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Ivory Coast
Presidential election: Tidjane Thiam prepares to return to Abidjan in a back seat role

After having maintained a certain ambiguity over the possibility of his entering into the political fray for some months, financier Tidjane Thiam is finally to settle for a supporting role alongside future PDCI presidential candidate Henri Konan Bédié. [...]

Published on 10/06/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ex-Crédit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam ponders publishing his story

As the Swiss banking giant regroups following the departure of its chairman António Horta-Osório this week, its former CEO Tidjane Thiam, also forced to resign in February 2020, has been looking for a publisher for his memoirs, in which he intends to provide a detailed account of his childhood in Ivory Coast.

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Tidjane Thiam, former head of Crédit Suisse.

Africa, France
French government reshuffle: Presidential Council for Africa pleaded for the appointment of 'African' ministers

The inclusion of HP Africa director Elisabeth Moreno in the new French government was the result of lobbying by the Presidential Council for Africa, a consultative body set up by President Emmanuel Macron.

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West Africa
African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

In a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a small group of financiers are lobbying intensely to get holders of African eurobonds to postpone their redemption dates for two years. The campaign is as advantageous for those waging it, however, as it is for its potential beneficiaries.

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Ivory Coast
Former Credit Suisse head Tidjane Thiam tests his presidential credentials

Officially, Tidjane Thiam is pursuing his career in finance as if nothing else was happening. After having been forced to resign as chief executive of Crédit Suisse in February, he is set to become a director of the Pinault family's Kering luxury goods group at its next general shareholders' meeting, which has been postponed to June 23.

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Tidjane Thiam networks at Bilderberg

Tidjane Thiam, the Franco-Ivorian CEO of Credit Suisse, was the only African to be invited to the 67th Bilderberg annual [...]

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Ivory Coast
Presidential election: Tidjane Thiam prepares to return to Abidjan in a back seat role

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Ex-Crédit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam ponders publishing his story

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French government reshuffle: Presidential Council for Africa pleaded for the appointment of 'African' ministers

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African bankers Thiam, Kaberuka, Onkojo-Iwelea reinvent themselves as debt reduction crusaders

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Former Credit Suisse head Tidjane Thiam tests his presidential credentials

Ivory Coast
Tidjane Thiam networks at Bilderberg