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Ivory Coast
Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Israeli ambassador Rony Yedidia Clein recently moved her offices in Abidjan to the Sofitel Ivoire hotel for security reasons.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.11.2024

Ivory Coast
Tourism minister attempts to revive Yamoussoukro's Hotel Président

An agreement had been signed with the South African company Sun International but it was blocked by the Minister for Assets, the State Portfolio and Public Enterprises Moussa Sanogo.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 22.10.2024

Cameroon
Rival hotel groups eye replacing Marriott on Yaoundé's luxury project

The Hôtel du Lac, a deluxe hotel venture that is being developed in the Cameroonian capital with the US group Marriott, is attracting interest from other giants in the sector who hope to convince the project leader to change partners.

Subscribers only Business 13.09.2024

Morocco
Kylian Mbappé's PR guru sets up in Morocco

Patricia Goldman, who counts Renault, Air France and Huawei among her clients, will be assisted by a Casablanca-based agency in her bid to grow her business in Morocco and across Africa.

Subscribers only Business 23.07.2024

Madagascar
Rajabali family expands its hotel empire

Amiraly Rajabali and his son Sameer, who already has a firm foothold in Madagascar's hospitality sector as a local partner of Accor, are negotiating the purchase of establishments previously owned by the late Riaz Barday.

Subscribers only Business 11.01.2024

Spotlight | Qatar
Qatari sovereign fund hones its Africa strategy

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is well used to investing billions of dollars in Europe and the United States, but it seems to be having more difficulty finding its feet in Africa. However, a recent tour across the continent by its representatives helped open up new perspectives and consolidate existing deals.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 10.10.2023

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is welcomed by Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, on 21 March 2023.

Inner circles | Morocco
Benchaaboun seeks to stimulate economic recovery with Mohammed VI Fund

Since being appointed in November 2022 to head the multi-billion-euro Mohammed VI Investment Fund, former finance minister Mohamed Benchaaboun has surrounded himself with former colleagues at the Banque Centrale Populaire - of which he was head for nearly 10 years.

Subscribers only Finance 22.09.2023

Mohamed Benchaâboun in Rabat, Morocco on 20 February 2020.

Ivory Coast
Qatari investment firm Kasada renovates its Abidjan hotels

A vast operation to renovate the hotels controlled by the Qatari fund Kasada has begun in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. All the work should be completed before the start of January's Africa Cup of Nations.

Subscribers only Business 17.08.2023

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy's discreet trip to Abidjan to talk Sucden with Ouattara

The ex-French president made a low-key visit to Abidjan on 3 July to discuss Sucden, a French company of which he is a board member, with the Ivorian leader Alassane Ouattara.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 06.07.2023

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

Libya
France's foreign trade advisers chase new Libyan contracts

The business climate between the Libyan government and French companies has improved in recent weeks, opening up the prospect of new contracts in telecommunications, health and hotels.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 21.03.2023

Niger
De Gaulle Fleurance, Veolia's discreet service provider

The French utility Veolia has discreetly contacted law firm De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés over a possible legal response should its business in Niger not be renewed.

Subscribers only Business 01.02.2023

Ivory Coast
Ivorian high society haunt Sofitel Abidjan to be closed for renovation

The Accor hotel group plans to close the Sofitel Hotel Ivoire Abidjan for a major renovation before the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, which is due to take place in Abidjan in January 2024.

Subscribers only Business 23.01.2023

East Africa
Rivalry between hotel chain Accor and US competitors switches to Horn

Neither Covid-19 nor regional instability have so far dampened the ambitions of top-end hotel groups in East Africa and the Horn, where the Big Four (Accor, Radisson, Hilton and Marriott) are continuing to prospect for business.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 14.07.2022

In Focus | Djibouti
From Héron to Paris, construction to dairy, IOG's childrens' businesses prosper under his protection

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's three children have grown their businesses under their father's protective wing and the benevolence of government banks and institutions.

Subscribers only Business 11.04.2022

Djibouti
Overly ambitious ministers wiped out by IOG and his entourage

One after another heads are falling in Djibouti's ministries. Since 2 January, four ministers or former ministers have been dismissed, indicted or questioned by the public prosecutor. Those fallen all share a common thread, a taste for the spotlight that has been too strong for the liking of the president's office.

Subscribers only Politics 18.03.2022

Djiboutien President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh.

Africa, France
Yariv Elbaz recycles 1980s hotel developer Clément Vaturi's networks

The Forafric shareholder Yariv Elbaz, who is preparing to list his company on the Nasdaq, is working with a former partner of the flamboyant hotel mogul Clément Vaturi, who was frequently in the headlines back in the 1980s.

Subscribers only Business 10.02.2022

France, Madagascar, Rwanda
Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's subtle mix of leisure and politics in Africa

Breaking news published on 29/12/21 at 09:50 - After celebrating his 66th birthday in Rwanda, French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy returned to the continent to spend Christmas in Madagascar. Both trips were private, but Sarkozy's tight connections to African rulers certainly came in handy.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.12.2021

Israel, Morocco
Top Moroccan business leaders book a trip to Tel Aviv

In addition to Chakib Alj, the head of the employers' association CGEM, several leading Moroccan businessmen are planning to make their first business trip to Israel. Initially scheduled for 12 December, it will now take place as soon as the health situation permits.

Subscribers only Business 10.12.2021

Togo
Accor prepares to seize Paris property to force Lome to pay €4m Hotel Sarakawa damages

The Togolese state risks losing one of its prize Paris properties if it does not quickly pay its debt to French hotel group Accor.

