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Necotrans

Necotrans is a French firm specialising in logistics and international transportation which was founded by the businessman Richard Talbot, who died in 2013. Facing bankruptcy, the company was put up for sale by its shareholders in June 2017, along with its various subsidiaries, and was acquired by Bolloré Logistics and Privinvest, a holding company owned by the Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa.

Angola
Lebanon's Dar Group wins two major contracts

Despite having no embassy in the country, Lebanon's diaspora is well established in Angola thanks to its long-standing ties with the latter's government.

Subscribers only Business 08.01.2024

In Focus | DRC
NB Mining affair: bumpy road ahead for opposition candidate Katumbi in run up to presidential elections

Africa Intelligence has gained access to previously unpublished documents that shed harsh new light on the legal battle over the assets of NB Mining that pits Congolese politician Moïse Katumbi against French businessman Pascal Beveraggi.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 04.09.2023

For nearly three years, Pascal Beveraggi has been engaged in an all-out hunt for the funds, debts and assets recovered by his great rival Moïse Katumbi.

Gabon
Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments locks horns with Monaco Resources

The decision by Handling Partner Gabon's board to dismiss its French CEO, Olivier Berni, on 4 May, gives the Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments greater control of the airfreight company. His departure edges out Monaco Resources Group, which had appointed Berni in 2020.

Subscribers only Finance 05.06.2023

DRC
NB Mining court case left hanging as judge goes awol

Just as the ex-governor of Katanga Moïse Katumbi was about to leave the coalition government, the commercial court judge presiding over the case involving him and the French businessman Pascal Beveraggi sent a letter of resignation to Félix Tshisekedi alleging that he was being pressured into finding in favour of the Frenchman.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 02.03.2023

Spotlight | West Africa
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

French financial crimes prosecutors have been investigating Necotrans, a former champion of port logistics in Africa, for the past two years. Brothers Grégory and Emmanuel Quérel and their links with Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo are at the heart of the probe.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 17.01.2023

Burkina Faso
Néré Mining rocked by shareholders' dispute

After the Karma gold mine was raided once again by attackers on 20 August, forcing owner Néré Mining to temporarily halt its extraction operations, the firm's deputy managing director Stefan Maré was fired by its co-founders Grégory Quérel and Elie Justin Ouédraogo.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining, Business 09.09.2022

Angola
Iskandar Safa's French shipyard CMN hopes to dock back in Luanda

The shipbuilder, a subsidiary of Privinvest owned by the Franco-Lebanese entrepreneur Iskandar Safa, has recently been trying to get back in Angola's good books. CMN signed a major contract in the country in 2016 but it was considerably scaled back by Luanda under pressure from the IMF.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 02.05.2022

Cameroon
Privinvest and Navitrans at loggerheads over oil logistics firm AMT Cameroun

Privinvest, the shipbuilding group controlled by Iskandar Safa, and Alain Vedrine-led Swiss logistics group Navitrans have been fighting for the last four years for control of AMT Cameroun, the former Necotrans subsidiary in Cameroon. All means are good as the ding-dong court and arbitration battle rages on.

Subscribers only Energy 02.02.2022

DRC
Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

Frenchman Pascal Beveraggi is giving one last chance to the DRC to react before beginning arbitration proceedings over his case against Congolese politician Moïse Katumbi. He is looking for support among France's political class and media.

Subscribers only Mining 28.06.2021

Senegal
Follwoing BP and Woodside, local logistics companies jostle for contracts

As oil subcontractors hone in on Senegal, local firms are busy ensuring they get their share in the country's lucrative logistics market.

Subscribers only Energy 23.03.2021

Tanzania
Arbitrators lining up for Magufuli mining disputes at ICSID

Arbitrators are in the process of being appointed to handle actions filed at ICSID against Tanzania by Montero Mining, Indiana Resources, and Winshear Gold over the withdrawal of their mining permits in 2019.

Subscribers only Mining 29.01.2021

Spotlight | Mozambique
After 'hidden debt' affair, Iskandar Safa goes into oil logistics in Pemba

The head of logistics at Iskandar Safar's Privinvest, Arnaud Lelouvier, has opened a new branch specialised in gas operations in Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Business 17.11.2020

DRC
NB Mining staff protest over unpaid salaries

De nombreux salariés de l'entreprise de services miniers congolaise NB Mining Africa ont manifesté à Lubumbashi devant le gouvernorat du Haut-Katanga, affirmant qu'ils subissent trois mois de retard de salaires.

Subscribers only Mining 06.11.2020

France, Guinea, West Africa
Previously convicted for aluminium foundry mismanagement, Monaco Resources co-founder now has eye on Alteo refinery

Among the potential buyers for the Alteo alumina refinery in Marseilles, currently in administration, is Monaco Resources, whose founder Axel Fischer was previously convicted in Germany for mismanagement of an aluminium factory.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 20.08.2020

DRC
Moïse Katumbi gets NGO backing in his mining disputes

Several Congolese NGOs, which recently protested that the Congolese courts have been showing bias in favour of Australian copper producer MMG in its commercial dispute with opposition politician and businessman Moïse Katumbi, are, in reality, Katumbi supporters.

Subscribers only Mining 16.07.2020

DRC
In its debt row with Gécamines, NB Mining finds allies in football fans

Mining subcontractor NB Mining, some of whose ownership is contested by former Katanga governor Moïse Katumbi, has warned FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo it might not be able to finance the club's infrastructure due to an unpaid debt owed by the state-owned Gécamines.

Subscribers only Mining 19.06.2020

Victoire stadium, Lubumbashi, home of FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo.

Mozambique
Navitrans' false start in Pemba

The head of maritime logistics specialist Navitrans, Alain Védrine, has had to swoop in to put things back in order at the group's new Mozambican office.

