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DJIBOUTI 27/03/2020

Nchi Private and Investment Bank - the Russian connection

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, western intelligence services have been taking an interest for some time in Nchi Private and Investment Bank (NPIB), which was set up in Djibouti in 2016. This very discreet bank was [...]

LIBYA Corridors of power 26/03/2020

With no Haftar-Bachagha deal, Tripoli fighting continues

Following the failure of the humanitarian truce called for on March 18 by the United Nations to prevent the coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading in Libya, nothing seems likely to stop the fighting in Tripoli between Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) [...]

Focus AFRICA 23/03/2020

Ex-Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse reinvents himself in Africa

GUINEA DRC AFRICA 24/03/2020

Alliance of mining expert and lobbyists creates stronghold on continent

AFRICA 25/03/2020

The UN's closed-door briefing on the economic impact of COVID-19

AFRICA UNITED STATES 27/03/2020

CACI International is Africom's new mega-contractor

In awarding a huge service contract to CACI International, the United States Africa Command (Africom) has further accented its reliance on private sector contractors just as Washington is looking to disengage its troops from African theatres of operation. [...]

SUDAN 27/03/2020

Military takes charge of GERD dossier

To respond to Sudan aligning itself with Ethiopia's position on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Khartoum having opposed the 4 March resolution sponsored by Cairo at the Arab League, companies owned by Egypt's general intelligence services and its Military Intelligence Service [...]

IVORY COAST 18/03/2020

Alassane Ouattara keen to remain at helm of RHDP

Though the Ivorian president has now officially confirmed that he will not stand for a third term, he plans to stay on as RHDP chairman. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 17/03/2020

Total and ExxonMobil at loggerheads over Afungi

The supermajors ExxonMobil and Total are miles apart in their thinking on how to invest in the development of the Afungi LNG park. [...]

Corridors of power

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EAST AFRICA 27/03/2020

New Delhi promotes its healthcare

Indian embassies are pushing for medical cooperation in the region, despite Narendra Modi's struggles with the coronavirus. [...]

TUNISIA 26/03/2020

Martial Saïed faces Covid-19 alone

Kaïs Saïed has gone into martial mode in the face of the new coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). He introduced a curfew [...]

NAMIBIA 24/03/2020

China National Uranium Corp contests local content at Rössing

While it finalised the purchase of a 68.82% stake in the Namibian uranium mine Rössing from Australian mining colossus Rio [...]

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KENYA 27/03/2020

British army withdraws on health grounds

TUNISIA 26/03/2020

Kais Saïed still without an ambassador in Paris

LIBERIA 24/03/2020

Monrovia goes big to reduce pollution from ASM mining

DRC 18/03/2020

Félix Tshisekedi's winning Israeli formula

The surprise announcement on 1 March of the imminent opening of a Congolese embassy in Israel is first and foremost a move by the DRC president Félix Tshisekedi to firmly align himself with his American counterpart Donald Trump. Over the [...]

NIGERIA 17/03/2020

The workings of billionaire Benedict Peters' expanding galaxy

Nigerian business tycoon Benedict Peters, the founder and chairman of Aiteo, has created a web of entities to run his ever-more diverse portfolio of businesses. [...]

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MAURITIUS 27/03/2020

HM Rawat Group sets out to conquer DRC

The HM Rawat Mauritian business empire is banking on its SEZ experience to persuade the DRC authorities of its telecoms credentials. [...]

KENYA 27/03/2020

EU prays Opus Dei will help it counter Beijing's digital ambitions

Nairobi, via its university founded by the Opus Dei Catholic institution, is becoming the hub of EU-African digital cooperation and a counterweight to China's market penetration. [...]

MOROCCO 26/03/2020

Ex-Marjane man Mohamed Rais now works for Mahdi el Majidi

Mohamed Rais, who was until 2017 secretary general of the Marjane hypermarkets chain owned by royal holding company Al Mada, [...]

News In Brief

MOZAMBIQUE 27/03/2020

Taipei's Ann Huang expands her Maputo empire

GUINEA 24/03/2020

George Soros at the heart of US court's decision on Vale vs. BSGR

IVORY COAST 18/03/2020

Rothschild's presidential visit

MOROCCO 26/03/2020

Senhaji's arrival at Casa stock exchange augurs ill for Tawfiki

The replacement on March 19 of Casablanca stock exchange director Karim Hajji by Tarik Senhaji does not augur well for [...]

GUINEA 24/03/2020

Simandou: behind the scenes of SMB and Conakry's negotiations

Ever since it took ownership of blocks 1 and 2 on the Guinean iron ore mine Simandou in mid-November (AMI [...]

LIBERIA 24/03/2020

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SRG wants to tie in Guinean graphite success in country

WEST AFRICA 18/03/2020

Olam anxious over inquiry into Nouakchott port

Having just signed off on its joint venture deal with Denmark's AP Moller Capital, Olam is having to face a parliamentary commission of inquiry in Mauritania. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 17/03/2020

Local content: fragmented bombshell heading Frelimo and Total/Exxon's way

After being bottom on the list of the Frelimo government's concerns since the development of the giant Rovuma Basin gas reserves began in 2010, local content is creeping back up in the pecking order. The question now is whether it [...]

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KENYA 27/03/2020

Narendra Raval seeks to cement status as market leader

The king of Kenyan cement and boss of Devki Group, Narendra Raval, is aiming to become the sole supplier of [...]

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ALGERIA 26/03/2020

Mekmouche opts for retirement instead of Sonatrach Gas Italia post

MOROCCO 26/03/2020

Omar Lazraq joins the boards of Alliances subsidiaries

MOROCCO 26/03/2020

Younès Ajarraï ventures into the events business

ANGOLA 18/03/2020

Bento Dos Santos ‘Kangamba', a general on borrowed time

A very prominent figure under José Eduardo dos Santos, General Bento dos Santos, aka ‘Kangamba', has been under judicial supervision [...]

ALGERIA 17/03/2020

Who are Toufik Hakkar's procurement bosses at Sonatrach?

The all-powerful leader of oil and gas production in Algeria, the national oil company Sonatrach, has overhauled the way it [...]

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CHAD Business circles 27/03/2020

The army brings out its Osprea armoured troop carriers against Boko Haram

Following an attack by Boko Haram on March 23, the Chadian Armed Forces have brought in new armoured troop carriers. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Corridors of power 27/03/2020

Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel looks to strengthen ties with Filipe Nyusi Free

The state funeral of the poet Marcelino dos Santos, a founding member of the ruling FRELIMO party, on 19 February [...]

ETHIOPIA Business circles 27/03/2020

Ethio Telecom soon to face new competition

The minister of transport and communications, Dagmawit Moges, working in [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business circles 27/03/2020

Jurie Nienaber takes over distribution of OTI Africa spirits in Maputo

On 20 February, the South African spirits distributor OTI Africa [...]

DJIBOUTI Business circles Defence & Security 27/03/2020

KBR renews its contracts at Camp Lemonnier

The provider of services to the US government, KBR (Kellogg [...]

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