas and Bouygues), the capital of this consortium, which manages the new Ivato airport and Nosy Be airport, has been being shaken up in favour of the only shareholder to have escaped sanctions, namely the Meridiam fund.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.02.2022

Madagascar
Washington to resurrect Diego-Suarez naval base in wake of Suez Canal blockage

Last year's Suez Canal blockage, which brought world trade to a standstill, highlighted Madagascar's importance as a maritime traffic hub, a realisation that has rekindled the desire to improve the country's shipping infrastructure.

Subscribers only Defence, Infrastructure, Diplomacy 04.02.2022

Ivory Coast, Mauritius
Ex-AfrAsia founder Ben Padayachy helps Bernard Koné Dossongui make his Indian Ocean splash

The BNP, Barclays, Standard Bank, and AfrAsia Bank veteran is working to structure the Ivorian magnate's assets in Mauritius, Madagascar, and the Comoros.

Free access Finance, Business 25.01.2022

Spotlight | Africa
The collapse of commodity trader Phoenix shakes up rice trade

By poaching veterans from rice trading giant Phoenix Global, which was liquidated in 2020, and taking over its contractual positions, the firm's competitors Swiss Singapore, Olam and Ameropa are now ready, thanks to their vastly expanded African network, to face the current surge in food prices.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 19.01.2022

Africa, Russia
After Madagascar, the Patriarch of Moscow sets his sights on Brazzaville

Closely coordinated with Russian diplomatic efforts, the African campaign of the Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow, Kirill, who has just created an exarchate dedicated to the continent, is moving from east to west.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.01.2022

Tanzania
Tanzania hopes to join world's top nickel and cobalt producers

Anglo-Australian group BHP's investment in Kabanga, which is set to begin production by 2025, has fuelled hopes that Tanzania could soon become one of the leading nickel and cobalt producers.

Subscribers only Mining 17.01.2022

France, Gabon
Sanctioned in Madagascar, Colas caves in to Gabon and halves road works bill

Deprived of World Bank funding for two years for circumventing tender rules in Madagascar, French construction group Colas also caved in to pressure from the Gabonese authorities and agreed to reduce the cost of renovating the sole access road to Libreville.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 12.01.2022

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

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Madagascar

Madagascar
Canopy Energy attempts to relaunch solar power project

Africa
Fuel distributor Rubis bets high on Kenya

Madagascar
China's CR18 wins bid for south-eastern access road

France, Madagascar
France dispatches Gen Thierry Marchand to revive sluggish security cooperation

Southern Africa
Volunteers forced to wait before joining International Ukrainian Legion

Africa
Sanctions against Eurochem's Russian shareholder disrupt Helios's sale of Solevo

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's presidency under scrutiny from the European Union

Madagascar
Under pressure from social media, Andry Rajoelina prepares a reshuffle

Inner circles | Madagascar
Seven months after attempted coup, Rajoelina keeps faith with his security chiefs

Morocco
AMCI set to resurrect Mohammed VI's abandoned African projects

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina expected in Paris to talk business

Africa
Generational succession at Rubis could take it out of Africa

Madagascar
After World Bank sanctions, Meridiam increases its stake in Ravinala Airports

Madagascar
Washington to resurrect Diego-Suarez naval base in wake of Suez Canal blockage

Ivory Coast, Mauritius
Ex-AfrAsia founder Ben Padayachy helps Bernard Koné Dossongui make his Indian Ocean splash

Spotlight | Africa
The collapse of commodity trader Phoenix shakes up rice trade

Africa, Russia
After Madagascar, the Patriarch of Moscow sets his sights on Brazzaville

Tanzania
Tanzania hopes to join world's top nickel and cobalt producers

France, Gabon
Sanctioned in Madagascar, Colas caves in to Gabon and halves road works bill

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

Refine your search

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Madagascar

Madagascar Canopy Energy attempts to relaunch solar power project

Africa Fuel distributor Rubis bets high on Kenya

Madagascar China's CR18 wins bid for south-eastern access road

France, Madagascar France dispatches Gen Thierry Marchand to revive sluggish security cooperation

Southern Africa Volunteers forced to wait before joining International Ukrainian Legion

Africa Sanctions against Eurochem's Russian shareholder disrupt Helios's sale of Solevo

Madagascar Andry Rajoelina's presidency under scrutiny from the European Union

Madagascar Under pressure from social media, Andry Rajoelina prepares a reshuffle

Inner circles | Madagascar Seven months after attempted coup, Rajoelina keeps faith with his security chiefs

Morocco AMCI set to resurrect Mohammed VI's abandoned African projects

Madagascar Andry Rajoelina expected in Paris to talk business

Africa Generational succession at Rubis could take it out of Africa

Madagascar After World Bank sanctions, Meridiam increases its stake in Ravinala Airports

Madagascar Washington to resurrect Diego-Suarez naval base in wake of Suez Canal blockage

Ivory Coast, Mauritius Ex-AfrAsia founder Ben Padayachy helps Bernard Koné Dossongui make his Indian Ocean splash

Spotlight | Africa The collapse of commodity trader Phoenix shakes up rice trade

Africa, Russia After Madagascar, the Patriarch of Moscow sets his sights on Brazzaville

Tanzania Tanzania hopes to join world's top nickel and cobalt producers

France, Gabon Sanctioned in Madagascar, Colas caves in to Gabon and halves road works bill

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

Refine your search

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Madagascar
Canopy Energy attempts to relaunch solar power project

Africa
Fuel distributor Rubis bets high on Kenya

Madagascar
China's CR18 wins bid for south-eastern access road

France, Madagascar
France dispatches Gen Thierry Marchand to revive sluggish security cooperation

Southern Africa
Volunteers forced to wait before joining International Ukrainian Legion

Africa
Sanctions against Eurochem's Russian shareholder disrupt Helios's sale of Solevo

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's presidency under scrutiny from the European Union

Madagascar
Under pressure from social media, Andry Rajoelina prepares a reshuffle

Inner circles | Madagascar
Seven months after attempted coup, Rajoelina keeps faith with his security chiefs

Morocco
AMCI set to resurrect Mohammed VI's abandoned African projects

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina expected in Paris to talk business

Africa
Generational succession at Rubis could take it out of Africa

Madagascar
After World Bank sanctions, Meridiam increases its stake in Ravinala Airports

Madagascar
Washington to resurrect Diego-Suarez naval base in wake of Suez Canal blockage

Ivory Coast, Mauritius
Ex-AfrAsia founder Ben Padayachy helps Bernard Koné Dossongui make his Indian Ocean splash

Spotlight | Africa
The collapse of commodity trader Phoenix shakes up rice trade

Africa, Russia
After Madagascar, the Patriarch of Moscow sets his sights on Brazzaville

Tanzania
Tanzania hopes to join world's top nickel and cobalt producers

France, Gabon
Sanctioned in Madagascar, Colas caves in to Gabon and halves road works bill

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