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Turkey's Barer pulls out all the stops to respond to extra military spending

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

The Turkish defence equipment manufacturer Barer has been very proactive in the hope of winning the next contracts that will accompany the expansion of the Ivorian forces. Abidjan is preparing to recruit nearly 10,000 men over three years. [...]

Published on 10/03/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ahmed Sékou Kéita
Alassane Ouattara
Armed Forces of Ivory Coast
Barer Holding
Barzan Holdings
Compagnie africaine de défense et de sécurité
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Grup Impeks
Hamed Bakayoko
Manufacture des equipements militaires
Marck & Balsan
Nicolas Belin
Oktay Ercan
Philippe Belin
Professionnels d'équipements de sécurité
Sotex-Ci
Sur Corporatewear
Tene Birahima Ouattara
Yasser el-Hussein

In Focus | Chad
Idriss Youssouf Boy and the sinuous arms routes of Chad's junta

Documents consulted by Africa Intelligence reveal a secret company used by the inner circle of Chad leader Mahamat Idriss Déby to order defence equipment. His chief of staff, Idriss Youssouf Boy, is at the heart of complex and lucrative military equipment financing circuits that stretch from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv, via Astana, Istanbul and Sofia.

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Idriss Yousssouf Boy, conductor of the Chadian regime's orders for military equipment.

Ivory Coast
Cogitech is army's preferred supplier for northern border protection

Cogitech, a company headed by Abdoulaye Zeba, is working with the Ivorian army general staff to install military surveillance equipment on the country's borders. It has signed new agreements with Chinese group Huawei, Motorola and American drone manufacturer Skydio.

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Ivory Coast, Mali
Mohamed Nientao, political baron in Mali, dabbles in defence in Ivory Coast

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Israel, West Africa
Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Earlier this month, the former head of Israel's armed forces, who is now chairman of the board of directors of the Synaptech Capital fund that invests in defence equipment, visited Abidjan and Conakry.

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Tsahal's former Chief of Staff and former Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya'alon.

Ivory Coast
International Counter-Terrorism Academy looks to US, Canada and Australia for fresh funding

The International Counter-Terrorism Academy inaugurated in Jacqueville in June 2021, is to issue a call for partnerships with the aim of raising €40m in fresh funds.

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United States, West Africa
Software bug hinders start of Obangame Express naval exercise

SeaVision, the US information system used to share data between African maritime security centres, has experienced technical failures on the sidelines of the Obangame Express 2022 military exercise.

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Ivory Coast
General Doumbia opens Abidjan's doors to Turkey's defence industry after deal with Otokar

The chief of staff of the Ivorian armed forces has just taken delivery of 20 Cobra armoured vehicles from the Turkish manufacturer Otokar, with a view to deployment within MINUSCA in the Central African Republic.

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General Lassina Doumbia, chief of staff of the Ivorian armed forces.

Ivory Coast
Security equipement trader PES left high and dry since death of Bakayoko

The security equipment wholesaler used to be the Ivorian police and gendarmerie's favourite supplier when Hamed Bakayoko, whose uncle advised the firm, was the interior and defence minister. But since his death last year, business has been drying up.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 24.01.2022

Ivory Coast
Northern military focus leaves coastline exposed

Abidjan's costly counter-insurgency operations in the north mean the government lacks the resources to protect its fisheries and offshore oilfields, much to the dismay of Thales and Mitrelli.

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Ivory Coast
General Doumbia to track armed groups on northern border with Delair drones

The Chief of Staff of the Ivorian armed forces has placed an order for four DT-26 surveillance drones to be delivered this week by French manufacturer Delair. These new intelligence resources are intended to prevent attacks by armed groups in the northern border regions.

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Ivorian army Chief of Staff General Lassina Doumbia

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Ahmed Sékou Kéita
Alassane Ouattara
Armed Forces of Ivory Coast
Barer Holding
Barzan Holdings
Compagnie africaine de défense et de sécurité
Dicon
Grup Impeks
Hamed Bakayoko
Manufacture des equipements militaires
Marck & Balsan
Nicolas Belin
Oktay Ercan
Philippe Belin
Professionnels d'équipements de sécurité
Sotex-Ci
Sur Corporatewear
Tene Birahima Ouattara
Yasser el-Hussein

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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

Ivory Coast
Turkey's Barer pulls out all the stops to respond to extra military spending

In Focus | Chad
Idriss Youssouf Boy and the sinuous arms routes of Chad's junta

Ivory Coast
Cogitech is army's preferred supplier for northern border protection

Ivory Coast, Mali
Mohamed Nientao, political baron in Mali, dabbles in defence in Ivory Coast

Israel, West Africa
Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon undertook discreet African tour

Ivory Coast
International Counter-Terrorism Academy looks to US, Canada and Australia for fresh funding

United States, West Africa
Software bug hinders start of Obangame Express naval exercise

Ivory Coast
General Doumbia opens Abidjan's doors to Turkey's defence industry after deal with Otokar

Ivory Coast
Security equipement trader PES left high and dry since death of Bakayoko

Ivory Coast
Northern military focus leaves coastline exposed

Ivory Coast
General Doumbia to track armed groups on northern border with Delair drones