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Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Emmanuel Macron

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

SenegalSocial crisis dents Macky Sall's international plans

CARTouadéra expected in Paris for financial summit

FranceSpeculation abounds over Macron's 'Mr. Africa'

The New Guard
Burkina Faso, Morocco, Angola, Ethiopia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Burkina FasoJoseph Zagré, housing the middle class

MoroccoAhmed "Spins", the other Akhannouch junior

AngolaVera Daves de Sousa, Lourenço's financial ace

EthiopiaBethleem Tilahun Alemu, the entrepreneur keen to rival Nike

The New Guard
Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Morocco

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Angola Nelito Ekuikui, UNITA's new youth leader

Cameroon Stéphane Tiki, sales rep for French-speaking companies

Ivory Coast Danielle Benoist, Ivorian VP Tiémoko Meyliet Koné's spin doctor

Morocco Loubna Tricha, queen of professional integration

Ivory Coast
Ex-CCC exec Vallet-Coulibaly to support local cocoa traders in new role

Recently appointed as the vice president's chief of staff, Françoise Vallet-Coulibaly has been tasked with tackling the supply difficulties being experienced by Ivorian cocoa bean exporters.

Ivory Coast
BICICI's new shareholders appoint their Ivorian directors

Each of the BICICI's new Ivorian shareholders has appointed two or three directors to represent it on the bank's newly constituted board.

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo reconnect in secret

On 10 January, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara ordered the payment with arrears of the financial sum that Laurent Gbagbo had been claiming for over two years. Shortly afterwards, the two men spoke by telephone, and have agreed to meet in February.

Ivory Coast, Mali
Confidential draft agreement on the 49 Ivorian soldiers rejected by Abidjan

The Malian junta sent a draft agreement to the Ivorian presidency at the end of October, which would have led to the release of 46 of the 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested in Bamako in July.

Ivory Coast
General Bruno Dogbo Blé at the heart of dispute between Gbagbo and Ouattara

Publicly, the current head of state and his predecessor are engaged in an information battle but behind the scenes the communication channels are much smoother, if not for the thorny matter of the imprisonment of soldiers loyal to Laurent Gbagbo.

Guinea, West Africa
Doumbouya confident of facing down ECOWAS

ECOWAS leaders are making no secret of their irritation with the head of the Guinean transition Mamadi Doumbouya, who has disregarded their calls for a short transition period. He believes his country has sufficient cards in its hand to weather any potential sanctions.

Guinea, Mali
Sanctions against Bamako deal blow to Conakry interconnection project

The construction of the electricity interconnection between Guinea and Mali has been significantly slowed due to the African Development Bank's (ADB) decision in April to suspend its disbursements to Bamako.

Africa, Mali
After ECOWAS sanctions, African Union ready to get tough on Mali

Ghana is trying to rally support from outside the ECOWAS states for the sanctions the regional body has slapped on the Malian junta. The African Union for its part met on Friday to discuss the issue.

West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

Africa, Mauritius
Infrastructure fund Africa50 eyes continents's big investors

The African Development Bank's infrastructure platform has opened a new private fund to attract Africa's large institutional investors.