Subscribers only Business 10.06.2020

Angola, France
Iskandar Safa spends Necotrans' kwanzas

Two years after acquiring AMT, the Swiss subsidiary of the logistics group Necotrans, Iskandar Safa's holding company Privinvest has slashed the company's workforce and invested its trove of kwanzas in other projects.

Subscribers only Energy 29.05.2020

Iskandar Safa, head of the Privinvest holding company.

Africa
The African adventures of Anne-Sophie Bradelle, Macron's new international spin doctor

The new international communications advisor at the Elysée Palace, Anne-Sophie Bradelle, appointed in late March, has a strong background in African politics. When on assignment with Euro RSCG, now Havas, she was involved in Guinean Alpha Condé's successful presidential bid in 2010 and Thomas Boni Yayi's winning campaign in Benin the following year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.04.2020

Anne-Sophie Bradelle, international communications advisor at the Elysée Palace.

Angola
João Lourenço sells off ‘Port Kopelipa'

For a long time managed by all the all-powerful General ‘Kopelipa', Luanda's multi-purpose terminal is to be ceded to the private sector in the spring

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 04.03.2020

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Necotrans

Angola
Lebanon's Dar Group wins two major contracts

In Focus | DRC
NB Mining affair: bumpy road ahead for opposition candidate Katumbi in run up to presidential elections

Gabon
Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments locks horns with Monaco Resources

DRC
NB Mining court case left hanging as judge goes awol

Spotlight | West Africa
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

Burkina Faso
Néré Mining rocked by shareholders' dispute

Angola
Iskandar Safa's French shipyard CMN hopes to dock back in Luanda

Cameroon
Privinvest and Navitrans at loggerheads over oil logistics firm AMT Cameroun

DRC
Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

Senegal
Follwoing BP and Woodside, local logistics companies jostle for contracts

Tanzania
Arbitrators lining up for Magufuli mining disputes at ICSID

Spotlight | Mozambique
After 'hidden debt' affair, Iskandar Safa goes into oil logistics in Pemba

DRC
NB Mining staff protest over unpaid salaries

France, Guinea, West Africa
Previously convicted for aluminium foundry mismanagement, Monaco Resources co-founder now has eye on Alteo refinery

DRC
Moïse Katumbi gets NGO backing in his mining disputes

DRC
In its debt row with Gécamines, NB Mining finds allies in football fans

Mozambique
Navitrans' false start in Pemba

Angola, France
Iskandar Safa spends Necotrans' kwanzas

Africa
The African adventures of Anne-Sophie Bradelle, Macron's new international spin doctor

Angola
João Lourenço sells off ‘Port Kopelipa'

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DRC Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

African Union: the battle of the giants

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

William Ruto's new order

Necotrans

Angola Lebanon's Dar Group wins two major contracts

In Focus | DRC NB Mining affair: bumpy road ahead for opposition candidate Katumbi in run up to presidential elections

Gabon Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments locks horns with Monaco Resources

DRC NB Mining court case left hanging as judge goes awol

Spotlight | West Africa French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

Burkina Faso Néré Mining rocked by shareholders' dispute

Angola Iskandar Safa's French shipyard CMN hopes to dock back in Luanda

Cameroon Privinvest and Navitrans at loggerheads over oil logistics firm AMT Cameroun

DRC Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

Senegal Follwoing BP and Woodside, local logistics companies jostle for contracts

Tanzania Arbitrators lining up for Magufuli mining disputes at ICSID

Spotlight | Mozambique After 'hidden debt' affair, Iskandar Safa goes into oil logistics in Pemba

DRC NB Mining staff protest over unpaid salaries

France, Guinea, West Africa Previously convicted for aluminium foundry mismanagement, Monaco Resources co-founder now has eye on Alteo refinery

DRC Moïse Katumbi gets NGO backing in his mining disputes

DRC In its debt row with Gécamines, NB Mining finds allies in football fans

Mozambique Navitrans' false start in Pemba

Angola, France Iskandar Safa spends Necotrans' kwanzas

Africa The African adventures of Anne-Sophie Bradelle, Macron's new international spin doctor

Angola João Lourenço sells off ‘Port Kopelipa'

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Angola
Lebanon's Dar Group wins two major contracts

In Focus | DRC
NB Mining affair: bumpy road ahead for opposition candidate Katumbi in run up to presidential elections

Gabon
Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments locks horns with Monaco Resources

DRC
NB Mining court case left hanging as judge goes awol

Spotlight | West Africa
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

Burkina Faso
Néré Mining rocked by shareholders' dispute

Angola
Iskandar Safa's French shipyard CMN hopes to dock back in Luanda

Cameroon
Privinvest and Navitrans at loggerheads over oil logistics firm AMT Cameroun

DRC
Beveraggi vs Katumbi: one final summons before Beverragi takes the DRC before the CCI

Senegal
Follwoing BP and Woodside, local logistics companies jostle for contracts

Tanzania
Arbitrators lining up for Magufuli mining disputes at ICSID

Spotlight | Mozambique
After 'hidden debt' affair, Iskandar Safa goes into oil logistics in Pemba

DRC
NB Mining staff protest over unpaid salaries

France, Guinea, West Africa
Previously convicted for aluminium foundry mismanagement, Monaco Resources co-founder now has eye on Alteo refinery

DRC
Moïse Katumbi gets NGO backing in his mining disputes

DRC
In its debt row with Gécamines, NB Mining finds allies in football fans

Mozambique
Navitrans' false start in Pemba

Angola, France
Iskandar Safa spends Necotrans' kwanzas

Africa
The African adventures of Anne-Sophie Bradelle, Macron's new international spin doctor

Angola
João Lourenço sells off ‘Port Kopelipa'