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Mali

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Green energy will be the theme of the first two seminars organised by Jeantet's brand new OHADA desk.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 23.12.2020

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

The French development agency (AFD)'s technical cooperation arm, Expertise France, is keen to run the EU-funded €5m Gulf of Guinea security project called Seaport Cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.12.2020

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Bolloré's competitors now have until mid-January to eat into the French giant's transportation action in West Africa after France re-issued a request for bids it had abandoned.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 21.12.2020

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Since early Novemver MBDA France (owned by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo) has been beating a path to the Sahel.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 21.12.2020

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

Christian Adovelande, chairman of the West African Development Bank (BOAD). © Aliou Mbaye/Panapress/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.12.2020

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

By making the extension of its moratorium on sovereign debt in October conditional on beneficiary countries treating all their lenders with parity, the G20 has opened up fresh opportunities for advisory banks and law firms. The first to step into the breach look like being Franklin and Finexem, which are set to be retained as consultants by Mauritania.

Subscribers only Finance, Business Running story - Debt diplomacy 18.12.2020

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

After buying the West African firm Beneficial last year, the British insurer is considering taking a share in another of the region's banking and insurance companies, Orabank.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 17.12.2020

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

By setting particularly short deadlines on tender calls for French army transport contracts in West Africa, France has pulled the rug from under the feet of potential competitors of the existing contractor, Bolloré group, which should thus be able to continue to provide its services.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 15.12.2020

TR Equipement supplies new Aeraccess drones to Malian army

TR Equipement recently supplied Aeraccess observation drones to the Malian armed forces and is also working with Dronengel to train local personnel, thereby promoting a trio of French security firms on the back of Malian funding.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 11.12.2020

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Having acquired Semafo and merged with Teranga, the gold producer Endeavour Mining, partly owned by the Egyptian magnate Naguib Sawiris, is in the process of selling off three sites in Mali, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

Subscribers only Mining 04.12.2020

Transition president Bah N'Daw prepares to leave for his first European tour

Mali's transition president Bah N'Daw is due to travel to Brussels on 9 December, his first trip outside Africa since he was sworn in.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.12.2020

Panoro takes on Tim O'Hanlon, the best connected ex-Tullow exec

The Norwegian junior oil firm has treated itself to the services of one of the masterminds of Tullow Oil's rise in Africa.

Free access Energy 03.12.2020

Embaló snubs Turkish business

A Turkish protégé since his 2019 election, Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embaló has not returned the favour, preferring to use an Emirati operator rather than a Turkish conglomerate for the future Bissau airport build.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 01.12.2020

Le président bissau-guinéen Umaro Sissoco Embaló.

Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

Already the owner of Burkina's International Business Bank, the CEO of the construction firm Ebomaf has his sights set on the Togolese banks UTB and BTCI as well as the pan-African company Orabank, in which the Ivorian civil servants' pension fund recently acquired a majority stake.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 27.11.2020

Mahamadou Bonkoungou, CEO of Ebomaf Group and Liza Transport International.

After Dakar, Insign sets up shop in Abidjan

Insign Africa communications agency, which is already established in Senegal, is due to open an office in Ivory Coast early next year.

Subscribers only Business 26.11.2020

Spotlight
As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

After buying Semafo and deciding to merge with Teranga, Endeavour Mining is preparing to list on the London Stock Exchange. At the same time, the French courts have resumed their probe into several operations carried out by CEO Sébastien de Montessus while he was working at Areva.

Subscribers only Mining 23.11.2020

Sébastien de Montessus, CEO of Endeavour Mining.

Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

Though the visit to Lomé by the president of the transition Bah N'Daw on 13 November was the first by a top Malian official to the country, very close contacts have been nurtured behind the scenes between the leaders of the putsch and Faure Gnassingbé ever since the coup d'état on 18 August.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.11.2020

The meeting with Faure Gnassingbé (left) on 13 November in Lomé was a key stage in Bah N'Daw's regional tour.

Cannabis mogul Carl Esprey snaps up golden deal in Garalo

Businessman Carl Esprey, a developer of medicinal cannabis crops in Lesotho and Portugal, has secured a deal to purchase a gold project in Mali just months after the coup d'état.

