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Africa
Carlos Lopes lobbies the international institutions for industrial platform developer Arise IIP

Guinea-Bissau economist Carlos Lopes. © Ángel Medina G./EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Economist Carlos Lopes, who is at once a senior international civil servant, an economy professor and a consultant, is trying to help Arise IIP to develop industrial zones in Africa without crossing swords with the international financial institutions [...]

Published on 09/07/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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DRC
Arise prepares ground for DRC debut

In negotiations with Kinshasa to set up in the DRC, the investment fund Arise is deliberating over the location and size of its two industrial and logistics platforms, one dedicated to wood processing and the other to agribusiness.

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Gabon
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Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 10.06.2021

West Africa
Afreximbank in talks to acquire stake in OLAM-backed industrial fund Arise IIP

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Gabon
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Africa
Olam and AFC call on lobbyists to help develop their industrial parks

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