Spotlight | Africa
Macron extols the young… so long as they buy French

The New Guard
Senegal, South Africa, Uganda

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

SenegalTidjane Deme, Partech Africa's business angel

South AfricaLerato Nkabinde, a CFO with a passion for education

UgandaPiloya Babra Nyeko, NRM's successor in the north

France, Togo
Tidjane Deme's promising network

For his "Africa Now" forum which was held on 12 [...]

Comoros islands
Paris to shell out €150 million over three years

The French president Emmanuel Macron is due to welcome to [...]

France, Ivory Coast
High-level negotiations over budgetary helping hand

Struggling to balance its budget, Abidjan has discreetly requested €250 million from France. Paris is hesitating, but fears that a refusal will impact the Abidjan urban train contract being carried out by French firms.

Burkina Faso, France
Sunny horizons for Paris

Ouagadougou has turned the solar energy sector into a globalised laboratory and France is seeking a piece of the action. Analysis.

Congo, France
Elysee alarmed over plight of French businesses

Brazzaville is increasingly miring French companies in red tape, much to the consternation of Emmanuel Macron.

Tanzania
Equity Bank courts the diaspora

The potential for investment by the diaspora in Tanzania has [...]

African Union, Niger
Turbulence en route to Niamey summit

With Niger set to host 50 heads of state in July, expert assessments have highlighted shortcomings in airport security.

Africa, United States
Venture capital funds target innovation market

Private equity funds specialising in new technologies are expanding their activities in Africa.

North Africa
Pierre Duquesne takes charge of Med summit

French inter-ministerial delegate for the Mediterranean Pierre Duquesne has taken [...]

France, Tunisia
Khalbous checks out Macron's university

The Franco-Tunisian African and Mediterranean University (UFTAM) project triumphantly announced [...]

West Africa
Konbini targets the advertising market

Already established in Lagos, Konbini, an online media and advertising [...]

France, Mauritania
Aziz not best pleased with Macron

Emmanuel Macron's whirlwind visit to Nouakchott in early July will [...]

France, Mauritania
Macron in warlord mode in Nouakchott!

French president Emmanuel Macron, who wants to speed up deployment of the G5 Sahel, which is today completely bogged down [...]

Africa, France
Emmanuel Macron to address the African Union

Due in Nouakchott in Mauritania for the 31st summit of [...]

France, Mauritania
Camels to parade down the Champs Elysees?

Mauritania would very much like to see its camel cavalry [...]

Document | France, Senegal
Macron's Falcon gets its wing clipped in Saint-Louis

The French presidency's Falcon 7X aircraft was severely damaged in the course of President Emmanuel Macron's stop-over in Saint-Louis in [...]

Ivory Coast
The train leaves without Philippe Serey-Eiffel

The Abidjan urban train project, which was launched on 30 November by Alassane Ouattara and Emmanuel Macron, will have to [...]

Djibouti
A thawing of diplomatic relations with Paris…

The diplomatic contretemps between Djibouti and Paris appears to be [...]

Ivory Coast
Tony Blair pops up at the AU-EU summit

Several leading political figures who are no longer in office were much in evidence in the delegations attending the 5th [...]

Ivory Coast
A gift for NSE

The construction firm NSE, owned by Hassane Yao, has won [...]

Ivory Coast
Bombardier hopes to catch the urban train

Bombardier is discreetly lobbying to be included in the future [...]

Vincent Jacquemart makes European security comeback

In a deal sealed last week, the private security firm [...]