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KENYA 03/04/2020

The British army renews its air support service contractors

ALGERIA 02/04/2020

Sonatrach begins clear-out among security contractors

Two months after taking over as head of Sonatrach new chairman and chief executive Toufik Hakkar has started a major review of the contracts awarded to sub-contractors by his predecessor Kamel-Eddine Chikhi. [...]

CAMEROON Business circles 01/04/2020

Fotso family reenacts Game of Thrones

The death on 20 March at the American Hospital of Paris of the Bamileke oligarch Victor Fotso has precipitated a three-act inheritance war being played out between Paris, Washington and Bandjoun under the watchful gaze of President Paul Biya, who was very close to the deceased. [...]

AFRICA CHINA 01/04/2020

Alibaba: the ringmaster of African finance

Applications for the Chinese behemoth's training programme for African entrepreneurs have just closed. For those selected to take part, it's a chance to obtain funding from programme partners 4DX Ventures and AfricInvest, and even to compete for the Africa Netpreneur Prize, set up by Alibaba founder and former CEO Jack Ma. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 31/03/2020

Total and ExxonMobil sound warning bell over security time bomb

ANGOLA 01/04/2020

Gemcorp sponsors Africell in Luanda

Partly financed by Gemcorp, the Lourenço government's go-to investment management firm, Africell is vying for Luanda's third mobile phone licence. [...]

Focus AFRICA 23/03/2020

Ex-Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse reinvents himself in Africa

ETHIOPIA 27/03/2020

Continuing clashes over ethnic federalism

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) recently published the ethnic breakdown of the 547 seats in the federal parliament that will be disputed in the general election on 16 August 2020. It is identical to the allocation at the last election but has nevertheless prompted criticism in Somali National Regional State (SNRS), [...]

GUINEA Exploration-production 24/03/2020

Simandou: behind the scenes of SMB and Conakry's negotiations

Ever since it took ownership of blocks 1 and 2 on the Guinean iron ore mine Simandou in mid-November, Société minière de Boké (SMB) has been hashing out the details of its final contract with the Conakry government. [...]

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ALGERIA 02/04/2020

Ourradi and Hanifi take their leave

An era has ended at the Ministry of Energy following the retirements on March 10 of inspector general Youcef Ourradi [...]

DRC 01/04/2020

Who is engineering the rapprochement between Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame?

In a break with the policy of his predecessor Joseph Kabila, Félix Tshisekedi is making unprecedented overtures to his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame with the diplomatic help of a select group of loyal allies. [...]

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 31/03/2020

Fourth Sino-Nigerian pair to enter fray for Exxon's Zafiro?

Two new actors are are mulling the idea of a consortium to take Zafiro off ExxonMobil's hands for which there are already three other contending groups. [...]

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TUNISIA 02/04/2020

Mounir Ksiksi has a business brain under his ex-officer's hat

BENIN 01/04/2020

Cotonou set to close around a dozen embassies

KENYA 27/03/2020

British army withdraws on health grounds

SUDAN 27/03/2020

Military takes charge of GERD dossier

Although the government of Abdalla Hamdok has sided with Ethiopia on the Nile dam, Sudan's generals are favouring Sisi's camp. [...]

NAMIBIA 24/03/2020

China National Uranium Corp contests local content at Rössing

While it finalised the purchase of a 68.82% stake in the Namibian uranium mine Rössing from Australian mining colossus Rio [...]

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MOROCCO 02/04/2020

The ANP quietly restarts work on Lamhiriz's fishing port

On March 28, the National Ports Agency (ANP) published a series of four tender calls for the completion of work [...]

ALGERIA 02/04/2020

The national milk office has not lost its appetite for powdered milk

New trade minister Kamel Rezig could soon regret having committed himself in early March to the oft-repeated promises to end [...]

GABON 01/04/2020

Olam pushes ahead with its withdrawal

Having set up in very short order the holding company Arise P&L, which has taken over its investments in the ports of Gabon, Olam is poised to do likewise in the transport sector. [...]

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IVORY COAST 01/04/2020

Cocoa giants forced to allow locals to purchase beans

MAURITANIA 31/03/2020

Tullow Oil waves goodbye after nearly two decades of operations

MOZAMBIQUE 27/03/2020

Taipei's Ann Huang expands her Maputo empire

IVORY COAST 01/04/2020

Alassane Ouattara turns pension funds into sovereign wealth fund Free

Lacking a state investment fund, the Ivorian government has been investing the reserves of the CNPS and the CGRAE into the domestic economy under the strict supervision of the president's office. [...]

AFRICA 31/03/2020

Kosmos and Tullow hardest hit by coronavirus

Oil and gas firms are watching in dismay as oil prices drop because of the global coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). While most majors have large cash reserves at their disposal to weather the storm, two leading names in African oil exploration, [...]

CONGO 31/03/2020

Marine XXI, XXII: who would have been Kosmos' mystery partner?

As we reveal above, it is understood that Kosmos Energy has pulled out of the negotiations for the two offshore [...]

DJIBOUTI 27/03/2020

Nchi Private and Investment Bank - the Russian connection

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, western intelligence services have been taking an interest for some time in Nchi Private and Investment Bank (NPIB), which was set up in Djibouti in 2016. This very discreet bank was [...]

AFRICA DRC GUINEA 24/03/2020

Alliance of mining expert and lobbyists creates stronghold on continent

American concern Providence Mining has plans to expand its African foothold and has a pool of mining sector veterans within its top management to lead the way. These include lobbyists for the ex-governor of the mineral-rich Katanga province Moïse Katumbi [...]

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ANGOLA 01/04/2020

Lourenço caught in crossfire between Generals Kianda and Disciplina

The most recent defence committee meeting, which was chaired by President João Lourenço on 25 March, was marked once again [...]

News In Brief

TUNISIA 02/04/2020

Moez Ben Zid returns to investment banking with CAP

LIBYA 02/04/2020

Ali Mahmoud Hassan under pressure as mandate end approaches

MOROCCO 02/04/2020

Ex-Managem mining expert Ali Saquaque sets up in Conakry

NIGERIA 31/03/2020

Covid-19 scuppers Indimi's imminent Okwok deal for Oriental

For a long time, Oriental Energy Resources (OER), founder and chairman Muhammadu Indimi kept a tight lid on his negotiations [...]

KENYA 27/03/2020

Narendra Raval seeks to cement status as market leader

The king of Kenyan cement and boss of Devki Group, Narendra Raval, is aiming to become the sole supplier of [...]

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TUNISIA Business circles 02/04/2020

Indra and Intrasoft fight for US-funded customs IT contract Free

Spain's Indra Sistemas and its Luxembourg rival Intrasoft have prequalified for a contract to assist the Tunisian Customs Department (DGD) [...]

MOROCCO Business circles 02/04/2020

Mercure Industrie moves into the medical equipment business

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TUNISIA Business circles Infrastructure & Power 02/04/2020

The UNDP and ANME want to review the renewable energy code

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) wants a new renewable [...]

LIBYA Power brokers 02/04/2020

Rear Admiral Agostini will need an understanding with Greece on Eunavfor

After an intense battle of influence in Brussels, Italy has [...]

LIBYA Power brokers 02/04/2020

Haftar and Erdogan fail to break the ice

According to our sources, Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) [...]

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