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Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sudan, Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe Ndlovu, head of African Risk Capacity

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Bitter dual nationality issue hangs over 2025 presidential poll

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Patrick Achi, Tidjane Thiam and Jean-Louis Billon (from left to right).

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Robert Friedland hits pause button in Guinea, Liberia

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Islamic finance set to lose its monopoly

As part of its economic reform programme, Sudan is putting in place a two-track system where Islamic and conventional finance will operate side by side.

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Abdigani Diriye
African Risk Capacity
African Union
Ahmed Ismail
Alassane Ouattara
Amazon
Apple
Axa
Baba Hady Thiam
Baowu Steel
Barclays
Bloom
Cedric Diarra
Chinalco
COP27
Cosco
Dechert LLP
Deloitte
Facebook
Fondation Génération Numérique
Gide
Global Founders Capital
Goldman Sachs
Goodwater Capital
Google
Hamed Bakayoko
High Power Exploration
IBM
Insead
Johnson Investments
Lesley Ndlovu
Merghani Mahgoub
New York Institute of Technology
Oryx Energies
Oxford University
Patrick Achi
Rassemblement des Houphouetistes pour la Democratie et la Paix
Robert Friedland
Seydou Diarra
Thiam & Associés
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Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sudan, Zimbabwe

In Focus | West Africa
Where next for mining's wild child, Robert Friedland?

Ivory Coast
Bitter dual nationality issue hangs over 2025 presidential poll

Guinea, Liberia
Robert Friedland hits pause button in Guinea, Liberia

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Islamic finance set to lose its monopoly