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Chad
Former trade minister turns gum arabic sales rep

Ahmat Abdelkerim Ahmat, who is now at the head of consultancy Pace Africa, is preparing to structure the gum arabic industry in Chad.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 14.11.2025

Kenya
Kithure Kindiki tries to calm Chai storm as tea producer discontent brews

Kenya's Deputy President Kithure Kindiki in Nairobi, 17 October 2025. © Boniface Muthoni/Sopa Images/Reuters

Subscribers only Commodity traders 13.11.2025

DRC
Gécamines calmly takes revenge on foreign traders

Aerial view of the Mutoshi cobalt mine in Kolwezi, on 10 April 2018. © Caroline Thirion/AFP

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 03.11.2025

Madagascar
New season's vanilla exporters chosen, despite political crisis

Notwithstanding the upheaval on the island, some 90 producers of the precious pod have finally obtained the green light for the 2025-2026 overseas sales season.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 31.10.2025

Egypt
Wheat importers take the heat from Kyiv

In a letter to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ukrainian ambassador in Cairo has identified the importers susceptible of being put on Kyiv's recent black list.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 30.10.2025

Cameroon
French Development Agency loan to Sodecoton paused

The AFD is considering cancelling the €30m loan, which has not been paid out, that it granted to the national cotton producer in 2023. Originally delayed by disputes between shareholders, the issue is now being undermined by several government operations, which are causing concern in Paris.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 29.10.2025

Ivory Coast
Main global cocoa buyers refuse poor-quality beans

Three weeks into the largest sales campaign of Ivory Coast's 2025-26 cocoa harvest, the main international traders have turned up their noses at the beans, due to their poor quality.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 24.10.2025

Ivory Coast, Senegal
Crucial negotiations in Dakar on banana imports

Discussions are underway between local producers, led by "banana king" Mamadou Omar Sall, and the main importer, the French company La Compagnie Fruitière. Senegal, which has imposed an embargo on these fruits since the beginning of September, is considering extending it.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 20.10.2025

Cameroon
Palm oil refinery rush threatens sector balance

With nearly fifteen factories in operation or under construction, Cameroon is stepping up growth in the refined oil sector. This momentum however contrasts with the frailty of national production and the absence of an integrated supply strategy.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 16.10.2025

Ghana, Ivory Coast
How Accra and Abidjan have coordinated cocoa purchase prices

The Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative was consulted by Presidents Alassane Ouattara and John Dramani Mahama before they announced the new tariffs for cocoa farmers in their respective countries.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 14.10.2025

Madagascar
Protest movement inflicts collateral damage on vanilla sector

The interministerial decree for the opening of the 2025-2026 campaign still hasn't been proclaimed. Nor has the list of approved exporters of the precious spice for the coming season been announced.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 10.10.2025

Ivory Coast, Mali
Jihadist attacks impact cross-border distribution of petroleum products

The Société de Gestion des Stocks Pétroliers de Côte d'Ivoire (GESTOCI), an Ivorian public company responsible for the storage and distribution of petroleum products, is suffering the direct consequences of an outbreak of jihadist attacks in Mali.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 08.10.2025

Cameroon
Cotton tender sparks new tensions

The race to supply CNPC-C and Sodecoton for the 2026-2027 cotton season is shaping up to be a close one. Nigeria's Sankofa could challenge the Kenyan supplier ETG, the favourite to win the tender.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 07.10.2025

Cameroon, Chad
Petroleum products distributor Tradex paralysed by long dispute

The Chadian subsidiary of Tradex, a major player in oil trading, has been immobilised after a 15-year legal dispute with the brokerage firms Velissa and Losange.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 03.10.2025

Nigeria
Lagos Governor seeks to put his farming policy in place

A few months ago, the governor of the megalopolis, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced a new agricultural programme to guarantee the city's food security. He is now trying to set up partnerships with trading and distribution giants in the sector.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 03.10.2025

A minibus carrying goods purchased at the Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, June 2025.

Ivory Coast
Faced with the drastic fall in harvests, the Conseil Café-Cacao reviews its strategy

The Conseil Café-Cacao has authorised exporters to supply new plants to Ivorian farmers to combat the plummet in cocoa production.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 02.10.2025

Cameroon
French courts to rule on the Producam-Afreximbank dispute

The French courts will rule on the merits of the case involving a €19m loan agreement granted by the panafrican banking institution to exporter Producam.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 26.09.2025

Spotlight | Morocco
Rabat and Brussels sketch out new association agreement

Last year's cancellation of agricultural and fisheries agreements between Morocco and the EU takes effect on 5 October. French and Spanish growers complain that the workarounds drafted in recent weeks perpetuate the status quo.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 24.09.2025

A worker harvests tomatoes near Agadir, Morocco, on 13 May 2025.

Angola
General Carneiro to promote American interests in Luanda?

