Marc Holtzman, African leaders' favourite financier
In the starting blocks for the future offshore Kigali Financial Centre, US financier Marc Holtzman has secured several key financial positions in Rwanda and Zimbabwe. [...]
The freeze-out of Alex-Bernard Bongo, the president's half-brother who has run Gabon's digital infrastructure for the past ten years, is the sign of greater changes to come in the management of the country's networks. [...]
The contract to build the Damerjog oil refinery in Djibouti, destined to receive crude from South Sudan, has been given to a mystery company which has no experience whatsoever in this type of project. [...]
In dramatic new developments in a Delaware courtroom, it has come to light that the lawyer representing Abuja in the Malabu affair, Olabode Johnson, has signed a litigation financing arrangement with a US private equity firm without informing Nigeria of the deal. [...]
The head of the powerful coffee and cacao (@conseilkfekko) board Yves Brahima Koné has blocked over 1,200 cargos handled by @Cargill, @Olam and @BarryCallebaut as a squabble over this season's cacao price drags on. https://t.co/ovuGAC18e9
The #Covid19 pandemic has forced @sebBottari, a permanent fixture in Gabonese sporting events, to cancel the next @MarathonduGabon. It's a big blow for his Everest Media company. https://t.co/mc3HPs4zGr
Having barely arrived on Kenyan soil, Denmark's AP Moller Capital is already looking to offload some of its assets, though this may prove to be trickier than it had imagined. #Kenya https://t.co/v2tDyJSwvl
