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Madagascar
Major construction companies line up to rebuild road to Sahofika dam

Seven companies are already eyeing the just-launched call for tenders to renovate the route to Madagascar's largest electricity production project.

Free access Infrastructure, Energy 18.09.2024

Onive river, in the highlands of Madagascar, in 2014.

Inner circles | Cameroon
Cyrus Ngo'o, watchdog for Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh at Douala port

Ngo'o runs Central Africa's leading port, Douala, on behalf of the influential secretary-general of Cameroon's presidency, but his management of this strategic place is increasingly being questioned.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.09.2024

Cyrus Ngo'o, MD of the Port Authority of Douala, September 2021.

Morocco
Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

The Moroccan consortium is expected to win the tender call, even though rival bidder Bouygues appears to have more technical expertise. The winner should be announced over the next few days.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.07.2024

General view of Tanger Med on 6 June 2024.

Madagascar
Chinese road maintenance firms see off French heavyweights

The World Bank has just awarded a contract to the Chinese state-owned giants China Railway Construction Corp and China Harbour Engineering Co for the maintenance of two national roads.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 26.06.2024

Guinea
Rio Tinto puts finishing touches to Simandou mining project

The UK-Australian giant has been busy selecting subcontractors and discussing the sale price of iron with its Chinese buyers as it awaits its partner Chinalco's financial commitment to the project, hopefully in March. Rio Tinto has also been in talks with the Guinean junta.

Subscribers only Mining 26.02.2024

Algeria
CCCC wins legal round against its Algerian shareholders

In 2019, CCCC Algeria took its Chinese parent company to court for bypassing it when working in Algeria, sparking an ongoing conflict over the shareholders' agreement signed in Beijing in 2012.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 08.02.2024

In Focus | Nigeria
CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC: Shipping giants battle for supremacy in the ports of Lagos

The economic crisis that has hit the continent's top economy has increased competition between port operators in Lagos. As a result, European maritime trading giants are trying to strengthen their position at Nigeria's main gateway.

Subscribers only Business 13.11.2023

A.P. Moller - Maersk boss Vincent Clerc, CMA CGM CEO Rodolphe Saadé and MSC group owner Gianluigi Aponte.

Nigeria
Mota-Engil's crisis of confidence over partner CCCC

Portuguese giant Mota-Engil is struggling to understand its shareholder China Communications Construction Co's intentions. Their partnership, formed in 2021, is not living up to the Mota family's expectations.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance, Business 11.10.2023

Guinea
China Railway Seventh Group wins contract to link Guinea and Guinea-Bissau

China Railway Seventh Group has finally won the contract to build the road from Boké in Guinea-Conakry to Québo in Guinea-Bissau. The contract is worth €39m.

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2023

Uganda
Kampala relies on new loan to build rail line to Malaba

Uganda is preparing to borrow $2.6bn from UK Export Finance to start laying track between Malaba and Kampala. Construction is due to start in September.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance 05.07.2023

Cameroon
Kribi port makes eyes at Bolloré and CMA to develop industrial park

The Port Authority of Kribi wants to develop a 500-hectare industrial park to support its deepwater port of Kribi. The port's executives have planned to meet the shareholders of the container terminal in Paris next week to present their project

Subscribers only Infrastructure 12.10.2022

China, Ivory Coast
China's CHEC to build Akwaba motorway interchange in Abidjan

China Harbour Engineering Co, which has been present in Ivory Coast since 2015, has just pocketed a new contract estimated at 26bn CFA francs (€39m) in Abidjan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 28.09.2022

Cameroon
Chinese-made motorway price tag raises eyebrows in Douala

The Kribi-Lalobé motorway, Cameroon's first-ever toll road, has been up and running smoothly for a month. It cost $453m to build.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.09.2022

Algeria
Sonatrach's love-in with Chinese irks European and Asian rivals

China is hoovering up all the major Algerian hydrocarbon projects launched by state-owned Sonatrach, much to the chagrin of European, Korean and Indian firms.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2022

Tunisia
Transport minister in search of funds for Enfidha port

The project to build a deepwater port in Enfidha, postponed numerous times, is being relaunched with a call for tenders. Six companies are in the running but the funds for the project have yet to be secured.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 21.07.2022

Mauritania
Nouakchott to launch tender for $323m Nouadhibou deepwater port

After aborted negotiations with China Harbour Engineering Co, the Mauritanian authorities are launching a tender for the construction of the deepwater port of Nouadhibou, which is expected to cost $323m.

Free access Infrastructure 15.07.2022

The port of Nouadhibou, for which the call for tenders for the deepwater port project will soon be relaunched.

Algeria
Sonatrach shuns Western firms for Chinese oil companies

State-owned Sonatrach, noting the disaffection of Western firms for the Algerian market, is now focused on doing business with Chinese companies, foremost among them Sinopec.

