Businessman Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, the scourge of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. ©CC MAURITANIA Published on 25/04/2018 Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war
Congo-B Denis Sassou Nguesso is in a very precarious economic position. ©Antoine Gyori - Corbis CONGO-B Published on 14/11/2017 Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope
Filipe Nyusi MOZAMBIQUE Published on 16/02/2017 President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals
Members of ex-president Guebuza's clan have been arrested in connection with hidden debts scandal. ©Reuters MOZAMBIQUE 22/02/2019 Filipe Nyusi moves to contain fallout from disgrace of Guebuza clan Since the recent arrests in Maputo of Armando Guebuza's former personal advisor, Maria Ines Moiane Dove, and then of his 43-year-old eldest son [...]
LIBYA 21/02/2019 Washington decides to play the Misrati card After having been away from the action on Libya since Donald Trump arrived in the White House, Washington is returning to the front line. In so doing, it has opted to rely on Misrati forces to hold Tripoli but also [...]
SOMALIA DocumentBusiness circles 22/02/2019 Farmajo's fifty-fifty oil deal The tax arrangements for the selling off of oil blocks will serve investors' interests, but above all those of the president… [...]
ANGOLA 19/02/2019 Stock-take of Joao Lourenco's reform of the diamond sector? After 18-months in power, what has Angolan president Joao Lourenco managed to achieve of his great reform to overhaul the country's diamond industry, no longer controlled by those close to former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his [...]
GUINEA 19/02/2019 Conakry appoints task force to manage Simandou's future In anticipation that Australia's Rio Tinto and China's Chinalco will resume talks to reboot the Simandou iron ore mine, the [...]
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 12/02/2019 French boss Jacoulot could be Trident Energy's downfall on huge oil deposit Zafiro The firm headed by former Perenco execs is struggling to get Malabo's go-ahead to purchase the country's largest oil field from ExxonMobil. [...]
CONGO-K CONGO-B 13/02/2019 Felix Tshisekedi steps carefully in Brazzaville Free In a sign of a certain reserve felt towards Denis Sassou Nguesso, the new president of Congo-K, Felix Tshisekedi (aka [...]
LIBYA 21/02/2019 Khalifa Haftar mobilises his Kazakh Air Force At least two Kazakh air transport companies have provided support for Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) during its grand [...]
SOMALIA 22/02/2019 Al-Shabaab's underground economy International aid, mining resources from neighbouring countries, trafficking to Asia… Al-Shabaab's revenue streams remain intact. [...]
ALGERIA 21/02/2019 Amara Benyounes to direct Kouninef TV The Continuite TV channel which powerful businessman Redha Kouninef is planning to launch (MC 1327) to support Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid [...]
BURKINA FASO 19/02/2019 Ouagadougou serious about mining safety Free Just days after being named Burkina Faso's minister of security on January 21, Ousseni Compaore held a meeting with mining [...]
GABON 13/02/2019 The blunder that prompted a government reshuffle Due to be sworn in on 13 February in Rabat, the new mines minister Tondy Ondo Mba owes his new position to an error of judgement by his predecessor, Christian Magnagna. The latest revelations. [...]
MAURITANIA Businessman Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, the scourge of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. ©CC Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war
CONGO-B Congo-B Denis Sassou Nguesso is in a very precarious economic position. ©Antoine Gyori - Corbis Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope
GABON MADAGASCAR MOROCCO Macky Sall, Senegal's president, during the Forum of Dakar, on december 6, organised by CEIS. ©Bloomberg Conferences, the new African cash cow
UGANDA 22/02/2019 State vouchsafes for land allocated to Madhvani Group The Indian company can rely on the government's support in the Kingdom of Buganda. [...]
MOROCCO 21/02/2019 Saudi group iCAD targets infrastructure security business Despite the latest diplomatic clash between Rabat and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's iCAD (Innovative Contractors for Advanced Dimensions) group has set [...]
TOGO 19/02/2019 Ably-Bidamon wants to ramp up state's control of mines The ministry of mines in Lome has recently proposed an amendment that would allow the state to hold a blocking minority share of Togo mining projects. [...]
AFRICAFRANCE 13/02/2019 Paris to play secret military card to regain control Weakened in its sphere of influence, France is putting into place a comprehensive strategy to secure its investments in conflict zones. An exclusive investigation. Special missions - In early December, a group of reservists employed by French companies visited Menaka in [...]
CONGO-B 12/02/2019 Debt negotiations: Lucien Ebata's fall from grace Two years after being named "special advisor on foreign funding", the former trader Lucien Ebata has lost his place as the country's main go-between with lenders. [...]
SOMALILAND UNITED STATES 22/02/2019 Michael Rubin: the American way from Berbera On an official visit from 8 to 14 February to give a lecture at the University of Hargeisa (‘Shifting US [...]
CONGO-K 19/02/2019 Frank Van de Wille gives Freeport-McMoRan's Kisanfu copper venture a boost American firm Freeport-McMoRan sold its interests in the Tenke Fungurume copper mine, located in the Lualaba region, to Chinese firm [...]
GABON 13/02/2019 Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda in uncharted territory The mayor of Libreville from 2014 to 2019, 55-year-old Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, is returning to the government as minister [...]
AFRICA 12/02/2019 Marianne Daryabegui, Natixis' new oil and gas master After working her way up through the ranks of French banking group BNP Paribas, ending as head of corporate finance [...]
UGANDA SOUTH SUDAN 22/02/2019 Kampala gets involved in standoff between Salva Kiir and Thomas Cirillo The Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) have crossed over the border into South Sudan to confront the NSF led by [...]
TUNISIA 21/02/2019 Ex-PGH boss Chiheb Ben Ahmed takes off again with Tunisair After having been sacked as chief executive of Poulina Group Holding (PGH, MC 1327), former transport minister Chiheb Ben Ahmed [...]
MOROCCO 14/02/2019 Minister Mohcine Jazouli looks for a buyer for his Valyans company Mohcine Jazouli, who was appointed Minister for African Cooperation in 2018, is trying to sell his public affairs consulting company [...]
UGANDA SOUTH SUDAN Corridors of power 22/02/2019 Kampala gets involved in standoff between Salva Kiir and Thomas Cirillo Free The Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) have crossed over the border into South Sudan to confront the NSF led by [...]
MOZAMBIQUE Business circles Companies 22/02/2019 China's Soluxe offers CNPC a handy pied-à-terre The Chinese energy giant will soon be receiving top-end logistical [...]
ETHIOPIA Business circles Companies 22/02/2019 IFC and Enat Bank's small business project draws to a close In March, Enat Bank's project to advise small and medium-sized [...]
MOZAMBIQUE Business circles Companies 22/02/2019 Rofino Licuco's VBC branches out into new sectors Rofino Felisberto Licuco, the young and controversial magnate from Maputo, [...]
SUDAN Business circles Companies 22/02/2019 Khartoum renews with White and Case The international law firm's contract with the Sudanese government, which [...]