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Morocco
Former Lazard executive launches investment bank in the kingdom

Amine Bakhti, who has managed the portfolios of major Moroccan clients at Rothschild & Co, has decided to strike out on his own.

Subscribers only Finance 06.01.2025

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco
Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

Pressure from Algeria could endanger a green hydrogen project in Laâyoune in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. US group General Electric's energy subsidiary was to provide the project with its expertise.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 22.10.2024

A factory belonging to US group General Electric, in France.

Cameroon
Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Prominent Ghanaian mining figure Sam Jonah has become the new chair of Geovic Cameroun just as Tronic Metals, a Canadian company he owns a large share of, is finalising its purchase of Geovic's Nkamouna cobalt project.

Subscribers only Mining 21.10.2024

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Geovic Cameroun, operator of the Nkamouna cobalt and nickel project, finally held its annual general shareholders meeting in Yaoundé on 28 and 29 February after months of delays.

Subscribers only Mining 08.03.2024

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining makes up with Yaoundé over Nkamouna project

The US mining group and its subsidiary Geocam look set to patch things up with the National Investment Corporation of Cameroon after a period of complicated negotiations. They are now gearing up to reboot the Nkamouna cobalt and nickel project.

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2024

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining settles differences with Yaoundé so as to resume cobalt project

The American buyer of the Nkamouna mining project is working to mend fences with its public partner, the SNI, and the Cameroonian authorities, which had been damaged by the previous owner's procrastinations. After an audit by Deloitte, the firm now has to patch things up with the tax authorities and recruit a new management team.

Subscribers only Mining 12.04.2023

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

Phoenix hopes to charm the Cameroonian authorities - and in particular the state investment firm, which holds a 39.5% stake in the Nkamouna project - in order to get authorisation to start building the mining infrastructure in January.

Subscribers only Mining 06.10.2022

A sign indicating to passers-by that they are entering a mining concession is pictured on 25 March 2010 in Nkamouna forest.

Algeria, Morocco
Morocco and Algeria hooked on Brazil's raw sugar

To satisfy the region's persistent sweet tooth despite the current surge in sugar prices, sugar producers Cosumar, from Morocco, and Algeria's Cevital, have little choice but to keep buying their supplies from Brazil, for which they rely on increasingly dominant heavyweights such as Sao Paulo's Raizen and Copersucar.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 08.03.2022

Ethiopia, Morocco
54 Capital hires former Al Mada legal director to sort out Addis Pharma

The London-based, Ethiopia-focused fund has recruited Jamila Dahib to run its legal affairs. One of the top priorities of the former employee of Mohammed VI's holding company Al Mada will be to clear up the status of Addis Pharmaceutical Factory, which the war in Tigray has brought to a standstill.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2021

Morocco
Banker to the royal family, Mohamed Benslimane, takes a seat at utility Lydec

The head of Advisory & Finance Group and husband of Mohammed VI's cousin Lalla Zineb is joining the board of the Casablanca water and power utility controlled by French water and waste management group Suez.

Subscribers only Business 28.06.2021

Morocco
Moulay Rachid casts himself as aviation industry's business angel following Boeing deal

Prince Moulay Rachid, the brother of Mohammed VI, is looking to open up his MAIC fund, set up to finance the creation TDM Aerospace, to Moroccan institutional investors with a view to expanding subcontracting opportunities with Boeing and Airbus.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.03.2021

Morocco
Driss Bencheikh returns to fishing with a French Tech ambassador

Former fisheries tzar Al Mada Driss Bencheikh has set up a business in that key economic sector with French entrepreneur Mouthon.

Subscribers only Business 12.01.2021

Morocco
Property tycoon Saïd Alj backed by American pension funds

Aevitas, a property company sponsored by US pension funds for civil servants in Washington state, has set up a subsidiary with the powerful property developer Saïd Alj.

Subscribers only Business 11.06.2020

In Focus | Morocco
Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

Faced with the worst economic crisis of his reign, the king plans to refinance his private holding company Al Mada via a $500m bond issue. The main subscriber is likely to be mutual smallholders' insurance group MAMDA-MCMA, which has already got him out of difficulty on several occasions in the past.

