president

No. 121: Thursday AM Thoughts

Nov 5, 2015

Notes

Alassane Ouattara, Civil War, Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, Niall Ferguson, president

Apologies for missing Tuesday’s post. I’m a bit jumbled on helpful content to post, but here’s some of what’s on my mind. Alassane Ouattara’s Second Term Alassane Ouattara stepped into his second and final term as President of Ivory Coast earlier this week. Five years ago, President Ouattara was barricaded in a hotel after Laurent…
No. 40: Three Things in African Markets You Need to Know This Week – October 14

Oct 14, 2014

Africa, Business, Economics

Africa, anti-corruption, assets, corruption, equatorial guinea, fast moving consumer goods, fmcg, kleptocracy, nguema, obiang, oil, oil exploration, president, private equity, scotland, second vice president, senegal, South Africa, vice president

Oil Discovered Off Senegal’s Coast – link The wave of West African countries discovering oil continues with Cairn Energy, a Scottish Oil Company, striking oil about 100km off the coast of Senegal. The company is not yet sure about the size of the discovery – a first for Senegal. When Ghana discovered oil in 2010,…