The calls for tender for Prodigy, the project to digitalise Madagascar's institutions, have not yet been launched, but Sipromad, Alibaba and Pangea IT are already keen to get a slice of the $143m the World Bank is contributing to the scheme. [...]
Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle, keen to renegotiate contracts signed with Beijing under ex-president Joseph Kabila, has consulted numerous law firms and advisory banks in what looks set to be a Herculean task. [...]
The mining services group, which has a major presence in West African gold, has won a new contract worth almost $500m in the Botswana copper sector. This makes it the main contractor for the two largest copper projects in the region. [...]
It seems the Senate president Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, who is also a leading player in the South Kivu business world, may have played a key role in the decision of the province's governor to authorise the resumption of gold mining in Luhihi. [...]
The Australian firm @sovereignmetals hit the jackpot with its discovery of a huge #rutile deposit in #Malawi. https://t.co/pvsBZki9j3
The rise in #copper prices has lead to a reboot of exploration projects in #Zambia from sector giants to juniors looking for a stockmarket listing, overshadowing the country's colossal debt and recent spat with @Glencore and #Vedanta. https://t.co/hUpqUtxiBA
Newly appointed foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf led a Djiboutian delegation to #Moscow last week. #Djibouti https://t.co/vN37AgcHr3
