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Ivory Coast

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

The French investment bank has teamed up with the Jeddah-based organisation in order to diversify and expand on the continent.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 17.06.2021

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

The Togolese partners have made their first investment via their private equity fund Adiwale Partners, backed by the British development agency CDC Group.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 16.06.2021

The secrets of Gbagbo's return to Ivory Coast

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo. © Jerry Lampen/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Politics 16.06.2021

Ruag supplies army with combat simulators

Ruag Defence France, a subsidiary of Swiss holding company Ruag, has won a contract to install combat simulator systems for the Ivorian defence ministry.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 15.06.2021

Thales struggles to convince army to buy its land radios

The French defence and technology group is battling hard to sell its combat radios to the Ivorian army, after a first delivery of equipment worth €30m was deemed to complex to use by the disgruntled gendarmerie.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 14.06.2021

Government back against the wall as energy woes continue

The Ivorian authorities are betting on the CI-11 block and the relaunch of a gas terminal plan - projects that have been neglected in recent years - to try to end the power cuts plaguing the country.

Subscribers only Energy 14.06.2021

Total plans exploratory drilling on Ivorian offshore blocks

In early June, Foxtrot International (Bouygues) was able to begin operations at its CI-27 block thanks to the Sapura Berani platform supplied by Sapura Energy. The French major Total also recently awarded a service contract to the American drilling company Valaris.

Subscribers only Energy 10.06.2021

French economy minister helps Razel and Sogea prevail against Ebomaf in key road upgrade battle

Bruno Le Maire went to Ivory Coast last month to bang the drum for French business. His trip sped up the attribution of a vast contract to improve the road between Abidjan and San Pedro, the world's busiest cocoa port.

Subscribers only Business 09.06.2021

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire stands with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and Prime Minister Patrick Achi during his visit to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on April 30, 2021.

All eyes on Hamed Bakayoko's widow as she manages his estate

The great and the good of Ivory Coast and beyond are showing a keen interest in how Yolande Tanoh-Bakayoko is consolidating her late husband's nebulous Ivorian and European investments.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 08.06.2021

Yolande Tanoh-Bakayoko, the widow of the late Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko.

Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

African Export-Import Bank could soon buy shares in one of three funds dedicated to investments in Africa owned by Indian-Singaporean agrifood business Olam.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 07.06.2021

Star architects Koffi & Diabaté secure Cotonou port contract without tender

Having already built the two residences of the Beninese president Patrice Talon, the Ivorian architects Issa Diabaté and Guillaume Koffi have been busy since the beginning of the year overseeing the building of Cotonou's maritime affairs centre.

Subscribers only Business 03.06.2021

Ministerial tensions over Africa Cup of Nations construction works

Responsibility for the contracts to construct the roads and stadiums for the 2023 competition is being fought over by the sports and procurement ministers. A match being refereed by Prime Minister Patrick Achi.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 28.05.2021

Gbabgo to return to Abidjan in June but without a public welcome

Following long negotiations, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara 's negotiators have finally reached an agreement which will allow the former president to return to Ivory Coast next month... in undercover mode.

Subscribers only Politics 27.05.2021

Former president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo.

ECOWAS finally moves forward with Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is currently looking for consultants to carry out several studieson the Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project:

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.05.2021

Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

Junior mining companies listed in Canada or Australia are gobbling up West African gold projects identified by global industry leaders.

Subscribers only Mining 26.05.2021

NGO African Parks to begin working in Ivory Coast

The South African NGO, already active in a score of African countries to protect their national parks, sometimes with weapons, is in negotiations with Ivorian authorities over the management of part of Taï National Park, home to one of Africa's last primal forests.

Subscribers only Business 24.05.2021

Changing tides for Norway's Aker in West Africa

The Røkke family company quickly took West African oil services and exploration by storm but its future there is not looking so rosy.

