Vincent Bolloré

In December 2022 the tycoon Vincent Bolloré who for decades had dominated the West African container ports market refocused on his Europe-based media interests and sold his logistics group to Swiss-based rival MSC (AC Vol 65 No 13 Bolloré back)...

France's Parquet national financier (PNF) the national agency for prosecuting financial crime has referred the Breton billionaire and media magnate Vincent Bolloré for possible prosecution for bribery of foreign officials and breach of trust...

Bolloré also set up a special subsidiary of Havas in Lomé which employed President Gnassingbé's half-brother Patrick Bolouvi on a salary of €8 500 per month for which he did no work (AC Vol 63 No 10 SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré came to dominate business in Togo – using money media and merchandise)...

This article was adapted from part of Africa Confidential's special report on the domination of the Togolese economy by French billionaire Vincent Bolloré through his relations with the ruling network of President Faure Gnassingbé May 2022...

After the controversy over the resignation of Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu and over Domelevo civil society activists complain that the promises to tackle corruption are empty (AC Vol 62 No 7 SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré won control of Ghana's biggest port & Vol 61 No 23 Anti-corruption boss 'no poodle')...

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THIS SPECIAL REPORT Billionaire Vincent Bolloré who has built up monopoly control over some of the biggest container terminals in Africa is heading back to the French courts with two of his top executives to face charges of bribery...

The offences were too grave to be covered by a plea of guilty and a fine and ‘compromised the sovereignty of Togo by altering the proper function of its institutions ' she said (AC Vol 62 No 7 SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré won control of Ghana's biggest port)...

For over 20 years Vincent Bolloré laboured to create a chain of 18 container terminals stretching down the West African coast – out of 24 on the continent overall – which gave him a near-monopolistic position...

Gafan attended the ceremonial openings of both the CanalOlympia cinemas the premium cinema chain part of the Vivendi empire that is spreading across Africa that were opened in Lomé in 2017 and 2018 in the company of the President and of Vincent Bolloré...

Cathia Lawson-Hall has had an equally distinguished career and is another link in the network tying the ruling elite of Togo to Vincent Bolloré...

None of the suspiciously bad deals cited by campaigners and the NPP when in opposition – such as Turkey's Karpower and a gas-processing project with Italy's ENI and Geneva-based Vitol and the Bolloré/Maersk Tema port contract – received any attention from Amidu's office (AC Vol 62 No 7 SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré won control of Ghana's biggest port)...

A case in point is the way the two main parties have closed ranks to defend the Bolloré/Maersk Tema port contract despite a ministerial report concluding it would result in losses of some US$4 billion to the state (AC Vol 62 No 7 SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré won control of Ghana's biggest port)...

The contract has been strongly criticised by some senior officials but the government is yet to commit to another investigation into its legality let alone a renegotiation or cancellation (AC Vol 62 No 7 SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré won control of Ghana's biggest port)...

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority chairman Peter Mac Manu a former national chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) insists he worked relentlessly to improve the contract between Tema Port and France's Bolloré although a secret Ministerial Report labelled its terms 'gravely detrimental' to Ghana's interests (AC Vol 62 No 7 Tema players & SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré won control of Ghana's biggest port)...

This is the story of how the deal took shape and how a fightback within the Transport Ministry and the NPP against the MPS deal was finally quashed and the legendary ability of Vincent Bolloré to accommodate political change asserted itself...

BOLLORÉ – A MONOPOLY IN EVERY PORT Bolloré Africa Logistics is the pride and joy of Vincent Bolloré one of France's wealthiest and best-connected business magnates with a reputation for brutal business practice combined with an awesome eye for profit...

Amid the outcry about alleged nepotism one voice stood out in Ibrahim's defence: Meridian Port Services current chair and Vincent Bolloré ally Alhaji Asoma Banda...

October Government gives the Bouygues share gratis to Alhaji Asoma Banda then CEO of Port Handling Company and Antrak Ltd old friend of Vincent Bolloré...

DRAMATIS PERSONAE BUSINESS PEOPLE Vincent BolloréFrench ports and logistics and media billionaire with controlling interests in key West African infrastructure and main beneficiary of highly profitable Tema container terminal...

Condé's network of old French friends includes former foreign minister Bernard Kouchner and the logistics baron Vincent Bolloré who is on good terms with President Emmanuel Macron...