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Construction mogul Bonkoungou determined to see his pet road projects through

Mahamadou Bonkoungou, PDG d'Ebomaf. © Ebomaf

The Burkinabe construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou is keen to get official approval for the upgrading of the coastal road between Abidjan and San Pedro - a project that he had already floated to the government of the late Hamed Bakayoko. [...] (396 words)

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