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DRC
Passport contract up for grabs again?

ID document manufacturers are descending on Congo-K in the hope that Felix Tshisekedi's new administration will review the passport mega-project. [...]

Published on 12/06/2019 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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DRC
Agence nationale de renseignement
Albert Karaziwan
Albert Yuma
Assa Abloy
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Joseph Kabila
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Kalev Mutond
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Makolo wa Ngoy Kabila
Semlex
Swiss Authentis

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New government tasked with ending Semlex era with Imprimerie Nationale

One of the tasks of the new Congolese government is to seal a deal with the state-owned French firm over the installation of a multi-document platform that can print the country's biometric passports and identity cards and may later produce biometric driving licences.

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Thales makes beeline for Tshisekedi

Having met with the Congolese president in mid-February, Thales has been relying on former Gemalto execs in the DRC to pursue its lobbying in Kinshasa, where the company is hoping to secure contracts to oversee airport ID checks and to produce ID documents.

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Roland Kashwantale spearheads offensive against Kabila clan

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DRC
Free-for-all over ID contracts

Contracts to produce passports, driving licences, vehicle registration certificates and voter ID cards, frozen under the Kabila administration, are now the focus of intense competition under Félix Tshisekedi.

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Kabila allies lose their diplomatic passports

Over the last month, the Tshisekedi government has revoked the diplomatic passports of several Kabila allies. First in the firing was the ex-ANR chief, Kaalev Mutond.

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DRC
François Beya Kasonga reticent over rapprochement with Kigali

The rapprochement between Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame in recent weeks continues to be a bone of contention within the [...]

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Félix Tshisekedi pivots westwards on intelligence and defence

In contrast to his predecessor Joseph Kabila, who cut military and intelligence ties with the West, Félix Tshisekedi has reopened channels of cooperation on security with Paris, Brussels and Washington to soften the impact of the imminent withdrawal of the [.

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DRC President Félix Tshisekedi at Paris Peace Forum, November 12, 2019.

Africa
Chad, the latest eldorado for ID companies

After the DRC and prior to Ivory Coast, providers of identity checks have descended on N'Djamena in the hope of winning the contract to update the electoral register in advance of the parliamentary elections.

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Central African Republic
Lebanese firm angles for contract to print ID cards

With the presidential election just a year away, Bangui is being actively courted by a Lebanese company that has offered to print identity documents on behalf of the government.

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DRC
Intelligence services play Joseph Kabila off against Felix Tshisekedi

With the former and current Congolese presidents in the midst of negotiating a new government, the ANR has demanded an audit of government expenditure since Felix Tshisekedi's election.

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DRC
Why IMF won't sign on dotted line with Tshisekedi

His neighbour Sassou N'Guesso recently secured $450 million, but the Congolese president is still failing to meet the conditions set by the IMF for a resumption of loans to the country.

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DRC
Ex-police chief Constantin Mudekereza Ntako goes into private sector

On 2 July, the inspector general of the Congolese police under Joseph Kabila, Constantin Mudekereza Ntako aka "CMN", set up [...]

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DRC
The old guard at Gecamines present new era in mining

Investors attending the DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi from June [...]

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DRC
Felix Tshisekedi picks oil man for EITI duties

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DRC
Justin Inzun Kakiak drawn into biometric passport battle

Appointed director-general of the Agence nationale de renseignement (ANR) in March, Justin Inzun Kakiak will have a big say in [...]

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Ivory Coast
Idemia ready to pounce on Semlex

If Idemia does not win the contract, originally awarded to [...]

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Belgium, Ivory Coast
Semlex assumes pole position in the biometric document market

The Belgian firm has benefited from the good offices of Alassane Ouattara's son to pull ahead of its rivals. Analysis.

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Belgium, Ivory Coast
Semlex wins biometric identity card contract

According to West Africa Newsletter's information, Belgian company Semlex has just been awarded a contract by the authorities in Ivory [...]

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Agence nationale de renseignement
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