Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Spotlight | Uganda
RELATIONS WITH FRANCE FIRM UP

The Ugandan government would like to become the first English-speaking African country to obtain credits from the French ministry of Cooperation, whose current policy is to lend to French-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries only. Such an innovative move would constitute a [...]

Published on 07/11/1992 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

This article may be accessed by subscribers

In order to ensure high-quality and independent journalism, Africa Intelligence relies solely on subscriptions from its readers, with no advertising, no events and no consulting work.

Several offers are available depending on your particular reading needs

Consult our offers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Discover our work by making use of the following possibilities: daily newsletters, a selection of free articles, keyword alerts.

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

France, Libya
Chirac In Tripoli Ahead of Blair and Bush?

Bearing a message from his father, Muammar Kadhafi, Saif El Islam was received by Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace on March 9...

Subscribers only 11.03.2004

Kenya
PRIORITY FOR RURAL HEALTH

Kenya is using financial assistance from its international fund donors to reorient health sector priorities to rural zones. For while [...]

Subscribers only 27.06.1998

Madagascar
ARMAND RALAIDOVY

The cancellation last week of the decree appointing Armand Ralaidovy to be coordinator of the World Bank health project known [...]

Subscribers only 27.09.1997

Kenya
POLITICAL DIALOGUE UNDER WAY

A first meeting of KANU (government party) representatives and delegates from opposition movements was held discreetly in Kenya last week [...]

Subscribers only 02.09.1995

Ghana
KWESI BOTCHWEY GOES

Kwesi Botchwey may owe his downfall to a drillship. The dismissal of Botchwey, a top-rate finance minister who played a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.08.1995

Spotlight | Madagascar
ZAFY AND RAVONY AT ODDS

Marked on June 10 by the largest opposition demonstration seen in Antananarivo since last year, the campaign for the impeachment of the head of state Albert Zafy, which opposition MPs are now threatening to continue inside parliament, has rekindled the [.

Subscribers only 17.06.1995

Spotlight | Mozambique
A STATE OF GRACE - FOR THE MOMENT

Mozambique's delegation at the World Bank's consultative group meeting, held in Paris on March 14 and 15, received the optimistic welcome traditionally reserved for most brand-new governments, at least for their first few months in office.

Subscribers only 18.03.1995

Spotlight | Madagascar
RAVONY BACK TO THE WALL

After having long shuffled its feet over the urgent economic reforms demanded by the international fund donors but without having come up with an alternative plan worthy of the name, Madagascar's government now has its collective back to the wall.

Subscribers only 25.02.1995

Mozambique
AIR FRANCE AND LAM CAN'T AGREE

Air France's decision to scrap its weekly Paris-Maputo flight via Johannesburg at the end of December, following a serious disagreement [...]

Subscribers only 21.01.1995

Spotlight | Tanzania
IMF SHOWS A TOUGH GRIP

Fund donors for Tanzania attending an informal meeting in Paris on December 14 decided to leave it to the International Monetary Fund to decide on releasing international aid to that country. IMF is to despatch a mission to Dar es [.

Subscribers only 17.12.1994

Tanzania
MWINYI TACKLES CORRUPTION HEAD-ON

At virtually the last second, head of state Ali Hassan Mwinyi has requested postponement (until next year) of the World [...]

Subscribers only 19.11.1994

Spotlight | South Africa
ENERGY WEEK

"The government has signed with ENH," declared Mario Marques, managing director of Mozambique's Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos. However, it was not with ENH but with Enron that Mozambique had signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the Pande gas deposit, [.

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.1994

Spotlight | Madagascar
RECIPROCAL MISTRUST

By taking his place at the head of the Malagasy delegation which renewed the dialogue with the Bretton Woods institutions in Washington at the beginning of April, the prime minister Francisque Ravony has tied his future to the results of [.

Subscribers only 28.05.1994

Africa
PROJECTS OF THE WORLD BANK

Several financing projects to assist countries along the Indian Ocean shoreline have recently been put out for examination by the [...]

