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TUNISIA 27/02/2020

Erdogan's arms merchants increasingly well ensconced

Tunisia's military will soon be operating Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) armed drones. According to our information, the Turkish state-owned conglomerate finalised a first export contract for its Anka model in January. [...]

KENYA SOMALIA 28/02/2020

Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

The Somalian president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo is having to contend not only with Kenya renewing its claims to Somalian territorial waters but also the refusal of his Kenyan opposite number, Uhuru Kenyatta [...]

ZIMBABWE 25/02/2020

Pouroulis family's platinum record in Harare

Focus MOROCCO 24/02/2020

Naval Group and Piriou want to set up a shipyard to serve the Moroccan navy

AFRICA Courts and cash 18/02/2020

Tullow Oil's Dorothy Thompson flogs family jewels for cash

As we revealed, Tullow Oil executive chairman Dorothy Thompson announced on February 5 that the company will be cutting its [...]

GUINEA 24/02/2020

Summa, WIETC and Sogea-Satom vie for Conakry Airport contract

ALGERIA 18/02/2020

How Patrick Pouyanné inadvertently led to Kamel-Eddine Chikhi's ousting from Sonatrach

Kamel-Eddine Chikhi only managed to hold on to the top seat at Sonatrach for just two short months. Behind his fleeting career at the top of the national oil firm lies a tug of war with the Algerian generals over [...]

MAURITIUS 26/02/2020

AfricInvest set to open new $500m fund and two offshore companies

The Tunisian private equity firm is preparing to launch a new fund, AfricInvest Fund IV. To create it, the company has registered two new offshore companies in Mauritius, supplementing the score of firms it already owns there. [...]

Corridors of power

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SUDAN 28/02/2020

Turkey seeks to mobilise its Sudanese allies

In a bid to regain influence in Khartoum, Ankara is backing the al-Islah party against the transitional government. [...]

MOROCCO 27/02/2020

IMF's Georgieva blows hot and cold

International Monetary Fund (IMF) director general Kristalina Georgieva's visit to Morocco from February 17 to 20 gave finance minister Mohamed [...]

MALAWI 25/02/2020

Lilongwe allows period of inaction on licences to win over miners

Taking the opposite stance to its northern neighbour Tanzania, which ditched them in 2017 (AMI 455), the Malawian government has [...]

News In Brief

DJIBOUTI 28/02/2020

Naguib Abdallah Kamil in starting blocks for 2026

LIBYA 27/02/2020

Ambassador Elhouderi to meet the French senate's France-Libya group

TANZANIA 25/02/2020

Barrick and Bowmans lend state a hand in winning back miners

Breaking newsIVORY COAST 21/02/2020

Nicolas Sarkozy receives red carpet treatment on business diplomacy mission

Ivorian officials have been treating Nicolas Sarkozy's private trip to Abidjan like a state visit. When he landed in the [...]

ANGOLA 18/02/2020

Sonangol privatisation: behind the scenes of Lourenço's last chance operation

While the economy is continuing to suffer with the drop in national oil output, Luanda is busy preparing the sale of the state-owned firm in the background. Here's how. [...]

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UGANDA 28/02/2020

Major changes afoot in banking sector

Despite the arrival of international players, doubts remain as to the robustness of the financial sector. [...]

MADAGASCAR 28/02/2020

Still no divorce for Air Madagascar and Air Austral

Despite wanting to wind up their strategic partnership, Air Austral has nevertheless suggested to Air Madagascar that they continue to collaborate closely. [...]

MOROCCO 27/02/2020

Al Mada puts Amine Myel in charge of Sotherma restructuring

Mineral water bottling company Sotherma (distributor of the Aïn Saïss and Sidi Harazem brands), a subsidiary of royal holding company [...]

News In Brief

TANZANIA 28/02/2020

Air Tanzania brought low by Wallis Trading

IVORY COAST 25/02/2020

Fakhoury family gives mining a shot

CONGO 19/02/2020

Clan war at Pointe-Noire docks

MOROCCO 27/02/2020

Lalla Meryem sells Baccarat Hotel to Saudi Arabia's Al Shahri

Mohammed VI's older sister Lalla Meryem has finally succeeded in ridding herself of her failed Baccarat Hotel project in Rabat's [...]

IVORY COAST 25/02/2020

Manganese leader Dharni Sampda grappling with family feud

Mounting tensions within the management of Indian group Dharni Sampda's Ivorian affiliate have flared into full blown warfare between the [...]

DRC 25/02/2020

Baiyin weighs merits of sustained open pit mining at Twangiza

The decision to place the Congolese gold mine Twangiza under care and maintenance until the end of October, as announced [...]

WEST AFRICA 19/02/2020

French private security firms home in on airports

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) guidelines recommending the privatisation of inspection and screening procedures have helped French operators to snap up contracts at African airports. [...]

ANGOLA 18/02/2020

Block 2/05: Amni hesitates, Somoil courted by trading giant

The Nigerian firm's position as Somoil's main partner on the block is looking shaky and could slip from its hands while another big player is ready pounce. [...]

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Power brokers

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MADAGASCAR 28/02/2020

Dimby Andriamanga eyes leadership of World Bank project

Dimby Andriamanga, who ran for parliament in 2013, is now following his brother Vonjy Andriamanga wherever he goes and hoping [...]

News In Brief

MOROCCO 27/02/2020

Abbas-Vahid drops out of Ruimy's Aerium fund line-up

ALGERIA 27/02/2020

Rezig recapitalises SAFEX to enable it to renovate exhibition centre

ALGERIA 27/02/2020

Journalist Rochdi Redouane sets up his own TV channel in London

DRC 19/02/2020

Freddy Kita Bukusu, minister of a thousand networks

The deputy minister for economic planning, Freddy Kita Bukusu, has been chosen to represent President Félix Tshisekedi in Malabo on [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 18/02/2020

ENH: why did Omar Mitha step aside for Estevão Pale?

Omar Mitha's replacement as the chief executive of ENH had been on the cards since President Filipe Nyusi's re-election in [...]

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UGANDA Business circles 28/02/2020

German companies make beeline for Kampala Free

A delegation of German businesses recently travelled to Kampala. On 18 February, representatives from Mühlbauer, ADVA Optical Networking, Aerodata and [...]

SOUTH SUDAN Business circles 28/02/2020

Triangle Real Estate finally starts construction for SPLA

Triangle Real Estate has begun construction works on a residential [...]

KENYA Business circles 28/02/2020

Keroche in search of capital to expand abroad

Stagnating since 2013, Keroche Breweries (KBL) has now started the [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business circles 28/02/2020

Portugal's Giant Brightness moves into pharmaceutical market

The liberalisation of the Mozambican pharmaceutical sector, which was previously [...]

TANZANIA KENYA Business circles 28/02/2020

Benbros Motors drops plans for factory in Dar es Salaam

The Tanzanian automotive company Benbros Motors has failed to secure [...]

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