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Burkina Faso

Focus on Inata gold mine's new owner, Balaji

Ghana-based influential Indian businessman Akoliya Patel, has taken control of the Inata gold mine, bought from Avocet Mining in January.

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2018

Will the country be ready to reopen to investors by end of February?

Marboulaye Nombre, secretary general of the Burkinabe ministry of mines [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.01.2018

Brakina faces competition from Apollinaire Compaore

Nouvelle Brasserie de Cote d'Ivoire (NBCI) is due to launch [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.01.2018

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Doha and Riyadh play out their rivalries along the Abidjan-Ouaga-Accra axis

Though it has so far had limited repercussions on the continent, the six-month diplomatic stand-off between Qatar and Saudi Arabia is now being exported to West Africa. It remains largely a war of words, but tensions may shortly ramp up [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.12.2017

Cherif Sy follows in Salif Diallo's footsteps

57-year-old journalist Cherif Sy, appointed in March as the Burkinabe president's high representative, is presenting himself as the new leader [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.12.2017

Olivier Douamba and Saidou Kientega revive Timis' Tambao goals

Two appointments made in October should help businessman Frank Timis' junior Pan African Minerals (PAM) gradually get back on its [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.12.2017

David Mimran's progress in Teranga Gold

French businessman David Mimran, who enjoys close ties with the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.12.2017

New VP John Jentz already fine connoisseur of Semafo

Canadian financier John Jentz, who on December 4 was named [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.12.2017

Steps towards harmonisation of small-scale mining tax

The governments of the Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra [...]

Subscribers only Mining 12.12.2017

Those who are opening the doors of Africa to the Emir of Qatar

The Emir of Qatar, Tamim Ben Hamad Al Thani, is to visit West Africa from December 20 to 24. He [...]

Subscribers only 08.12.2017

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BP sets up commando unit to make comeback

After showing little interest in sub-Saharan Africa for a good number of years, British major BP is decidedly back in the game and has already started to flex its muscles. New dynamic - As a sure sign of its renewed [.

Subscribers only Energy 05.12.2017

The businessmen rooting for Sama's projects

Canadian Marc-Antoine Audet is calling up his contacts to develop projects for the juniors he heads, Sama Resources and Sama [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.11.2017

Turkish Toya ready to invest in lithium

Private equity firm Toya Holding, controlled by the affluent Turkish [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.11.2017

Tidiane Rene Barry headlong against mining "surcharge"

With the Burkinabe government currently tackling the revision of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.11.2017

Macron addresses African youth from Ouagadougou

Young people will be the main theme of the African tour to be made by French president Emmanuel Macron and [...]

Subscribers only 24.11.2017

Bassole appeals to Macron

The French lawyer Alexandre Varaut wrote to Emmanuel Macron in late October to draw his attention to the case of [...]

Free access Politics 22.11.2017

Finance barons' support for Gunal clan

By transferring two Burkinabe gold mines to its company Avesoro Resources in December, Turkish billionaire Mehmet Nazif Gunal's clan will be securing financial partners to develop its mining operations.

Subscribers only Mining 14.11.2017

Ouagadougou tightens grip on region's gold

The recurrent hostilities between Niger and Burkina Faso over which [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.11.2017

IMF's aspires to order in gold artisanal mining sector

Representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who travelled to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.11.2017

Francois Compaore to be judged in absentia?

Although he is at liberty after being briefly detained on 29 October in Paris (WAN 763), the legal difficulties of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.11.2017

President Roch Marc Christian Kabore kits himself out in Russia

Under pressure due to the tense security situation in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.11.2017

Battle for the Ouaga-Yamoussoukro highway

Scheduled for March 2018 at the latest, the shortlisting of [...]

Subscribers only Business 08.11.2017

Synergy Capital's Nigerian financiers net prize catch

Lagos-based investment firm Synergy Capital is about arrange a $250 million fund, $20 million of which may be provided by [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.11.2017

Exclusive. Frank Timis claims up to $1.2 billion for the loss of the Tambao mine contract

Frank Timis has decided to hit back hard in his dispute with the Burkinabe state over the Tambao mine in [...]

Subscribers only 02.11.2017

Oumarou Idani's struggle to find a future for Inata gold

As a means to counter Avocet Mining's string of misfortunes on its Inata gold mine, the Burkinabe minister is preparing to sell the junior's stake in the site or place it under administration.

Subscribers only Mining 31.10.2017

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Focus on Inata gold mine's new owner, Balaji

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Burkina Faso

Focus on Inata gold mine's new owner, Balaji

Will the country be ready to reopen to investors by end of February?

Brakina faces competition from Apollinaire Compaore

Spotlight Doha and Riyadh play out their rivalries along the Abidjan-Ouaga-Accra axis

Cherif Sy follows in Salif Diallo's footsteps

Olivier Douamba and Saidou Kientega revive Timis' Tambao goals

David Mimran's progress in Teranga Gold

New VP John Jentz already fine connoisseur of Semafo

Steps towards harmonisation of small-scale mining tax

Those who are opening the doors of Africa to the Emir of Qatar

Spotlight BP sets up commando unit to make comeback

The businessmen rooting for Sama's projects

Turkish Toya ready to invest in lithium

Tidiane Rene Barry headlong against mining "surcharge"

Macron addresses African youth from Ouagadougou

Bassole appeals to Macron

Finance barons' support for Gunal clan

Ouagadougou tightens grip on region's gold

IMF's aspires to order in gold artisanal mining sector

Francois Compaore to be judged in absentia?

President Roch Marc Christian Kabore kits himself out in Russia

Battle for the Ouaga-Yamoussoukro highway

Synergy Capital's Nigerian financiers net prize catch

Exclusive. Frank Timis claims up to $1.2 billion for the loss of the Tambao mine contract

Oumarou Idani's struggle to find a future for Inata gold

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Spotlight
Doha and Riyadh play out their rivalries along the Abidjan-Ouaga-Accra axis

Spotlight
BP sets up commando unit to make comeback