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The New Guard
Tanzania, Egypt, Ethiopia, Senegal

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics. [...]

TanzaniaJoel Nanauka, the influencers' influencer

EgyptOmar Shoukry, head of start-up Nawah Scientific

EthiopiaLelise Neme, the government's investment champion

SenegalBabacar Ka, fund DPI's deal-maker

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The New Guard
Nigeria, Guinea, Uganda

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PhosAgro, Uralchem, Eurochem: how Russian fertiliser giants cope with sanctions

In light of Western measures against their shareholders, the fertiliser producers PhosAgro, Uralchem and Eurochem will drastically cut their exports to Africa, a market they had turned to with relative success after the loss of their Ukrainian clients in 2014.

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Sanctions against Eurochem's Russian shareholder disrupt Helios's sale of Solevo

The European Union's decision on 9 March to blacklist the oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, who holds a majority stake in Eurochem, is likely to disrupt Helios's plans. The fund had been counting on the Russian-Swiss fertiliser giant to raise the stakes on Solevo against OCP.

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Helios and OCP play game of bluff over fertiliser trader Solevo

Solevo, a fertiliser and agricultural inputs trading company, was bought from Louis Dreyfus Company in 2016 by the British fund Helios and the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek. It will soon be put back on the market by its shareholders.

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Abiy Ahmed Ali's latest gamble to save the economy

Having introduced laws to allow the Ethiopian diaspora to invest in their country of origin (ION 1498, ION 1496), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is now looking to attract foreign capital to snap the country's promising economy out of its [.

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Inner circles | Ethiopia
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The New Guard
Nigeria, Guinea, Uganda

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PhosAgro, Uralchem, Eurochem: how Russian fertiliser giants cope with sanctions

Africa
Sanctions against Eurochem's Russian shareholder disrupt Helios's sale of Solevo

Africa
Helios and OCP play game of bluff over fertiliser trader Solevo

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali's latest gamble to save the economy