Latest News Mauritania
New technologies
29/06/2023 at 12h53, by Africa Business+
Mauritania: EY, Deloitte and PwC compete to help central bank with digital financial services
The Mauritanian government is seeking to regulate the online payments sector better.
Mineral resources
19/06/2023 at 15h24, by Africa Business+
Addax Energy seeks over $600m to import oil, with IFC and SocGen on board
The Swiss company, owned by Swiss billionaire Jean Claude Gandur, is seeking funds to import petroleum...
Media
15/06/2023 at 17h27, by Africa Business+
Mohamed Ould Bouamatou wants his own TV channel
The Mauritanian head of the Bouamatou SA (BSA) group wants to join the country’s other tycoons in setting...
Construction & Infrastructure
09/06/2023 at 17h06, by Africa Business+
Public works: General Mokhtar Bolle Chaabane signs a triple contract with the Mauritanian government
Génie militaire, which already won several public contracts in Mauritania during the Ghazouani era,...
Commercial banking
08/06/2023 at 14h19, by Gaëlle Arenson
Mazars Sénégal and Deloitte, advisers to Coris and Vista on purchase of Soc Gen subsidiaries in Mauritania, Chad, Congo and Equatorial Guinea
Idrissa Nassa, the head of Coris Bank International, intends to continue with other acquisitions in...
Energy
01/06/2023 at 18h00, by Africa Business+
Sofreco and Afrecom to assist Mauritania’s Somelec
The authorities in Nouakchott are seeking to modernise the state electricity company with the help of...
Oil & Gas
24/04/2023 at 12h56, by Africa Business+
Mauritania: Akwa’s Aziz Akhannouch competes with Conex’s Cherif Abdallah and SEA-invest on $160m oil concession
The Moroccan Prime Minister and businessman, who acquired TotalEnergie in Mauritania at the end of 2022,...
Agribusiness
19/04/2023 at 16h44, by Africa Business+
Nouakchott seals $11.4m agricultural inputs supply deal with Ameropa’s William Dujardin and ALM’s Sami Iyad
Despite several failed contracts, the Swiss trader continues to make progress in the Mauritanian agricultural...
Oil & Gas
14/04/2023 at 16h26, by Africa Business+
Gas distribution: SOMAGAZ’s new shareholder Zeine El Abidine to compete with Bouamatou and Kerkoub
The Mauritanian businessman is diversifying his activities by acquiring shares in the recently privatised...
Mines
31/03/2023 at 16h12, by Africa Business+
Mauritania: First Quantum to close Guelb Moghrein in 2025
The metals producer, with annual revenues of around $7.6 billion (2022), expects to operate for under...
Commercial banking
30/03/2023 at 16h26, by Africa Business+
Proparco grants a $15m guarantee to Banque populaire de Mauritanie
The grant will enable BPM to increase the import of essential goods and expand its network of correspondent...
Construction & Infrastructure
29/03/2023 at 17h21, by Africa Business+
Mauritania: Artelia and Hydroconseil well positioned for strategic water and electricity projects
French engineering giant Artelia is set to advise on a high-voltage line project in the south of the...
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