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Gabon
Gagan Gupta's bid to save Arise involves tricky negotiations

On 30 September, Gabon coup leader Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema met with Indian tycoon Gagan Gupta, who is reportedly close to Noureddin Bongo, the son of fallen president Ali Bongo. But Gupta had spent several days of enforced waiting.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 04.10.2023

Ivory Coast
Abidjan keeps up cocoa pressure on Brussels

As the start of the 2023-2024 cocoa season approaches, the Conseil Café-Cacao is stepping up pressure on the EU by continuing its blockade of forward sales of cocoa beans.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 28.09.2023

Ivory Coast
On a visit to Brussels, Conseil Café Cacao revives battle with EU

Ivorian cocoa industry leaders have met European officials to demand recognition of their traceability system and an increase in the subsidy for sustainable cocoa. If it's not granted, they are threatening to continue blocking forward sales.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 15.09.2023

Gabon
Handling Partner Gabon fights for its survival

The Libreville airport handling company has amassed significant losses that are now being compounded by a leadership crisis, casting doubt over whether it will continue to operate beyond 2023.

Subscribers only Business 28.07.2023

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.

Senegal
TotalEnergies, Eramet and ICS brace for further supply disruptions

Calm may have returned to the Senegalese capital, but businesses disrupted by the unrest are staying on high alert and are ready to suspend operations again if necessary.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 22.06.2023

Ivory Coast
Abidjan stings Cargill with hefty tax fine

Faced with a tax adjustment of over CFA Francs 100bn, the US group, the largest exporter of Ivorian cocoa beans, is trying to negotiate with the Ivorian authorities through the US Chamber of Commerce in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.06.2023

Ivory Coast
Government steps in to protect cocoa trader Malick Tohé from Olam

The head of the Ivorian cocoa trading lobby and boss of SONEMAT, whose bank accounts were frozen by the Singaporean trader, appears to have friends in high places.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 19.05.2023

Ivory Coast
Foreign cocoa exporter success fuels local discontent

The major foreign traders were the winners in Ivory Coast's main cocoa bean harvest that has just ended. This has heightened tension between the big players such as Cargill and local exporters, who blame foreign competitors for their supply difficulties.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 20.04.2023

A bag of cocoa beans stamped "Conseil du café-cacao" in Ivory Coast.

Africa
VIPs to flock to Africa business summit in Singapore

Organised every two years, the Africa Singapore Business Forum will hold its seventh edition in August and will be attended by more than 30 figures from the world of commerce working on the continent.

Subscribers only Business 17.04.2023

Ivory Coast
Cargill granted extra cocoa beans quota

Despite the Cocoa and Coffee Council's decision in February to limit sales to large traders, the head of the US trading giant's regional office was able to bargain for an additional quota of around 10,000 tonnes of cocoa beans, of which Cargill is the Ivory Coast's largest exporter.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 13.03.2023

A farm worker with cacoa beans at a farm in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast
Worried Ivorian cocoa traders turn to Ouattara for help

Local cocoa exporters are experiencing significant supply issues and may not manage to honour the contracts that expire when the main 2022-2023 harvest ends this month. Citing lack of action from the cocoa regulatory board, they are asking the president to step in.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 23.02.2023

Sub-saharan Africa
France gives helping hand to Céréalis' growing trade in Africa

Céréalis, the leading French wheat trader south of the Sahara, has been granted a new credit facility by a subsidiary of France's AFD development agency. West and Central African millers, who have turned increasingly to French wheat because of the war in Ukraine, had lobbyied for the measure.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Central Africa 08.02.2023

In Focus | Ivory Coast
Loïc Folloroux, son of Ivorian first lady and behind-the-scenes cocoa trader

Loïc Folloroux, the son of Ivory Coast first lady Dominique Ouattara and owner of Africa Sourcing, has been an effective advocate and a major beneficiary of regulations favouring local players in the country's vital cocoa trade.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 30.01.2023

The discreet businessman Loïc Folloroux, son of First Lady Dominique Ouattara, has established himself in recent decades as the leading local bean trader.

Kenya
Gachagua seeks to revive glory days of Kenya's coffee sector

Kenya's deputy president has been tasked with overhauling the coffee sector, which is vital to the economy of his native region. He wants to create new institutions to revive a once highly lucrative crop that has been in a slump for decades.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 27.01.2023

Spotlight | India, Senegal
Macky Sall makes moves as India's rice protectionism puts Dakar on edge

India's export ban and subsequent tax hike on broken rice, of which Senegal is a major consumer, have greatly displeased Dakar. Macky Sall and his ministers mobilised to get New Delhi to change its position, but high export taxes continue to disrupt grain imports.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 23.11.2022

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Senegal's President Macky Sall in Hamburg, northern Germany, on 7 July 2017.