Subscribers only Business 06.12.2021

The private mansion at 29 avenue du Maréchal-Manoury in Paris, owned by the Togolese Republic, is to be the subject of a seizure procedure launched by Accor.

Spotlight | Qatar, Rwanda
Kigali aspires to become home to QIA's Africa fund

Qatar Airways is already active in Rwanda, and Doha is now considering basing its Africa fund there after first studying the Ivorian option.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 23.09.2021

Rwanda Finance CEO Nick Barigye with Qatar Financial Centre CEO Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida.

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Accor

Ivory Coast
Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Tourism minister attempts to revive Yamoussoukro's Hotel Président

Cameroon
Rival hotel groups eye replacing Marriott on Yaoundé's luxury project

Morocco
Kylian Mbappé's PR guru sets up in Morocco

Madagascar
Rajabali family expands its hotel empire

Spotlight | Qatar
Qatari sovereign fund hones its Africa strategy

Inner circles | Morocco
Benchaaboun seeks to stimulate economic recovery with Mohammed VI Fund

Ivory Coast
Qatari investment firm Kasada renovates its Abidjan hotels

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy's discreet trip to Abidjan to talk Sucden with Ouattara

Libya
France's foreign trade advisers chase new Libyan contracts

Niger
De Gaulle Fleurance, Veolia's discreet service provider

Ivory Coast
Ivorian high society haunt Sofitel Abidjan to be closed for renovation

East Africa
Rivalry between hotel chain Accor and US competitors switches to Horn

In Focus | Djibouti
From Héron to Paris, construction to dairy, IOG's childrens' businesses prosper under his protection

Djibouti
Overly ambitious ministers wiped out by IOG and his entourage

Africa, France
Yariv Elbaz recycles 1980s hotel developer Clément Vaturi's networks

France, Madagascar, Rwanda
Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's subtle mix of leisure and politics in Africa

Israel, Morocco
Top Moroccan business leaders book a trip to Tel Aviv

Togo
Accor prepares to seize Paris property to force Lome to pay €4m Hotel Sarakawa damages

Spotlight | Qatar, Rwanda
Kigali aspires to become home to QIA's Africa fund

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Ivory Coast French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

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Accor

Ivory Coast Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Ivory Coast Tourism minister attempts to revive Yamoussoukro's Hotel Président

Cameroon Rival hotel groups eye replacing Marriott on Yaoundé's luxury project

Morocco Kylian Mbappé's PR guru sets up in Morocco

Madagascar Rajabali family expands its hotel empire

Spotlight | Qatar Qatari sovereign fund hones its Africa strategy

Inner circles | Morocco Benchaaboun seeks to stimulate economic recovery with Mohammed VI Fund

Ivory Coast Qatari investment firm Kasada renovates its Abidjan hotels

Ivory Coast Sarkozy's discreet trip to Abidjan to talk Sucden with Ouattara

Libya France's foreign trade advisers chase new Libyan contracts

Niger De Gaulle Fleurance, Veolia's discreet service provider

Ivory Coast Ivorian high society haunt Sofitel Abidjan to be closed for renovation

East Africa Rivalry between hotel chain Accor and US competitors switches to Horn

In Focus | Djibouti From Héron to Paris, construction to dairy, IOG's childrens' businesses prosper under his protection

Djibouti Overly ambitious ministers wiped out by IOG and his entourage

Africa, France Yariv Elbaz recycles 1980s hotel developer Clément Vaturi's networks

France, Madagascar, Rwanda Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's subtle mix of leisure and politics in Africa

Israel, Morocco Top Moroccan business leaders book a trip to Tel Aviv

Togo Accor prepares to seize Paris property to force Lome to pay €4m Hotel Sarakawa damages

Spotlight | Qatar, Rwanda Kigali aspires to become home to QIA's Africa fund

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Ivory Coast
Israeli ambassador tightens her security arrangements in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Tourism minister attempts to revive Yamoussoukro's Hotel Président

Cameroon
Rival hotel groups eye replacing Marriott on Yaoundé's luxury project

Morocco
Kylian Mbappé's PR guru sets up in Morocco

Madagascar
Rajabali family expands its hotel empire

Spotlight | Qatar
Qatari sovereign fund hones its Africa strategy

Inner circles | Morocco
Benchaaboun seeks to stimulate economic recovery with Mohammed VI Fund

Ivory Coast
Qatari investment firm Kasada renovates its Abidjan hotels

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy's discreet trip to Abidjan to talk Sucden with Ouattara

Libya
France's foreign trade advisers chase new Libyan contracts

Niger
De Gaulle Fleurance, Veolia's discreet service provider

Ivory Coast
Ivorian high society haunt Sofitel Abidjan to be closed for renovation

East Africa
Rivalry between hotel chain Accor and US competitors switches to Horn

In Focus | Djibouti
From Héron to Paris, construction to dairy, IOG's childrens' businesses prosper under his protection

Djibouti
Overly ambitious ministers wiped out by IOG and his entourage

Africa, France
Yariv Elbaz recycles 1980s hotel developer Clément Vaturi's networks

France, Madagascar, Rwanda
Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's subtle mix of leisure and politics in Africa

Israel, Morocco
Top Moroccan business leaders book a trip to Tel Aviv

Togo
Accor prepares to seize Paris property to force Lome to pay €4m Hotel Sarakawa damages

Spotlight | Qatar, Rwanda
Kigali aspires to become home to QIA's Africa fund