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Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro set to turn itself into a defence industry hub

The country’s administrative capital could, in the medium term, be home to a zone specialising in the defence sector, an idea championed by a handful of advisers to Defence Minister Téné Birahima Ouattara.

Palace Intrigues
Mamadi Doumbouya, Alassane Ouattara, Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

GuineaRobert Bourgi and Mamadi Doumbouya's discreet one-on-one

Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara makes a stop in Paris

Central African RepublicIvorian businessman Tommy Tayoro Nyckos gives Touadéra a lift

Palace Intrigues
William Ruto, Emmanuel Macron, Aya Nakamura

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Africa ForwardThe very diplomatic seating plan for heads of state dinner

KenyaRaila Odinga Junior on a fact-finding mission at the Africa-France summit

MaliSinger Aya Nakamura finalises her own documentary ahead of her three Paris shows

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara due in France following Nairobi summit

The Ivorian president's plane is scheduled to land at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport on the evening of 12 May.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara sets ministers straight

The Ivorian president sharply reprimanded Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé during the cabinet meeting on 29 April, following the consideration of two proposals to increase the minimum wage in an economic climate deemed fragile by the government.

Ivory Coast
Multinational cocoa lobby head removed from post

Amid growing tensions, GEPEX's executive director, Mariame Koné-Bédié, has just left her position, officially because she has reached the age limit.

Ivory Coast
Tensions spike between transport and infrastructure ministers

The construction portfolio has been removed from Amadou Koné's remit and instead been handed to the infrastructure minister, Yacouba Hien Sié. This move has triggered strong reactions within the government.

Africa
Castel group realigns strategy for Somdia subsidiary

With an annual investment of €70 million, the African subsidiary of the group founded by Pierre Castel is focusing on a renewed commitment to agriculture and industry. The next step is the launch of a new distillery in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Paris's Quai Branly museum ploughs diplomatic furrow from Lagos to Abidjan

The president of Paris-based Musée du Quai Branly, Emmanuel Kasarhérou, is in Lagos, where he met with the director of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments. At the same time, he is in talks with Ivorian authorities over their planned new museum in Abidjan.

Ivory Coast
OIA producer body sidelined in unsold cocoa stock crisis

The OIA has been edged out by sector regulator Conseil Café-Cacao. The shift follows allegations of a lack of transparency in the allocation of unsold cocoa stocks and rising tensions with producers.

Ivory Coast
French defence firms visit Jacqueville anti-terror academy

Companies including Airbus Helicopters, the uniform manufacturer Marck & Balsan and the cybersecurity specialist Gatewatcher were given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the requirements of the academy led by General Allah Joseph Kouamé.