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Olam

Africa, Switzerland
Covid hobbles the marathon king

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced Sébastien Bottari, a permanent fixture in Gabonese sporting events, to cancel the next Gabon Marathon. It's a big blow for his Everest Media company.

Subscribers only Business 03.12.2020

Sébastien Bottari (right) and President Ali Bongo in november2019.

Central African Republic, Congo
Sogea-Satom, Olam and Stoa see opportunity in Dolisie and Beloko dry port projects

The three companies are keen to take part in inland port projects in Congo and another in Central African Republic designed to ease congestion at Pointe-Noire.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 24.11.2020

Dry port projects in Congo and the Central African Republic.

Central Africa
Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

The regional bank has yet to impose the CFA franc on mining and oil firms, thanks to a fuss kicked up by a private sector backed by certain regional leaders.

Subscribers only Energy 16.11.2020

Abbas Mahamat Tolli, Governor of Central Africa Banks.

Gabon
Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Following major structural changes, Gabon Oil Co remains determined to move forward with its plan to provide Gabon with local gas.

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2020

Ivory Coast
RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Côte d'Ivoire Métrologie, the company of former minister Youssouf Soumahoro which has a monopoly on weights and measures throughout the country, has outraged farmers and the business community by sending its prices through the roof.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 21.10.2020

Central Africa
CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

The six members of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) are planning a round table in November to raise funds for the construction of roads and electricity plants.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 07.10.2020

Mauritania
Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Under pressure from the Mauritanian authorities for months, Arise Mauritanie has discreetly begun to renegotiate the concession it recently landed from President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's administration.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.09.2020

View of the Port Autonome de Nouakchott.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara campaigns on cocoa price in Akan country

In his efforts to secure his re-election, the Ivorian president, who is due in Yamoussoukro next month, hopes to win over the Akan people, who are traditionally more inclined to vote for his rival Henri Konan Bédié, by subsidising the price of cocoa beans, the main crop in Akan counties.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 17.09.2020

Africa, Singapore
Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

After shelving its infrastructure projects in the three Arise funds, the Indian-Singaporean giant Olam has been concentrating on its agro-food business and buying up African cotton companies with the help of a low-profile French advisor who knows the sector like the back of his hand.

Subscribers only Business 15.09.2020

France, Gabon
Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

The Gabonese president has embarked on a series of sweeping changes within Gabon's embassies in the EU, with new ambassadors posted to Paris and Belin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.09.2020

Spotlight | Mauritius
Axis wants to burst into Mauritian trust market

The Harel family has sold its financial arm to Axis Fiduciary. The young trust company now finds itself up against the families firmly established in offshore finance on the island - Ah-Chuen, Lagesse, Dalais or Espitalier-Noel - as well as stiffer competition from international groups.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 02.09.2020

Rogers House in Port-Louis, headquarters to the Espitalier-Noë family group, a symbol of the island's financial establishment.

Africa, Gabon
Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

While Olam set up its first fund, Arise Ports & Logistics, in London, from where its partner, AP Moeller Capital, runs its operations, the agribusiness giant has chosen Mauritius's more welcoming fiscal landscape for its second and third funds, Arise Infrastructure and Arise Special Economic Zone.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance, Business 31.08.2020

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

In Focus | Gabon
How Ycap became the Gabonese sovereign fund's favorite asset manager

After having been sanctioned by France's financial markets authority, financier Yariv Elbaz has succeeded in making a comeback in Gabon with his fund Ycap, which has become the main financial partner of the country's sovereign fund.

Subscribers only Business 29.06.2020

Franco-Moroccan financier Yariv Elbaz at the 2014 New York Forum Africa.

Nigeria
Nigerian banking giant AFC struggles to keep expansion plans on course

In the midst of striking up new partnerships with foreign companies such as Olam and seeking new shareholders, the public-private bank Africa Finance Corp has suffered a setback at the hands of Moody's. The poor rating it received in May has been hampering its ambitious expansion plans.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 22.06.2020

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Chambrier and Gondjout queen it over African logistics

Roselyne Chambrier Chalobah and Laura Olga Gondjout, both from Gabonese political dynasties which went into opposition, respectively represent the interests of competing African logistics giants Arise P&L and Monaco Resources.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 11.06.2020

Inner circles | Central Africa, Gabon, West Africa
Gagan Gupta's French troops

Though now active in Africa via the three Arise mega-funds, Indian-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam still relies on French advisors to help guide its path.

