Ivory Coast
Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

Ivory Coast
Swiss trader Oryx Energies signs huge deal on Baleine oilfield with PETROCI

The agreement is worth several hundred million dollars.

Ivory Coast
Fatoumata Sanogo continues her takeover of Ivory Coast's PETROCI

Petroci's managing director secured the dismissal of both Georges Kam Sié, deputy managing director in charge of operations and production, and Barakissa Bamba, in charge of finance, administration and commercial activities.

Ivory Coast
Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

Cegelec, RMT Industries and Nexans Côte d'Ivoire, subsidiaries of the French groups Vinci, Eiffage and Nexans respectively, have just won contracts for three stages of northern Ivory Coast's electricity and digital access programme.

Ivory Coast
US halts highway upgrade finance over eviction concerns

Washington accuses authorities in Abidjan of having flouted rules when moving residents ahead of work to improve a key artery.

Ivory Coast
Citoso Commodities to trade Baleine output with Augusta Energy

Citoso has chosen the Swiss trader after securing the contract to lift Petroci's share of the Baleine field.

Ivory Coast
Ivorian transport minister in Paris to discuss Abidjan metro

Ivorian Transport Minister Amadou Koné spent several days in Paris in late April. The focus of his visit was the progress of construction work on Abidjan's metro system.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara reorganises Treasury management team

Alassane Ouattara is expected to appoint Arthur Augustin Pascale Ahoussi, deputy director general of the Treasury, to replace his former boss Konan Jacques Assahore.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara won't play ball over rising CAN 2023 costs

Ivory Coast's PM has rejected a new call for additional funding from the Organising Committee of the African Cup of Nations. This decision comes as President Ouattara is privately annoyed by the football tournament's considerable cost overruns.

The New Guard
Egypt, Ivory Coast, Nigeria

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

EgyptFirst COP youth envoy Omnia El Omrani prepares to hand over

NigeriaAdeleke Alao pleads for rural electricity

Ivory CoastFatoumata Sanogo's plans at head of PETROCI

Spotlight | West Africa
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana have launched ambitious projects and made bold statements in their bids to become West Africa's next "energy hub". Those efforts, however, are a long way from unseating dominant Nigeria.