Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war

Ayoub Aissiou is after the state's agricultural land

Efforts to privatise farming on the state's agricultural land in a desperate attempt to reduce the country's import bill are exciting young billionaire Ayoub Aissiou. [...]

How Yaatra muscled its way into GE's refinery

Yaatra Ventures may not be the most well-known member of the consortium building an oil product refinery in Kabaale Township, Uganda, yet it does have a strong set of African experts at the helm. [...]

BMCE recovers Alliances and Addoha property wreckage

A series of failures in the property sector has forced BMCE to put on its hard hat! [...]

Moise Katumbi: his friends, his allies, his networks

As Kosmos charges ahead, Total pledges allegiance to Aziz

An explosive report lays bare the state of the cocoa sector

Jazouli hires Neila Tazi's husband

Mohammed Abdi, who was adviser to French secretary of state for urban policies Fadela Amara from 2007 to 2011, is [...]

Patrice Talon keeps the Eiffel Tower spirit alive

French businesses have the wind in their sails thanks to an avowedly francophile president. Analysis. [...]

How Abiy Ahmed Ali is managing the Oromo big guns

Conakry wants to reboot Nimba iron ore

According to our information, the Guinean government would like to get Societe des mines de fer de Guinee (SMFG) back [...]

Tassili Airlines hires new maintenance crews

Tassili Travail Aerien (TTA), which has been involved in a series of incidents in recent months, including the deaths of [...]

Sassou Nguesso's risky gamble on potash

The president has actively engaged in this sector in the hope of offsetting the impact of the IMF recommendations, but the projects are suffering from a lack of infrastructure. [...]

Court grants Bourbon a breather

The oil services firm's court case over "the corruption of foreign public officials" in Nigeria has been postponed for an indefinite period. [...]

How Russia is seeking to secure uranium deposits

Moscow is deploying slick tactics to get its hand on uranium reserves while trying to generate new demand in Africa. [...]

Lithium and cobalt producers show Chetan Chug the love

Indian businessman Chetan Chug is a heavyweight partner for mining groups looking for Asian buyers for their Congolese cobalt and lithium production. [...]

Guy Rossatanga-Rignault, Ali Bongo's new Mr Environment

Appointed in February as the minister for fisheries, the sea and maritime security after being removed from his post as [...]

Mamy Ratovomalala keeps tight grip of oil sector

Even now that his close friend, Bonaventure Rosoanaivo, stepped down as the head of Office of National Mining and Strategic [...]

David Mafabi, Museveni's evening star

As he approaches sixty, David Mafabi has become the rising star among President Yoweri Museveni's political strategists and in the [...]

Freada Cheung adds Manono lithium to Kazakh potash

Chinese entrepreneur Freada Cheung, aka "Madam Cheung", who can often be found lining up business opportunities with Chinese industrial players, [...]