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Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sudan, Zimbabwe

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Cédric Diarra, the PM's special adviser

Guinea
Baba Hady Thiam, darling of the multinationals

Sudan
Fintech and Abdigani Diriye's free banking services app

Zimbabwe
Ndlovu, head of African Risk Capacity

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Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

From Singapore to Monrovia, via New York and Conakry, the American-Canadian tycoon Robert Friedland is one of the global mining sector's most flamboyant figures. Well established in the DR Congo, he is working behind the scenes in Conakry and Monrovia to expand his empire in West Africa.

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Ivanhoe Mines founder Robert Friedland at a conference in Cape Town in 2022.

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Bitter dual nationality issue hangs over 2025 presidential poll

Patrick Achi, Tidjane Thiam, and Jean-Louis Billon are among the names being bandied about as future Ivorian leaders after the 2025 election. But all three might be adversely affected by the constitutional ban on presidential candidates holding dual nationality.

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Patrick Achi, Tidjane Thiam and Jean-Louis Billon (from left to right).

Guinea, Liberia
Robert Friedland hits pause button in Guinea, Liberia

The US-Canadian mining magnate is grappling with political uncertainty in Monrovia and Conakry. While waiting for things to settle down, he has suspended most of his works and has put hundreds of employees on standby.

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Islamic finance set to lose its monopoly

As part of its economic reform programme, Sudan is putting in place a two-track system where Islamic and conventional finance will operate side by side.

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Axa
Baba Hady Thiam
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Bloom
Cedric Diarra
Chinalco
COP27
Cosco
Dechert LLP
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Gide
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Goodwater Capital
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Hamed Bakayoko
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Johnson Investments
Lesley Ndlovu
Merghani Mahgoub
New York Institute of Technology
Oryx Energies
Oxford University
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Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sudan, Zimbabwe

Ivory Coast
Cédric Diarra, the PM's special adviser

Guinea
Baba Hady Thiam, darling of the multinationals

Sudan
Fintech and Abdigani Diriye's free banking services app

Zimbabwe
Ndlovu, head of African Risk Capacity

In Focus | West Africa
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

Ivory Coast
Bitter dual nationality issue hangs over 2025 presidential poll

Guinea, Liberia
Robert Friedland hits pause button in Guinea, Liberia

Sudan
Islamic finance set to lose its monopoly