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Bridging the gap

Nigeria: New $320m fund targets mid-sized power projects

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) in July announced the final close of its third African infrastructure investment fund (AIIF3) ... having raised $320 million, targeting Nigeria and East Africa. AIIM director Paul Frankish tells The Africa Report where the fund sees the most promising opportunities.

Fighting gravity

Can Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire really deliver higher cocoa prices?

Higher cocoa prices for farmers in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire make political sense, but the countries lack the bargaining power to draw a line ... in the sand.

Côte d’Ivoire: DJ Arafat, the king of the coupé-décalé, is dead

The much-beloved artist who was the champion of the coupé-décalé sound has passed away. ...

first out of the blocks

Société Générale plans to extend Absa partnership to project finance

Société Générale plans to expand its partnership with South Africa’s Absa to include project financing across the continent, CEO Frédéric ... Oudea told The Africa Report in an interview.

power of three

In Côte d’Ivoire it’s back to Ouattara, Bédié and Gbagbo

At first glance, the three major blocs that are expected to compete in the October 2020 presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire look almost identical ... to those that competed in 2010. But the political dynamics have changed dramatically.

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lion at large

Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo, in ‘semi-freedom’, revives his old party

From Brussels, former president Laurent Gbagbo has taken taken up the reins of the Front Populaire Ivorien (FPI) again and dreams of the day ... when he can finally return home to Côte d'Ivoire. There are no hard feelings, simply a real desire for revenge.

Water, water everywhere

Veolia’s Christophe Maquet: ‘The goal is to increase our revenue by 50%’

Veolia's Africa and Middle East director Christophe Maquet talks about the ambitions and continental projects of the French water and waste-management ... specialist.

Free man

Charles Blé Goudé – ‘I walk with my head held high and my hands clean’

Five months after his acquittal, the former youth minister under President Laurent Gbagbo and former leader of the Jeunes Patriotes is preparing ... to return home to Côte d'Ivoire. From The Hague, he talks about life in prison, his relations with Laurent Gbagbo and Guillaume Soro, and his new political ambitions.

Sweet tooth

Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire may struggle to make new cocoa price floor stick

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, which together produce about 65% of the world's cocoa but get only about $6bn each year from the $100bn global chocolate ... industry, are joining forces in a bid to exert greater pricing power.

Gold Dust

Avesoro woes highlight junior mining struggles in west Africa

News that Avesoro has cut its full-year production outlook amid the threat of gold production at its Youga mine in Burkina Faso being suspended ... highlights the dangers of investing in African mining juniors.

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