Obiang and Bongo gear up for court battle over disputed islands
Libreville and Malabo are preparing to cross swords in a symbolic case for the two ruling families - the sovereignty of three tiny islands reputedly rich in hydrocarbons. [...]
The calls for tender for Prodigy, the project to digitalise Madagascar's institutions, have not yet been launched, but Sipromad, Alibaba and Pangea IT are already keen to get a slice of the $143m the World Bank is contributing to the scheme. [...]
King Mohammed VI's younger sister has ceded her shares in the Sicopa cannery to the businessman close to the royal family. Fahmane remains in partnership with the princess in the Atlas Agrumes agricultural company. [...]
The rise in copper prices has lead to a reboot of exploration projects in Zambia from sector giants to juniors looking for a stockmarket listing, overshadowing the country's colossal debt and recent spat with Glencore and Vedanta. [...]
Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle, keen to renegotiate contracts signed with Beijing under ex-president Joseph Kabila, has consulted numerous law firms and advisory banks in what looks set to be a Herculean task. [...]
The mining services group, which has a major presence in West African gold, has won a new contract worth almost $500m in the Botswana copper sector. This makes it the main contractor for the two largest copper projects in the region. [...]
The former Ivorian president, Laurent Gbagbo, who is due back in Abidjan on 17 June, is consulting his closest advisers regarding the final details of his return to #IvoryCoast after more than 10 years away. https://t.co/ynZ3ZFTtOT
#Morocco Auditing giant @PwC will continue to provide assistant to Morocco's finance minister Mohamed Benchaâboun as he presses on with the tortuous process of reforming the kingdom's public enterprises. https://t.co/9tqtwZoaeg
Lifezone, a company developing technology to decarbonise the smelting of metals that it is already using it at Sedibelo Platinum Mines in #SouthAfrica and Kabanga Nickel in #Tanzania, has brought in @RBC Capital Markets. https://t.co/Qa9C4z6WJB
