Madagascar
Augentic and Thales compete for Prodigy contracts worth €24m

Madagascar
Elon Musk's Starlink gets helping hand in Antananarivo

The contacts of its local boss Tom Cushman have proven extremely useful.

Madagascar
French foreign ministry audits rapper Orelsan's incubator project

It is not the first time the British consultancy has worked for the ministry.

Cameroon
INCM-Augentic poised to snatch ID card contract from Thales DIS

The German-Portuguese consortium INCM-Augentic looks set to start producing identity cards in Cameroon. ThalesDIS has held this contract since 1995, but Gaborone appears to have given the French firm the cold shoulder.

Madagascar
Out with the old, in with the new at the French-Malagasy chamber of commerce

The unanimous election of Johanne Raharinosy to replace veteran André Beaumont at the head of the chamber ushers in a new era. A raft of young entrepreneurs have joined the board of the organisation, which is in line for a shake-up.

Djibouti, Madagascar
Madagascar's Teknet eyes up Djibouti market

The Malagasy group is hoping to tap into Djibouti's need for sensitive infrastructure security services to lay down lasting roots in the country.

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics. This week: Pauline Zei (Ivory Coast), Ahmed Luxor (Egypt), Veronica Kariuki (Kenya) and Ranto Andriambololona (Madagascar).

Ivory Coast Pauline Zei, spokeswoman for cocoa growers

Egypt Ahmed Luxor, a PR veteran putting Egypt's richest in the frame

Kenya Veronica Kariuki, a bridge between Paris and Nairobi

Madagascar Ranto Andriambololona, AI left, right and centre

Cameroon
Israeli securocrat Eran Moas behind Augentic-IN Group's push for ID cards

To win the next contract for Cameroon's biometric identity cards, fledgling German company Augentic, in partnership with French firm IN Groupe, is relying on the intense lobbying of Israeli securocrat Eran Moas, an adviser to President Paul Biya's praetorian guard.

Madagascar
Despite Ghosn subplot, Ravatomanga remains loyal customer of Turkish aircraft brokers

Maminiaina Ravatomanga has officially cut ties with MNG Jet, a Turkish firm that leased the powerful Malagasy businessman's plane to the associates of Carlos Ghosn who helped the former Renault-Nissan CEO abscond from Japan. But his new partner, Black Eagle, descends from MNG Jet.