Ivory Coast
Power struggle between big business and Abidjan slows cocoa campaign

International traders and chocolate manufacturers are limiting purchases of cocoa beans in Ivory Coast. The local regulatory board is requiring them to acquire 20% from local exporters, and they are unable to find enough 'sustainable' material locally.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 16.11.2022

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

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Olam

Gabon
Gagan Gupta's bid to save Arise involves tricky negotiations

Ivory Coast
Abidjan keeps up cocoa pressure on Brussels

Ivory Coast
On a visit to Brussels, Conseil Café Cacao revives battle with EU

Gabon
Handling Partner Gabon fights for its survival

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

Senegal
TotalEnergies, Eramet and ICS brace for further supply disruptions

Ivory Coast
Abidjan stings Cargill with hefty tax fine

Ivory Coast
Government steps in to protect cocoa trader Malick Tohé from Olam

Ivory Coast
Foreign cocoa exporter success fuels local discontent

Africa
VIPs to flock to Africa business summit in Singapore

Ivory Coast
Cargill granted extra cocoa beans quota

Ivory Coast
Worried Ivorian cocoa traders turn to Ouattara for help

Sub-saharan Africa
France gives helping hand to Céréalis' growing trade in Africa

In Focus | Ivory Coast
Loïc Folloroux, son of Ivorian first lady and behind-the-scenes cocoa trader

Kenya
Gachagua seeks to revive glory days of Kenya's coffee sector

Spotlight | India, Senegal
Macky Sall makes moves as India's rice protectionism puts Dakar on edge

Ivory Coast
Power struggle between big business and Abidjan slows cocoa campaign

Spotlight | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Cameroon and Nigeria's talks with cocoa cartel bear fruit

Congo
Presidential video wrongly claims Sassou scion is Congo boss of Arise

Senegal
Dakar flour production could grind to a halt over unpaid subsidies

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

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Olam

Gabon Gagan Gupta's bid to save Arise involves tricky negotiations

Ivory Coast Abidjan keeps up cocoa pressure on Brussels

Ivory Coast On a visit to Brussels, Conseil Café Cacao revives battle with EU

Gabon Handling Partner Gabon fights for its survival

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

Senegal TotalEnergies, Eramet and ICS brace for further supply disruptions

Ivory Coast Abidjan stings Cargill with hefty tax fine

Ivory Coast Government steps in to protect cocoa trader Malick Tohé from Olam

Ivory Coast Foreign cocoa exporter success fuels local discontent

Africa VIPs to flock to Africa business summit in Singapore

Ivory Coast Cargill granted extra cocoa beans quota

Ivory Coast Worried Ivorian cocoa traders turn to Ouattara for help

Sub-saharan Africa France gives helping hand to Céréalis' growing trade in Africa

In Focus | Ivory Coast Loïc Folloroux, son of Ivorian first lady and behind-the-scenes cocoa trader

Kenya Gachagua seeks to revive glory days of Kenya's coffee sector

Spotlight | India, Senegal Macky Sall makes moves as India's rice protectionism puts Dakar on edge

Ivory Coast Power struggle between big business and Abidjan slows cocoa campaign

Spotlight | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria Cameroon and Nigeria's talks with cocoa cartel bear fruit

Congo Presidential video wrongly claims Sassou scion is Congo boss of Arise

Senegal Dakar flour production could grind to a halt over unpaid subsidies

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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

Gabon
Gagan Gupta's bid to save Arise involves tricky negotiations

Ivory Coast
Abidjan keeps up cocoa pressure on Brussels

Ivory Coast
On a visit to Brussels, Conseil Café Cacao revives battle with EU

Gabon
Handling Partner Gabon fights for its survival

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

Senegal
TotalEnergies, Eramet and ICS brace for further supply disruptions

Ivory Coast
Abidjan stings Cargill with hefty tax fine

Ivory Coast
Government steps in to protect cocoa trader Malick Tohé from Olam

Ivory Coast
Foreign cocoa exporter success fuels local discontent

Africa
VIPs to flock to Africa business summit in Singapore

Ivory Coast
Cargill granted extra cocoa beans quota

Ivory Coast
Worried Ivorian cocoa traders turn to Ouattara for help

Sub-saharan Africa
France gives helping hand to Céréalis' growing trade in Africa

In Focus | Ivory Coast
Loïc Folloroux, son of Ivorian first lady and behind-the-scenes cocoa trader

Kenya
Gachagua seeks to revive glory days of Kenya's coffee sector

Spotlight | India, Senegal
Macky Sall makes moves as India's rice protectionism puts Dakar on edge

Ivory Coast
Power struggle between big business and Abidjan slows cocoa campaign

Spotlight | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Cameroon and Nigeria's talks with cocoa cartel bear fruit

Congo
Presidential video wrongly claims Sassou scion is Congo boss of Arise

Senegal
Dakar flour production could grind to a halt over unpaid subsidies