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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.

South Africa
BP thwarts Gunvor's plans in Shell petrol station acquisition

BP wants to assert its right of pre-emption over Shell's shares in their joint storage terminal in the port of Durban. This means the future buyer of Shell's assets will have to incur additional expenses for leasing the space, which is essential for importing products.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 19.09.2025

Algeria
On the brink of a shortage, Algiers relaunches milk powder imports

After a freeze that lasted several months, the government issued the first exemptions to the private sector at the end of August. The Soummam dairy, in dire straits, rushed to order 40,000 tonnes of the raw material.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 15.09.2025

Ivory Coast
Cargill among cocoa grinders in difficulty in Abidjan

Manufacturers in the sector, most of whom are subsidiaries of international groups, are struggling to keep afloat their businesses, which constitute the first link in the chocolate production chain.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 12.09.2025

Egypt
French wheat, snubbed by Algiers, breaks through Egyptian market

French trader Soufflet and Singaporean company Olam are set to deliver around 200,000 tonnes of wheat to Egypt. This represents an attractive new market for French grain following Algeria's decision to freeze imports of this commodity.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 10.09.2025

Ivory Coast
Blaise Compaoré's daughter takes up farming

Djamila Compaoré has set her sights on the lands of her maternal grandfather, Jean Kourouma Terrasson de Fougères, in the Tiassalé region.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 09.09.2025

Egypt
Gulf countries' sweet backing of Egyptian sugar industry

With the approval of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and powerful Egyptian businessmen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have managed to take control of local sugar production, which has reached record levels in 2025.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 03.09.2025

Sugar beet harvesting near Tanta in Egypt, April 2024.

Morocco
European producers rally against Moroccan tomatoes

European players in the sector have been working behind the scenes throughout the summer to oppose imports of tomatoes grown in Morocco and in Western Sahara. They consider this competition to be unfair.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 02.09.2025

Tomato harvest in the Chtouka Aït Baha region, Morocco, May 2025.

Cameroon
Cotton kingpins fine-tune fertiliser purchasing strategy after 2024 fiasco

The CNPC-C is relaunching its agricultural input supply campaign with a call for tenders for 52,000 tonnes. Following a season marred by delivery delays and financial setbacks, the confederation is set to adjust its payment terms.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 02.09.2025

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Commodity traders

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'

South Africa
BP thwarts Gunvor's plans in Shell petrol station acquisition

Algeria
On the brink of a shortage, Algiers relaunches milk powder imports

Ivory Coast
Cargill among cocoa grinders in difficulty in Abidjan

Egypt
French wheat, snubbed by Algiers, breaks through Egyptian market

Ivory Coast
Blaise Compaoré's daughter takes up farming

Egypt
Gulf countries' sweet backing of Egyptian sugar industry

Morocco
European producers rally against Moroccan tomatoes

Cameroon
Cotton kingpins fine-tune fertiliser purchasing strategy after 2024 fiasco

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Gabon Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

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Commodity traders

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'

South Africa BP thwarts Gunvor's plans in Shell petrol station acquisition

Algeria On the brink of a shortage, Algiers relaunches milk powder imports

Ivory Coast Cargill among cocoa grinders in difficulty in Abidjan

Egypt French wheat, snubbed by Algiers, breaks through Egyptian market

Ivory Coast Blaise Compaoré's daughter takes up farming

Egypt Gulf countries' sweet backing of Egyptian sugar industry

Morocco European producers rally against Moroccan tomatoes

Cameroon Cotton kingpins fine-tune fertiliser purchasing strategy after 2024 fiasco

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

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'

South Africa
BP thwarts Gunvor's plans in Shell petrol station acquisition

Algeria
On the brink of a shortage, Algiers relaunches milk powder imports

Ivory Coast
Cargill among cocoa grinders in difficulty in Abidjan

Egypt
French wheat, snubbed by Algiers, breaks through Egyptian market

Ivory Coast
Blaise Compaoré's daughter takes up farming

Egypt
Gulf countries' sweet backing of Egyptian sugar industry

Morocco
European producers rally against Moroccan tomatoes

Cameroon
Cotton kingpins fine-tune fertiliser purchasing strategy after 2024 fiasco