Central African Republic
US and Russia clash at UN Security Council over Bangui's overflight ban

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Central African Republic

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

Ivory CoastLionel Kili, key figure in France's Ivorian diaspora

TanzaniaSalma Iddy, environmentalist championing women entrepreneurs

CARMarius Aristide Hoja Nzessioué, Touadéra's man at the UN

Ivory Coast
French drone firm Alta Ares prospecting broadly from Kyiv to Abidjan

IVORY COAST | After developing its technology for the Ukrainian military, the French drone company Alta Ares, founded in January 2024, is now prospecting in Africa, where it hopes to open an office in Ivory Coast shortly.

Central African Republic
Civipol demotes country director in midst of EU negotiations

The CAR office of France's technical cooperation mission is going through a rough patch just as it is renegotiating one of its most important contracts with the EU.

Central African Republic
Germany's LS Telcom seeks to set up in Bangui

The German company's Paris-based subsidiary is interested in an international call for tenders issued as part of a programme to improve the Central African government's IT systems.

Central African Republic
First setback for Bancroft in Bangui

An employee of the private US security company was briefly arrested and interrogated by the police, with the involvement of Russian paramilitaries, in the Central African capital.