Leaked documents reveal Russian effort to exert influence in Africa. Russia is seeking to bolster its presence in at least 13 countries across Africa by building relations with existing rulers, striking military deals, and grooming a new generation of “leaders” and undercover “agents”, leaked documents reveal.
The mission to increase Russian influence on the continent is being led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman based in St Petersburg who is a close ally of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. One aim is to “strong-arm” the US and the former colonial powers the UK and France out of the region. Another is to see off “pro-western” uprisings, the documents say. In 2018 the US special counsel Robert Mueller indicted Prigozhin, who is known as “Putin’s chef” because of his Kremlin catering contracts. According to Mueller, his troll factory ran an extensive social media campaign in 2016 to help elect Donald Trump. The documents show the scale of Prigozhin-linked recent operations in Africa, and Moscow’s ambition to turn the region into a strategic hub.
Russia Says France 'Illegitimately' Holding Mayotte, Indian Ocean Island. Sergei Lavrov on Friday accused France of illegitimately holding the island of Mayotte (AFP) Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday accused France of ignoring UN resolutions and illegitimately holding the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte.
Situated between Madagascar and Mozambique, Mayotte is the only island in the Comoros archipelago which did not split from France after an independence referendum in 1974. Even though Mayotte opted to remain with its colonial-era power, the Comoros still claims control -- in which it is backed by several UN resolutions -- in a territorial dispute with France. "Despite numerous resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly on this issue, France continues to illegitimately hold Mayotte," Lavrov told a news conference in Moscow alongside Comoros Foreign Minister Souef Mohamed El Amine. This entitles it to support for infrastructure, medical care, and education just as in mainland France.
Merkel calls for some EU-Africa trade contracts to be renegotiated. L’Allemagne lance un “Plan Marshall” avec l’Afrique. Le ministre fédéral allemand de la Coopération et du développement économique, Gerd Müller, a dévoilé le « plan Marshall » avec l’Afrique que propose son gouvernement au Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), en déclarant que le Plan peut aider à relever certains des défis auxquels l’Afrique est confrontée.
Pour une industrialisation efficace de l'Afrique. Africa: Germany's Focus On Africa for 2017. By Daniel Pelz (MC) German troops in Mali, talks with Namibia over colonial-era crimes and how Berlin is seeking to prioritize Africa during its G20 presidency.
Africa could climb up Germany's agenda in 2017. 2017 will be an election year in Germany. Africa won't be a key campaign issue. German elections at national level generally concern themselves with domestic issues such as internal security, pensions and health care. Nonetheless Africa still has a firm place on the German political agenda. La France et l'Union européenne au chevet économique de la Libye. Interview: Russia’s business and investment opportunities in Africa. She further discusses Russia’s economic relationship, challenges and untapped potential business and investment opportunities with Africa.
She spoke recently in this interview with Kester Kenn Klomegah, an independent research writer on Russian-African affairs in Moscow. How important is Eurasian market for African countries? The Eurasian marketplace, in scale and capital intensity, is huge. It includes some countries of Europe and post-Soviet countries and rather fast-growing Asian countries. It is obvious that the interest among African countries for access to these markets is enormous both in the context of just entering the market of a particular country and implementation of joint interstate projects. The implementation of such projects can be possible with the introduction of public-private partnerships. Turkey's exports to African countries on the rise.
Turkey aims to become design hub in Afro-Eurasia. Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri Işık said the vision of Turkey's Industrial Strategy Paper for the period between 2015 and 2018 is to make Turkey a design and production base in Afro-Eurasia in medium-high and high-tech products.
The Industrial Strategy Paper, which will steer Turkey's industrial policy between 2015 and 2018, and the Guild Industry Web Portal, which will considerably increase the information and communication in the country's industry, were introduced yesterday. Işık said that the main objective of the Industrial Strategy Paper is to improve the competitiveness and productivity of Turkish industry and to enable it to have a greater share in world exports. Niger to host German military base. LIVE: Russia to send an army unit to Africa for the first time. Turkey's first overseas military base to open in Africa. The first Turkish military base in Africa, built in Somalia, will soon operate under a deal to enhance defense cooperation with this African country.
Turkey and Somalia inked a defense cooperation agreement on Jan. 25 in 2015 in the framework of Turkey's pledge to build up a national army for the Somalian state. The deal has been subsequently approved by the United Nations. The base, African Horn, will open in Mogadishu for Somalian troops to have training and to handle weapons in order to drive al-Qaeda linked al-Shabaab from their homes. More than 10,000 Somalian troops and soldiers from other African countries will be trained by Turkish military experts in the base. The new base will house 200 military experts. La France veut jouer sa carte de "hub"à vers l'Afrique. Untitled. Survie - Jacques Berthelot, économiste, spécialiste des politiques agricoles européenne et africaine, revient sur les implications de la politique commerciale de l’Union européenne, qui impose aux forceps des accords de libre-échange.
France : à la recherche du partenariat "d’égal à égal" avec les pays africains. Turkish official: Work permits to boost Africa trade. Untitled. Africa is facing a new and devastating colonial invasion driven by a determination to plunder the natural resources of Africa, especially its strategic energy and mineral resources.