Subscribers only 21.05.1994

Gabon
OIL MINISTER WITH A WORLD BANK PROFILE

Paul Toungui has been given the mines-enery and hydraulic resources [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.1994

Spotlight | Ethiopia
OBSTACLES FOR INVESTMENTS MUST GO

Private investment projects and international credit for Ethiopia are not what is lacking. But bringing them to life is quite another matter and runs into numerous obstacles. At the end of 1993, the Investment Office of Ethiopia had listed six [.

Subscribers only 12.03.1994

Spotlight | Southern Africa
ESKOM APPEALS TO EC

For nearly 10 years Eskom chief Ian McRay has been championing the idea of an interconnection between Southern Africa's electricity grids and he seized the occasion of a conference staged on Oct. 14-15 by the Brussels Club on the theme [.

Subscribers only Energy 20.10.1993

Cameroon
YAOUNDE IN NEW PUSH

The managing director of Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH), Adolphe Moudiki, announced a few days ago that the state-owned company [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.1993

Spotlight | Kenya
BRUSHWOOD FIRES WITH DONORS

Although a Consultative Group meeting of the World Bank in Paris is expected on Kenya in the month of November, conditions still seem far from ready for normalising relations between the government in Nairobi and its fund donors.

Subscribers only 11.09.1993

Kenya
BANK CLEAN-UP

The manager of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Eric Cheruiyot Kotut (a Kalenjin) gave his resignation to president Daniel [...]

Subscribers only 31.07.1993

Zimbabwe
TIMOTHY STAMPS

Zimbabwe's health minister Timothy Stamps caused ripples in Harare this week at the World Bank presentation of its annual development [...]

Subscribers only 17.07.1993

Spotlight | Madagascar
OPEN BALLOT

The legislative election campaign in Madagascar opened this week just two weeks ahead of the vote due on June 16, the result of which appears to be impossible to predict, mainly because of the large number of candidates (some of [.

Subscribers only 05.06.1993

Zimbabwe
WORLD BANK PROJECTS

Negotiations for a 60 million-dollar credit from the World Bank-affiliate, International Development Association (IDA) for Zimbabwe are due to begin [...]

Subscribers only 15.05.1993

Mali
BHP IN LOULO PROJECT

As development on Mali's biggest gold deposit at Syama presses ahead, BHP Utah intends to join the Loulo project. An [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.04.1993

Tanzania
EXPENSIVE SOLUTION TO BADLY MANAGED IMPORT SUPPORT FUND

Over 190 local firms (public and private) could be forced to repay, between now and July, 176.6 billion shillings (542 [...]

Subscribers only 27.03.1993

South Africa
ECONOMIC STUDIES OUT SOON

The World Bank continues to pass the economic and social future of South Africa with a fine toothed comb. A [...]

Subscribers only 27.02.1993

Spotlight | Madagascar
ECONOMIC DEADLINE

The transition towards a third republic in Madagascar, has kicked off with the electoral victory of Albert Zafy in the presidential may well turn out to be none too smooth from an economic point of view, given that the country's [.

Subscribers only 20.02.1993

Kenya
POST-ELECTORAL GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP

Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi presented a new government on January 13, the main feature of which is the appointment [...]

Subscribers only 16.01.1993

Spotlight | Mozambique
THE COSTLY BUSINESS OF PEACE

The Mozambican government has estimated its external financing requirement for 1993 at almost 1.2 billion dollars, including 419 million dollars of rescheduled debt. But to this figure has to be added the cost of three programmes that spin off the [.

Subscribers only 12.12.1992

Cameroon
SONEL SEMI-PUBLIC?

Experts from the World Bank who recently toured Cameroon believe the best option for Cameroon's Société Nationale d'Electricité (SONEL) would [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.1992

Chad
REFINERY: POLITICS FIRST?

Technip, which has been put in charge of the N'Djamena refinery project by Société d'Etude et d'Exploitation de la Raffinerie [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.01.1992

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Spotlight | Uganda RELATIONS WITH FRANCE FIRM UP

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

France, Libya Chirac In Tripoli Ahead of Blair and Bush?

