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Ivory Coast
Ruag supplies army with combat simulators

Ruag Defence France, a subsidiary of Swiss holding company Ruag, has won a contract to install combat simulator systems for the Ivorian defence ministry.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 15.06.2021

Ivory Coast
French economy minister helps Razel and Sogea prevail against Ebomaf in key road upgrade battle

Bruno Le Maire went to Ivory Coast last month to bang the drum for French business. His trip sped up the attribution of a vast contract to improve the road between Abidjan and San Pedro, the world's busiest cocoa port.

Subscribers only Business 09.06.2021

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire stands with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and Prime Minister Patrick Achi during his visit to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on April 30, 2021.

Ivory Coast
All eyes on Hamed Bakayoko's widow as she manages his estate

The great and the good of Ivory Coast and beyond are showing a keen interest in how Yolande Tanoh-Bakayoko is consolidating her late husband's nebulous Ivorian and European investments.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 08.06.2021

Yolande Tanoh-Bakayoko, the widow of the late Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko.

Spotlight | Africa
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino tightens his grip on African federations

After months of bad blood between FIFA and some African federation members, the head of the international football organisation wants to take advantage of South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe's arrival at the head of the Confederation of African Football to exert greater control of the game on the continent.

Subscribers only Business 03.06.2021

The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, and the president of the African Football Confederation, Patrice Motsepe, on 4 May 2021 in Abidjan.

Ghana
Israeli defence sector flexes its muscles in Accra

Numerous Israeli arms company reps are taking part in the International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (IMDEC) in Accra from 6 to 8 July.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 01.06.2021

Ivory Coast
Gbabgo to return to Abidjan in June but without a public welcome

Following long negotiations, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara 's negotiators have finally reached an agreement which will allow the former president to return to Ivory Coast next month... in undercover mode.

Subscribers only Politics 27.05.2021

Former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo.

Africa
French employers' group plans Francophone business summit with Ouattara, Sall and Mohammed VI

MEDEF, the largest employer federation in France, is hoping to bag some big names for a mini-summit on the economies of French-speaking states scheduled to take place in Paris in August.

Subscribers only Business 26.05.2021

Tunisia
Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed left his 18 May meeting in Paris with confirmation from three heads of state they would attend the summit of the francophone organisation OIF in Djerba in November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2021

France, Ivory Coast
Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Invited by the French president to attend a ceremony in honour of the ex-MD of the IMF Michel Camdessus, to whom he is very close, the Ivorian president will try to raise the issue of budgetary cooperation, which has been the source of recent frictions between Paris and Abidjan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara as he arrives at the Grand Palais Ephemere for the Financing of African Economies Summit in Paris, 18 May 2021.

Ivory Coast
Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

For weeks frequent power cuts have put pressure on the country and industry unions have held several meetings with the ministry of energy to review its rolling blackout plan.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders, Business 14.05.2021

An employee of the Ivory Coast Electricity Company (CIE) at a hydroelectric dam station.

Ivory Coast
Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Having received the final instalments of its $1.2bn International Monetary Fund (IMF) four-year programme in December, Ivory Coast is theoretically supposed to be tightening its belt - it has exceeeded its IMF quota and will be unable to negotiate further loans for at least a year (and probably longer).

Subscribers only Business 13.05.2021

The French economy minister Bruno Le Maire and the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 30 April 2021.

Ivory Coast
Defence Minister Ouattara reviews predecessor's contracts

The new minister of defence, Téné Birahima Ouattara, has ordered a major audit of contracts worth some €75m signed under the administration of his late predecessor Hamed Bakayoko.

Subscribers only Politics 12.05.2021

The new Ivorian Defense Minister Tene Birahima Ouattara.

Ivory Coast
Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'

The Ivorian presidency is keen to spread the country's wings as a cocoa trader in its own right. But China has been quick to clip them.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 06.05.2021

Mozambique
Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

Total is walking on eggshells with the Mozambican authorities, wanting to both draw lessons from the close of its LNG facility build and stand firm on the terms of its return.

