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Focus AFRICA ASIA QATAR 16/12/2019

Qatar-Africa specialist Philippe Hababou Solomon finds new clients in the Far East

Faced with a certain apathy on the part of regular client Qatar, Franco-Israeli businessman Philippe Hababou Solomon, who has close relations with several African leaders, has decided to look for business further east in future, starting with Indonesia. [...]

ALGERIA 12/12/2019

Ahmed Gaid Salah to stay in charge after minimalist transition

Whether it be Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Azzedine Mihoubi, Ali Benflis, Abdelaziz Belaïd or Abdelkader Bengrina, the president elected on December 12 will arrive in the El Mouradia Palace with his hands and feet bound. [...]

KENYA 13/12/2019

US commandos offer Kenya three of their favourite Polish aircraft

MOZAMBIQUE 16/12/2019

Globeleq and Source Capital make headway in their renewable projects

The British electricity producer and the Mozambican private equity company are negotiating the financing of the Cuamba solar plant, and carrying out studies for the Namaacha wind farm. [...]

ANGOLA 10/12/2019

Lourenço's hype over copper assets works on AngloAmerican and Pengxin

Angolan President João Lourenço has been working hard to convince foreign firms to invest in the country's diamond sector but also its copper assets and his efforts are beginning to pay off. [...]

NIGERIA State strategy 03/12/2019

Divestment: ExxonMobil's double-dealing

While it continues to work on the sale of part of its marginal onshore and shallow offshore fields, ExxonMobil is keeping an eye out for buyers for some of its other assets in an ultra-select process. [...]

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. ©Reuters

UGANDA 13/12/2019

Frustrated Museveni finds Chinese loans come with political strings attached

DRC 04/12/2019

How the FCC is paving the way for Joseph Kabila's return

Although the former Congolese president has officially withdrawn to his ranch in Katanga, several of his allies are already preparing his comeback. [...]

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ETHIOPIA 13/12/2019

How Addis put a stop to Somali-Afar clashes

Mediation efforts backed by the army have for the time being put an end to politically charged clashes between clans in the north-east. [...]

TUNISIA 12/12/2019

Ridha Saïdi and Mongi Safra whisper in Habib Jemli's ear

Head of government designate Habib Jemli will not decide alone on the composition of his future government. According to our [...]

SUDAN 10/12/2019

Ties to former regime costs SMRC its head

It was as much his ties to the country's security services and his connections with the deposed Sudanese president Omar [...]

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MADAGASCAR 13/12/2019

Orlando Robimanana returns to political scene

TUNISIA 12/12/2019

Lassaâd Ben Lamine has no budget for the Tunis francophone summit

ZAMBIA 10/12/2019

Relocations take toll on ZCCM-IH's manganese goals

GABON 04/12/2019

Gloves come off in secretive crackdown on Brice Laccruche Alihanga

In the absence of the president Ali Bongo, who returned to Libreville on 27 November after a stay in London, the Gabonese courts swiftly launched an anti-corruption drive that is targeting as a priority the allies of the president's former [...]

ALGERIA 03/12/2019

The political-military currents that cost Hachichi his Sonatrach posting

It was, according to our sources, Gen. Ouassini Bouazza, the man who has been at the helm of the country's [...]

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KENYA 13/12/2019

Ruto vies with Kenyatta clan for ownership of Star

The Star daily newspaper, seen as a campaigning vehicle for the 2022 presidential election, is on sale and coveted by both Kenyatta's entourage and his potential successor William Ruto. [...]

MADAGASCAR 13/12/2019

Vecturis and Madarail bank on Holcim

Belgium's Vecturis, the operator of Madarail, is hoping the cement firm Holcim will compensate for the downturn in business occasioned by Kraoma's struggles. [...]

MOROCCO 12/12/2019

Somagec, Eiffage and Archirodon chase Dakhla port project

The battle for the estimated 10.2-billion-dirham contract to build the future port of Dakhla Atlantique has begun. On December 3, [...]

News In Brief

MADAGASCAR 13/12/2019

Marc Ravalomanana burdened again by Tiko's woes

GUINEA 10/12/2019

Simandou: Rio Tinto and Chinalco meet their new neighbour

CENTRAL AFRICA 04/12/2019

Ecolog plays and wins

ALGERIA 12/12/2019

Abdelkader Taïeb-Ezzraïmi sails on a sea of food oil

SIM (Société Industrielle de la Mitidja) boss and Blida RND deputy Abdelkader Taïeb Ezzraïmi, looks set to sail through the [...]

MADAGASCAR 10/12/2019

Government wants to raise its share of mining output and royalties

As much as for its novel approach as for the lack of prior consultation before the draft, the Malagasy government's [...]

MAURITANIA 10/12/2019

SNIM improves cash flow by alternating buyers

Mauritania's financially-weakened national mining and industry firm Société nationale industrielle et minière (SNIM) has been able to take some of [...]

WEST AFRICA 04/12/2019

Alpha Condé complicates sale of BNP Paribas network

The French bank has shortlisted two candidates to take over its subsidiaries in Mali, Burkina and Guinea, but one of the two firms is not to the liking of a wary Guinean government. [...]

NIGERIA 03/12/2019

Project Star: Chevron's stealth mission to raise the bids for OMLs 86 and 88

Taking a page from ExxonMobil's book (AEI 851), Chevron would like to trim its Nigerian portfolio by divesting from secondary or aging assets. The plan is to sell these to local firms with enough connections for the Department of Petroleum [...]

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MOZAMBIQUE 13/12/2019

Miguel Rodrigues Murargy branches out into aviation

Miguel Rodrigues Murargy is continuing to diversify his business interests. He is the son of Issac Murade Murargy, Mozambique's former [...]

News In Brief

TUNISIA 12/12/2019

Nabil Chaïbi plans to up his offer for a majority stake in Havas Tunisia

MOROCCO 12/12/2019

The Berrada Sounnis go clubbing with Yassine Lahlou

LIBYA 12/12/2019

Mustafa Sanalla plans to organise a forum for oil companies in Paris

IVORY COAST 04/12/2019

Pascal Affi N'Guessan's ambitions threatened by Gbagbo bid?

With Laurent Gbagbo having confided to several of his allies in recent days that he intends to run in the [...]

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 03/12/2019

Gabriel Obiang Lima unveils a distinctively Nigerian Ronda 2019 list

Equatorial Guinean minister of energy Gabriel Obiang Lima's luck is down. He was unable to get a single major to [...]

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KENYA Infrastructure & Power 16/12/2019

Chinese, Turkish, German and Indian firms vie for second tranche of Mombasa-Mariakani highway

The nine companies competing for the contract must submit their bids before the end of January. [...]

DRC 16/12/2019

Ogefrem relaunches Kasumbalesa dry port project

Congolese authorities have turned to the African Development Bank to help them out of the financial impasse that has stalled the facility's construction. [...]

MALI Infrastructure & Power 16/12/2019

Fana solar farm awaits concession contract

French electricity producer Legendre Energie, which signed an MOU with Bamako in 2016, plans to start building the 50-MW solar farm in 2022. [...]

DJIBOUTI Business circles Document 13/12/2019

Ensuite Com brought on board to win Ismail Omar Guelleh a Security Council seat Free

In its bid to become Africa's non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Djibouti has retained the services of the [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business circles 13/12/2019

Apollo Games CEO gambles on Maputo

The boss of the Czech gambling company Apollo Games, Jindriška [...]

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