Subscribers only Energy 20.05.2021

Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Invited by the French president to attend a ceremony in honour of the ex-MD of the IMF Michel Camdessus, to whom he is very close, the Ivorian president will try to raise the issue of budgetary cooperation, which has been the source of recent frictions between Paris and Abidjan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) greets Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara as he arrives at the Grand Palais Ephemere for the Financing of African Economies Summit in Paris, 18 May 2021.

Ex-minister and Gbagbo advisor Ahoua Don Mello to return after ten-year exile

Ahoua Don Mello has to apply for a regular Ivorian passport on 20 May.

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2021

The former Minister of Equipment Ahoua Don Mello in 2011.

Fortuna Silver's takeover of Roxgold offers it new prospects in silver as well as gold

Fortuna Silver has taken over Roxgold to increase its gold production but the deal could also boost its output of silver. Roxgold's mines in West Africa contain a little silver as well as gold.

Subscribers only Mining 18.05.2021

Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

For weeks frequent power cuts have put pressure on the country and industry unions have held several meetings with the ministry of energy to review its rolling blackout plan.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders, Business 14.05.2021

An employee of the Ivory Coast Electricity Company (CIE) at a hydroelectric dam station.

Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Having received the final instalments of its $1.2bn International Monetary Fund (IMF) four-year programme in December, Ivory Coast is theoretically supposed to be tightening its belt - it has exceeeded its IMF quota and will be unable to negotiate further loans for at least a year (and probably longer).

Subscribers only Business 13.05.2021

The French economy minister Bruno Le Maire and the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 30 April 2021.

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Ivory Coast

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

The secrets of Gbagbo's return to Ivory Coast

Ruag supplies army with combat simulators

Thales struggles to convince army to buy its land radios

Government back against the wall as energy woes continue

Total plans exploratory drilling on Ivorian offshore blocks

French economy minister helps Razel and Sogea prevail against Ebomaf in key road upgrade battle

All eyes on Hamed Bakayoko's widow as she manages his estate

Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Star architects Koffi & Diabaté secure Cotonou port contract without tender

Ministerial tensions over Africa Cup of Nations construction works

Gbabgo to return to Abidjan in June but without a public welcome

ECOWAS finally moves forward with Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project

Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

NGO African Parks to begin working in Ivory Coast

Changing tides for Norway's Aker in West Africa

Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Ex-minister and Gbagbo advisor Ahoua Don Mello to return after ten-year exile

Fortuna Silver's takeover of Roxgold offers it new prospects in silver as well as gold

Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Defence Minister Ouattara reviews predecessor's contracts

Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'

Total said to be backing out of Abidjan LNG import terminal

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Ivory Coast

Bpifrance partners with Islamic Development Bank to extend Africa reach

British CDC supports financiers Savi de Tové and Gnassounou on Adiwale

The secrets of Gbagbo's return to Ivory Coast

Ruag supplies army with combat simulators

Thales struggles to convince army to buy its land radios

Government back against the wall as energy woes continue

Total plans exploratory drilling on Ivorian offshore blocks

French economy minister helps Razel and Sogea prevail against Ebomaf in key road upgrade battle

All eyes on Hamed Bakayoko's widow as she manages his estate

Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

Star architects Koffi & Diabaté secure Cotonou port contract without tender

Ministerial tensions over Africa Cup of Nations construction works

Gbabgo to return to Abidjan in June but without a public welcome

ECOWAS finally moves forward with Praia-Dakar-Abidjan corridor project

Robert Friedland, Barrick and other mining majors' 'non-core' assets sell like hotcakes

NGO African Parks to begin working in Ivory Coast

Changing tides for Norway's Aker in West Africa

Ouattara's evening at the Elysée

Ex-minister and Gbagbo advisor Ahoua Don Mello to return after ten-year exile

Fortuna Silver's takeover of Roxgold offers it new prospects in silver as well as gold

Cocoa unions resist rolling blackout plans

Bruno Le Maire offers Ouattara win-win deal

Defence Minister Ouattara reviews predecessor's contracts

Beijing hijacks Ouattara's 'cocoa revolution'

Total said to be backing out of Abidjan LNG import terminal

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