Ironu extracts the strategic model behind Simandou’s 8 April 2024 framework: shared infrastructure as the unlock, and which assumptions fail if West Africa
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Burkina Faso’s Kodéni and Pâ solar plants — asset and corridor map — across the region
Burkina Faso’s Kodéni and Pâ solar plants offer a reusable Sahel model — fuel-priced grid, DFI capital, credible off-taker — and a map of where it travels.
Algerian Union Bank launch in Mauritania — strategic model the risks and opportunities
Algerian Union Bank opens in Nouakchott as a state-built trade-finance model. Ironu tests which assumptions make it transferable across West Africa.
Gorou Banda solar plant in Niger — asset and corridor map why it matters for investors
Niger’s Gorou Banda solar plant near Niamey offers a transferable grid-connected solar model for the Sahel — and the assumptions investors must test first.
Dangote Refinery launch in Nigeria — strategic model what comes next across the region
As of 22 May 2023, the Dangote Refinery as a strategic model: vertical integration, load-bearing assumptions and what transfers to other West African markets.
Freetown airport terminal in Sierra Leone — asset and corridor map — across the region
The Freetown airport terminal’s real export is its build-and-operate model. Which assumptions transfer to other West African markets, and which break.
Public Distrust Threatens Malaria Control Campaigns
Some residents refused indoor residual spraying even as malaria cases rose in March 2023, with misinformation and a shifting climate widening the risk.
Guinea-Bissau’s IMF reform programme — strategic model the business case for investors
Guinea-Bissau’s IMF programme is a strategic model worth dissecting: concessional benchmarks manufacture credibility, but the assumptions are load-bearing.
Lekki Deep Sea Port in Nigeria — asset and corridor map — why it matters for investors
Lekki Deep Sea Port is a template as much as an asset. Ironu extracts the transferable framework and the demand assumption that may not travel.