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Cameroon
Corsair revives Paris-Douala project

A Corsair plane at the Orly airport, near Paris, in June 2020. © Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP

Abbas Jaber, French-Lebanese businessman and 40%-shareholder in the French airline, is seeking to open a direct flight path with France. However, to carry out this project, he'll have to strike up a business partnership with overly indebted Camair-Co. [...]

Published on 26/05/2025 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes Barbara Debout

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Cameroon
Abbas Jaber
Advens-Geocoton
Air France
Camair-Co
Confédération nationale des producteurs de coton du Cameroun
Corsair
European Union
European Union Aviation Safety Agency
Louis-Paul Motaze
Pascal de Izaguirre
Societe de developpement du Coton

Cameroon
Following on from Geocoton, Baba Danpullo plans to pull out of Sodecoton

Cameroonian business magnate Baba Danpullo, a minority shareholder in cotton producer Sodecoton, has been trying to sell his shares since the beginning of the year. This follows on from the company's French strategic partner, Geocoton, announcing its own withdrawal.

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Cameroon
Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh gets his hands on oil refining and transport

The recent shuffling of management teams at Cameroon Oil Transportation Company and Société Nationale de Raffinage has underlined the grip of the Secretary General of the Presidency (SGPR), Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, on both companies.

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Corsair boss' African odyssey to try to get airline back on track

Pascal de Izaguirre sought to forge personal relationships with a handful of African heads of state last year to try to get his airline out of its financial difficulties. He relied in particular on the help of French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy.

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Corsair airline CEO Pascal de Izaguirre.

Madagascar
The restaurateur behind Corsair's return

The French airline could have not made its return to Madagascan soil on 28 June without the intervention of Franck Legrand, a dual nationality citizen close to Andry Rajoelina who is the owner of a restaurant popular among the Antananarivo political and business elite.

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