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FRANCE AFRICA 23/10/2019

MagForce returns with a vengeance

There is still life in the old firm…Though its leading shareholder, Robert Franchitti, is under investigation and its board has undergone a profound upheaval, the security equipment manufacturer MagForce International is still continuing to operate in Africa, which has been [...]

NIGERIA 22/10/2019

ExxonMobil: why the transfer of its marginal fields could be in jeopardy

As we revealed, over the past few months ExxonMobil has quietly been testing the waters with Nigerian firms to see if they could be interested in several Niger Delta assets it would like to sell. [...]

Focus LIBYA 21/10/2019

Washington, Doha and Ankara wrestle for control of Central Bank of Libya

ETHIOPIA 18/10/2019

Is a general election delay inevitable?

Having been awarded the Nobel peace prize on 11 October for his efforts to stabilise the security situation in the Horn of Africa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is now contending with another major challenge: organising a general election, provisionally [...]

MAURITANIA Infrastructure & Power 21/10/2019

Sinohydro to build Nouakchott's first industrial fishing port

Mauritania has signed an over-the-counter contract with the Chinese firm to build the port in its capital. [...]

LIBYA 17/10/2019

Bachagha puts Sarraj under pressure

Government of National Accord (GNA) head Fayez Sarraj is more than ever on the razor's edge in Tripoli. His interior and defence minister Fathi Bachagha, on whom he is depending to counter Khalifa Haftar's attack on the capital [...]

ANGOLA 15/10/2019

Luanda picks out new diamonds with old allies

President João Lourenço may be working hard to breathe fresh life into the country's diamond industry, doing away with the practices of his predecessor José Eduardo dos Santos's era is proving more difficult. Even as the country opens its mines [...]

TUNISIA 18/10/2019

Turkey's TAI and Baykar race neck and neck for army drones contract

Public sector conglomerate Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and private sector operator Baykar Makina, which has links with the Erdogan clan, are bidding to supply the Tunisian army with military drones. [...]

Corridors of power

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ANGOLA 23/10/2019

Patrol boats: João Lourenço changes rules of naval engagement

Having overseen naval purchases when he was minister of defence, João Lourenço has now entrusted the interior ministry with equipping the country with OPVs. [...]

NIGERIA CONGO GHANA CAMEROON 22/10/2019

Lukoil shifts viewpoint to become Putin's oil vehicle

The private Russian firm close to the Kremlin has been working hard opening credit facilities to nudge its way into territories traditionally dominated by Western oil majors. [...]

SUDAN 18/10/2019

Abdalla Hamdok, a prime minister in a state of emergency

With the state coffers empty, the government is faced with the daunting challenge of meeting immediate needs and building for the future. [...]

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NIGER 23/10/2019

US military intelligence takes over from special forces

DJIBOUTI |AFRICAN UNION 18/10/2019

Djibouti criticises Smail Chergui for his links to Russia

ALGERIA 17/10/2019

Nabil Benhamza takes over as head of the DCSA

TUNISIA 17/10/2019

Gannouchi looks for a pro-Karoui prime minister

After having been disoriented by Kaïs Saïed's overwhelming victory in the presidential elections, Rached Ghannouchi has already set about negotiating the formation of the next government. And to keep the new president at arm's length, he is looking for support [...]

GUINEA 15/10/2019

SMB or Fortescue? Taskforce in place to award Simandou iron ore

The Guinean government has picked out a team to decide which of the two offers submitted on October 4 for [...]

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AFRICA 23/10/2019

Chad, the latest eldorado for ID companies

After the DRC and prior to Ivory Coast, providers of identity checks have descended on N'Djamena in the hope of winning the contract to update the electoral register in advance of the parliamentary elections. [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MALI 23/10/2019

Double or quits for Ecolog, the UN's favourite subcontractor

The two African flagship contracts of the Emirati firm Ecolog, supplier to the UN's peacekeeping missions and the French army, are up for grabs. [...]

UGANDA 22/10/2019

Total/Cnooc/Tullow Deal: Kaliisa steers exploration rescue mission

According to our sources, President Yoweri Museveni has scheduled a November meeting with the oil firms present in Uganda - [...]

News In Brief

IVORY COAST 23/10/2019

Ethiopian Airlines puts Washington flights on standby

KENYA 22/10/2019

Kenyatta already getting ready for second Total/Tullow cargo of crude

SOMALIA 18/10/2019

SAIC to advise US mission in Mogadishu

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 22/10/2019

Noble and M&P sow confusion between GEPetrol and Spectrum

Without knowing they would spark a fight with the local authorities, the American independent firm and Pertamina affiliate have not given up on acquiring new blocks. [...]

ETHIOPIA 18/10/2019

Ethiopian Airlines short of currency and planes…

The national airline is having to contend with a lack of aircraft and difficulties with the repatriation of its currency revenues in several countries. [...]

MADAGASCAR 18/10/2019

Medef delegation returns empty-handed

French entrepreneurs visiting Madagascar to check out the lie of the land remain unconvinced by the business climate. [...]

MOROCCO 17/10/2019

Bensalah ups capital to absorb Radio Plus's MAD 133 million debt

Mohamed Hassan Bensalah has taken action to deal with the heavy debts run up by Radio Plus, the radio station [...]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 15/10/2019

Bangui dishes out guarantees to prompt lifting of KP ban

The Central African Republic (CAR) government is keen to show it is willing to take steps to reform its mining [...]

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Power brokers

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ANGOLA 23/10/2019

João Lourenço seeks to overhaul his top brass

The former defence minister and now president of Angola does not hold back in his criticisms of his successor at [...]

News In Brief

IVORY COAST 23/10/2019

Hervé Koffi, new MD of private security giant G4S in Abidjan

ALGERIA 17/10/2019

Salah Mekmouche returns to Sonatrach… in Milan

MOROCCO 17/10/2019

Candidates line up to take Mezouar's place at the CGEM

ANGOLA DRC 22/10/2019

Blocks 14/15: minister Domingos fighting to keep oil zone status quo with Tshisekedi

From Luanda's point of view, the new Angolan president João Lourenço is hell bent on stopping his Congolese homologue Felix [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 18/10/2019

Jamú Hassan works on his swing with Interserve

Close to President Filipe Nyusi's FRELIMO party, the businessman Jamú Hassan is intending to build and run a new golf [...]

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With businessmen too close to the opposition out of favour, Alassane Ouattara has only selected his closest business friends to accompany him to the Russia-Africa summit. [...]

MOROCCO AFRICA Business circles 23/10/2019

SGTM wins big contract for Grand Bassam

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DRC Business circles 23/10/2019

EY awarded ultra-sensitive audit

In late September, the Congolese branch of the auditing firm [...]

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Bob Djani, Sony Music's new weapon against Universal

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