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Ouattara due to dine with Macron at the Élysée

Alassane Ouattara is set to dine and hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris on 30 August.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.08.2024

The key figures behind Emirati group ASG's cashew nut deal

IVORY COAST | Abu Dhabi-based Al Sayegh Group (ASG) has launched Pan African Agro Commodities, its first cashew nut processing plant in northern Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 28.08.2024

Alassane Ouattara attends the parliament congress in Abidjan on 18 June 2024. © Luc Gnago/Reuters

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Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll

A year before the election, the Ivorian head of state is facing the prospect of several former advisers joining forces with Tidjane Thiam. While none of them has yet taken the plunge, a handful are trying to encourage a rapprochement between the PDCI leader and the president.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2024

Claudio Descalzi, CEO of ENI, in October 2023. © Amr Alfiky/Reuters

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ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

The oil and gas field owned by the Italian oil major is so resource-intensive that new investors are already required, just months before the launch of the second phase.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2024

TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

Presidents Alassane Ouattara and Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris in November 2023. © Thomas Padilla/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2024

Sall's low-key trip to Abidjan

The former Senegalese president was in the Ivorian economic capital this month, where he was received by Alassane Ouattara and took part in several meetings as he continues to be active on the diplomatic front.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.08.2024

Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

The Conseil Café Cacao has granted Ivorian operators more time to fulfil their purchasing contracts.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 21.08.2024

Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

Cegelec, RMT Industries and Nexans Côte d'Ivoire, subsidiaries of the French groups Vinci, Eiffage and Nexans respectively, have just won contracts for three stages of northern Ivory Coast's electricity and digital access programme.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.08.2024

Behind the scenes of Blaise Compaoré's latest bid to reconcile Ouattara and Soro

The former president of Burkina Faso tried in vain to facilitate dialogue between the Ivorian president and his former prime minister.

Subscribers only Politics 30.07.2024

Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré in Ouagadougou on 8 July 2022.

Gendarmerie projects undercut by budget restrictions

The shortage of funds is delaying a major project to boost the gendarmerie's capacities.

Subscribers only Defence 25.07.2024

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Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

France's foreign ministry had a tough time approving the delegations that junta-led countries in Africa hoped to send to the Paris Olympic Games.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.07.2024

The Olympic rings displayed on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on 16 July 2024.

Ouattara receives Adama Bictogo as controversy continues over passport contract

The Ivorian president has assured the speaker of parliament that he has his full confidence despite Bictogo's company Snedai being under judicial investigation.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 19.07.2024

Speaker of parliament Adama Bictogo (right) and Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara.

Court summons Adama Bictogo family members over passport contract

The speaker of parliament's daughter and two brothers have been questioned by the judiciary. The government is claiming nearly €6m from his company Snedai in connection with a passport manufacturing contract.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 12.07.2024

The speaker of the Ivorian parliament Adama Bictogo in Abidjan on 18 June 2024.

Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Luso Global Mining, a 100%-owned subsidiary of the Portuguese construction group, has made its first mining investments in Malawi and, more recently, in Ivory Coast. It is targeting gold and critical minerals projects.

Subscribers only Mining 12.07.2024

Akufo-Addo backs Tinubu's reappointment as ECOWAS chair

The Ghanaian president threw his support behind his Nigerian counterpart at the recent summit of the regional organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.07.2024

French bank Société Générale speeds up its Ivorian exit

MD Slawomir Krupa hopes the sale of its Ivorian subsidiary can be completed before the presidential election of October 2025.

Subscribers only Finance 10.07.2024

Cotton king Koné Daouda Soukpafolo set to acquire Versus Bank

The Ivorian businessman who heads up EKDS is finalising his bid to buy the state-owned Versus Bank.

Subscribers only Finance 08.07.2024

Heads of state set to shun ECOWAS summit

Several leaders of French-speaking countries are not expected in Abuja on 7 July.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.07.2024

Alassane Ouattara's intelligence service undergoing major crisis

The Ivorian intelligence agency is experiencing major upheavals, leading to the resignation of several senior executives over the past few weeks.

Subscribers only Defence 02.07.2024

Alassane Ouattara following his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Abidjan on 23 January 2024.