Subscribers only Energy 12.04.2022

Tanzania
Suluhu seeks to relaunch $10bn Bagamoyo port mega-project

The president of Tanzania is battling on several fronts to resurrect a project that was initiated by her mentor and former president Jakaya Kikwete but later fell by the wayside.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 07.03.2022

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Spotlight | Africa
China thrives in oil services but slumps in exploration and production

Some Chinese companies have managed to bag subcontracts for the continent's major oil infrastructure development projects. But China's success in exploration has diminished considerably.

Subscribers only Energy 24.02.2022

The Cosco shipyard, in China, where BP's floating production storage and offloading platform for the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim field is built (right).

Tanzania
Zanzibar ditches planned Chinese port at Mpiga Duri

A year ago, Tanzania confirmed two deep-water port concessions on the Zanzibar coast. But amid fraying relations between Dodoma and Beijing, one of them has been abandoned.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 31.01.2022

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Morocco
Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

Madagascar
Chinese road maintenance firms see off French heavyweights

Guinea
Rio Tinto puts finishing touches to Simandou mining project

Algeria
CCCC wins legal round against its Algerian shareholders

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CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC: Shipping giants battle for supremacy in the ports of Lagos

Nigeria
Mota-Engil's crisis of confidence over partner CCCC

Guinea
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Uganda
Kampala relies on new loan to build rail line to Malaba

Cameroon
Kribi port makes eyes at Bolloré and CMA to develop industrial park

China, Ivory Coast
China's CHEC to build Akwaba motorway interchange in Abidjan

Cameroon
Chinese-made motorway price tag raises eyebrows in Douala

Algeria
Sonatrach's love-in with Chinese irks European and Asian rivals

Tunisia
Transport minister in search of funds for Enfidha port

Mauritania
Nouakchott to launch tender for $323m Nouadhibou deepwater port

Algeria
Sonatrach shuns Western firms for Chinese oil companies

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Morocco Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

Madagascar Chinese road maintenance firms see off French heavyweights

Guinea Rio Tinto puts finishing touches to Simandou mining project

Algeria CCCC wins legal round against its Algerian shareholders

In Focus | Nigeria CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC: Shipping giants battle for supremacy in the ports of Lagos

Nigeria Mota-Engil's crisis of confidence over partner CCCC

Guinea China Railway Seventh Group wins contract to link Guinea and Guinea-Bissau

Uganda Kampala relies on new loan to build rail line to Malaba

Cameroon Kribi port makes eyes at Bolloré and CMA to develop industrial park

China, Ivory Coast China's CHEC to build Akwaba motorway interchange in Abidjan

Cameroon Chinese-made motorway price tag raises eyebrows in Douala

Algeria Sonatrach's love-in with Chinese irks European and Asian rivals

Tunisia Transport minister in search of funds for Enfidha port

Mauritania Nouakchott to launch tender for $323m Nouadhibou deepwater port

Algeria Sonatrach shuns Western firms for Chinese oil companies

Tanzania Suluhu seeks to relaunch $10bn Bagamoyo port mega-project

Spotlight | Africa China thrives in oil services but slumps in exploration and production

Tanzania Zanzibar ditches planned Chinese port at Mpiga Duri

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About Africa Intelligence

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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?

Madagascar
Major construction companies line up to rebuild road to Sahofika dam

Inner circles | Cameroon
Cyrus Ngo'o, watchdog for Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh at Douala port

Morocco
Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

Madagascar
Chinese road maintenance firms see off French heavyweights

Guinea
Rio Tinto puts finishing touches to Simandou mining project

Algeria
CCCC wins legal round against its Algerian shareholders

In Focus | Nigeria
CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC: Shipping giants battle for supremacy in the ports of Lagos

Nigeria
Mota-Engil's crisis of confidence over partner CCCC

Guinea
China Railway Seventh Group wins contract to link Guinea and Guinea-Bissau

Uganda
Kampala relies on new loan to build rail line to Malaba

Cameroon
Kribi port makes eyes at Bolloré and CMA to develop industrial park

China, Ivory Coast
China's CHEC to build Akwaba motorway interchange in Abidjan

Cameroon
Chinese-made motorway price tag raises eyebrows in Douala

Algeria
Sonatrach's love-in with Chinese irks European and Asian rivals

Tunisia
Transport minister in search of funds for Enfidha port

Mauritania
Nouakchott to launch tender for $323m Nouadhibou deepwater port

Algeria
Sonatrach shuns Western firms for Chinese oil companies

Tanzania
Suluhu seeks to relaunch $10bn Bagamoyo port mega-project

Spotlight | Africa
China thrives in oil services but slumps in exploration and production

Tanzania
Zanzibar ditches planned Chinese port at Mpiga Duri