Subscribers only Business 04.06.2020

Spotlight | Gabon, Rwanda, Somalia
From Bongo to Kagame: Liban Soleman is now tight with Rwanda's first family

The scion of a prominent Somali family that has spread itself across Africa, business consultant Liban Soleman, having served as Ali Bongo's chief of staff for five years, now works closely with the family of Rwanda's president.

Subscribers only Politics 26.05.2020

Liban Soleman, the well-connected consultant newly appointed to the Rwanda Development Board.

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Arise Industrial lays the first stone in its future African free zone empire in Akoupé-Zeudji

After setting up Arise Port & Logistics with AP Moller, then Arise Infrastructure, to invest in roads, agricultural trading giant Olam has created a third brand dedicated to industrial free zones. Arise Industrial is preparing to make its first investment in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2020

Gabon
Food aid makes for healthy public relations

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, leading political figures and entrepreneurs are finding that food donations are good for their image.

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2020

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Olam

Africa, Switzerland
Covid hobbles the marathon king

Central African Republic, Congo
Sogea-Satom, Olam and Stoa see opportunity in Dolisie and Beloko dry port projects

Central Africa
Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

Gabon
Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Ivory Coast
RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Central Africa
CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Mauritania
Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Ivory Coast
Ouattara campaigns on cocoa price in Akan country

Africa, Singapore
Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

France, Gabon
Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

Spotlight | Mauritius
Axis wants to burst into Mauritian trust market

Africa, Gabon
Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

Morocco
Mustapha Bakkoury joins Casablanca Finance City board

In Focus | Gabon
How Ycap became the Gabonese sovereign fund's favorite asset manager

Nigeria
Nigerian banking giant AFC struggles to keep expansion plans on course

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Chambrier and Gondjout queen it over African logistics

Inner circles | Central Africa, Gabon, West Africa
Gagan Gupta's French troops

Spotlight | Gabon, Rwanda, Somalia
From Bongo to Kagame: Liban Soleman is now tight with Rwanda's first family

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Arise Industrial lays the first stone in its future African free zone empire in Akoupé-Zeudji

Gabon
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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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Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

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Olam

Africa, Switzerland Covid hobbles the marathon king

Central African Republic, Congo Sogea-Satom, Olam and Stoa see opportunity in Dolisie and Beloko dry port projects

Central Africa Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

Gabon Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Ivory Coast RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Central Africa CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Mauritania Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Ivory Coast Ouattara campaigns on cocoa price in Akan country

Africa, Singapore Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

France, Gabon Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

Spotlight | Mauritius Axis wants to burst into Mauritian trust market

Africa, Gabon Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

Morocco Mustapha Bakkoury joins Casablanca Finance City board

In Focus | Gabon How Ycap became the Gabonese sovereign fund's favorite asset manager

Nigeria Nigerian banking giant AFC struggles to keep expansion plans on course

Ivory Coast, West Africa Chambrier and Gondjout queen it over African logistics

Inner circles | Central Africa, Gabon, West Africa Gagan Gupta's French troops

Spotlight | Gabon, Rwanda, Somalia From Bongo to Kagame: Liban Soleman is now tight with Rwanda's first family

Ivory Coast, West Africa Arise Industrial lays the first stone in its future African free zone empire in Akoupé-Zeudji

Gabon Food aid makes for healthy public relations

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About Africa Intelligence

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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

Africa, Switzerland
Covid hobbles the marathon king

Central African Republic, Congo
Sogea-Satom, Olam and Stoa see opportunity in Dolisie and Beloko dry port projects

Central Africa
Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

Gabon
Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Ivory Coast
RHDP bigwig Youssouf Soumahoro sparks ire with weights and measures monopoly

Central Africa
CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Mauritania
Hush-hush talks between Arise and Mauritanian government over port of Nouakchott

Ivory Coast
Ouattara campaigns on cocoa price in Akan country

Africa, Singapore
Who has been guiding Olam's cotton spending spree?

France, Gabon
Ali Bongo switches up diplomatic corps in EU

Spotlight | Mauritius
Axis wants to burst into Mauritian trust market

Africa, Gabon
Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

Morocco
Mustapha Bakkoury joins Casablanca Finance City board

In Focus | Gabon
How Ycap became the Gabonese sovereign fund's favorite asset manager

Nigeria
Nigerian banking giant AFC struggles to keep expansion plans on course

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Chambrier and Gondjout queen it over African logistics

Inner circles | Central Africa, Gabon, West Africa
Gagan Gupta's French troops

Spotlight | Gabon, Rwanda, Somalia
From Bongo to Kagame: Liban Soleman is now tight with Rwanda's first family

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Arise Industrial lays the first stone in its future African free zone empire in Akoupé-Zeudji

Gabon
Food aid makes for healthy public relations