Côte d’Ivoire: the team chosen by EDF, Meridiam and SIFCA to head their biomass-to-energy project
On 9 December, the three companies signed a 25-year concession agreement with the Côte d’Ivoire government to build the largest biomass-to-energy project in West Africa. In an exclusive Jeune Afrique Business+ report, we reveal the profile of the executive team at Biovea Energie, the company that is leading the project.
17/12/2019 at 17h31, by Africa Business+
Set up in May, Biovea Energie brings together French power utility EDF (holding 40% of the shares); the investment company led by Thierry Déau, Meridiam (36%), and Biokala, a subsidiary of the agrifood group SIFCA, co-founded by the Billon family, which owns 24%.
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