Subscribers only Business 01.06.2020

Morocco
Somagec, Eiffage and Archirodon chase Dakhla port project

The battle for the estimated 10.2-billion-dirham contract to build the future port of Dakhla Atlantique has begun. On December 3, [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 12.12.2019

Morocco
Omar Jabri to be new Engie development director in the Maghreb

Gilles Vaes, Engie's Casablanca-based business development director for North Africa, [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.09.2019

Morocco
ESL recruits ex-wali M'Hammed Dryef and banker Mohamed Benslimane

French public affairs company ESL & Network is extending its Moroccan network. According to our sources, its local branch has [...]

Free access Business 06.06.2019

Spotlight | Morocco
BMCE: Othman Benjelloun is without partners or heirs

Third-ranking Moroccan bank BMCE Bank of Africa is struggling to complete the 6-billion-dirham recapitalization it needs to have in place before the end of 2019. Implicitly, it is the future of the bank after the departure of its 87-year-old founder, [.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 30.05.2019

Morocco
Abdellatif Bendahane saves Managem's gold

The release on May 27 of 241 kilogrammes of gold [...]

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 30.05.2019

Morocco
Moheidine Berrada leaves Somed Developpement to go solo

Moheidine Berrada quit his job as chief executive of Somed [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.05.2019

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Former Lazard executive launches investment bank in the kingdom

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Cameroon
Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining makes up with Yaoundé over Nkamouna project

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining settles differences with Yaoundé so as to resume cobalt project

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Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

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Morocco and Algeria hooked on Brazil's raw sugar

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Banker to the royal family, Mohamed Benslimane, takes a seat at utility Lydec

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Moulay Rachid casts himself as aviation industry's business angel following Boeing deal

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Driss Bencheikh returns to fishing with a French Tech ambassador

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Property tycoon Saïd Alj backed by American pension funds

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Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

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Somagec, Eiffage and Archirodon chase Dakhla port project

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Omar Jabri to be new Engie development director in the Maghreb

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ESL recruits ex-wali M'Hammed Dryef and banker Mohamed Benslimane

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Morocco Former Lazard executive launches investment bank in the kingdom

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

Cameroon Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Cameroon Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Cameroon Phoenix Mining makes up with Yaoundé over Nkamouna project

Cameroon Phoenix Mining settles differences with Yaoundé so as to resume cobalt project

Cameroon Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

Algeria, Morocco Morocco and Algeria hooked on Brazil's raw sugar

Ethiopia, Morocco 54 Capital hires former Al Mada legal director to sort out Addis Pharma

Morocco Banker to the royal family, Mohamed Benslimane, takes a seat at utility Lydec

Morocco Moulay Rachid casts himself as aviation industry's business angel following Boeing deal

Morocco Driss Bencheikh returns to fishing with a French Tech ambassador

Morocco Property tycoon Saïd Alj backed by American pension funds

In Focus | Morocco Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

Morocco Somagec, Eiffage and Archirodon chase Dakhla port project

Morocco Omar Jabri to be new Engie development director in the Maghreb

Morocco ESL recruits ex-wali M'Hammed Dryef and banker Mohamed Benslimane

Spotlight | Morocco BMCE: Othman Benjelloun is without partners or heirs

Morocco Abdellatif Bendahane saves Managem's gold

Morocco Moheidine Berrada leaves Somed Developpement to go solo

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Morocco
Former Lazard executive launches investment bank in the kingdom

Spotlight | Algeria, Morocco
Algiers puts pressure on General Electric over its involvement in project in Western Sahara

Cameroon
Sam Jonah's battery metal plans with Tronic Metals

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining makes up with Yaoundé over Nkamouna project

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining settles differences with Yaoundé so as to resume cobalt project

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

Algeria, Morocco
Morocco and Algeria hooked on Brazil's raw sugar

Ethiopia, Morocco
54 Capital hires former Al Mada legal director to sort out Addis Pharma

Morocco
Banker to the royal family, Mohamed Benslimane, takes a seat at utility Lydec

Morocco
Moulay Rachid casts himself as aviation industry's business angel following Boeing deal

Morocco
Driss Bencheikh returns to fishing with a French Tech ambassador

Morocco
Property tycoon Saïd Alj backed by American pension funds

In Focus | Morocco
Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

Morocco
Somagec, Eiffage and Archirodon chase Dakhla port project

Morocco
Omar Jabri to be new Engie development director in the Maghreb

Morocco
ESL recruits ex-wali M'Hammed Dryef and banker Mohamed Benslimane

Spotlight | Morocco
BMCE: Othman Benjelloun is without partners or heirs

Morocco
Abdellatif Bendahane saves Managem's gold

Morocco
Moheidine Berrada leaves Somed Developpement to go solo