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Ylias Akbaraly

Madagascar
Augentic and Thales compete for Prodigy contracts worth €24m

Several players in the new information technologies sector are in the running to win two contracts to develop digital governance and identity management in Madagascar.

Subscribers only Business 19.09.2024

Madagascar
Taxman steps up pressure on local businesses

At least a dozen large local companies have had their bank accounts debited directly by the tax authority following tax reassessments, which they dispute. Many more companies stand to suffer the same fate.

Subscribers only Business 12.04.2024

Madagascar
Akbaraly's Sipromad takes legal action over fake news

Following the publication of a forged document accusing him of embezzlement, the billionaire Ylias Akbaraly, who also owns Thomson Broadcast, is taking legal action.

Subscribers only Business 16.01.2024

Madagascar
Ravatomanga key to Ivorian banker Koné Dossongui's success

The Ivorian businessman Bernard Koné Dossongui has been able to count on Maminiaina Ravatomanga's Madagascar contacts to help him expand his empire there.

Subscribers only Finance, West Africa 21.08.2023

Spotlight | Brazil
Brazilian business hopes Lula's return will bring African bonanza

Brazil took a big step back from Africa over the past seven years, but Lula da Silva's election victory is likely to launch a new era of cooperation between Brasília and African capitals. The Brazilian business community for its part is banking on the new president to help it make a comeback on the continent.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 02.11.2022

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2010 and his former foreign minister Celso Amorim.

Africa
Naguib Sawiris calls it quits on Africanews trial

Following its defeat in court by Sipromad, the broadcaster Euronews has in the end decided not to appeal in an attempt to hold on to the one million euro deposit that the company paid in 2019.

Subscribers only Business 06.01.2022

Egypt, Madagascar
Sipromad wins €1m court case against Naguib Sawiris' Euronews

After lengthy proceedings, a Paris court has ruled in favour of Madagascan company Sipromad in the dispute pitting it against Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris' Euronews TV channel, over the failed takeover of Africanews in 2019.

Subscribers only Business 30.11.2021

Ylias Akbaraly (left), owner of the company Sipromad, and the Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris (right).

Africa2020 sponsors to dine with Emmanuel Macron

President Macron will mark the end of the Africa2020 season by inviting the financiers and companies that sponsored the multidisciplinary pan-African project to the Elysée Palace.

Subscribers only 27.09.2021

Madagascar
Sipromad seeks to reboot GS Airlines

Halted in its tracks in March 2020 just three months after its launch by Covid-19, Ylias Akbaraly's GS Airlines is preparing for a fresh start.

Subscribers only Business 23.09.2021

Inauguration of the GS Airlines route on 13 January 2020.

Madagascar
De La Rue pitches tracing toolbox to tax authorities

The British manufacturer of banknotes and official documents is pitching its virtual traceability solutions to Madagascar's government to help it fill its coffers.

Subscribers only Business 14.07.2021

Madagascar
Vinci, Colas and KEC compete for World Bank-backed Jirama power projects

The national electricity company is preparing to choose contractors for two projects supported by the World Bank to extend Madagascar's power grid. French firms Vinci and Colas are hoping to beat off India's KEC.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 23.06.2021

Madagascar
TV digital migration contract brings out big field players

Akbaraly's Sipromad, Pirbay's Gulfsat and China's Huawei and StarTimes are all keenly interested in a lucrative contract to convert Madagascar's analogue television broadcasting technology to digital.

Subscribers only Business 21.06.2021

Madagascar
Alibaba, Sipromad, and Pangea IT eager to work on World Bank's digitalisation project

The calls for tender for Prodigy, the project to digitalise Madagascar's institutions, have not yet been launched, but Sipromad, Alibaba and Pangea IT are already keen to get a slice of the $143m the World Bank is contributing to the scheme.

Subscribers only Business 11.06.2021

Madagascar
President hires PR guru to promote his herbal Covid 'remedy'

Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina is not giving up on the potion that he claims can cure and prevent Covid-19, and has ordered his new public relations advisor to restore its battered reputation.

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2021

Patrick Rajoelina, public relations advisor.

Madagascar
Country's elite turn their backs on president's potion in favour of vaccines

Until recently, President Andry Rajoelina had long advocated using the "national remedy" of an Artemisia-based infusion to protect against and cure Covid-19. Madagascar's bigwigs, meanwhile, are doing all they can to vaccinate their families.

Subscribers only Business 18.05.2021

Madagascar
Sipromad's big cigarette sales catch tax authority's attention

A recent tax audit of Ylias Akbaraly's Sipromad highlighted the group's strong tobacco sales and that these had been undervalued for three years in a row.

Subscribers only Business 04.05.2021

Madagascar
IN Groupe and Sipromad struggle to win back visa contract

Despite active lobbying by the French printing giant IN Groupe and its Madagascan partner Sipromad, the more modestly sized Mada OZI has so far held on to the strategic contract to produce Madagascan visas.

