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Gabon
Olam launches its big transport offensive

The Singaporean company's diversification, spearheaded by Gagan Gupta, will reinforce its dominant position in the country. [...]

Published on 22/11/2017 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Aeroport Marseille Provence
Africa Finance Corp
Ali Bongo
Egis
Gabon Special Economic Zone
Gabonaise des realisations agricoles et des initiatives des nationaux engages
Gagan Gupta
ICSID
Olam Gabon
Patrick Assele
Societe gabonaise de transports
Vincent Bollore

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Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

While Olam set up its first fund, Arise Ports & Logistics, in London, from where its partner, AP Moeller Capital, runs its operations, the agribusiness giant has chosen Mauritius's more welcoming fiscal landscape for its second and third funds, Arise Infrastructure and Arise Special Economic Zone.

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Gabon
Olam pushes ahead with its withdrawal

Having set up in very short order the holding company Arise P&L, which has taken over its investments in the ports of Gabon, Olam is poised to do likewise in the transport sector.

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State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Last week, Olam and the fund manager AP Moller Capital, an offshoot of the Danish container logistics company AP Moller-Maersk, [...]

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Nourredine Bongo strengthens ties with AFC

The pan-African bank Africa Finance Corp (AFC), a dependable financier [...]

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AFC injects $150 million into Nouvelle Gabon Mining's manganese

The pan-African bank is helping manganese producer Nouvelle Gabon Mining after financing the infrastructure it uses to export its production.

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Leading asset manager Meridiam teams up with Olam on African ports

Without waiting for the financing of the extension to the port of Nouakchott to be finalised last week, the investment firm Meridiam and Singapore's Olam started works two months ago.

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Gabon
Sophie Chatriot gets her hands on the duty-free

Sophie Chatriot, the MD of the Gabonese subsidiary of Lagardere [...]

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Gabon
Olam's Gagan Gupta powers Bongo's electricity goals

The largest private employer in Gabon, with a payroll of nearly 15,000 in the agro-food sector, Singaporean firm OLAM seems [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.12.2018

In Focus | Gabon
Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo's favourite Indian tycoon

While French multinationals in Gabon have gone broke like Rougier and Necotrans or battle with the presidency like Veolia and Eramet, Indo-Singaporean group Olam has gone from strength to strength. The man behind its success, its Gabon country director Gagan Gupta, has succeeded in forging close links with the Gabonese presidency.

Subscribers only Finance 09.08.2018

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Patrick Assele
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Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

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Gabon State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

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West Africa Leading asset manager Meridiam teams up with Olam on African ports

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Gabon
Olam launches its big transport offensive

Africa, Gabon
Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

Gabon
Olam pushes ahead with its withdrawal

Gabon
State cedes its port shares to Olam and AP Moller

Gabon
Nourredine Bongo strengthens ties with AFC

Gabon
AFC injects $150 million into Nouvelle Gabon Mining's manganese

West Africa
Leading asset manager Meridiam teams up with Olam on African ports

Gabon
Sophie Chatriot gets her hands on the duty-free

Gabon
Olam's Gagan Gupta powers Bongo's electricity goals

In Focus | Gabon
Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo's favourite Indian tycoon

Gabon
Singapore's IMC plays fairy godmother to lead-zinc sector

Gabon
Eiffage set to partner Olam at Libreville airport?

Gabon
Sayid Abeloko takes over at OPRAG

France, Gabon
Exclusive. Bollore settles his differences with Ali Bongo on the port of Owendo

Africa, France
Exclusive. The companies that want to buy Necotrans

Gabon
Gupta steps in as Owendo port partner of mining firms

Spotlight | Congo, France
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