SNEDAI audited in relation to passport contract

The finance ministry has entrusted the sister of the president's chief of staff with a probe into Adama Bictogo's company.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 27.06.2024

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Abidjan's fine financial balancing act for acquiring new arms

Plagued by budget shortages, the Ivorian General Staff is struggling to conclude certain purchases of strategic military equipment, a situation benefiting the Chinese military-industrial complex.

Subscribers only Defence 26.06.2024

Ivorian Army chief of staff General Lassina Doumbia in Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, 20 February 2022.

Despite ECOWAS backing, Zambian candidate fails to win Interpol secretary general role

The Deputy Director of the Zambia Police Service, Mubita Nawa, has failed to convince Interpol's Executive Committee to make him its candidate for the post of Secretary General.

Subscribers only Defence 26.06.2024

Ouattara puts cashew nut regulator under presidency's control

Ouattara has deprived Adama Coulibaly, chair of the CCA, of most of his powers. From now on, Yves Brahima Koné, who heads the Conseil Café Cacao, will oversee the country's second-largest agricultural sector.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 24.06.2024

Tinubu tipped to remain ECOWAS chair

The Nigerian president's one-year term at the head of the West African regional organisation ends in July, but the Senegalese leader Diomaye Faye appears to have lost interest in taking over.

Free access Diplomacy 20.06.2024

Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja on 29 May 2024.

Ouattara tasks Hamed Cissé with developing banking sector strategy

The employers' federation boss will be looking at ways of boosting the sector.

Subscribers only Finance 20.06.2024

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Ivory Coast

Ouattara due to dine with Macron at the Élysée

The key figures behind Emirati group ASG's cashew nut deal

Spotlight
Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll

Spotlight
ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

Sall's low-key trip to Abidjan

Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

Behind the scenes of Blaise Compaoré's latest bid to reconcile Ouattara and Soro

Gendarmerie projects undercut by budget restrictions

Spotlight
Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

Ouattara receives Adama Bictogo as controversy continues over passport contract

Court summons Adama Bictogo family members over passport contract

Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Akufo-Addo backs Tinubu's reappointment as ECOWAS chair

French bank Société Générale speeds up its Ivorian exit

Cotton king Koné Daouda Soukpafolo set to acquire Versus Bank

Heads of state set to shun ECOWAS summit

Alassane Ouattara's intelligence service undergoing major crisis

SNEDAI audited in relation to passport contract

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Abidjan's fine financial balancing act for acquiring new arms

Despite ECOWAS backing, Zambian candidate fails to win Interpol secretary general role

Ouattara puts cashew nut regulator under presidency's control

Tinubu tipped to remain ECOWAS chair

Ouattara tasks Hamed Cissé with developing banking sector strategy

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Ivory Coast

Ouattara due to dine with Macron at the Élysée

The key figures behind Emirati group ASG's cashew nut deal

Spotlight Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll

Spotlight ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

Sall's low-key trip to Abidjan

Local cocoa traders granted a year's reprieve

Three French firms picked to provide electricity to northern Ivory Coast

Behind the scenes of Blaise Compaoré's latest bid to reconcile Ouattara and Soro

Gendarmerie projects undercut by budget restrictions

Spotlight Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

Ouattara receives Adama Bictogo as controversy continues over passport contract

Court summons Adama Bictogo family members over passport contract

Mota-Engil's mining investment arm LGM emerges from shadows

Akufo-Addo backs Tinubu's reappointment as ECOWAS chair

French bank Société Générale speeds up its Ivorian exit

Cotton king Koné Daouda Soukpafolo set to acquire Versus Bank

Heads of state set to shun ECOWAS summit

Alassane Ouattara's intelligence service undergoing major crisis

SNEDAI audited in relation to passport contract

Spotlight Abidjan's fine financial balancing act for acquiring new arms

Despite ECOWAS backing, Zambian candidate fails to win Interpol secretary general role

Ouattara puts cashew nut regulator under presidency's control

Tinubu tipped to remain ECOWAS chair

Ouattara tasks Hamed Cissé with developing banking sector strategy

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Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll

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ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

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Paris Olympics: juntas posed diplomatic headache for French authorities

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Abidjan's fine financial balancing act for acquiring new arms