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Central African Republic, France
Russia's presence further widens wedge in Paris-Bangui axis

Cuts to French aid, a freeze on military cooperation... relations between Paris and Bangui continue to cool. France suspects several of Touadéra's close advisors of waging anti-French campaigns while Russia is not far from the picture.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.05.2021

Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the 2019 Russia-Africa summit in Sochi.

Guinea
Financial intermediary Lilium Capital targets opportunities in agriculture

Best known in Guinea for its banking activites, financial intermediation specialist Lilium Capital, which works out of New York and Burkina Faso, is looking at projects in agriculture, a sector getting strong support from President Alpha Condé.

Subscribers only Business 08.02.2021

Gabon, Mauritius
The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

Although it abruptly ended its off-take contract with Augusta in mid-2020, the Gabonese refinery has continued to reimburse the $250m prefinancing loan the trading house had secured for the country with Mauritius Commercial Bank in 2017.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 15.01.2021

France, Rwanda
Rwandan civil war crops up in dispute between BNP Paribas and security company Ronange

Marc Le Loeuff, head of security company Ronange, is to challenge the banking group's decision to end his company's contract at its office complex in the Paris suburbs before the Paris Court of Commerce. The activities of his former boss, Paul Barril, in Rwanda in the 1990s could be behind BNP Paribas's decision.

Subscribers only Politics 11.01.2021

Tunisia
Doghri family completes its acquisition of a controlling interest in UBCI

Annoncé en août 2019, le rachat de 39 % du capital de BNP Paribas dans l'UBCI par Carte assurances, détenu par le groupe Doghri, vient d'être approuvé par la Banque centrale tunisienne.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 10.11.2020

Africa
African business booms for New York investment bank Jefferies

Traditionally focused on the US and Europe, in recent years the investment bank Jefferies has carved a niche for itself in the African oil sector. It was recently entrusted with the privatisation of Angola's Sonangol.

Subscribers only Energy 02.11.2020

Ivory Coast
Finactu, the maestro of Ivorian expats' savings

Finactu, the go-to financial advisory for French-speaking Africa insurance companies and governments, has set up a banking-insurance consortium with Ivory Coast's savings bank to pool money sent home from the diaspora. One of Finactu's former clients, a subsidiary of insurance firm Atlantique, is on board the project.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 28.10.2020

Morocco
US sanctions impact Huawei's VIP partners El-Majidi, Hammouchi and Raji

Huawei Technologies Morocco, which does business with some of the kingdom's most influential figures - from the king's private secretary Mounir el-Majidi to police chief Abdellatif Hammouchi -, is feeling the heat of the US's retaliation measures against its parent company.

Subscribers only Business 02.09.2020

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved.

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2020

Gabon, Mauritius
Bongo aides talk turkey with Trafigura after Augusta ouster

The office of Gabon's president is negotiating with Trafigura to take over the off-take agreement between Augusta and the national refinery company.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 06.07.2020

Morocco
Mustapha Bakkoury joins Casablanca Finance City board

The head of Morocco's sustainable energy agency Masen and president of the Casablanca-Settat regional council, Mustapha Bakkoury, was appointed a board member of the CFC on 21 June.

Subscribers only Business 30.06.2020

European Union, Mauritius
Mauritius turns to heavyweight law firm to handle EU allegations

The government of Mauritius has hired the French law firm Bredin Prat to fight its blacklisting by the European Union.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 26.06.2020

Algeria
Food and beverages: NCA Rouiba delists from Algiers stock exchange ahead of Castel takeover

Algeria's stock exchange regulator COSOB has approved the soft drink manufacturer's withdrawal from the exchange ahead of its buyout by the French industrial giant Castel.

Subscribers only Business 17.06.2020

West Africa
BNP gives up on idea of single buyer for its West African portfolio

After six months of trying to sell its branches in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea as a single West African portfolio, the French bank BNP Paribas is now looking at options to sell them in batches.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 14.05.2020

West Africa
BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

The "revolutionary" Akoin cryptocurrency that the American rapper Akon is hoping to launch on the continent seems to pay little heed to Africa's existing regulations on digital currencies and may fall foul of African central banks, not least BCEAO.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 27.04.2020

Rapper Akon presenting his Akoin cryptocurrency at the Lisbon WebSummit in November 2019.

Gabon
Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

After having been headed for 10 years by Serge Mickoto, the husband of President Ali Bongo's step-sister, Gabon's sovereign fund has been taken over by a close associate of Mohamed Ali Saliou, best friend of the president's son and closest adviser, Noureddin Bongo.

