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Kenya/Côte d’Ivoire/Tunisia: Delivery companies set up shop in Africa

The fierce competition within the online delivery sector is prompting Western services to invest in as many markets as quickly as possible. ...

Some old and new faces

Côte d’Ivoire: President Ouattara unveils his new government

The new Ivorian government led by prime minister Patrick Achi was unveiled on 6 April. It demonstrates Côte d'Ivoire’s President Alassane ... Ouattara’s focus on continuity.

questionable track record

Has ECOWAS made West Africa a safer place?

In an article published in 1994 titled 'The Coming Anarchy', the American journalist Robert Kaplan predicted an impending Armageddon for West ... Africa due to what he considered its notoriety for breeding crime, coups and tyrannical regimes. 26 years later, it bears examining whether the region has measured up to this grim forecast.

Shining out from the rest

World Bank forecasts Niger, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire to make big recovery in 2021

Less dependent on raw materials and relatively unaffected by the new wave of Covid-19, West Africa’s coastal countries are expected to exceed ... 6% growth in 2021.

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trusted allies

From London to Cairo, the entourage of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris

Illusions of reconciliation?

Côte d’Ivoire: With their reconciliation, what are Ouattara, Gbagbo and Bédié trying to achieve?

Autonomous state

Côte d’Ivoire’s sugar industry hopes to become self-sufficient in five years

trusted allies

From London to Cairo, the entourage of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris

Illusions of reconciliation?

Côte d’Ivoire: With their reconciliation, what are Ouattara, Gbagbo and Bédié trying to achieve?

Autonomous state

Côte d’Ivoire’s sugar industry hopes to become self-sufficient in five years

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Returning home at last

Côte d’Ivoire: Former President Laurent Gbagbo is acquitted on appeal

The ICC Appeals Chamber has confirmed the acquittal of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé, pronounced at first instance on 15 January 2019. ... The decision means that Cote d’Ivoire’s former president will be allowed to return home.

out with the aged and in with the youth?

Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara’s new government, who is likely to stay or get the boot?

Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara is due to unveil the composition of his new government in the coming days. But already, the names ... of certain politicians are being persistently mentioned.

diamond magnate

Beny Steinmetz’s African business ventures, where he’s good at taking risks

After being sentenced to five years in prison on a bribery conviction, Beny Steinmetz continues to wage a legal battle of global proportions. ... Who is this Franco-Israeli businessman who is on first name terms with the world’s most powerful leaders? The Africa Report had access to an exclusive interview with Steinmetz in Geneva.

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Struck down in his prime

Côte d’Ivoire: Prime minister Hamed Bakayoko struck down at the height of his career

Côte d’Ivoire’s prime minister Hamed Bakayoko, whose death was announced on 10 March, appeared to be one of the most likely candidates to ... succeed President Alassane Ouattara.

A touching farewell

Côte d’Ivoire: Prime minister Hamed Bakayoko’s final days

Hospitalised in Germany, Côte d'Ivoire's prime minister Hamed Bakayoko died on 10 March. Sister magazine Jeune Afrique's publication director ... Marwane Ben Yahmed, who had a close relationship with him, recounts his final weeks and pays tribute to him.

Don’t count your chickens

EU/Côte d’Ivoire: €1bn to support the Ivorian cocoa sector, really?

During the weekend of 20 February, Jobst von Kirchmann, the European Union (EU) ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, proposed a package worth up to ... €1bn ($1.2bn) destined for the Ivorian cocoa industry over the period 2021-2027 to help it become more sustainable.

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