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Ivory Coast
Yeshi Group gets into cocoa

Ivorian-Lebanese businessman Abdul Hussein Baydoun, the principal shareholder of the [...]

Published on 16/09/2015 at 03:30 GMT

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Abdul Hussein Baydoun
Conseil Cafe-Cacao
Dominique Ouattara
founded by Africa Sourcing
Groupement des Negociants Ivoriens
Loic Folloroux
SUTEC
Yeshi Group

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Africa Sourcing partially cleared in London

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Ivory Coast
Former cocoa barons try to get in with Bedie

Under suspicion of involvement in a CFA 500 billion embezzlement scandal, former cocoa barons under Gbagbo are trying to ingratiate themselves with the Ouattara regime ahead of the October elections.

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Ivory Coast
Ouattara’s circle stakes claim to share of cocoa business

After the recent liquidation of GNI, Loix Folloroux, Dominique Ouattara’s son, has established a new entity designed to capture a percentage of Ivory Coast’s cocoa wealth.

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Winners and losers in Ivorian business

Ivorian business people close to Laurent Gbagbo have seen their fortunes decline since Ouattara was elected, while those close to the new regime are thriving.

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The new cocoa barons

The Ivorian cocoa industry has had to be completely reorganised after the profiteering which went on during the Gbagbo regime. [...]

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Ivory Coast
Cocoa exporters protest against CCC

New tax rules have upset the cocoa and coffee sectors in Ivory coast, prompting several exporters to temporarily halt their operations in the country.

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Ivory Coast
Konan Kouassi re-enlists as head of Conseil Cafe-Cacao

Chairman of the Conseil Café Cacao (CCC), an entity that [...]

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Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders close to power receive fillip

Several billion tonnes of cocoa previously pre-sold to major international players has been sold on to trading companies close to the president’s office.

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Ivory Coast
Zoumana Bakayoko gets into cocoa business

Ivorian businessman Zoumana Bakayoko, a member of parliament for Abidjan’s [...]

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Ivory Coast
Cocoa: Ouattara favours national industry

President Alassane Ouattara is keen to boost local companies in Ivory Coast’s strategic cocoa industry - while treading carefully around the international traders the country has always done business with.

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Conseil Cafe-Cacao
Dominique Ouattara
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Loic Folloroux
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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Ivory Coast
Yeshi Group gets into cocoa

Ivory Coast
Beydoun takes over at GIPAME in Abidjan

Ivory Coast
Sucden appeals against FCC Africa Sourcing verdict

Ivory Coast
Africa Sourcing partially cleared in London

Ivory Coast
Former cocoa barons try to get in with Bedie

Ivory Coast
Ouattara’s circle stakes claim to share of cocoa business

Ivory Coast
Winners and losers in Ivorian business

Insiders | Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast
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Ivory Coast
Konan Kouassi re-enlists as head of Conseil Cafe-Cacao

Ivory Coast
Cocoa traders close to power receive fillip

Ivory Coast
Zoumana Bakayoko gets into cocoa business

Ivory Coast
Cocoa: Ouattara favours national industry