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The New Guard
Niger, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, South Africa

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

Niger Karim Soumana, Bazoum's soon-to-be ambassador in Qatar

Tunisia Faouzi Daas, Kais Saied's strategic adviser and upcoming MP

Ivory Coast Bakary Traoré, guardian of Ivory Coast's forests

South Africa Leon Schreiber, the opposition MP embarrassing the ANC

Published on 15/02/2023 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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African National Congress
Bakary Traoré
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Cyril Ramaphosa
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Faouzi Daas
Freie Universität Berlin
Hassoumi Massasoudou
IDEF
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Kais Saied
Karim Soumana
Leon Schreiber
Mahamadou Issoufou
Malek Zahi
Mohamed Bazoum
Mubarak Hassan Boubacar
Pauline Zei
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Tamim bin Hamad al Thani
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Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Executive director of the International Cocoa Organisation since January 2019 and triumphantly re-elected last December, the Belgian ambassador has managed to revive an ageing body and open it up to the private sector and NGOs.

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Michel Arrion, the executive director of the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on 15 May 2019.

Inner circles | Africa
Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed's crack Africa team

The gas-rich nation has made itself a first port of call for African leaders in search of financial aid, investment or political mediation. African matters are dealt with in Doha by a very select group of experienced diplomats.

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Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani in Doha on 26 March 2022.

South Africa
Steenhuisen set for re-election as Democratic Alliance leader

The Democratic Alliance, South Africa's largest opposition party, will hold its national conference in April. Its current leader is expected to be re-elected unopposed. The party's focus is on the 2024 general election in which it hopes to push the ruling ANC into forming a governing coalition.

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The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics. This week: Pauline Zei (Ivory Coast), Ahmed Luxor (Egypt), Veronica Kariuki (Kenya) and Ranto Andriambololona (Madagascar).

Ivory Coast Pauline Zei, spokeswoman for cocoa growers

Egypt Ahmed Luxor, a PR veteran putting Egypt's richest in the frame

Kenya Veronica Kariuki, a bridge between Paris and Nairobi

Madagascar Ranto Andriambololona, AI left, right and centre

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Sahel
Storms continue to gather over the G5 Sahel

The fate of the G5 Sahel is more uncertain than ever. Niger's head of state Mohamed Bazoum, who is about to take over the presidency, has made no secret of his scepticism about the usefulness of the organisation.

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Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum, 9 July 2021.

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting

The business and political leaders of Ivory Coast and Ghana's cocoa sectors did not attend the partnership meeting between the world's chocolate producers in Brussels this week. Their aim was to put pressure on European decision-makers working on new supply standards.

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Leon Schreiber
Mahamadou Issoufou
Malek Zahi
Mohamed Bazoum
Mubarak Hassan Boubacar
Pauline Zei
Princeton
Stellenbosch University
Tamim bin Hamad al Thani
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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

The New Guard
Niger, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, South Africa

Inner circles | Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Michel Arrion, the cocoa diplomat with a global network

Inner circles | Africa
Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed's crack Africa team

South Africa
Steenhuisen set for re-election as Democratic Alliance leader

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar

Sahel
Storms continue to gather over the G5 Sahel

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Why West African producers snubbed World Cocoa Foundation meeting