Mercury Public Affairs has tasked the American Toby Moffett with overseeing the lobbying contract awarded by the Libyan government on 7 April. A former Democratic congressman, he has represented Morrocan interests in Washington for several years. [...]
Casa Transports wants to transform its transportation management system into a vast high-tech video surveillance system to be used by the police. China's Huawei and Hikvision are interested in the contract, as is AB Protection, whose CEO Mounir Belmahi has many ties within the Makhzen. [...]
Eurasian Resources has set itself an ambitious goal - it wants to extract up to 20m tonnes of bauxite per year from the Telimele site in Guinea - but still needs the government's green light on its mining convention. [...]
The country's mining register, which is essential to the growth of its mining sector, is still not online even though it is now several years since software company Trimble was commissioned to prepare the operation. The problem is that the new system has not yet been updated to take account of the latest legislation. [...]
Despite active lobbying by the French printing giant @IN_Groupe and its Madagascan partner @GSipromad, the more modestly sized Mada OZI has so far held on to the strategic contract to produce Madagascan visas. #Madagascar https://t.co/QUTwmEtYSZ
The Australian mining company could be on the verge of selling off its #coal projects in #Tanzania in order to concentrate its efforts on its Mozambican #gold project in #CaboDelgado. #Mozambique https://t.co/5PPUwMOWDP
Joe #Biden's administration, which is keeping a close eye on the Anglophone crisis, has nominated Christopher Lamora as ambassador to Yaoundé. The diplomat will have his work cut out mending fences with President @PR_Paul_BIYA. https://t.co/apOBe96PJJ