That’s the message from a damning new report from War On Want ‘The New Colonialism: Britain’s scramble for Africa’s energy and mineral resources’ that highlights the role of the British government in aiding and abetting the process. Written and researched by Mark Curtis, the report reveals the degree to which British companies now control Africa’s key mineral resources, notably gold, platinum, diamonds, copper, oil, gas and coal. EU report reveals it wants its influence to spread into Asia and Africa. The EU has been accused of 'planning its own empire' after a report suggested the bloc wants its influence to spread into part of Asia and Africa.
The EU foreign policy document said 'gradual synchronisation and mutual adaptation' of defence planning would 'enhance strategic convergence between Member States'. In a report called Global Strategy, there are also calls to increase the bloc's influence in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East amid fears over terrorism. EU leaders had tasked EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini (right, speaking to David Cameron) with drawing up the 'Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy' last year The report said deeper defence cooperation 'engenders effectiveness, efficiency and trust: it increases the output of defence spending.' 'Developing and maintaining defence capabilities requires both investments and optimising the use of national resources through deeper cooperation.
Brexit will be terrible for Africa's largest economies including Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya — Quartz. Now that the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union, African economies—already struggling from slowing demand from China and flat commodity prices—have now been thrown into confusion along with the rest of the world. “Many emerging market and frontier asset markets will come under pressure,” Razia Khan, chief economist for Africa for Standard Chartered Bank, tells Quartz. “Much will depend on how quickly some sort of financial market stability can be restored.” The UK’s minister for Africa and advocate for leaving, James Duddridge, has promised that relations with the continent would only improve without the burden of the EU, but Africa’s largest economies are still likely to suffer. « Pour l’Afrique, le “Brexit” ouvre des opportunités dans les années à venir » La sortie de l’Union européenne, dite « Brexit », votée à presque 52 % jeudi 23 juin par les Britanniques, aura un impact économique en Afrique.
Le Soleil - Echanges commerciaux : L’Ue signe un Ape avec 6 pays d’Afrique australe. Bolloré dévoile ses futurs investissements pour le Cameroun. Business News of Thursday, 19 May 2016 Source: fr.africatime.com Vincent Bolloré, PDG du groupe Bolloré et Biya. Germany expands military cooperation in Africa. Cameroon, Italy to sign cooperation accords. Business News of Thursday, 17 March 2016. Lindustrie de défense au centre des débats entre Yaoundé et Ankara. Africa: Turkey to Expand Business Ties With Africa. InterviewBy Isaac Mugabi President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting four West African countries this week in a bid to increase the country's bilateral trade in Africa.
Analysts believe that ECOWAS members can make important deals with Turkey. Ivory Coast which has hosted President Erdogan for the first time is rich in oil, natural gas, diamonds and gold among others. The country also has agriculturally fertile lands but it's among the lowest income economies in Africa. Economic analyst, Kissy Agyeman-Togobo, tells DW that Turkish business companies are looking for investment opportunities in Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana and the economic powerhouse Nigeria. Norway Fund Mulls W. Africa Expansion With Ghana Investments. The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries is considering investments in financial-services and clean-energy businesses in Ghana as the institution extends its scope to West Africa.
Norfund, as the state-owned company is known, had 47 percent of its about $1.5 billion portfolio invested in Africa, focused in the southern and eastern parts of the continent, by the end of 2014, according to Deepak Malik, 58, the head of the 19-year-old fund’s Johannesburg office. Those include stakes in the continent’s biggest wind farm and Kenya’s largest bank.
Norfund prefers to make equity investments in companies and projects rather than providing loans, Malik said. “We’ve reached a stage of maturity where we can expand into other parts of Africa,” starting in Ghana, Malik said by phone on Feb. 2. “More than likely it will be the financial sector where we would make our first investment.” Ghana Office. Les ambitions de la Turquie en Afrique. Ankara ne fait pas les choses à moitié. En effet, bien que sa représentation diplomatique ne touche pas tous les états africains, la Turquie souhaite y asseoir sa présence dans tous les domaines, notamment économique, comme le montre l’accroissement des investissements turcs dans de nombreux pays du continent noir. Des liens historiques et culturels Les liens historiques et culturels de la Turquie avec l’Afrique ont contribué à établir des relations étroites avec ce continent. En effet, dans le cadre de leur politique d’ouverture à l’Afrique qui a commencé en 1998, la Turquie est déterminée à accroitre et développer ses relations politiques, économiques, commerciales et culturelles avec les pays africains.
Zimbabwe: French Companies to Invest in Zimbabwe. A number of French investments are lined up for Zimbabwe in 2016 with power giant, Schneider Electric, expected to enter the Zimbabwean market, French Ambassador to Zimbabwe Laurent Delahousse has said. Delahousse told businessdigest in an exclusive interview this week that the firm, which already has a branch in South Africa , will open a branch in the country with a view to set up a manufacturing plant in the near future. "Schneider electric will next year open offices in the country. The company manufactures power distribution and automation systems," Delahousse said. The company also manufactures circuit breakers, remote installation management equipment, panel boards, programmable logic controllers, industrial control products, detectors, human-machine interfaces and process controls. L’essor urbain de Luanda attire les PME françaises. Russia’s Quiet Rise in Africa. Sick of plaSick of playing second fiddle to the West, Russia is bolstering its businesses by turning to African countries.