Kenya PRIORITY FOR RURAL HEALTH

Madagascar ARMAND RALAIDOVY

Kenya POLITICAL DIALOGUE UNDER WAY

Ghana KWESI BOTCHWEY GOES

Spotlight | Madagascar ZAFY AND RAVONY AT ODDS

Spotlight | Mozambique A STATE OF GRACE - FOR THE MOMENT

Spotlight | Madagascar RAVONY BACK TO THE WALL

Mozambique AIR FRANCE AND LAM CAN'T AGREE

Spotlight | Tanzania IMF SHOWS A TOUGH GRIP

Tanzania MWINYI TACKLES CORRUPTION HEAD-ON

Spotlight | South Africa ENERGY WEEK

Spotlight | Madagascar RECIPROCAL MISTRUST

Africa PROJECTS OF THE WORLD BANK

Gabon OIL MINISTER WITH A WORLD BANK PROFILE

Spotlight | Ethiopia OBSTACLES FOR INVESTMENTS MUST GO

Spotlight | Southern Africa ESKOM APPEALS TO EC

Cameroon YAOUNDE IN NEW PUSH

Spotlight | Kenya BRUSHWOOD FIRES WITH DONORS

Kenya BANK CLEAN-UP

Zimbabwe TIMOTHY STAMPS

Spotlight | Madagascar OPEN BALLOT

Zimbabwe WORLD BANK PROJECTS

Mali BHP IN LOULO PROJECT

Tanzania EXPENSIVE SOLUTION TO BADLY MANAGED IMPORT SUPPORT FUND

South Africa ECONOMIC STUDIES OUT SOON

Spotlight | Madagascar ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Kenya POST-ELECTORAL GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP

Spotlight | Mozambique THE COSTLY BUSINESS OF PEACE

Cameroon SONEL SEMI-PUBLIC?

Chad REFINERY: POLITICS FIRST?

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Spotlight | Uganda
RELATIONS WITH FRANCE FIRM UP

France, Libya
Chirac In Tripoli Ahead of Blair and Bush?

Kenya
PRIORITY FOR RURAL HEALTH

Madagascar
ARMAND RALAIDOVY

Kenya
POLITICAL DIALOGUE UNDER WAY

Ghana
KWESI BOTCHWEY GOES

Spotlight | Madagascar
ZAFY AND RAVONY AT ODDS

Spotlight | Mozambique
A STATE OF GRACE - FOR THE MOMENT

Spotlight | Madagascar
RAVONY BACK TO THE WALL

Mozambique
AIR FRANCE AND LAM CAN'T AGREE

Spotlight | Tanzania
IMF SHOWS A TOUGH GRIP

Tanzania
MWINYI TACKLES CORRUPTION HEAD-ON

Spotlight | South Africa
ENERGY WEEK

Spotlight | Madagascar
RECIPROCAL MISTRUST

Africa
PROJECTS OF THE WORLD BANK

Gabon
OIL MINISTER WITH A WORLD BANK PROFILE

Spotlight | Ethiopia
OBSTACLES FOR INVESTMENTS MUST GO

Spotlight | Southern Africa
ESKOM APPEALS TO EC

Cameroon
YAOUNDE IN NEW PUSH

Spotlight | Kenya
BRUSHWOOD FIRES WITH DONORS

Kenya
BANK CLEAN-UP

Zimbabwe
TIMOTHY STAMPS

Spotlight | Madagascar
OPEN BALLOT

Zimbabwe
WORLD BANK PROJECTS

Mali
BHP IN LOULO PROJECT

Tanzania
EXPENSIVE SOLUTION TO BADLY MANAGED IMPORT SUPPORT FUND

South Africa
ECONOMIC STUDIES OUT SOON

Spotlight | Madagascar
ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Kenya
POST-ELECTORAL GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP

Spotlight | Mozambique
THE COSTLY BUSINESS OF PEACE

Cameroon
SONEL SEMI-PUBLIC?

Chad
REFINERY: POLITICS FIRST?