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African VIPs miss their late 'trustee' Hamed Bakayoko

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The late Ivorian prime minister, who used a wide array of financial advisors and asset managers to manage his personal wealth, discreetly helped a number of publicity-shy African VIPs with special trust arrangements. Since his death, these personnalities have been busy trying to recover the funds entrusted to the politician-businessman.

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African leaders' phones red hot as they scramble for news of Hamed Bakayoko

Since prime minister Hamed Bakayoko was evacuated to France on 18 February, his allies and associates have been phoning their contacts frantically to try to get news of him. The Ivorian presidency delayed making announcements to avoid disrupting the parliamentary election count but has now appointed two key presidency figures to take care of pressing government business.

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Assimi Goïta (centre) attending the funeral of Defence Minister Sadio Camara in Bamako, on 30 April 2026.
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William Ruto at the Africa Forward summit in Nairobi, on 12 May 2026.
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Oil palms in the village of Malombo, Cameroon, in March 2026.
Equatorial Guinea Panoro Energy rethinks offshore after US firm Kosmos makes exit Egypt Food and beverage firm Juhayna locks out its Qatari shareholder

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