Jean-Louis Billon is a case apart in Ivory Coast. He is heir to the leading private sector group, SIFCA, which was founded by his father, Pierre Billon, but is reputed to scorn networking in a country ...

Amid continuing tensions between France and Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou has chosen a new ambassador to take over its embassy in Paris.

The Rio Tinto representative arrived in Conakry a few days ago to discuss with Winning Consortium potential collaborations on the Simandou iron project's infrastructures.

Development works for the Mbalam-Nabeba cross-border iron ore mining project may soon commence. An official ceremony to mark the handover of equipment required to launch operations is due to be held ...

Three candidates have come forward as would-be successors to Central Bank of Libya (CBL) governor Al-Seddik Omar Al Kabir in the event that he should lose his job as a result of the as yet unlikely ...

Andry Rajoelina, who has been president of Madagascar's High Transitional Authority since March 2009, is Africa's youngest head of state. The controversial circumstances of his accession to high ...

The national oil firm is currently focused on drumming up interest for two offshore blocks that have not found a buyer: 4/05 in the Congo Basin and 5/06 in the Kwanza Basin. Wanting to sell these as ...

Jimnah Mbaru has been head of the Dyer & Blair investment bank, which today is highly prosperous, since 1983. He also has a substantial portfolio of shares in other flourishing companies. Born in 1947 ...

The fact that US major ExxonMobil is overseeing the 18 million tonne per annum Rovuma LNG project located near to Mozambique LNG in the Afungi zone in northern Mozambique greatly boosts TotalEnergies' ...

When the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meets at its next ordinary summit in Abuja, the commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, Abdel-Fatau Musah, will present his ...

He served briefly as adviser to prime minister Jacques Sylla from 2002 to 2004 but, since then, has avoided taking political sides too openly in public. He has not forgotten the problems encountered ...

The contract is nevertheless an important one. The Tebessa Infrarail unit is in charge of building a second line between Tebessa and the Djebel Onk phosphate mine operated by public sector Somiphos 80 ...