Spotlight | Ivory Coast
A golden age for Alassane Ouattara's Lebanese friends

Ivory Coast
US Treasury maintains pressure on Ouattara over money laundering

For several months, the US administration has been holding a series of working meetings with the Ivorian authorities. The aim is to trace illicit financial flows that it suspects are linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah.

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Nasser Bourita

Intrigues big and small. Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

CongoSassou to holiday in Turkey

Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara's three palaces in Abdijan.

Moroco/FranceRabat angry over twinning of Ivry-sur-Seine with district of Mijek

Ivory Coast
Lydia Ludic venture threatens Abidjan-Pretoria relations

Lydia Ludic Côte d'Ivoire, a joint venture between the gambling and entertainment group Pefaco International and South African investors, has been paralysed by trench warfare between its shareholders and its management.

Africa, Ivory Coast
Akinwumi Adesina and ADB to move into government premises

The president of the African Development Bank (ADB), Akinwumi Adesina, [...]

Ivory Coast
Henriette Lagou to pull out of 2020 presidential race

A long-time ally of the former president Laurent Gbagbo, Henriette [...]

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara short of space at palace

Works to extend the ‘Esplanade' presidential palace approved by Alassane [...]

Ivory Coast
Akinwuni Adesina rids himself of Ivorian director at ADB

On 4 September, the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara brought to an end the term of Moussa Dosso as Ivory Coast's [...]

Ivory Coast
Another contract for Lionel Zinsou

Co-founded by the ex-president of the African Development Bank (ADB), [...]

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara plays musical chairs with his security chiefs

The president has embarked on a major reshuffle that may see the PM's younger brother installed as head of the presidential special forces.

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko facing legal action in France?

Admiral Celestin N'Guessan, the commander of the Ivorian navy, is under pressure from the legal representatives of the lawyer Yaya [...]

Ivory Coast
Davy Attia inducted into the Grande loge de Cote d'Ivoire

After several years of trying in vain, Davy Attia, the [...]

Ivory Coast
Henri Konan Bedie forced to pack his bags

The tensions between Alassane Ouattara and Henri Konan Bedie (‘HKB') [...]

Ivory Coast
Israelis make comeback at lagoon

Active during Laurent Gbagbo's time in office, Israeli operators are re-emerging in Abidjan.

Ivory Coast
General Ouattara jealously keeps control of army

Circumspect about the situation of his army, the president is reluctant to outsource military issues to the Ministry of Defence. Analysis.

Tunisia
ONAS puts a block on national sewage treatment contract

The big national sewage network management contract, which national sewage treatment office ONAS had been due to put out to [...]

Ivory Coast
Jean-Marc Yace bestrides politics and business

58-year-old Jean-Marc Yace, the former Ivorian navy officer and current mayor of Cocody commune in Abidjan, has been acting as [...]

Ivory Coast
Basilica of Yamoussoukro in need of TLC

Inaugurated in 1990, the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace [...]

Ivory Coast
Bouygues batiment international-Setao to build University of Bondoukou

The consortium formed by Bouygues is tipped to win the [...]

Ivory Coast
Vantage helps Kadio-Morokro take back control of Petro Ivoire

Sebastien Kadio-Morokro, the managing director of distribution firm Petro Ivoire, [...]

Ivory Coast
Hamed Bakayoko the mediator

On 7 November, the Ivorian defence minister Hamed Bakayoko discreetly [...]

Ivory Coast
Another gift for NSE

In early October, the Ivorian firm specialising in public construction [...]

Ivory Coast
The unstoppable Fakhoury

The man who has thrived under every Ivorian leader since Houphouet has been racking up the contracts and acquisitions.

Ivory Coast
More good news for NSE

Nicolas Srouji Etablissement (NSE) is securing one contract after another [...]

Ivory Coast
China's CSCEC dashes Bouygues' hopes

The Chinese looks set to beat the French company to the contract for Abidjan's fourth bridge.

France, Ivory Coast
Ankara shakes Paris out of its complacency

Turkish businesses have mushroomed over the last five years and are becoming serious competitors to French operators.

Ivory Coast
Bedie made to wait for his new abode

Henri Konan Bedie, known as HKB, is growing impatient over [...]

Ivory Coast
Grand Master Bakayoko's new temple

On 24 April, with their Grand Master Hamed Bakayoko leading [...]

Ivory Coast
Vitol accepts trims to save Gazelle project

Trader Vitol is about to close a deal with the [...]

Gabon
Veolia ponders its strategy against Gabon

The French company is envisaging legal action following the cancellation of its contract to manage SEEG.

Ivory Coast
Big hotel groups cozy up to Ouattara government

Whether international hotel groups open establishments in the country can depend a lot on their connections with the government.

Ivory Coast
RDR party thrives in its illicit status

President Alassane Ouattara’s Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR) party is continuing [...]

Ivory Coast
Fakhoury’s reappearing act

President Alassane Ouattara has been touting the African Development Bank’s (ADB) return to Ivory Coast as a major sign that [...]

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
Political parties struggle with change

Since the death of President Felix Houphouet-Boigny in 1993, the balance of power between Ivory Coast’s political parties has shifted. However President Alassane Ouattara’s Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR), the Parti Democratique de Cote d’Ivoire (PDCI), which was Ivory Coast’s sole [.

Spotlight | France, Ivory Coast
Ouattara inherits real estate headache

As soon as Alassane Ouattara appointed him Ivory Coast’s ambassador to Paris in April 2001, Aly Coulibaly began taking an inventory of the country’s property assets in France. Far from being dealt with, Ivory Coast’s property affairs are nowhere near [.

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
French hold business reins

It's Ivory Coast's very own exception française. While the rest of Africa is rapidly going global, French interests still hold sway in French-speaking West Africa's economic powerhouse, undiminished by the arrival of Chinese and Indian investors.