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Guinea
Ex-minister Ahmed Kanté ordered to suspend mining operations

While he awaits a court verdict on charges of abuse of trust and forgery, the former Soguipami boss has had to stop mining bauxite for his firm GIC in the prefecture of Boffa.

Subscribers only Mining 21.04.2025

Tanzania
Bouygues still hoping its Dar es Salaam airport renovations will take off

The Bouygues Bâtiment International subsidiary is continuing talks with the Tanzania Airports Authority and the Ministry of Transport, but the chances of reaching a favourable conclusion before the end of this year appear slim.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.03.2025

Madagascar
Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

China's Zhongmei Engineering Group has won a World Bank-funded $15m contract to renovate part of the national road between Antananarivo and Toliara.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.11.2024

Kenya
Sinohydro bags $24m World Bank irrigation contract

The Chinese giant's new contract is worth $24m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 27.09.2024

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.

Madagascar
Chinese firms monopolise roadworks

August will see the start of major new road projects, all of them to be carried out by Chinese operators following international tenders.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 25.07.2024

Ethiopia
China's Jiangsu Etern Co bags $34m state contract

JEC is to help electrify zones in the south and east of Addis Ababa.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 13.06.2024

Senegal
Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

MBH Power, a Nigerian company belonging to Singapore's Tolaram Group, has just won a major contract to connect over 600 localities in western and eastern Senegal to the grid.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 10.04.2024

Lesotho
Chinese state giants CCEC and Sinohydro lose water network contract to Sino-Botswanan UCE

The Sino-Botswana company Unik Construction Engineering has begun building a water transmission network and reservoirs in the Leribe district, in the north of Lesotho.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 09.04.2024

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Geovic Cameroun, operator of the Nkamouna cobalt and nickel project, finally held its annual general shareholders meeting in Yaoundé on 28 and 29 February after months of delays.

Subscribers only Mining 08.03.2024

Rwanda
Stecol signs up to Kagame's urban development scheme

On 10 January, the Chinese construction firm Stecol, a PowerChina subsidiary formerly known as Sinohydro, landed a road-building and drainage contract for the town of Rubavu.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 22.01.2024

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining makes up with Yaoundé over Nkamouna project

The US mining group and its subsidiary Geocam look set to patch things up with the National Investment Corporation of Cameroon after a period of complicated negotiations. They are now gearing up to reboot the Nkamouna cobalt and nickel project.

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2024

Ethiopia
Government short of cash to pay GERD contractors

Work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the River Nile, which has been entirely self-financed by government bonds, could shortly suffer new delays.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 22.12.2023

Guinea
Ex-minister Kanté sent for trial over alleged bauxite fraud

Former mines minister Ahmed Kanté now heads GIC, a mining company which controls a major bauxite mining project in Boké. He is having to defend himself, however, against an accusation that he abused the confidence of his former Russian partner, Alexander Zotov.

Subscribers only Mining 30.11.2023

Senegal
China's CWE to build stretch of Dakar-Saint-Louis highway

China International Water and Electric Corp has won a €70.8m contract to build a 19km stretch of the motorway linking Dakar to Saint-Louis.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 29.11.2023

Algeria
Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

By November, the Algerian electricity company Sonelgaz will have to have chosen the companies or consortia for its project to build 2,000MW solar power stations.

Subscribers only Energy 25.09.2023

Morocco, Senegal
Houar family wins strategic road contracts back-to-back

Morocco’s Société d'Entreprise Houar has beaten sector heavyweights to pick up two road construction contracts in Senegal.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 30.08.2023

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

Guinea
Winning seeks fresh bauxite in Boffa corridor

The Singaporean mining logistics giant has partnered with Guinean mining companies Kimbo and GIC to help it meet growing Chinese demand. Its Chinese rival COSCO, in partnership with Chalco and SD Mining, is also present in the region.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 25.07.2023

Spotlight | Guinea
Business partners turn against ex-minister Kanté

Two of his business associates have accused the former mining minister Ahmed Kanté of duping them in order to take control of the promising AGB2A integrated mining project. They also contest a subcontracting agreement signed with China's Sinohydro, which they claim exclusively benefits Kanté.

Subscribers only Mining 07.07.2023

Ahmed Kanté, principal owner of the AGB2A consortium, in October 2013.

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Guinea
Ex-minister Ahmed Kanté ordered to suspend mining operations

Tanzania
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Madagascar
Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

Kenya
Sinohydro bags $24m World Bank irrigation contract

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

Madagascar
Chinese firms monopolise roadworks

Ethiopia
China's Jiangsu Etern Co bags $34m state contract

Senegal
Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

Lesotho
Chinese state giants CCEC and Sinohydro lose water network contract to Sino-Botswanan UCE

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Rwanda
Stecol signs up to Kagame's urban development scheme

Cameroon
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Ethiopia
Government short of cash to pay GERD contractors

Guinea
Ex-minister Kanté sent for trial over alleged bauxite fraud

Senegal
China's CWE to build stretch of Dakar-Saint-Louis highway

Algeria
Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

Morocco, Senegal
Houar family wins strategic road contracts back-to-back

Guinea
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Madagascar Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

Kenya Sinohydro bags $24m World Bank irrigation contract

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Lesotho Chinese state giants CCEC and Sinohydro lose water network contract to Sino-Botswanan UCE

Cameroon Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Rwanda Stecol signs up to Kagame's urban development scheme

Cameroon Phoenix Mining makes up with Yaoundé over Nkamouna project

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Guinea Ex-minister Kanté sent for trial over alleged bauxite fraud

Senegal China's CWE to build stretch of Dakar-Saint-Louis highway

Algeria Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

Morocco, Senegal Houar family wins strategic road contracts back-to-back

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

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Guinea
Ex-minister Ahmed Kanté ordered to suspend mining operations

Tanzania
Bouygues still hoping its Dar es Salaam airport renovations will take off

Madagascar
Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

Kenya
Sinohydro bags $24m World Bank irrigation contract

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

Madagascar
Chinese firms monopolise roadworks

Ethiopia
China's Jiangsu Etern Co bags $34m state contract

Senegal
Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

Lesotho
Chinese state giants CCEC and Sinohydro lose water network contract to Sino-Botswanan UCE

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining and SNI bury the hatchet over Nkamouna cobalt

Rwanda
Stecol signs up to Kagame's urban development scheme

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining makes up with Yaoundé over Nkamouna project

Ethiopia
Government short of cash to pay GERD contractors

Guinea
Ex-minister Kanté sent for trial over alleged bauxite fraud

Senegal
China's CWE to build stretch of Dakar-Saint-Louis highway

Algeria
Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

Morocco, Senegal
Houar family wins strategic road contracts back-to-back

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

Guinea
Winning seeks fresh bauxite in Boffa corridor

Spotlight | Guinea
Business partners turn against ex-minister Kanté