Tidjane Thiam

Madagascar
Former ambassador Le Roy to accompany Macron to Antananarivo

The 72-year-old diplomat is part of the delegation that will be travelling with the French President to Antananarivo from April 22 to 24. He was ambassador to Madagascar between 2005 and 2007.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Macky Sall, Félix Tshisekedi, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Emmanuel Macron

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory Coast, SenegalOuattara flies in Macky Sall

DRCTshisekedi government reaches out to opponent Martin Fayulu

EgyptSisi and Macron talk business in metro

Ivory Coast
Leading security firm Siga Sécurité entangled in legal battle

A main player in Ivory Coast's security sector, the company is caught up in a legal embroilment with its former French stakeholder.

Ivory Coast, Senegal
PM Ousmane Sonko mulls trip to Abidjan

The visit may take place in the first fortnight of April, and it would be Sonko's first to Ivory Coast since coming to office.

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Félix Tshisekedi, Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Ibrahim Traoré, Yoweri Museveni

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCMaman Marthe in the thick of UDPS crisis

Ivory CoastMacron and Ouattara speak during Eid

Burkina FasoIbrahim Traoré snubs Doha envoy

UgandaTweets by Museveni's son cause uproar within presidential family

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Paul Biya, Lucy Tamlyn, Laurent Esso, Jean-Louis Billon

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCUS ambassador Lucy Tamlyn's luxury refuge

CameroonLaurent Esso's absence quells reshuffle rumours

Ivory CoastBillon clan to stage classy Miami wedding

Ivory Coast
Rebrab sons pursue Cevital's Ivorian ambitions

The Algerian industrial group Cevital is seeking to establish itself in Ivory Coast. Salim, one of the firm's directors and son of its founder Issad Rebrab, has travelled to Abidjan with a view to setting up production units in the country.

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Félix Tshisekedi, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Laurent Gbagbo, Tidjane Thiam

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DRCFrom NYC to Brussels, Tshisekedi's full-on diplomatic agenda

CongoSassou's two funerals and a wedding

Ivory CoastTensions flare between Gbagbo and Thiam

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Emmanuel Macron, Alassane Ouattara, Farmajo

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GabonGeneral Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema changes plane plans

Ivory Coast Tidjane Thiam on the menu at Alassane Ouattara's dinner with Emmanuel Macron

SomaliaBehind the scenes of Farmajo's rift with his ex-spymaster

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Pascaline Bongo, Patrick Achi

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GabonGeneral Oligui loyal to Omar Bongo's favourite Parisian hotel

Equatorial GuineaObiang to visit Paris without meeting Macron

GabonPascaline Bongo's US exile

Ivory CoastEx-PM Patrick Achi ditches French passport

Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Amadou Ba, Alassane Ouattara, Henri Konan Bédié

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

SenegalSall and Ba's secret meeting

Ivory CoastOuattara keeps his distance from AfDB boss Adesina

Ivory CoastBédié to be laid to rest in Daoukro

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Oligui Nguema, Tidjane Thiam

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Republic of Congo French media boss visits Denis Sassou-Nguesso at home

GabonCharles Mba behind Tidjane Thiam's visit to Libreville

GabonGeneral Oligui Nguema's on a mission to woo region's leaders

Ivory Coast
What role for the leader future of the PDCI opposition party?

Certain senior PDCI figures want to amend the party statutes to exclude the future chair from standing in the presidential election in 2025