Subscribers only Finance 22.04.2020

Africa, France
How BNP Paris is quietly shedding its African liabilities

It's been more than five years since BNP Paribas, in the wake of the $8.9 billion fine imposed in 2014 by the U.S. Department of Justice for doing business with countries under sanctions, gave up its very lucrative oil-backed lending and other high-stakes activities in Africa.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 09.04.2020

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

BNP-Paribas

Central African Republic, France
Russia's presence further widens wedge in Paris-Bangui axis

Guinea
Financial intermediary Lilium Capital targets opportunities in agriculture

Gabon, Mauritius
The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

France, Rwanda
Rwandan civil war crops up in dispute between BNP Paribas and security company Ronange

Tunisia
Doghri family completes its acquisition of a controlling interest in UBCI

Africa
African business booms for New York investment bank Jefferies

Ivory Coast
Finactu, the maestro of Ivorian expats' savings

Morocco
US sanctions impact Huawei's VIP partners El-Majidi, Hammouchi and Raji

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Gabon, Mauritius
Bongo aides talk turkey with Trafigura after Augusta ouster

Morocco
Mustapha Bakkoury joins Casablanca Finance City board

European Union, Mauritius
Mauritius turns to heavyweight law firm to handle EU allegations

Algeria
Food and beverages: NCA Rouiba delists from Algiers stock exchange ahead of Castel takeover

West Africa
BNP gives up on idea of single buyer for its West African portfolio

West Africa
BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

Gabon
Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

Africa, France
How BNP Paris is quietly shedding its African liabilities

Burkina Faso, Senegal
IamGold wins over all creditors but Morgan Stanley

Algeria
The storm clouds gather around ammonia giant Fertial

Botswana
Macquarie, BNP, SocGen and Natixis visit Sandfire copper

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

BNP-Paribas

Central African Republic, France Russia's presence further widens wedge in Paris-Bangui axis

Guinea Financial intermediary Lilium Capital targets opportunities in agriculture

Gabon, Mauritius The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

France, Rwanda Rwandan civil war crops up in dispute between BNP Paribas and security company Ronange

Tunisia Doghri family completes its acquisition of a controlling interest in UBCI

Africa African business booms for New York investment bank Jefferies

Ivory Coast Finactu, the maestro of Ivorian expats' savings

Morocco US sanctions impact Huawei's VIP partners El-Majidi, Hammouchi and Raji

Spotlight | Mozambique Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Gabon, Mauritius Bongo aides talk turkey with Trafigura after Augusta ouster

Morocco Mustapha Bakkoury joins Casablanca Finance City board

European Union, Mauritius Mauritius turns to heavyweight law firm to handle EU allegations

Algeria Food and beverages: NCA Rouiba delists from Algiers stock exchange ahead of Castel takeover

West Africa BNP gives up on idea of single buyer for its West African portfolio

West Africa BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

Gabon Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

Africa, France How BNP Paris is quietly shedding its African liabilities

Burkina Faso, Senegal IamGold wins over all creditors but Morgan Stanley

Algeria The storm clouds gather around ammonia giant Fertial

Botswana Macquarie, BNP, SocGen and Natixis visit Sandfire copper

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Central African Republic, France
Russia's presence further widens wedge in Paris-Bangui axis

Guinea
Financial intermediary Lilium Capital targets opportunities in agriculture

Gabon, Mauritius
The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

France, Rwanda
Rwandan civil war crops up in dispute between BNP Paribas and security company Ronange

Tunisia
Doghri family completes its acquisition of a controlling interest in UBCI

Africa
African business booms for New York investment bank Jefferies

Ivory Coast
Finactu, the maestro of Ivorian expats' savings

Morocco
US sanctions impact Huawei's VIP partners El-Majidi, Hammouchi and Raji

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Gabon, Mauritius
Bongo aides talk turkey with Trafigura after Augusta ouster

Morocco
Mustapha Bakkoury joins Casablanca Finance City board

European Union, Mauritius
Mauritius turns to heavyweight law firm to handle EU allegations

Algeria
Food and beverages: NCA Rouiba delists from Algiers stock exchange ahead of Castel takeover

West Africa
BNP gives up on idea of single buyer for its West African portfolio

West Africa
BCEAO could prove a hurdle for rapper Akon's African cryptocurrency

Gabon
Bongo clan takes back control of the country's sovereign fund

Africa, France
How BNP Paris is quietly shedding its African liabilities

Burkina Faso, Senegal
IamGold wins over all creditors but Morgan Stanley

Algeria
The storm clouds gather around ammonia giant Fertial

Botswana
Macquarie, BNP, SocGen and Natixis visit Sandfire copper