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ALGERIA 18/02/2020

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

Focus AFRICA FRANCE 17/02/2020

The big clearance sale of "France-Africa" Gatsby Vincent Miclet

BENIN 10/02/2020

French, UK, German and UAE firms compete for 50 MW contract

A score of companies are vying for a tender initiated by the American Millennium Challenge Corp. program to build four solar farms. [...]

ALGERIA Business circles 13/02/2020

Saïd Chengriha resumes hunt for aerostats without Lockheed

Less than two months after having succeeded army chief of staff Ahmed Gaïd Salah, Saïd Chengriha has relaunched the National Popular Army's (ANP) procurement programme. [...]

GUINEA Infrastructure & Power 17/02/2020

Mota Engil teams up with AFC to clinch coastal road contract

LIBYA 13/02/2020

Khalifa Haftar starves militias of fuel and cash

By cutting off supplies via the pipeline from the Sharara oil field to the Zawiya Refinery on February 8, General Khalifa Haftar made use of a new weapon to help him capture the town of Zawiya, 30 km west of Tripoli. [...]

The American private security tycoon Erik Prince. ©Melissa GOLDEN/REDUX-REA

AFRICA DRC 11/02/2020

How Erik Prince is building his niche on the continent

Central corridor: Burundi or Rwanda? ©Indian Ocean Newsletter/Indigo publications

TANZANIA Document 14/02/2020

Potential new rival to Rwanda rail link project

The viability of the Isaka-Kigali rail link project has been thrown into doubt by the new roadmap for the Central Corridor. [...]

DRC Corridors of power 05/02/2020

Kabila allies lose their diplomatic passports

Over the last month, the Tshisekedi government has revoked the diplomatic passports of several Kabila allies. First in the firing was the ex-ANR chief, Kaalev Mutond. [...]

Corridors of power

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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. [...]

FRANCE MADAGASCAR 14/02/2020

Scattered Islands bring latent tensions to surface

Ever since the Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina, aka TGV, publicly urged Emmanuel Macron on 29 May 2019 during his visit to Paris ‘to find a solution for dealing with the issue of the Scattered Islands and returning them to Madagascar', [...]

TUNISIA 13/02/2020

Jihadists' return worries Bergamini

The return of Tunisian Jihadists who fought in Syria is increasing worrying the European Union delegation in Tunis under its [...]

News In Brief

KENYA 14/02/2020

Cuba urges Kenyatta to pay al-Shabaab ransom for abducted doctors

LIBYA 13/02/2020

Saleh al Fandi tries to unite the tribes behind Khalifa Haftar

ANGOLA 11/02/2020

Former José Eduardo dos Santos spokesman keen to shed mining portfolio

AFRICA 11/02/2020

Legal haze holding back renewable energies in mines

Many of those present at the Renewables for Mining in Africa workshop held by West African Renewables & Environmental Actions [...]

WEST AFRICA 05/02/2020

Macky Sall and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Dakar, January 28 2020. ©Reuters

Erdogan's Sahelian manoeuvres

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Business circles

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AFRICA 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 [...]

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. [...]

UGANDA TURKEY 14/02/2020

Turkey's AKP marshals its pawns in Kampala

As organisations and businesses set up shop with the support of Istanbul, Fethullah Gülen's networks remain firmly in the Turkish government's firing line… [...]

News In Brief

GHANA 18/02/2020

Total could be tempted to give up on Anadarko's assets

MADAGASCAR 14/02/2020

Brand-new contracts for Jirama

DRC 11/02/2020

Coronavirus already taking toll on Katanga mining

KENYA 14/02/2020

A eurobond to finance BBI referendum?

Uhuru Kenyatta's new Eurobond has become a political rather than economic matter. Despite their reservations, he is pressuring his advisors to secure the loan ahead of the referendum. [...]

MOROCCO 13/02/2020

Mahdi El Majidi eyes security market with Delta Drone

Drones, artificial intelligence and privileged access to companies controlled by royal holding company Al Mada. These are the key assets [...]

ALGERIA 13/02/2020

Castel's takeover plans for NCA Rouiba run into opposition

French drinks giant Castel's planned takeover of nearly bankrupt Algerian fruit juice market leader NCA Rouiba, which was revealed by [...]

DRC 11/02/2020

Gécamines wages attack on Pengxin over Shituru copper

In its vast partnership audit launched in 2018 (AMI 431), Gécamines has unearthed details it felt warranted the filing of [...]

CONGO 05/02/2020

Air Sassou grounded at Dubai airport

Much used by Congo's presidential family, the plane belonging to the Congolese oligarch Moussengo Alilo is currently grounded in Dubai, where it owes €1.7 million in arrears. [...]

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Power brokers

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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 [...]

News In Brief

TUNISIA |LIBYA 13/02/2020

Former Petro Air boss Maatoug takes over at Joint Oil

MOROCCO 13/02/2020

The Freidjis have their ad contract renewed by Casa Transports

TUNISIA 13/02/2020

Ali Belakhoua aims to recharge Starz Electronics' batteries

TANZANIA 14/02/2020

Deusdedit Kakoko steers port of Dar to digital

Under pressure from the chair of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, Naghenjwa Kaboyoka, the director-general of the Tanzania Ports Authority [...]

MOROCCO AFRICA 05/02/2020

Kamal Benali, the mysterious guest of Nicolas Sarkozy

On 22 January, it was in the presence of his friend Kamal Benali that the Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embalo [...]

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UGANDA State strategy 18/02/2020

Total/Tullow: energy ministry pays heavy price of Museveni's indecision Free

The overriding atmosphere is slowly getting the better of the new block promotion. [...]

NIGER Exploration-production 18/02/2020

The coronavirus wreaking havoc on CNPC's Niger-Benin pipeline build

According to our information, the Chinese state-owned company CNPC has [...]

ANGOLA Courts and cash 18/02/2020

Lourenço hands Jeronimo's ANPG $9 million to renovate head office

Angola's oil and gas regulatory authority, the ANPG, will soon [...]

GAMBIA Courts and cash 18/02/2020

How much longer will Gambia be made to wait on APCL arbitration?

The oil and gas junior firm African Petroleum (APCL), which [...]

MAURITANIA Courts and cash 18/02/2020

Top dog emerges between Beicip-Franlab, Schlumberger and SLR Consulting for Tortue phases 2 and 3

There are three firms still in the running for a [...]

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