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Tidjane Thiam says he advised Guinea on its sovereign wealth fund

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Tidjane Thiam says he advised Guinea on its sovereign wealth fundFinancial Times · CC BY 2.0

Tidjane Thiam says he advised Guinea on its sovereign wealth fund project and the Ghanaian president on investments in chocolate. He gave these details in an interview published on Saturday 7 November, according to Linfodrome.

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