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Rwanda
Kigali financial hub moves closer to its Singaporean model

The new agreement between KIFC and the Monetary Authority of Singapore enshrines President Kagame's ambition to emulate the Asian city-state, a global benchmark in offshore finance.

Free access Finance, Politics 09.09.2021

Gabon
Customs investigation speeds up

The investigation launched this summer by Gabon's police intelligence service on customs declarations compliancy is now getting help from other services.

Subscribers only Business 01.09.2021

Africa
Carlos Lopes lobbies the international institutions for industrial platform developer Arise IIP

Economist Carlos Lopes, who is at once a senior international civil servant, an economy professor and a consultant, is trying to help Arise IIP to develop industrial zones in Africa without crossing swords with the international financial institutions

Free access Finance, Commodity traders 09.07.2021

Africa, UAE
Africa Finance Corp prospects Emirati sovereign fund

The head of financial services at Africa Finance Corp (AFC), Sanjeev Gupta, will chair the first meeting in the United Arab Emirates of Invest Africa, a club founded by South African businessman Rob Hersov, on 13 July.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 07.07.2021

Rwanda
Singaporean palm oil giant Wilmar encroaches on compatriot Olam's patch

Less than three months after a high-ranking delegation from the Indo-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam visited Rwanda, the chairman and CEO of its Singaporean rival Wilmar, Kuok Khoon Hong, met with the Rwandan president Paul Kagame on 21 June.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 24.06.2021

Gabon
IMF questions Arise IIP tax exemptions

An International Monetary Fund team left Gabon early this week after a long annual consultation mission during which it laid out its conditions for granting the country a new loan programme. They include the scrapping of numerous tax and customs exemption regimes, and in particular one in place for the Nkok special economic zone.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 10.06.2021

Gabon
Who is really in control of the country's oil?

Gabon's oil and gas sector - the state's main source of foreign cash - is now in the hands of a close acquaintance of President Ali Bongo's son and coordinator, Noureddin Bongo.

Subscribers only Energy 08.06.2021

West Africa
Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

African Export-Import Bank could soon buy shares in one of three funds dedicated to investments in Africa owned by Indian-Singaporean agrifood business Olam.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 07.06.2021

Mozambique
Mauritian ETG hungry for cashews after Olam's exit

Export Trading Group, an agricultural conglomerate registered in Mauritius and owned by the Patel family, is making moves on Mozambique's cashew nuts, up for grabs since the departure of agrifood giant Olam.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 19.05.2021

Africa, Morocco, Switzerland
Amid Ramadan demand surge, grain trader Millcorp supplies Morocco via Switzerland

Moroccan financier Yariv Elbaz's Swiss grain trading firm supplies leading miller Forafric with wheat from Ukraine and Russia.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 21.04.2021

Rwanda
Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

Gagan Gupta travelled to Rwanda earlier in April with electric rickshaw company Mauto Electric CEO Mansoor Ali Khan.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 21.04.2021

Ivory Coast
Olam loses its cocao crown

The first buying period for the 2020-21 cocoa season ended on 31 March and initial results show a major rebalancing between the main buyers. Agri-business behemoth Olam lost the pole position it had held among buyers of Ivorian beans since 2016 to US firm Cargill West Africa.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 20.04.2021

In Focus | Africa
Bongo, M6, Bakayoko and Bolloré: how rap stars hobnob at highest levels of African power

A number of leading rap stars, among them Akon, Booba and Gims, have established close links with the occupants of Africa's presidential palaces. And, because they serve as links between France and Africa, their services are actively sought by the French government, which is looking for ways to communicate with young people in Africa.

Subscribers only Politics 22.03.2021

Mozambique
Carlos Mesquita consolidates his power within Nyusi's government

Trade and industry minister Carlos Mesquita is making the most of the fall from grace of his agriculture counterpart Celso Correia, until now widely seen as President Filipe Nyusi's confidant.

Subscribers only Politics 22.03.2021

Legal wrangle stirs up the cosy cocoa community

FCC, the all-powerful cocoa regulatory body, is due in the next month to rule on a dispute between one of its active committee members, the trader and founder of the RockWinds trading company Matthew Stolz, and the Ivorian firm Africa Commodities.

