In Focus | West Africa
High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Senegal
Qatar's emir snubs pre-launch ceremony in Dakar for 2026 Youth Olympic Games

Despite being the guest of honour at the celebrations on 31 October that marked the countdown to the launch of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in a year's time, the Emir of Qatar did not show up in Dakar for the event.

The New Guard
Senegal, Egypt and Namibia

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

Senegal Sijh Diagne, former diaspora banker maps out post Covid-19 recovery plan

Egypt Tino Abdellatif Waked, driving Uber's African growth

Namibia Maggy Shino, young advocate for Namibian gas

Egypt Nada El Ahwal, heiress to a shipping logistics empire

Senegal
Transport ministry back to square one on Cap Skirring airport tender

There has been a setback to the project to rehabilitate the Cap Skirring Airport, Senegal, following two local firms Sotracom and Rebotech's complaint to the public procurement regulator after losing out to an outside bidder.

Morocco
Morocco's CDG fund salvages its distressed hotels on the sly

Mahd Salam Hotels, a subsidiary of CDG, will receive a capital injection of 1.8bn dirhams to transfer its hotel assets to Crédit immobilier et hôtelier.

Algeria
Billboard king Benmansour goes into family travel business

Abdelaziz Bouteflika's nephew, 31-year-old Ahmed Karim Benmansour, is diversifying his business interests. Already head of urban panel advertising company Innomedia, [...]

Thales and Airbus consultant Chunyan Li promotes book with help from Raffarin

Chunyan Li, a consultant who heads the Paris-based outfit Feida [...]