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Construction king Bonkoungou gives wings to Ouattara's presidential campaign

The Falcon 900Ex EaSy used by Ouattara. © DR

Ouattara will be jetting around the country campaigning for a third mandate on a plane belonging to banking and building king Mahamadou Bonkoungou. [...] (312 words)

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IVORY COAST
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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré

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French economy minister helps Razel and Sogea prevail against Ebomaf in key road upgrade battle

Bruno Le Maire went to Ivory Coast last month to bang the drum for French business. His trip sped up the attribution of a vast contract to improve the road between Abidjan and San Pedro, the world's busiest cocoa port. [...]

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WEST AFRICA Business 18/02/2021

From posh presidential jets to cargo planes, Bonkoungou has something for everyone

Mahamadou Bonkoungou, owner of Air transport company LTI, recently purchased a new luxury jet, used by the president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, among others. He also invested in a freighter for his construction company Ebomaf. [...]

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Although they forbid both atheism and political debate, Africa's so-called "regular" masonic lodges, led by Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, are being torn apart by the political ambitions of their grand masters. [...]

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President's office torn between Mitrelli's new and former associates

Haim Taib, CEO of the Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, his former partner Eytan Stibbe, and their former joint consultant Hubert Haddad each have their own ins to the Ivorian government, which finds itself arbitrating between these allies-turned-rivals. [...]

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Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

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Mahamadou Bonkoungou, CEO of Ebomaf Group and Liza Transport International. © Ebomaf

IVORY COAST Politics 12/11/2020

Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

A fierce enemy of Alassane Ouattara, the Guinea-Bissau president is seeking to rally his elder Congolese counterpart to his cause and exert an influence over the post-electoral crisis in Ivory Coast. [...]

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IVORY COAST Politics 02/11/2020

Economy a double-edged sword in Ouattara's election campaign

Campaigning for a third term in office, Alassane Ouattara has made great play of the country's economic growth and its respect for the conditions set by the IMF. The economic indicators he is using, however, are still being processed and could turn out less favourable than the Ivorian president imagines. [...]

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Ouattara manoeuvres to avoid election boycott

Running for re-election, President Alassane Ouattara has been dangling state campaign subsidies in front of his rivals and bringing pressure to bear from neighbouring states to persuade opponents such as Henri Konan Bédié to take part in the election. [...]

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Bonkoungou tries out banking and building recipe in Horn of Africa

By bringing his IB Bank to Djibouti, Mahamadou Bonkoungou hopes to export his airline and concrete businesses to the wider East Africa region. [...]

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The nine heads of state invited to Dakar by the new IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva have received a private, but stern lecture on abusing state guarantees. [...]

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Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

As business magnates Michel Tomi and Samuel Dossou see their business aviation companies go into nosedive, the aircraft operated by Burkina Faso's Mahamadou Bonkoungou are attracting bookings from presidencies throughout West Africa and will soon start flying from Central Africa as well. [...]

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New government planes courtesy of Liza Transport

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