Subscribers only 19.02.2021

Africa
Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

The Arise IIP fund, which combines Nigeria's Africa Finance Corp and Indo-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam, has appointed a team of advisors to lobby the governments of the countries where the fund invests and the international bodies that regulate industrial parks.

Subscribers only Business 12.02.2021

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

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Olam

Rwanda
Kigali financial hub moves closer to its Singaporean model

Gabon
Customs investigation speeds up

Africa
Carlos Lopes lobbies the international institutions for industrial platform developer Arise IIP

Africa, UAE
Africa Finance Corp prospects Emirati sovereign fund

Rwanda
Singaporean palm oil giant Wilmar encroaches on compatriot Olam's patch

Gabon
IMF questions Arise IIP tax exemptions

Gabon
Who is really in control of the country's oil?

West Africa
Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Mozambique
Mauritian ETG hungry for cashews after Olam's exit

Africa, Morocco, Switzerland
Amid Ramadan demand surge, grain trader Millcorp supplies Morocco via Switzerland

Rwanda
Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

Ivory Coast
Olam loses its cocao crown

In Focus | Africa
Bongo, M6, Bakayoko and Bolloré: how rap stars hobnob at highest levels of African power

Mozambique
Carlos Mesquita consolidates his power within Nyusi's government

Legal wrangle stirs up the cosy cocoa community

Africa
Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

Ivory Coast
Ouattara follows up on cocoa price increases with national preference quota plan

Central Africa
AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

Ivory Coast
Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

Ivory Coast
Cacao giants battle with CCC, while 45,000 tonnes of beans wait outside Abidjan port

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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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Olam

Rwanda Kigali financial hub moves closer to its Singaporean model

Gabon Customs investigation speeds up

Africa Carlos Lopes lobbies the international institutions for industrial platform developer Arise IIP

Africa, UAE Africa Finance Corp prospects Emirati sovereign fund

Rwanda Singaporean palm oil giant Wilmar encroaches on compatriot Olam's patch

Gabon IMF questions Arise IIP tax exemptions

Gabon Who is really in control of the country's oil?

West Africa Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Mozambique Mauritian ETG hungry for cashews after Olam's exit

Africa, Morocco, Switzerland Amid Ramadan demand surge, grain trader Millcorp supplies Morocco via Switzerland

Rwanda Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

Ivory Coast Olam loses its cocao crown

In Focus | Africa Bongo, M6, Bakayoko and Bolloré: how rap stars hobnob at highest levels of African power

Mozambique Carlos Mesquita consolidates his power within Nyusi's government

Legal wrangle stirs up the cosy cocoa community

Africa Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

Ivory Coast Ouattara follows up on cocoa price increases with national preference quota plan

Central Africa AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

Ivory Coast Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

Ivory Coast Cacao giants battle with CCC, while 45,000 tonnes of beans wait outside Abidjan port

Refine your search

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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

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

Rwanda
Kigali financial hub moves closer to its Singaporean model

Gabon
Customs investigation speeds up

Africa
Carlos Lopes lobbies the international institutions for industrial platform developer Arise IIP

Africa, UAE
Africa Finance Corp prospects Emirati sovereign fund

Rwanda
Singaporean palm oil giant Wilmar encroaches on compatriot Olam's patch

Gabon
IMF questions Arise IIP tax exemptions

Gabon
Who is really in control of the country's oil?

West Africa
Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Mozambique
Mauritian ETG hungry for cashews after Olam's exit

Africa, Morocco, Switzerland
Amid Ramadan demand surge, grain trader Millcorp supplies Morocco via Switzerland

Rwanda
Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

Ivory Coast
Olam loses its cocao crown

In Focus | Africa
Bongo, M6, Bakayoko and Bolloré: how rap stars hobnob at highest levels of African power

Mozambique
Carlos Mesquita consolidates his power within Nyusi's government

Africa
Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

Ivory Coast
Ouattara follows up on cocoa price increases with national preference quota plan

Central Africa
AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

Ivory Coast
Ouattara wants to bypass traders on the Chinese front

Ivory Coast
Cacao giants battle with CCC, while 45,000 tonnes of beans wait outside Abidjan port