Subscribers only Mining 16.11.2020

Carl Esprey, CEO of Contango and co-founder of Botanical Holdings.

New government under pressure to show it can enforce the Algiers agreement

On 16 November, the committee monitoring application of the 2015 Algiers peace agreement will hold its first meeting since the 18 August putsch under the watchful eyes of the United Nations and the European Union.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2020

French woman general to take command of MINUSMA police force

Following a six-month selection process, French gendarmerie general Bettina Boughani has been appointed by the United Nations' Department of Peace Operations to take charge of the United Nations Police unit within the UN's MINUSMA mission in Mali.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.11.2020

In Focus
Africa gives Israeli firms IAI, Elbit and Mer a back door into the worldwide UN base security market

By dint of hard lobbying, Israel's IAI, Elbit and Mer groups have succeeded in landing the contract for the provision of protection at MINUSMA camps in Mali. They are now looking to repeat the feat at the 40 or so UN peacekeeping bases throughout the world, some of them in the Middle East.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 09.11.2020

Israeli companies will provide equipment to strengthen security at MINUSMA bases (above in Kidal).

MINUSMA to build helicopter landing pad in Aguelhok

MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, is seeking to boost its air infrastructure with a new helicopter landing pad in the northeast, where it faces a growing threat of terror attacks.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 06.11.2020

BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

To gain better control over the development of mobile money, the Central Bank of West African States is planning to make digital financial services compatible in its eight member states.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 05.11.2020

World Bank tries to lay the groundwork for Dakar-Bamako railway

A potential funder of the rehabilitation of the railway between Dakar and Bamako, the World Bank is supporting the two capitals to structure the project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 05.11.2020

For former prime minister Moussa Mara, the presidential campaign has already begun

Mali's presidential election isn't due until the first quarter of 2022 but that hasn't stopped Moussa Mara, who served as prime minister under ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, from getting the ball rolling and activating his networks, not just in Bamako, but also in Paris.

Subscribers only Politics 02.11.2020

Former Malian Prime Minister Moussa Mara.

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Mali

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

TR Equipement supplies new Aeraccess drones to Malian army

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Transition president Bah N'Daw prepares to leave for his first European tour

Panoro takes on Tim O'Hanlon, the best connected ex-Tullow exec

Embaló snubs Turkish business

Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

After Dakar, Insign sets up shop in Abidjan

Spotlight
As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

Cannabis mogul Carl Esprey snaps up golden deal in Garalo

New government under pressure to show it can enforce the Algiers agreement

French woman general to take command of MINUSMA police force

In Focus
Africa gives Israeli firms IAI, Elbit and Mer a back door into the worldwide UN base security market

MINUSMA to build helicopter landing pad in Aguelhok

BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

World Bank tries to lay the groundwork for Dakar-Bamako railway

For former prime minister Moussa Mara, the presidential campaign has already begun

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Mali

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Expertise France wants to block Gulf of Guinea's cocaine highway

Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Adovelande and Derreumaux help Finactu to design its strategy

G20 debt moratorium ushers in golden age for sovereign advisor

Insurance giant Prudential's African path points towards Orabank

Bolloré gets a free run on contract to supply French troops in Barkhane and Sabre operations

TR Equipement supplies new Aeraccess drones to Malian army

Endeavour prepares for London Stock Exchange listing with bargain basement asset sell-off

Transition president Bah N'Daw prepares to leave for his first European tour

Panoro takes on Tim O'Hanlon, the best connected ex-Tullow exec

Embaló snubs Turkish business

Construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou's banking ambitions

After Dakar, Insign sets up shop in Abidjan

Spotlight As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

Cannabis mogul Carl Esprey snaps up golden deal in Garalo

New government under pressure to show it can enforce the Algiers agreement

French woman general to take command of MINUSMA police force

In Focus Africa gives Israeli firms IAI, Elbit and Mer a back door into the worldwide UN base security market

MINUSMA to build helicopter landing pad in Aguelhok

BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

World Bank tries to lay the groundwork for Dakar-Bamako railway

For former prime minister Moussa Mara, the presidential campaign has already begun

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Spotlight
As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

In Focus
Africa gives Israeli firms IAI, Elbit and Mer a back door into the worldwide UN base security market