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Africa, France
Avisa bids for controlling stake in DGM and 35°Nord

Consulting firm Avisa Partners is negotiating the acquisition of two corporate communications companies and has long-term plans to create a division, Avisa Communication, dedicated to this activity.

Subscribers only Business 05.11.2021

Africa
Former WTO boss Pascal Lamy at the helm of Aspen Institute's African gathering

For its 14th Europe-Africa summit, the Institut Aspen France will work with the former managing director of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy.

Subscribers only Business 27.10.2021

In Focus | Congo
The Paris mansion giving Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso nightmares

A luxurious 600 m² mansion occupied by the Republic of the Congo's international cooperation minister in Rue Fresnel in Paris, which was acquired by a Congolese property firm for €4m in 2013, is under a seizure order issued as part of the ongoing "Ill-Gotten Gains" investigation.

Subscribers only Politics 25.10.2021

The minister of International Cooperation Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso.

Egypt, France
Egypt's PM in Paris to talk business

On 25 October, the Egyptian prime minister Moustafa Madbouli along with six of his ministers will be in Paris to meet with French officials. The delegation will also attend a France-Egypt business summit organised by France's business lobby Medef and meet representatives of a dozen French companies.

Subscribers only Business 22.10.2021

Spotlight | Kenya
Kenyatta's business friends muscle in on Odinga's campaign

Delighted to secure the valuable political and financial backing of the magnates of the Mount Kenya Foundation, Raila Odinga has ceded decision-making powers to them, but this has not gone down well with his campaign team.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 14.10.2021

Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

Mauritania
French operator Orange set to connect the country's overlooked interior

Faced with a failing internet network that has not been adequately rolled out in the country's interior, Nouakchott is working with French operator Orange on a broadband cable project estimated to cost nearly €150m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.10.2021

Congo
Congo challenges Mohsen Hojeij's billion-euro arbitration for 'corruption'

Breaking news published on 08/10/21 at 17:00 p.m. - Congo lodged a complaint against "persons unknown" on 7 October, accusing the president of the tribunal that arbitrated Commisimpex's 2013 claim against the state, of having ties to Hojeij's company.

Subscribers only Business 08.10.2021

Africa2020 sponsors to dine with Emmanuel Macron

President Macron will mark the end of the Africa2020 season by inviting the financiers and companies that sponsored the multidisciplinary pan-African project to the Elysée Palace.

Subscribers only 27.09.2021

Namibia
TotalEnergies' elusive Venus well postponed yet again

The much-anticipated drilling of the Venus prospect on TotalEnergies' Namibian Block 2913B had scheduled for September, but is now expected to be delayed again. the government expects the drilling platform to arrive in its waters around December.

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2021

Congo, France
French court approves sale of two Paris apartment blocks to repay Orange and Commisimpex

A court in Paris has rejected suspension applications from the government regarding the seizure of two apartment blocks owned by Congo in Paris and Vaucresson in the Parisian suburbs in 2016.

Subscribers only Business 20.09.2021

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

Central Africa, Morocco
Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

The offshoot of King Mohammed VI's holding company Al Mada is handing over all of its car dealerships in the DRC, Gabon and soon Congo to Sada Motors, a newcomer controlled by a Congolese MP with ties to Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Business 17.08.2021

The Congolese deputy and businessman Alexis Ndinga.

In Focus | Central African Republic
Bolloré, TotalEnergies and Air France held hostage in Franco-Russian power struggle

As France downgrades its relations with the Central African Republic (CAR), which it sees as too much under Russian influence, the authorities there are exerting pressure on French companies still active in the country.

Subscribers only Business 26.07.2021

The then Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Firmin Ngrebada (centre), salutes his troops as a Russian-made support helicopter flies overhead on the road between Boali and Bangui on 10 January 2021.

Ethiopia
Orange seeks to reconnect with Ethio Telecom

Between 2010 and 2013, the French telecoms giant tried to modernise Ethio Telecom. Now, as the state-owned company prepares to bring private-sector shareholders on board, Orange is hoping to set up a new deal with its former partner.

Subscribers only Business 22.07.2021

South Africa
Azinam and Africa Oil await the results of TotalEnergies' drilling in Namibia

The operator of South African oil field 3B/4B, Africa Oil (20%), is impatiently awaiting the drilling of the Namibian Venus prospect (oil field 2913B) that TotalEnergies (ex-Total) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) are due to carry out in September.

Subscribers only Energy 22.07.2021

Cameroon
Albert Kouinche, deprived of Victor Fotso and battling Orange Money, fights for his group's survival

The founder of the Express Union money transfer service, Albert Kouinche, whom billionaire and fellow Bandjoun native Victor Fotso kept under his wing for many years, has been badly hit by competition from mobile money services.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 16.07.2021

Ethiopia
Abiy forced to make major concessions to mobile licence candidates

After the failure of a first tender for two mobile network licences, the government has made a dramatic U-turn.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2021

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Ivory Coast
Canal+ International's 'power couple'

The Plaza Athénée hotel in Paris last weekend welcomed the extended family of President Alassane Ouattara, whose daughter-in-law Nathalie Folloroux married Marc Socquet on 26 June at the town hall in the 16th arrondissement.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2021

Tunisia
Darmanin due back in Tunis on 28 June to talk security, business and Libya

The French interior minister will have the chance to discuss security and migration at greater length when he attends a round table with his North African and Sahel counterparts on 28 and 29 June.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.06.2021

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin during his visit to Tunisia in November 2020.

