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Thursday, 11 July 2019

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.

industrial policy

Tariffs could help boost South African industry

After years of relative silence, debates about the pros and cons of tariffs in international trade have become a regular feature. ...

under embargo

Libya: “It is nothing new that France is violating the arms embargo”

According to a Pentagon investigation released Tuesday evening by the New York Times, a batch of US-made Javelin-type missiles found in Gharyan, ... 8km south of Tripoli, belonged to France.

Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Mass disappointment

The curious case of Walmart’s foray into Africa

Walmart’s investment eight years ago into South African retail giant Massmart has divided opinion. The stark reality on the ground is that ... its stock price is in the doldrums and profits are a rarity.

Power projects

Ahmed Rahmani of Vinci Energies says: “In Africa, the requirements are at the same level as in Europe”

Ahmed Rahmani, a Moroccan national based in Casablanca, has been in charge of Vinci Energies' Morocco and West Africa zone since 2017, with the ... multinational’s global turnover at €12.6bn ($14.2bn) in 2018.

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tinderbox

Nigeria’s conflict over Shia cleric will not melt away

Nigerian police claims that members of a Shia protest group shot at law enforcement raise the stakes in a long-running battle over imprisoned ... cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.

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.

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

IPO pops

Airtel Africa lists in Nigeria and turns to Africa for growth

Just after its late June initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange, Airtel Africa today was also officially listed on the Nigerian ... Stock Exchange (NSE).

School days

Ethiopia and Liberia: diverse challenges of meeting education goals

As the UN High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development kicks off in New York, The Africa Report compares Ethiopia and Liberia's trajectories ... in the quest for Goal 4: Education for All.

conversations with kagame

President Paul Kagame: ‘Africa has been struggling to follow the West, and now that system is crumbling’

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame granted The Africa Report a long interview following the Africa CEO Forum, in late March. In part one, he gives ... his views on industrial policy, regional integration and the failure of the Western model of the past two decades. Presented here is a transcript, with light editing for clarity.

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