Mamadi Doumbouya

Guinea
Conakry poised to accept Ibn Chambas as mediator?

A few weeks after announcing their intention to again appoint Mohamed Ibn Chambas as mediator for Guinea, ECOWAS foreign ministers are expected at their 3 July summit to reiterate this position

Guinea
Mines minister not invited to latest Simandou meeting

Guinean Minister of Mines, Moussa Magassouba, did not attend the last meeting on 17 June with the investors in the major iron mining proejct in Simandou.

DRC
Despite Tony Blair's insistence, GIP finally says no to the Grand Inga project

The US-based Global Infrastructures Partners, owned by Nigerian businessman Adebayo Ogunlesi, has finally decided not to get involved in the scheme to build vast dams on the mighty Congo river.

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.

The New Guard
Guinea, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Guinea Abdourahim Barry, the oil ministry's rising star

Ethiopia Mamo Mihretu, Abiy Ahmed Ali's right-hand economics man

Zambia Mwiya Musokotwane, the fintech sector's leading lobbyist

Zimbabwe John Basera, Mnangagwa agricultural programme's golden boy

Guinea
Opposition leaders meet behind closed doors to prepare face-off against junta

The call to demonstrate on June 23 by the Front National Pour la Défense de la Constitution (FNDC) resulted from negotiations held at the beginning of the month between the organisation and key leaders from the opposition.

Africa
DRC, Guinea, Gabon, South Africa

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Guinea
French foreign office Africa director met Mamadi Doumbouya in discreet tête à tête

The head of the Guinean transition, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, met very inconspicuously on 12 May with Christophe Bigot, Director of Africa and the Indian Ocean at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The New Guard
Kenya, South Africa, Congo, Guinea, Morocco

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

KenyaSolomon Kuria, the link between Kenyatta and Odinga.

South AfricaNonceba Mhlauli, President Ramaphosa's youth champion

CongoSteven Moussala, Prime Minister Anatole Makosso's Franco-Congolese sherpa

GuineaMohamed Lamine Solano, Conakry's voice in Washington.

MoroccoOmar Chraibi, the man behind Voltalia's solar victory.

Guinea
New EU ambassador for Conaky

Sa nomination intervient alors que le gouvernement de transition guinéen, dirigé par le colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, cherche à mobiliser le soutien des bailleurs internationaux.

Guinea
Conakry keen for greener mining projects

The interim prime minister and his staff want to improve the extractive sector's respect for the environment through stricter enforcement of relevant contractual obligations.

Guinea
Junta making slow work of installing post-Condé ambassadorial line-up

Although most of Guinea's ambassadors were recalled in early February, none of them has so far returned to Conakry. Interim president Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya is nevertheless pursuing his efforts little by little to change his country's diplomatic line-up abroad.

Guinea
Put on notice by Doumbouya, Rio Tinto negotiates next move in Simandou iron

The Conakry authorities' order to the Simandou operators to suspend all activity on the ground until the details of the project's progress have been clarified comes as Rio Tinto is in the process of recruiting and conducting studies on the Guinean iron ore project.

Guinea
Guinean fuel tender in limbo

The contract to supply petroleum products to Conakry has still not been officially awarded. Though Sahara Group was favoured by the Société Nationale des Pétroles (SONAP) in early March, Mocoh and Addax Energy have not given up and are questioning the unusual way in which the various candidates have been evaluated.