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Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

Despite making strenuous efforts, Parnasse, the consulting company of former French IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, failed to win the consulting contract it was chasing in DRC. It was beaten to it by Baker McKenzie, where Strauss-Kahn's successor at the IMF, Christine Lagarde, used to work. [...]

Published on 19.05.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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PR firms Avisa, ESL and Ureputation jockey to sign up Kinshasa

Ever since Félix Tshisekedi came to power, PR and lobbying firms have been flocking to Kinshasa in the hope of landing a contract with the Congolese authorities. The DRC is one of the few heavyweights on the continent that is not handled by a public relations company.

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Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya and DRC President Félix Tshisekedi.

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How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

The president's plans to revise all the contracts the DRC has signed with China were largely inspired by the United States.

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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (left) during a meeting with Mike Pompeo, the Trump administration's Secretary of State in Washington, on 3 March 2020.

DRC
Kinshasa spends nearly $1m restoring relations with IMF

A contract signed with US law firm Baker McKenzie, which was negotiated by the Congolese presidency before being signed by the finance minister, is intended to enable the DRC to resume negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.

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West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pursues his business prospecting marathon in Cotonou

Former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who now heads his own Parnasse International consulting company, has been in the Beninese capital, Cotonou, since Sunday 21 February.

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Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

In Bissau on 15 January to meet with President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, the former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has offered to help Guinea Bissau raise Chinese funding for infrastructure projects.

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Meeting between Dominique Strauss-Kahn (left) and Guinea Bissau head of state Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Bissau, 15 January.

France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

Having failed to take advantage of the G20's debt suspension initiative, which brought in new African contracts for all his competitors, former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is now offering his services as a consultant in Africa's smallest capitals.

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Former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

Since he replaced Vital Kamerhe, interim presidential chief of staff Désiré-Cashmir Kolongele Eberande has been relying on military intelligence to sort through the state's "sovereign" contract commitments, especially those involving identity papers.

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Désiré-Cashmir Kolongele Eberande, chief of staff in the DRC president's office.

DRC
Advisors queue up to lure back IMF

All the big-name advisory banks are laying siege to the presidential palace in the hope of winning the contract to advise the DRC on its relations with the IMF.

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DRC, France
ESL joins French lobbying scrum in Kinshasa

Since February, French lobbying firms have been lining up to offer their services to the Congolese president's office. Among the most active is ESL & Network.

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With Mercuria's new gameplay, SNPC's debt plays havoc on its future

As finance minister Calixte Nganongo scrambles to restore Congo-B's economic stability with plans to restructure debt that will help unlock IMF aid, the country's finances continue to go from bad to worse. Mercuria to the rescue?

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Tanger Offshore and CFC come under fire from Brussels

Hardly have the agriculture and fishing free trade agreements been negotiated than a new dispute has sprung up between Morocco and the European Union (EU). According to our sources, Brussels is putting Morocco under increasing pressure to make substantial modifications [.

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Africa
The sensational rise and spectacular fall of Pefaco casino and hotels

Nigeria
Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

DRC
Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to land DRC's IMF consultancy contract

DRC
PR firms Avisa, ESL and Ureputation jockey to sign up Kinshasa

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

DRC
Kinshasa spends nearly $1m restoring relations with IMF

West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pursues his business prospecting marathon in Cotonou

Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pitch to Embaló

France, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
Strauss-Kahn turns to Bissau as he scrabbles for new contracts

DRC
Vital Kamerhe's successor at the presidency is keeping a close eye on state contracts

DRC
Advisors queue up to lure back IMF

DRC, France
ESL joins French lobbying scrum in Kinshasa

Spotlight | Congo
With Mercuria's new gameplay, SNPC's debt plays havoc on its future

Spotlight | Morocco
Tanger Offshore and CFC come under fire from Brussels