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Ivory Coast
Chinese defence giant Norinco set to land FACI armoured vehicle contract

The Ivorian army is close to placing a firm order for some 50 Chinese infantry fighting vehicles to boost its capacity to deal with the insurrection threat posed by armed groups. Arms dealers Gaby Peretz and Ben Moctar have quietly gone to work in Abidjan in an effort to take advantage of the demand for new equipment. [...]

Published on 20/02/2023 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abidjan reaches out to South African defence industrialists

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Senegal
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Ivory Coast
From Israeli ships to telecoms, broker Kevin Guyonnet is breaking into all kinds of business

The Ivorian broker Kevin Guyonnet is hugely successful in Abidjan. Having organised, with Gaby Peretz, the order of two Israeli patrol boats for the navy, the businessman is branching out into financial deals, telecoms and health services.

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Senegal
Broker Thierno Ba chooses Belgrade to supply gendarmerie

Businessman and close friend to Senegalese President Macky Sall, Thierno Ndom Ba just ordered 20 light armoured vehicles from state-run Serbian conglomerate Yugoimport for the gendarmerie.

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Ivory Coast
Otokar's armoured vehicles en route to troubled northern border

The Turkish defence flagship, Otokar, signed two contracts in December to equip the Ivorian army and the gendarmerie with armoured vehicles. Both have put in orders for its Cobra II model to help with their fight against armed groups on Ivory Coast's northern border.

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Thierno Ba, friend to Macky Sall and key military equipment broker

In just a short years, Thierno Ndom Ba has established himself as one of Dakar's most sought-after military equipment brokers. With discretionary use of special funds from the presidency, the businessman has become a main supplier of Senegal's gendarmerie.

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In just a few years, businessman Thierno Ndom Ba, a close friend of President Macky Sall, has established himself as one of Dakar's most sought after military equipment brokers.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara's €153m plan to boost Ivorian army

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has since mid-October been mulling a plan estimated at nearly 100bn CFA francs (€153m) to accelerate the acquisition of military equipment to strengthen the Ivorian army.

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From Gao to Abidjan, Ben Moctar Maouloud, the broker who has Ouattara's ear

A low-key figure in West African presidential palaces for two decades, Ben Moctar Maouloud has become a key intermediary in Abidjan. The Malian businessman with a wealth of contacts is now involved in all major military contracts.

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Ben Moctar Maouloud, the Malian businessman with a wealth of contacts, is now involved in all major military contracts and has become a key intermediary in Abidjan.

In Focus | Africa
Top military broker Gaby Peretz's grand African trek

Since the late 1980s, Gaby Peretz and his firm AD Con have carved themselves out a reputation in the very closed world of military equipment brokerage in Africa. Initially specialising in the promotion of interception equipment, the firm has progressively expanded its range of services and these days negotiates and finances major aerial and naval military equipment deals.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Ivory Coast
Chinese defence giant Norinco set to land FACI armoured vehicle contract

Ivory Coast
Thales keen to dot northern border with its radar

Ivory Coast
Army pays price for hefty Africa Cup expenditure

Ivory Coast
Washington outlines new financing for Abidjan, including cybersecurity and data centres

Ivory Coast
Abidjan reaches out to South African defence industrialists

Ivory Coast
Avnon Group financial woes imperil Ivory Coast army contracts

Senegal
Chinese defence giant Norinco opens regional office in Dakar

Ivory Coast
From Israeli ships to telecoms, broker Kevin Guyonnet is breaking into all kinds of business

Senegal
Broker Thierno Ba chooses Belgrade to supply gendarmerie

Ivory Coast
Otokar's armoured vehicles en route to troubled northern border

In Focus | Senegal
Thierno Ba, friend to Macky Sall and key military equipment broker

Ivory Coast
Ouattara's €153m plan to boost Ivorian army

In Focus | Ivory Coast, Mali
From Gao to Abidjan, Ben Moctar Maouloud, the broker who has Ouattara's ear

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Top military broker Gaby Peretz's grand African trek