Author: The Editorial Team

The event will take place online from 20th October – 26th November 2020. The digital platform will allow attendees to access content and networking offerings across all three market leading events with one point of entry, making it the largest ever energy event for the African continent marketed to a combined energy database of over 200,000.  Following the impact of the pandemic on the energy sector in Africa, the event will seek to address critical…

The event will take place online from 20th October – 26th November 2020. The digital platform will allow attendees to access content and networking offerings across all three market-leading events with one point of entry, making it the largest ever energy event for the African continent marketed to a combined energy database of over 200,000.  Following the impact of the pandemic on the energy sector in Africa, the event will seek to address critical issues…

ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) — Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term as the leader of the world’s top cocoa producer is galvanizing a divided opposition, marring his re-election odds. Ouattara rescinded his decision not to seek a third term on Thursday, saying he accepted the nomination of the ruling Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace to run as its candidate in an Oct. 31 vote. Ouattara said…

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Less than two months ago, French President Emmanuel Macron’s prescription for what ailed Mali was “the return of the state.” Taking the narrowest possible view of the West African nation’s problems, the French president suggested that the best inoculation against a resurgence of jihadist terrorism in the Sahel region was more government. This view required a willful disregard of the political crisis unfolding in Bamako, where the government of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was…