A flurry of flashes and clicks erupted from the pool of press photographers while whispers of a new Cold War flooded the hallway outside. It was the 2007 Munich Security Conference, and after years of trying to court the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin had finally had enough. “We are seeing a greater and greater disdain for the basic principles of international law,” he said, in a speech that would become a defining moment of his presidency. Paris incubator NUMA expands to Africa with Casablanca launch. Paris-based incubator NUMA has expanded its operations to Africa with the launch of a hub in Casablanca, Morocco, saying the country was an obvious gateway to establishing operations across the rest of the continent. Originally launched in 2000 as Silicon Sentier, NUMA has become well established in the French innovation ecosystem, launching the country’s first co-working space in 2008 and the first startup accelerator in 2011.
It is now in the process of expanding internationally, with NUMA Casablanca launching in conjunction with local entrepreneurship support organisation Eiréné4Impact. The Morocco launch follows hot on the heels of similar rollouts in Russia – NUMA Moscow – and India – NUMA Bangalore. NUMA said Morocco was an “important first step through the gateway to the African continent”, highlighting the growth of the country’s innovation ecosystem. “Our ambition is to accelerate the growth of 15 emerging ecosystems by 2019.
European Court annuls EU trade agreement with Morocco. Portuguese Migrants Flood Angola for New Opportunities. Russia in Africa: Why Moscow is banking on Africa to counter America's global dominance - Business. Germany deepens presence in Ghana with 155 firms. Ireland plans massive investment in Nigeria in four years. La part de l’Afrique dans le chiffre d’affaires des entreprises françaises va augmenter de 75% d’ici 2025. World in Ukraine: Ukraine-Sudan trade still in early stages. Le patronat français courtise le milliardaire nigérian Tony Elumelu. Le patronat français courtise le milliardaire nigérian Tony Elumelu. Germany Sets €100M Security Fund for Africa, Mideast Partners.
50 French companies on "first-of-a-kind" business trip to Nigeria. Untitled. Mafia in Africa. Euromap points to growth in African plastics. German engineering firms missing out on African growth - trade body. More spanish investments announced in Cameroon. Pourquoi il faut croire à la nouvelle donne africaine - Les Echos. Kazakhstan Opening Itself to Africa - The Astana Times. What is Turkey doing in Africa? - E. BARIŞ ALTINTAŞ. L'Italie promet de créer dix Incubateurs d'entreprise au Cameroun. France, Angola sign business deals from oil to hotels. François Hollande débarque au Cameroun avec des financements de 76 milliards FCfa dans sa mallette - Investir au Cameroun: l'actualités quotidienne sectorielle de l'économie camerounaise - telecom agro mines gestion publique.
Cameroun - Visite de Hollande: Vers la signature de quatre accords de financement. L’AFD injecte 42,6 milliards FCfa pour développer trois capitales régionales du Cameroun - Investir au Cameroun: l'actualités quotidienne sectorielle de l'économie camerounaise - telecom agro mines gestion publique. Kazakhstan steps up African courtship. L'Afrique, ce nouvel eldorado économique. Qui a dit que la Turquie en avait fini avec l'Afrique ? Untitled. Le fonds souverain norvégien va investir en Tunisie. EU records high mkts in CMR, despite Chinese breakthrough. Turkish president to go Africa tour. Russia eyes Zimbabwe as entry point into African market. Half of Turkey’s African investment is in Ethiopia. La Turquie ouvre une représentation de la Tika à Yaoundé.
Africa on the rise, with trade set to be worth billions to Irish exporters. College aiming for overseas expansion after African project. GEESKA AFRIKA ONLINE The Horn of Africa Intelligence News Group » Eritrea is a Part of Russian Declaration on Strategic Partnership. Afrique, terre d’émigration pour Européens sans emploi. Une usine de chars allemands en Algérie - A la une.
Turkey comes to East Africa - Business - This is Africa. Botswana, Ireland sign double taxation agreement - business. Lafarge Seeks Merger to Rival Dangote Cement. NEWS ANALYSIS: German firms finally venture into Africa in search of trade. Russia writes off $20 billion for African countries. CBI - Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries. Belarus is ready to set up assembly plants in Mozambique. Africa's Growth Prospects in a European Mirror: A Historical Perspective. Grupo português Teixeira Duarte expande negócios em África. Africa: Hunting for Eurobonds (Page 1 of 3) GoAfrica. $20B Russian Direct Investment Fund set to invest in Egypt. Nigeria/Europe trade volume hits 28 billion euros. The Promota Africa Magazine – James Duddridge: Why I’m investing in 12 companies across Africa. Taking a leap of faith in African economies. La Turquie à l'assaut de l'Afrique. Fleurette Group Appoints Lord Mancroft as Head of Group's Advisory Board.
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