An American consultancy firm, DAT Lobito Corridor Advisory, intends to entrust an MPLA key figure with the task of introducing American companies into the Angolan critical minerals sector.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 23.09.2025

Inner circles | Africa
Donald Trump puts together a critical minerals 'task force'

With the United States lagging behind China in the race for Africa's strategic minerals, the US president is in dealings with a plethora of stakeholders, whose actions he is trying to align. It's an ecosystem where diplomats, financiers and military officials rub shoulders.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 19.09.2025

President Donald Trump and Massad Boulos, his main Africa adviser, in the midst of negotiations with DRC on battery minerals at the White House on 9 July 2025.

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Gabon
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Commodity traders

Chad
Former trade minister turns gum arabic sales rep

Kenya
Kithure Kindiki tries to calm Chai storm as tea producer discontent brews

DRC
Gécamines calmly takes revenge on foreign traders

Madagascar
New season's vanilla exporters chosen, despite political crisis

Egypt
Wheat importers take the heat from Kyiv

Cameroon
French Development Agency loan to Sodecoton paused

Ivory Coast
Main global cocoa buyers refuse poor-quality beans

Ivory Coast, Senegal
Crucial negotiations in Dakar on banana imports

Cameroon
Palm oil refinery rush threatens sector balance

Ghana, Ivory Coast
How Accra and Abidjan have coordinated cocoa purchase prices

Madagascar
Protest movement inflicts collateral damage on vanilla sector

Ivory Coast, Mali
Jihadist attacks impact cross-border distribution of petroleum products

Cameroon
Cotton tender sparks new tensions

Cameroon, Chad
Petroleum products distributor Tradex paralysed by long dispute

Nigeria
Lagos Governor seeks to put his farming policy in place

Ivory Coast
Faced with the drastic fall in harvests, the Conseil Café-Cacao reviews its strategy

Cameroon
French courts to rule on the Producam-Afreximbank dispute

Spotlight | Morocco
Rabat and Brussels sketch out new association agreement

Angola
General Carneiro to promote American interests in Luanda?

Inner circles | Africa
Donald Trump puts together a critical minerals 'task force'

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Commodity traders

Chad Former trade minister turns gum arabic sales rep

Kenya Kithure Kindiki tries to calm Chai storm as tea producer discontent brews

DRC Gécamines calmly takes revenge on foreign traders

Madagascar New season's vanilla exporters chosen, despite political crisis

Egypt Wheat importers take the heat from Kyiv

Cameroon French Development Agency loan to Sodecoton paused

Ivory Coast Main global cocoa buyers refuse poor-quality beans

Ivory Coast, Senegal Crucial negotiations in Dakar on banana imports

Cameroon Palm oil refinery rush threatens sector balance

Ghana, Ivory Coast How Accra and Abidjan have coordinated cocoa purchase prices

Madagascar Protest movement inflicts collateral damage on vanilla sector

Ivory Coast, Mali Jihadist attacks impact cross-border distribution of petroleum products

Cameroon Cotton tender sparks new tensions

Cameroon, Chad Petroleum products distributor Tradex paralysed by long dispute

Nigeria Lagos Governor seeks to put his farming policy in place

Ivory Coast Faced with the drastic fall in harvests, the Conseil Café-Cacao reviews its strategy

Cameroon French courts to rule on the Producam-Afreximbank dispute

Spotlight | Morocco Rabat and Brussels sketch out new association agreement

Angola General Carneiro to promote American interests in Luanda?

Inner circles | Africa Donald Trump puts together a critical minerals 'task force'

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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

Chad
Former trade minister turns gum arabic sales rep

Kenya
Kithure Kindiki tries to calm Chai storm as tea producer discontent brews

DRC
Gécamines calmly takes revenge on foreign traders

Madagascar
New season's vanilla exporters chosen, despite political crisis

Egypt
Wheat importers take the heat from Kyiv

Cameroon
French Development Agency loan to Sodecoton paused

Ivory Coast
Main global cocoa buyers refuse poor-quality beans

Ivory Coast, Senegal
Crucial negotiations in Dakar on banana imports

Cameroon
Palm oil refinery rush threatens sector balance

Ghana, Ivory Coast
How Accra and Abidjan have coordinated cocoa purchase prices

Madagascar
Protest movement inflicts collateral damage on vanilla sector

Ivory Coast, Mali
Jihadist attacks impact cross-border distribution of petroleum products

Cameroon
Cotton tender sparks new tensions

Cameroon, Chad
Petroleum products distributor Tradex paralysed by long dispute

Nigeria
Lagos Governor seeks to put his farming policy in place

Ivory Coast
Faced with the drastic fall in harvests, the Conseil Café-Cacao reviews its strategy

Cameroon
French courts to rule on the Producam-Afreximbank dispute

Spotlight | Morocco
Rabat and Brussels sketch out new association agreement

Angola
General Carneiro to promote American interests in Luanda?

Inner circles | Africa
Donald Trump puts together a critical minerals 'task force'