Subscribers only Business 23.04.2021

Africa
Paris court freezes €1m paid by Sipromad in failed Africanews takeover

The outcome of the €1m dispute pitting Sipromad against Euronews over the failed acquisition of Africanews should be known by the end of July.

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2021

Africa
Verdict on Africanews sale expected on 11 January

Following a submission of arguments on 7 December, the commercial court of Paris has postponed until 11 January its ruling on the €1M paid by Sipromad to Euronews for the planned purchase of the pan-African media service Africanews.

Subscribers only Business 10.12.2020

Africa
French court to hear round one in Africanews sale case

On 9 November, the Paris court of Commerce will be examining the sale of Euronews's Africanews, to Sipromad, a company owned by French-Malagasy businessman Ylias Akbaraly.

Subscribers only Business 06.11.2020

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Ylias Akbaraly

Madagascar
Augentic and Thales compete for Prodigy contracts worth €24m

Madagascar
Taxman steps up pressure on local businesses

Madagascar
Akbaraly's Sipromad takes legal action over fake news

Madagascar
Ravatomanga key to Ivorian banker Koné Dossongui's success

Spotlight | Brazil
Brazilian business hopes Lula's return will bring African bonanza

Africa
Naguib Sawiris calls it quits on Africanews trial

Egypt, Madagascar
Sipromad wins €1m court case against Naguib Sawiris' Euronews

Africa2020 sponsors to dine with Emmanuel Macron

Madagascar
Sipromad seeks to reboot GS Airlines

Madagascar
De La Rue pitches tracing toolbox to tax authorities

Madagascar
Vinci, Colas and KEC compete for World Bank-backed Jirama power projects

Madagascar
TV digital migration contract brings out big field players

Madagascar
Alibaba, Sipromad, and Pangea IT eager to work on World Bank's digitalisation project

Madagascar
President hires PR guru to promote his herbal Covid 'remedy'

Madagascar
Country's elite turn their backs on president's potion in favour of vaccines

Madagascar
Sipromad's big cigarette sales catch tax authority's attention

Madagascar
IN Groupe and Sipromad struggle to win back visa contract

Africa
Paris court freezes €1m paid by Sipromad in failed Africanews takeover

Africa
Verdict on Africanews sale expected on 11 January

Africa
French court to hear round one in Africanews sale case

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Ylias Akbaraly

Madagascar Augentic and Thales compete for Prodigy contracts worth €24m

Madagascar Taxman steps up pressure on local businesses

Madagascar Akbaraly's Sipromad takes legal action over fake news

Madagascar Ravatomanga key to Ivorian banker Koné Dossongui's success

Spotlight | Brazil Brazilian business hopes Lula's return will bring African bonanza

Africa Naguib Sawiris calls it quits on Africanews trial

Egypt, Madagascar Sipromad wins €1m court case against Naguib Sawiris' Euronews

Africa2020 sponsors to dine with Emmanuel Macron

Madagascar Sipromad seeks to reboot GS Airlines

Madagascar De La Rue pitches tracing toolbox to tax authorities

Madagascar Vinci, Colas and KEC compete for World Bank-backed Jirama power projects

Madagascar TV digital migration contract brings out big field players

Madagascar Alibaba, Sipromad, and Pangea IT eager to work on World Bank's digitalisation project

Madagascar President hires PR guru to promote his herbal Covid 'remedy'

Madagascar Country's elite turn their backs on president's potion in favour of vaccines

Madagascar Sipromad's big cigarette sales catch tax authority's attention

Madagascar IN Groupe and Sipromad struggle to win back visa contract

Africa Paris court freezes €1m paid by Sipromad in failed Africanews takeover

Africa Verdict on Africanews sale expected on 11 January

Africa French court to hear round one in Africanews sale case

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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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
Augentic and Thales compete for Prodigy contracts worth €24m

Madagascar
Taxman steps up pressure on local businesses

Madagascar
Akbaraly's Sipromad takes legal action over fake news

Madagascar
Ravatomanga key to Ivorian banker Koné Dossongui's success

Spotlight | Brazil
Brazilian business hopes Lula's return will bring African bonanza

Africa
Naguib Sawiris calls it quits on Africanews trial

Egypt, Madagascar
Sipromad wins €1m court case against Naguib Sawiris' Euronews

Madagascar
Sipromad seeks to reboot GS Airlines

Madagascar
De La Rue pitches tracing toolbox to tax authorities

Madagascar
Vinci, Colas and KEC compete for World Bank-backed Jirama power projects

Madagascar
TV digital migration contract brings out big field players

Madagascar
Alibaba, Sipromad, and Pangea IT eager to work on World Bank's digitalisation project

Madagascar
President hires PR guru to promote his herbal Covid 'remedy'

Madagascar
Country's elite turn their backs on president's potion in favour of vaccines

Madagascar
Sipromad's big cigarette sales catch tax authority's attention

Madagascar
IN Groupe and Sipromad struggle to win back visa contract

Africa
Paris court freezes €1m paid by Sipromad in failed Africanews takeover

Africa
Verdict on Africanews sale expected on 11 January

Africa
French court to hear round one in Africanews sale case