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Morocco
Construction group Delta Holding lands Rif highway contract

The Fahim family, owners of the Delta Holding group and its subsidiary Grands Chantiers Routiers, is set to be involved in the major road project along the Mediterranean coast.

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.

Gabon
Economy minister Mouissi on knife-edge amid soaring debt

The bad news just keeps on coming for the young minister. Two agencies have downgraded Gabon's credit rating, concerned about the level of its debt, and a dispute has arisen over World Bank payments.

Tunisia
Italian grain trader Casillo on a roll

By delivering 50,000 tonnes of durum wheat on time, the firm further consolidated its place as the Tunisian grain board's go-to supplier.

Ethiopia
$500m World Bank-funded energy access project flounders

More than three years after the launch of a project in Ethiopia to improve access to electricity, sector professionals are beginning to lose patience. Several tenders have had to be re-run, and access to funding is proving difficult in an already gloomy economic climate.

Morocco
Despite being in prison, Abdenbi Bioui wins million-dollar road contract

Despite being found guilty and in prison for drug trafficking, the former MP Abdenbi Bioui has won a tender worth several million dollars in the North-East of the country.

DRC
The drilling contracts scandal that's causing embarrassment all the way to the presidency

President Félix Tshisekedi was initially enthusiastic about new solar-powered water pumps and street lighting, but the contracts have given rise to violent score settling in the presidential entourage amid accusations of overcharging.

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.

Congo
Brazzaville seeks private firm to supply electricity

An interministerial committee has been set up to assist the Congolese government in selecting the company to which the supply and marketing of electricity will be entrusted under a leasing contract.

DRC
AfDB seeks to make voice heard on Inga III mega-dam

The African Development Bank is seeking to take advantage of Australian miner Fortescue's failed bid to lead the Grand Inga development by advocating for a reduced-scale project. A delegation from the pan-African institution is expected shortly in Kinshasa.

The New Guard
Madagascar, Senegal, Mauritania

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

MadagascarHands-on foreign minister Rasata

SenegalLamine Lo promotes Dakar PPPs

MauritaniaMouhidine Seiv, pioneer of AI for HR

Tunisia
Tunis calls on legal consultant Éloïse Obadia in bid to ward off international arbitrations

In an effort to limit foreign investors' recourse to international arbitration, Tunis has enlisted the services of a former senior counsel to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.