French ports billionaire Vincent Bollore has been held for questioning in France on Tuesday as part of a bribery probe.

French judicial police are carrying out an investigation into possible bribes of public officials in two African countries, Bloomberg reported.

It will centre on contracts awarded to his Bollore Group for the operation of container terminals in Lome, Togo, and Conakry, Guinea, according to a person familiar with the matter cited by the news wire.