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Ivory Coast

Thales keen to dot northern border with its radar

Thales is prospecting in Abidjan in the hope of selling a batch of surveillance radars. This summer, top military brass met a sales team sent by the French defence giant.

Subscribers only Defence 25.09.2024

Tycoon Simon Tiemtoré hoping to buy stake in Novamed healthcare group

Simon Tiemtoré, a US businessman from Burkina Faso and founder of Lilium Capital, pan-African banking conglomerate Vista Bank's holding company, has entered into negotiations to buy the Novamed healthcare group.

Subscribers only Finance 24.09.2024

Abidjan to turn page on miners' tax breaks

Mining companies active in Ivory Coast are worried about plans to end various fiscal exemptions.

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2024

Alassane Ouattara attends the parliament congress in Abidjan on 18 June 2024. © Luc Gnago/Reuters

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Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll

A year before the election, the Ivorian head of state is facing the prospect of several former advisers joining forces with Tidjane Thiam. While none of them has yet taken the plunge, a handful are trying to encourage a rapprochement between the PDCI leader and the president.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2024

Claudio Descalzi, CEO of ENI, in October 2023. © Amr Alfiky/Reuters

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ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

The oil and gas field owned by the Italian oil major is so resource-intensive that new investors are already required, just months before the launch of the second phase.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2024

Presidents Alassane Ouattara and Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris in November 2023. © Thomas Padilla/MaxPPP

TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

The Western majors are steadily pulling out of refineries on the continent, with Ivory Coast the latest to experience this, much to the government's chagrin.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2024

Two Vista Bank mainstays exit group

The pan-African banking group has just lost two of its mainstays: Stéphane Ouédraogo and Thierry Hott. Ouédraogo and Hott are both well-connected in the sub-region, and had shared their contacts with Vista Bank.

Subscribers only Finance 17.09.2024

Ivorian diplomats will soon no longer need visa to enter France

After months of negotiations, Abidjan has succeeded in obtaining visa reciprocity from Paris for Ivorian diplomatic passport holders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.09.2024

Ouattara sends his special adviser to Libreville to meet general Oligui Nguema

Ally Coulibaly, special adviser to the Ivorian head of state Alassane Ouattara, was received in Libreville by the president of Gabon's transitional government.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.09.2024

US directs military aid to Ivory Coast, Benin and Ghana after being driven out of Niger

The authorities in Abidjan and Cotonou have agreed to accept a donation of US armoured vehicles originally destined for Niger. Other equipment could go to Ghana.

Subscribers only Defence 10.09.2024

Businessman Tommy Tayoro Nyckoss's football offensive

The Ivorian businessman and son-in-law of Ismaïl Omar Guelleh failed to buy the historic football club Africa Sports d'Abidjan and instead got hold of Sporting Club de Gagnoa.

Subscribers only Business 09.09.2024

BCEAO sets sights on Orabank managers

The banking commission of the Central Bank of West African States is considering sanctions against several of the group's senior executives for 'regulatory breaches'.

Subscribers only Finance 02.09.2024

Ouattara due to dine with Macron at the Élysée

Alassane Ouattara is set to dine and hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris on 30 August.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.08.2024

The key figures behind Emirati group ASG's cashew nut deal

IVORY COAST | Abu Dhabi-based Al Sayegh Group (ASG) has launched Pan African Agro Commodities, its first cashew nut processing plant in northern Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 28.08.2024

Sall's low-key trip to Abidjan

The former Senegalese president was in the Ivorian economic capital this month, where he was received by Alassane Ouattara and took part in several meetings as he continues to be active on the diplomatic front.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.08.2024

Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

The Conseil Café Cacao has granted Ivorian operators more time to fulfil their purchasing contracts.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.08.2024

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.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.08.2024

Behind the scenes of Blaise Compaoré's latest bid to reconcile Ouattara and Soro

The former president of Burkina Faso tried in vain to facilitate dialogue between the Ivorian president and his former prime minister.

Subscribers only Politics 30.07.2024

Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré in Ouagadougou on 8 July 2022.

Gendarmerie projects undercut by budget restrictions

The shortage of funds is delaying a major project to boost the gendarmerie's capacities.

Subscribers only Defence 25.07.2024

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Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

France's foreign ministry had a tough time approving the delegations that junta-led countries in Africa hoped to send to the Paris Olympic Games.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.07.2024

The Olympic rings displayed on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on 16 July 2024.

Ouattara receives Adama Bictogo as controversy continues over passport contract

The Ivorian president has assured the speaker of parliament that he has his full confidence despite Bictogo's company Snedai being under judicial investigation.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 19.07.2024

Speaker of parliament Adama Bictogo (right) and Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara.

Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Luso Global Mining, a 100%-owned subsidiary of the Portuguese construction group, has made its first mining investments in Malawi and, more recently, in Ivory Coast. It is targeting gold and critical minerals projects.

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2024

Court summons Adama Bictogo family members over passport contract

The speaker of parliament's daughter and two brothers have been questioned by the judiciary. The government is claiming nearly €6m from his company Snedai in connection with a passport manufacturing contract.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 12.07.2024

The speaker of the Ivorian parliament Adama Bictogo in Abidjan on 18 June 2024.

Akufo-Addo backs Tinubu's reappointment as ECOWAS chair

The Ghanaian president threw his support behind his Nigerian counterpart at the recent summit of the regional organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.07.2024

French bank Société Générale speeds up its Ivorian exit

MD Slawomir Krupa hopes the sale of its Ivorian subsidiary can be completed before the presidential election of October 2025.

Subscribers only Finance 10.07.2024

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Thales keen to dot northern border with its radar

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Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll

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Ivorian diplomats will soon no longer need visa to enter France

Ouattara sends his special adviser to Libreville to meet general Oligui Nguema

US directs military aid to Ivory Coast, Benin and Ghana after being driven out of Niger

Businessman Tommy Tayoro Nyckoss's football offensive

BCEAO sets sights on Orabank managers

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The key figures behind Emirati group ASG's cashew nut deal

Sall's low-key trip to Abidjan

Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

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Court summons Adama Bictogo family members over passport contract

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Abidjan to turn page on miners' tax breaks

Spotlight Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll

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Ivorian diplomats will soon no longer need visa to enter France

Ouattara sends his special adviser to Libreville to meet general Oligui Nguema

US directs military aid to Ivory Coast, Benin and Ghana after being driven out of Niger

Businessman Tommy Tayoro Nyckoss's football offensive

BCEAO sets sights on Orabank managers

Ouattara due to dine with Macron at the Élysée

The key figures behind Emirati group ASG's cashew nut deal

Sall's low-key trip to Abidjan

Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

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Gendarmerie projects undercut by budget restrictions

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Ouattara receives Adama Bictogo as controversy continues over passport contract

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

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Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll

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Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities