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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

Madagascar
Beijing picks up two €60m road contracts

China Railway 18th Bureau Group Co has won another road construction contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 17.10.2024

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.

China, Kenya
Ruto's project wishlist for China visit

The Kenyan president is in Beijing where he hopes to secure new financing for key infrastructure plans in his country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.09.2024

Kenyan President William Ruto arriving at Beijing airport for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, 2 September 2024.

Ivory Coast
Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

Cegelec, RMT Industries and Nexans Côte d'Ivoire, subsidiaries of the French groups Vinci, Eiffage and Nexans respectively, have just won contracts for three stages of northern Ivory Coast's electricity and digital access programme.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.08.2024

Cape Verde
Praia eyes Airbus aircraft

The archipelago, which has had to cut its domestic flights since April due to a reduced fleet, could soon acquire new airliners. Ensuring adequate connections is a major challenge for its tourism-driven economy.

Subscribers only Business 28.06.2024

Madagascar
Chinese road maintenance firms see off French heavyweights

The World Bank has just awarded a contract to the Chinese state-owned giants China Railway Construction Corp and China Harbour Engineering Co for the maintenance of two national roads.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 26.06.2024

Libya
French companies seek Haftar business in eastern Libya

A delegation from French employers' association Medef is to visit Benghazi on 3 and 4 June in the hope of obtaining reconstruction and healthcare contracts, the first such trip in years.

Subscribers only Business 03.06.2024

Rwanda
Two contenders neck and neck for contract to build Bugesera-Kigali airport

The deadline for submitting bids to build Rwanda's new Bugesera-Kigali airport is approaching, though the scale of the work has been reduced compared with the initial project. Qatar Airways will soon have to decide on a winning bid.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.05.2024

Spotlight | Rwanda
Qatar Airways set to finalise award of contract for Bugesera-Kigali airport

The construction of Rwanda's Qatari-funded new airport is set to enter its final phase following the completion of earthworks by Portugal's Mota Engil. Five candidates are in the running to build it.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 29.04.2024

Rwanda and Qatar Airways sign agreements on an investment partnership for the airport project, witnessed by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Paul Kagame in Kigali, 9 December, 2019.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

The Ivorian president is considering using future revenues from the vast oil and gas field as collateral to raise funds, giving the government much-needed cash for its programme of major infrastructure works.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 12.01.2024

Morocco
Rabat looks after its students from France's grandes écoles

For the past three decades, a plethora of associations has been working to counter the brain drain resulting from Moroccan students' success at the best French universities. They are supported by the kingdom's leading firms.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 10.01.2024

Morocco's Energy Transition and Sustainable Development minister Leila Benali in Rome, Italy, on December 02, 2022.

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

Morocco
French lobbyist Marc Teyssier d'Orfeuil returns to Morocco

The Parisian agency Com'Publics intends to make the most of 2025's AFCON and its expertise in public-private partnerships to get back into business in Morocco.

Subscribers only Business 31.10.2023

Kenya
Macron looks to outmanoeuvre Chinese on Nakuru-Mau Summit highway

Emmanuel Macron is hoping to discuss the future Nakuru-Mau Summit highway with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto. The project, which is being overseen by France’s Vinci and Meridiam, has been suspended by Nairobi.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 12.10.2023

Chad
Sogea-Satom boss' personal intervention failed to resolve conflict with N'Djamena

A personal intervention by the Sogea-Satom president failed to resolve the French construction firm's bitter conflict with the Chadian infrastructure minister and avoid the expulsion of its local boss.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.10.2023

Chad
Why Sogea-Satom boss was expelled

On 19 September, the Chadian authorities ordered the head of the Chadian branch of France's Vinci construction to leave the country. The group has been caught up in a ministerial power struggle for over three months.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.09.2023

Cameroon
Cameroon loses its appeal against arbitration ruling on SOGEA-SATOM's Wouri bridge contract

CAMEROON | The government has lost its legal battle with two Vinci group subsidiaries which claimed that it failed in its duties as project comissioner for the new bridge over the Wouri in Douala.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 17.07.2023

Kenya
Kenyan delegation to visit Paris to talk mines, infrastructure and investment

Several members of the Kenyan government will be in Paris on 10 July. The delegation plans to meet with potential investors before attending a mining summit on 12 and 13 July.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 10.07.2023

Kenya
Macron and Ruto exchange invites to forthcoming summits

The French and Kenyan presidents are organising summits in their respective capitals over the coming weeks which they are each hoping their counterpart will attend. It's seen as an opportunity to highlight their common positions on environmental and financial issues.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.06.2023

French president Emmanuel Macron with Kenya's president William Ruto at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, on 24 January 2023.