Subscribers only Energy 06.05.2021

Africa
Will Beijing boycott Macron's Africa Summit?

The French president has been trying to get China on board his summit of African economies for months but Beijing has yet to RSVP his invitation. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken should represent Joe Biden at the 18 May event, to which several African heads of state have been hastily invited at the last minute.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.05.2021

Ivory Coast
French officials in Abidjan to renegotiate aid on the heels of Le Maire visit

Over the next few days in Abidjan, senior officials from the French treasury will pore over France's €1.125bn debt relief package to Ivory Coast to decide on how it is spent over the next four years.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.05.2021

Mozambique
Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

The French president has invited his Mozambican counterpart to join an African summit on 18 May. The meeting follows a military fiasco in Cabo Delgado province.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 26.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko's blessings pay post-mortem dividends

Puissance 6, which has won the security contract for Accor's flagship Sofitel Ivoire, owes much of its impressive growth to the late prime minister.

Subscribers only Business 26.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara ready for reconciliation after forming his new government

The president of Ivory Coast is preparing to release dozens of political prisoners faithful to Gbagbo, Bédié and Soro as discussions about Laurent Gbagbo's return to Ivory Coast progress.

Subscribers only Politics 22.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Olam loses its cocao crown

The first buying period for the 2020-21 cocoa season ended on 31 March and initial results show a major rebalancing between the main buyers. Agri-business behemoth Olam lost the pole position it had held among buyers of Ivorian beans since 2016 to US firm Cargill West Africa.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 20.04.2021

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Ruag supplies army with combat simulators

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Ouattara

Ivory Coast Ruag supplies army with combat simulators

Ivory Coast French economy minister helps Razel and Sogea prevail against Ebomaf in key road upgrade battle

Ivory Coast All eyes on Hamed Bakayoko's widow as she manages his estate

Spotlight | Africa FIFA boss Gianni Infantino tightens his grip on African federations

Ghana Israeli defence sector flexes its muscles in Accra

Ivory Coast Gbabgo to return to Abidjan in June but without a public welcome

Africa French employers' group plans Francophone business summit with Ouattara, Sall and Mohammed VI

Tunisia Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

France, Ivory Coast Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Ivory Coast Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Ivory Coast Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Ivory Coast Defence Minister Ouattara reviews predecessor's contracts

Ivory Coast Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'

Mozambique Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

Africa Will Beijing boycott Macron's Africa Summit?

Ivory Coast French officials in Abidjan to renegotiate aid on the heels of Le Maire visit

Mozambique Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

Ivory Coast Hamed Bakayoko's blessings pay post-mortem dividends

Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara ready for reconciliation after forming his new government

Ivory Coast Olam loses its cocao crown

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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

Ivory Coast
Ruag supplies army with combat simulators

Ivory Coast
French economy minister helps Razel and Sogea prevail against Ebomaf in key road upgrade battle

Ivory Coast
All eyes on Hamed Bakayoko's widow as she manages his estate

Spotlight | Africa
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino tightens his grip on African federations

Ghana
Israeli defence sector flexes its muscles in Accra

Ivory Coast
Gbabgo to return to Abidjan in June but without a public welcome

Africa
French employers' group plans Francophone business summit with Ouattara, Sall and Mohammed VI

Tunisia
Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

France, Ivory Coast
Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Ivory Coast
Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Ivory Coast
Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Ivory Coast
Defence Minister Ouattara reviews predecessor's contracts

Ivory Coast
Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'

Mozambique
Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

Africa
Will Beijing boycott Macron's Africa Summit?

Ivory Coast
French officials in Abidjan to renegotiate aid on the heels of Le Maire visit

Mozambique
Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko's blessings pay post-mortem dividends

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara ready for reconciliation after forming his new government

Ivory Coast
Olam loses its cocao crown