Indimi & Buhari: family ties make for happy business

Muhammadu Indimi, head of Nigerian concern Oriental Energy Resources (OER), is determined to expand his already sizeable portfolio with the acquisition of new assets during the next marginal fields tender. [...]

Presidential election: revelations on secret Kremlin financing

With campaigning for the presidential election of 7 November gathering momentum, Russia is seizing its opportunity to further its business interests. [...]

International Policy Solutions to sell Sonatrach in the US

Sonatrach has started a PR offensive in Washington where Algerian lobbying has been less high profile than that of Morocco [...]

Vanguard Africa to fight Ibrahim Yacouba's corner

The American company is tasked with beefing up the former foreign minister's presidential bid in 2021. [...]

Cash-stripped Idriss Deby takes a chance on mines with UN funds

As the country's oil resources dwindle to near depletion and the government faces a mounting financial crisis, Chadian president Idriss Deby is trying to find a new source of income in mining with no small help from the United Nations [...]

Addis and Asmara form phosphate team to take on Djibouti

Ethiopia and Eritrea's newfound friendship has a decisive mining component. The two countries have plans to set up joint phosphates [...]

IOG's neighbours encircle and isolate him

The Ethiopian PM is rallying Eritrea and above all Somalia to exert pressure on Djibouti. [...]

Kara scores points after saving Sanalla

The September 10 attack on the headquarters of the National Oil Corp (NOC), in which two people died and 10 [...]

The race is on for chamber of mines top seat

Rumours have been flying as to who will be the next chairman of Burkina's chamber of mines (CMB), the entity [...]

Ali Bongo gambles the lot to get back on track

Who's keen to take on Samir?

The oil refinery liquidators have received three firm offers from would-be buyers. [...]

Magufuli sinks his teeth deeper into Dewji's empire

Following the fines, the authorities are now planning to confiscate the young magnate's land [...]

Chinese photovoltaic firms on the attack

Chinese groups, which have access to state financing and low-cost technology, could emerge as the winners of last May's call for firms looking to be pre-selected for the construction of eight photovoltaic power plants, together able to produce up to [...]

Wolf Haldenstein takes lead in fight against Sibanye

Two separate class actions against the South African mining firm, one filed by law US firm Rosen Law and another by Pomerantz, might be consolidated into a single case managed by Wolf Haldenstein. [...]

The palace dashes Saf Cacao's hopes

Liquidated in July, the top Ivorian exporter has fallen victim to political manoeuvrings in the country. The latest revelations. [...]

Who can Sahara's Tonye Cole count on for Rivers governorship bid?

Sahara Energy, the trading firm slowly moving into E&P, has lost one of its senior executives to politics. Tonye Cole, [...]

Ruth Sebatindira, the lawyer businesswoman

The former president of the Uganda Law Society (ULS, ION 1425), Ruth Sebatindira, is a partner at Ligomarc Advocates. This [...]

Roger Key lures investors into his mining nets

In early August, British geologist Roger Key was able to convince two investment firms to help him develop the nickel, [...]

Berre, Bongo's new sales rep in Moyen-Ogooue

The minister for promoting investment and public-private partnerships since 2016, 51-year-old Madeleine Berre, is Ali Bongo's new representative in Lambarene, [...]