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Senegal
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Botswana, South Africa
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Vinci

Madagascar
Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

Madagascar
Beijing picks up two €60m road contracts

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

China, Kenya
Ruto's project wishlist for China visit

Ivory Coast
Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

Cape Verde
Praia eyes Airbus aircraft

Madagascar
Chinese road maintenance firms see off French heavyweights

Libya
French companies seek Haftar business in eastern Libya

Rwanda
Two contenders neck and neck for contract to build Bugesera-Kigali airport

Spotlight | Rwanda
Qatar Airways set to finalise award of contract for Bugesera-Kigali airport

Ivory Coast
Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

Morocco
Rabat looks after its students from France's grandes écoles

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

Morocco
French lobbyist Marc Teyssier d'Orfeuil returns to Morocco

Kenya
Macron looks to outmanoeuvre Chinese on Nakuru-Mau Summit highway

Chad
Sogea-Satom boss' personal intervention failed to resolve conflict with N'Djamena

Chad
Why Sogea-Satom boss was expelled

Cameroon
Cameroon loses its appeal against arbitration ruling on SOGEA-SATOM's Wouri bridge contract

Kenya
Kenyan delegation to visit Paris to talk mines, infrastructure and investment

Kenya
Macron and Ruto exchange invites to forthcoming summits

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Vinci

Madagascar Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

Madagascar Beijing picks up two €60m road contracts

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

China, Kenya Ruto's project wishlist for China visit

Ivory Coast Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

Cape Verde Praia eyes Airbus aircraft

Madagascar Chinese road maintenance firms see off French heavyweights

Libya French companies seek Haftar business in eastern Libya

Rwanda Two contenders neck and neck for contract to build Bugesera-Kigali airport

Spotlight | Rwanda Qatar Airways set to finalise award of contract for Bugesera-Kigali airport

Ivory Coast Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

Morocco Rabat looks after its students from France's grandes écoles

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

Morocco French lobbyist Marc Teyssier d'Orfeuil returns to Morocco

Kenya Macron looks to outmanoeuvre Chinese on Nakuru-Mau Summit highway

Chad Sogea-Satom boss' personal intervention failed to resolve conflict with N'Djamena

Chad Why Sogea-Satom boss was expelled

Cameroon Cameroon loses its appeal against arbitration ruling on SOGEA-SATOM's Wouri bridge contract

Kenya Kenyan delegation to visit Paris to talk mines, infrastructure and investment

Kenya Macron and Ruto exchange invites to forthcoming summits

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Madagascar
Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

Madagascar
Beijing picks up two €60m road contracts

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

China, Kenya
Ruto's project wishlist for China visit

Ivory Coast
Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

Cape Verde
Praia eyes Airbus aircraft

Madagascar
Chinese road maintenance firms see off French heavyweights

Libya
French companies seek Haftar business in eastern Libya

Rwanda
Two contenders neck and neck for contract to build Bugesera-Kigali airport

Spotlight | Rwanda
Qatar Airways set to finalise award of contract for Bugesera-Kigali airport

Ivory Coast
Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

Morocco
Rabat looks after its students from France's grandes écoles

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

Morocco
French lobbyist Marc Teyssier d'Orfeuil returns to Morocco

Kenya
Macron looks to outmanoeuvre Chinese on Nakuru-Mau Summit highway

Chad
Sogea-Satom boss' personal intervention failed to resolve conflict with N'Djamena

Chad
Why Sogea-Satom boss was expelled

Cameroon
Cameroon loses its appeal against arbitration ruling on SOGEA-SATOM's Wouri bridge contract

Kenya
Kenyan delegation to visit Paris to talk mines, infrastructure and investment

Kenya
Macron and Ruto exchange invites to forthcoming summits