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EDF covets Akilee

Visiting Dakar in late November, the CEO of EDF, Jean-Bernard Lévy, discussed with the MD of Akilee the modalities of acquiring a stake in the Senegalese startup. [...]

Published on 04/12/2019 at 04:30 GMT

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Akilee
Ali Hojeij
Amadou Ly
EDF
EDF International Networks
Hexing Electrical Co
Jean-Bernard Levy
Macky Sall
Marie-Line Bassette
Mouhamadou Makhtar
Société nationale d'électricité du Sénégal
Valérie Levkov

Senegal
Amadou Ly sets up own party with eyes on 2024 presidential election

Having run unsuccessfully in the municipal elections in January, the businessman Amadou Ly is about to launch his own political party. But he has not ruled out allying himself with other figures on the Senegalese political scene in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.

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Senegal
Short-circuited in Dakar, smart meter start-up Akilee hopes to plug in to foreign markets

Setbacks over a €286m contract with Senelec, its top client and shareholder, have prompted the company to seek business elsewhere in Africa. It's already taking a good look at Rwanda.

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Senegal
Macky Sall seeks to nationalise Akilee electric metering start-up

The Senegalese president has informed Akilee's management that the state wants to acquire a 100% stake in the Senegalese smart electricity meter startup. Since early April, this new venture has been wrangling with the national electricity supplier Senelec, which placed an order for 2.

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Senegal
Samuel Sarr makes yet another comeback

One of the former president Abdoulaye Wade's most loyal allies became a fixture in the entourage of the first lady [...]

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Cameroon
Eric Mansuy contends with power cuts

Two days after his appointment as boss of Eneo, the [...]

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Shareholder row cripples Sendou power station

Dispute between Quantum Pacific and Nykomb Synergetics has paralysed the plant for three months.

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Razel-Bec, EDF and Air France embroiled in the Commisimpex affair

With two rulings from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) already in his favour, Commisimpex construction group boss Mohsen Hojeij [...]

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France, Ivory Coast
EDF waiting in the wings

EDF has teamed up with the auditor and consultancy KPMG [...]

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Spotlight | Senegal
Gorgui's love affair with France

Between Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade and the French, nothing is ever simple. Since his election in 2000, "Gorgui " –"the hare" in Wolof - has repeatedly distanced himself from Paris only to turn around and cultivate links again with Senegal's [.

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Senegal
Guns, gold and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Senegal
EDF covets Akilee

Senegal
Amadou Ly sets up own party with eyes on 2024 presidential election

Senegal
Short-circuited in Dakar, smart meter start-up Akilee hopes to plug in to foreign markets

Senegal
Macky Sall seeks to nationalise Akilee electric metering start-up

Senegal
Samuel Sarr makes yet another comeback

Cameroon
Eric Mansuy contends with power cuts

Spotlight | Senegal
Shareholder row cripples Sendou power station

Document | Congo
Razel-Bec, EDF and Air France embroiled in the Commisimpex affair

France, Ivory Coast
EDF waiting in the wings

Spotlight | Senegal
Gorgui's love affair with France