Morocco
Maroc Fruit Board provides digital supply chain for Mohammed VI's orange exports

Maroc Fruit Board, the largest group of Moroccan agricultural exporters, has signed a partnership with start-up Kourtim, base in Agadir, to develop a real time shipment tracker.

Subscribers only Business 02.06.2021

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

ORANGE

Africa, France
Avisa bids for controlling stake in DGM and 35°Nord

Africa
Former WTO boss Pascal Lamy at the helm of Aspen Institute's African gathering

In Focus | Congo
The Paris mansion giving Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso nightmares

Egypt, France
Egypt's PM in Paris to talk business

Spotlight | Kenya
Kenyatta's business friends muscle in on Odinga's campaign

Mauritania
French operator Orange set to connect the country's overlooked interior

Congo
Congo challenges Mohsen Hojeij's billion-euro arbitration for 'corruption'

Africa2020 sponsors to dine with Emmanuel Macron

Namibia
TotalEnergies' elusive Venus well postponed yet again

Congo, France
French court approves sale of two Paris apartment blocks to repay Orange and Commisimpex

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

Central Africa, Morocco
Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

In Focus | Central African Republic
Bolloré, TotalEnergies and Air France held hostage in Franco-Russian power struggle

Ethiopia
Orange seeks to reconnect with Ethio Telecom

South Africa
Azinam and Africa Oil await the results of TotalEnergies' drilling in Namibia

Cameroon
Albert Kouinche, deprived of Victor Fotso and battling Orange Money, fights for his group's survival

Ethiopia
Abiy forced to make major concessions to mobile licence candidates

Ivory Coast
Canal+ International's 'power couple'

Tunisia
Darmanin due back in Tunis on 28 June to talk security, business and Libya

Morocco
Maroc Fruit Board provides digital supply chain for Mohammed VI's orange exports

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ORANGE

Africa, France Avisa bids for controlling stake in DGM and 35°Nord

Africa Former WTO boss Pascal Lamy at the helm of Aspen Institute's African gathering

In Focus | Congo The Paris mansion giving Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso nightmares

Egypt, France Egypt's PM in Paris to talk business

Spotlight | Kenya Kenyatta's business friends muscle in on Odinga's campaign

Mauritania French operator Orange set to connect the country's overlooked interior

Congo Congo challenges Mohsen Hojeij's billion-euro arbitration for 'corruption'

Africa2020 sponsors to dine with Emmanuel Macron

Namibia TotalEnergies' elusive Venus well postponed yet again

Congo, France French court approves sale of two Paris apartment blocks to repay Orange and Commisimpex

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

Central Africa, Morocco Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

In Focus | Central African Republic Bolloré, TotalEnergies and Air France held hostage in Franco-Russian power struggle

Ethiopia Orange seeks to reconnect with Ethio Telecom

South Africa Azinam and Africa Oil await the results of TotalEnergies' drilling in Namibia

Cameroon Albert Kouinche, deprived of Victor Fotso and battling Orange Money, fights for his group's survival

Ethiopia Abiy forced to make major concessions to mobile licence candidates

Ivory Coast Canal+ International's 'power couple'

Tunisia Darmanin due back in Tunis on 28 June to talk security, business and Libya

Morocco Maroc Fruit Board provides digital supply chain for Mohammed VI's orange exports

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Africa, France
Avisa bids for controlling stake in DGM and 35°Nord

Africa
Former WTO boss Pascal Lamy at the helm of Aspen Institute's African gathering

In Focus | Congo
The Paris mansion giving Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso nightmares

Egypt, France
Egypt's PM in Paris to talk business

Spotlight | Kenya
Kenyatta's business friends muscle in on Odinga's campaign

Mauritania
French operator Orange set to connect the country's overlooked interior

Congo
Congo challenges Mohsen Hojeij's billion-euro arbitration for 'corruption'

Namibia
TotalEnergies' elusive Venus well postponed yet again

Congo, France
French court approves sale of two Paris apartment blocks to repay Orange and Commisimpex

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

Central Africa, Morocco
Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

In Focus | Central African Republic
Bolloré, TotalEnergies and Air France held hostage in Franco-Russian power struggle

Ethiopia
Orange seeks to reconnect with Ethio Telecom

South Africa
Azinam and Africa Oil await the results of TotalEnergies' drilling in Namibia

Cameroon
Albert Kouinche, deprived of Victor Fotso and battling Orange Money, fights for his group's survival

Ethiopia
Abiy forced to make major concessions to mobile licence candidates

Ivory Coast
Canal+ International's 'power couple'

Tunisia
Darmanin due back in Tunis on 28 June to talk security, business and Libya

Morocco
Maroc Fruit Board provides digital supply chain for Mohammed VI's orange exports