Vincent Bolloré

Togo
Lagardère in pole position to run commercial operations at Lomé Airport

The French group is the clear favourite to take over the commercial management of Togo's main airport. This marks yet another breakthrough for the publishing and retail giant, which is already well established in Africa.

Palace Intrigues
Paul Biya, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Martin Bouygues

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

CameroonBiya postpones new Switzerland trip to host Albert II of Monaco

Central African RepublicTouadéra stands by French Ambassador Bruno Foucher

Ivory CoastMartin Bouygues, a no-show at the first lady's gala

Morocco
PFL Africa MMA league sets course for Casablanca

The president of the Royal Moroccan Mixed Martial Arts Federation, Hamza el-Harchali, has managed to secure the organisation of an MMA event in the coming months in the kingdom.

South Africa
Foreign ministry worried by Multichoice takeover bid by France's Canal+

Diplomats in Pretoria are particularly suspicious about the background to this merger, orchestrated by billionaire Vincent Bolloré, who has close ties with the French far right.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Macky Sall, Paul Kagame, Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Abdelhamid Dabaiba, Mahamat Idriss Déby

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

Gabon General Oligui Nguema has Bongo family fortune assessed

Senegal Sall's hush-hush trip to Paris

Rwanda Kagame taken by surprise as new UK government scraps asylum plan

Ivory Coast Ouattara calls Macron following dissolution of French parliament

Libya Déby and Dabaiba's men come to blows in Tripoli

Ivory Coast
Ex-French president Sarkozy to attend Dominique Ouattara's gala in Abidjan

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be in Abidjan in early March. He plans to take part in a gala organised there by Children of Africa, the foundation headed by Ivorian First Lady Dominique Ouattara.

Central Africa, West Africa
Vivendi seeks new business from Lagos to Kampala

Having established a foothold in French-speaking and central Africa, the French company's African branch, which is a specialist internet service provider, is looking to break into new markets in English-speaking countries.

Nigeria
Africa Nature Investors secures national parks

At the end of this month, Africa Nature Investors will start ensuring security in parts of Edo state's Okomu National Park. It is the only Nigerian NGO working to conserve natural heritage locally, and it believes in profitability.

DRC
Vivendi Sports still making play for Francophonie games

Vivendi Sports, owned by billionnaire Vincent Bolloré, is trying to reach an agreement with Kinshasa on the terms of a new service contract for the upcoming Jeux de la Francophonie. The deal signed by the games' ex-chairman Didier Tshiyoyo was deemed "illegal" by the legal advisers of his successor Isidore Kwandja.