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Mamy Ravatomanga wins out over Samada

The businessman and presidential ally has turned to a new French service provider for airport security. [...]

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Alexandre Hollander
Amarante international
Andry Rajoelina
Camellia International
CSPI France
CSPI-Madagascar
Donne Jiva
Eric Razanamparany
European Union
Joel Randriamandranto
Maminiaina Ravatomanga
Mamy
Parquet national financier
Raphael Albaladejo
Samada
SERIS
Sodiat
Veronique Vouland-Aneini

Southern Africa
Lychee trade hit by corruption allegations

Madagascan lychee exporters have lodged a complaint against the local branch of Transparency International, which has accused them of corruption. The affair, in which France's Compagnie fruitière and the Belgian firm Greenyard are implicated, is being followed closely by Western embassies.

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Madagascar, Mauritius
Ravatomanga plays lychee puppet master

Madagascar's lucrative lychee exports are discreetly controlled by business magnate Maminiaina Ravatomanga, a long-time unofficial adviser to President Rajoelina but with whom he is now at odds.

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Madagascar
Clash between Rajoelina and advisor Ravatomanga shakes the island

The deepening but largely unacknowledged rift between President Andry Rajoelina and his omnipresent advisor, the businessman Maminiaina Ravatomanga, is having repercussions on the country's entire political apparatus as well as on key pillars of the economy.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 22.01.2021

Madagascar
ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Ravinala, the consortium led by Aéroports de Paris that runs the airports serving Antananarivo and Nosy Be, wants the government to ditch CSPI-M as these facilities' security provider.

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The new international terminal in Ivato, November 2019.

Madagascar
Ravatomanga's discreet associate back in business

José Andrianasolo, a long-standing partner of well-known businessman and friend of President Rajoelina, Maminiaina Ravatomanga, has recently returned to sectors he knows well - tourism and oil transport.

Subscribers only Business 27.10.2020

Africa, Algeria
Amarante reorganises African subsidiaries and bids for growth in airport security

Amarante International's new Africa director, Georges Uriot, is to temporarily take charge of the group's key Algerian subsidiary, while at the same time leading the group's drive to expand in African airport security.

Subscribers only Business 22.09.2020

Georges Uriot is the new director for Africa of Amarante International.

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Is Amarante really in charge of CSPI Madagascar?

In the previous issue of the Indian Ocean Newsletter, we [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.03.2020

West Africa
France's Byblos vies for airport security contract

A new arrival in the African passenger screening market, the [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.03.2020

Mozambique
Amarante International's Franco-Madagascan network

Amarante International, the French security firm run by the former [...]

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West Africa
British firm Westminster eyes passenger-screening market

The British firm Westminster Aviation Security Services (WASS), a subsidiary [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.03.2020

West Africa
French private security firms home in on airports

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) guidelines recommending the privatisation of inspection and screening procedures have helped French operators to snap up contracts at African airports.

Subscribers only Business 19.02.2020

Madagascar
Valar seeks to drum up business in Antananarivo

Gabriel Oser is keen to offer his security consulting services [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.12.2019

Madagascar
Will Stephanie Delmotte keep her crown at Omnis?

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Madagascar
Mamy Ravatomanga's business interests hamper Huawei's plans

Mamy Ravatomanga is seeking a business advantage by trying to muscle in on the operations of the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.

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Madagascar
Mamy Ravatomanga makes most of relations with Serbia

The visit of the Serbian foreign minister Ivica Dacic to [...]

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Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's chief of staff wary of Mamy

Stephanie Delmotte, the chief of staff of President Andry Rajoelina [...]

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Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina electrifies Medef International in Paris

Barely had he arrived in France than the Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina, aka TGV, set about trying to resolve his [...]

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Madagascar
Sodiat secures licence to import oil

The leading oil company Trafigura is due to drop anchor [...]

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Document | Madagascar
Bianco investigation into Mamy Ravatomanga resurfaces

As the businessman and Sodiat CEO Maminiaina Ravatomanga, aka Mamy, embarks on a new venture in the energy sector (see [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.05.2019

Madagascar
French embassy gets new boss

Ambassador Veronique Vouland-Aneini, the former n°2 at the French foreign [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.04.2019

Madagascar
Why is Mauritius protecting Andry Rajoelina's sponsor?

The Mauritian authorities are alone in refusing to cooperate with French magistrates investigating the assets of Mamy Ravatomanga.

Subscribers only Business 26.10.2018

Madagascar
Paris court spells trouble for Mamy Ravatomanga

The Indian Ocean Newsletter is in possession of a document indicating that the opposition sponsor is in legal trouble in France.

Subscribers only Business 28.09.2018

Madagascar
CSPI France has not had its last word

The legal dispute between the French company CSPI France and [...]

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Madagascar
Is Mamy Ravatomanga behind CSPI Madagascar?

The French company CSPI is still battling with the Malagasy firm CSPI Madagascar, which seems to have close ties to the businessman Mamy Ravatomanga.

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

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Madagascar
Mamy Ravatomanga wins out over Samada

Southern Africa
Lychee trade hit by corruption allegations

Madagascar, Mauritius
Ravatomanga plays lychee puppet master

Madagascar
Clash between Rajoelina and advisor Ravatomanga shakes the island

Madagascar
ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

Madagascar
Ravatomanga's discreet associate back in business

Africa, Algeria
Amarante reorganises African subsidiaries and bids for growth in airport security

Document | Madagascar
Is Amarante really in charge of CSPI Madagascar?

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France's Byblos vies for airport security contract

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Amarante International's Franco-Madagascan network

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British firm Westminster eyes passenger-screening market

West Africa
French private security firms home in on airports

Madagascar
Valar seeks to drum up business in Antananarivo

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Madagascar
Mamy Ravatomanga's business interests hamper Huawei's plans

Madagascar
Mamy Ravatomanga makes most of relations with Serbia

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Andry Rajoelina's chief of staff wary of Mamy

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Paris court spells trouble for Mamy Ravatomanga

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