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SOUTH AFRICA - 03/17/2010
The $50 Billion Cure for Power Cuts
	A meeting of the World Bank’s board in late April will decide on the wisdom of lending USD 3.75 billion to the South African power utility Eskom, notably for the const ruction of a coal-fired electricity plant. (...) [672 words] [$9.5]


GHANA - 03/17/2010
IFC, Jubilee’s Fairy Godmother
	The private investment arm of the World Bank is pretty well everywhere when it comes to financing the huge Jubilee field in Ghana. (...) [274 words] [$5.4]


NIGER - 03/17/2010
Souley Mamadou Abba
	Appointed Niger’s new energy and mines minister on March 1, Souley Mamadou Abba is a close associate of prime minister Mahamadou Danda. (...) [142 words] [$5.4]

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MADAGASCAR - 03/13/2010
Rajoelina’s top ten advisors
	For the last year, the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina known as TGV has managed to stay in power by thwarting international pressure for him to install a consensus regime. Several of his advisors, each in a specific post, have had a significant role to play to help him get over this hurdle or help him find funding. (...) [704 words] [$9.5]


DJIBOUTI - 03/13/2010
The level of security as seen by UN
	According to the evaluation made by the United Nations on a scale of one to five (where five corresponds to a need to evacuate its entire staff) the level of security in Djibouti is seen as being in phase one in much of the country. (...) [291 words] [$5.4]


UGANDA/IRAN - 03/13/2010
Yoweri Museveni
	President Yoweri Museveni would not seem to be able to go without his annual trip to Iran in May. (...) [148 words] [$5.4]

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TUNISIA - 03/11/2010
Political Elite in Solar Energy Vanguard
	Everybody is climbing aboard the solar energy bandwagon, and specially prominent political figures. Former ministers and cronies of current ministers are putting the final touches to their projects in this fashionable field. The outlook appears promising. Subsidies are expected to rain on the solar energy industry thanks to a combination of Tunisia’s solar energy plan (see opposite) and international financial organizations. (...) [571 words] [$9.5]


TUNISIA - 03/11/2010
Chayata Has Big Things in Mind
	Moving with great discretion, the Tunisian businessman Sedki Chayata is launching a raft of new ventures. Already present in the plastics business with Tunisian Global Plasturgy, he has just inaugurated a firm specializing in packaging, Technipack. (...) [191 words] [FREE]


Central Bank, Tunis - 03/11/2010
The Headaches of Taoufik Baccar
	Ordered to modernize Tunisia’s banking industry, the governor of the Banque Centrale Tunisienne, Taoufik Baccar, has still a mountain to climb before succeeding in the endeavour. (...) [185 words] [$5.4]

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CONGO-K - 03/10/2010
Hong Kong Court Upholds Debt Claim
	The Congolese government and the semi-state-owned companyGecamines, which have already lost out on almost half of a USD 50 million entry fee owed by China Railway Group (AMI n°220), have just suffered another setback which could set a legal precedent. (...) [254 words] [FREE]


SENEGAL - 03/10/2010
Top Names to Feature at First SIM
	Senegal has decided to wheel out the big guns for the launch of the Salon International des Mines (SIM), which is to take place from April 12 to 15, just as the country celebrates 50 years of independence. (...) [167 words] [$5.4]


IVORY COAST - 03/10/2010
Augustin Komoé Kouadio
	On February 23 Augustin Komoé Kouadio was appointed minister for mines and energy in Guillaume Soro’s government, replacing Léon Emmanuel Monnet. (...) [165 words] [$5.4]