Faith in Bolloré brain trust resists Africa probe 25 Apr 2018 Shares in Vincent Bolloré’s group fell 9 percent after French police questioned the tycoon about dealings in Guinea and Togo. Yet Vivendi, chaired by his son Yannick, barely moved. Investors are trusting that the family’s dealmaking dynamism will survive the test.
Debt boom augurs ill for fragile African economies 22 Jul 2014 Senegal is raising $500 mln abroad. Borrowing from West African franc zone governments is set to jump 50 pct to $7.2 bln in 2014. But big trade deficits mean the region would struggle to cope with a sudden withdrawal of foreign liquidity – a frequent shift in emerging markets.