CONGO-B Published on 14/11/2017 Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope
MOZAMBIQUE Published on 16/02/2017 President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals
SpotlightALGERIA 19/04/2018 Algeria is to use the same aerostats as the US to guard its borders. ©USCBP-Donna-Burton The army tightens up Sonatrach's air defences Five years after the In Amenas hostage drama, the Armee Nationale Populaire is turning to Lockheed Martin and Leonardo to help it improve surveillance of Algeria's borders… and the installations of national oil group Sonatrach, which will be contributing to the army's purchases. [...]
SpotlightAFRICACONGO-K 10/04/2018 ERG rebuilds its copper empire on the continent As Africa Mining Intelligence understands, the Kazakh firm Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) might sell several key assets in its Congolese portfolio to focus on Metalkol's copper tailings treatment project. ERG, formerly known as ENRC, has reportedly put its Katanga copper [...]
KENYA 13/04/2018 A truculent Sonko dreams of being deputy president Mike Sonko (the ‘boss'), whose real name is Mbuvi Gideon Kioko, has always had trouble concealing his ambitions. [...]
ALGERIA 19/04/2018 Al Mar Lines weighs anchor under former Oran port boss Algerian Maritime Lines, which was set up by a pool of investors in 2016, has appointed M'hamed Boutouil as managing director. [...]
GUINEA 10/04/2018 Conakry wants to reboot Nimba iron ore According to our information, the Guinean government would like to get Societe des mines de fer de Guinee (SMFG) back [...]
SpotlightAFRICA 03/04/2018 Directed by Putin's ally Igor Sechin, Rosneft is investing in African projects. ©Rosneft Exxon and BP unleash Rosneft bulldozer on the continent
MOROCCO 19/04/2018 Royal intendant Hassan Mansouri invests in cyber security Hassan Mansouri, right hand man of Mounir el Majidi, the private secretary for the management of Mohammed VI's private holding company Siger, is building up his own business portfolio [...]
SpotlightETHIOPIA 13/04/2018 Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, during his inauguration speech on April 2nd. ©Reuters How Abiy Ahmed Ali is managing the Oromo big guns
MOROCCO 19/04/2018 TV lobbyist Smotkin wins gold Rick Smotkin, the founder of ThirdCircle, a company in which he is the sole employee, has joined the large tribe [...]
DJIBOUTIETHIOPIA 13/04/2018 IOG keeps a low profile in relation to Abiy Ahmed Ali Seen as close to the Tigrayans, the Djiboutian president is seeking to placate the Oromia-born Ethiopian prime minister. [...]
KENYA 03/04/2018 Still exempt from an audit, Tullow Oil may run into trouble with future talks with the ministry
BURKINA FASO 10/04/2018 Mines ministry gets youth boost Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kabore has given his green light for a massive recruitment plan within the ministry of [...]
BURKINA FASO 04/04/2018 Frank Timis in danger of losing Tambao The Burkinabe authorities have confirmed their intention of seeking a new partner to operate the site. The businessman is trying to block the decision. [...]
MOROCCO 19/04/2018 LafargeHolcim cements alliance with "M6" in Gabon Some weeks ago, LafargeHolcim Maroc (LHMA) applied to the Gabonese authorities to build a cement plant near the port of [...]
TANZANIASUDAN 13/04/2018 How Russia is seeking to secure uranium deposits Moscow is deploying slick tactics to get its hand on uranium reserves while trying to generate new demand in Africa. [...]
CONGO-K 10/04/2018 Lithium and cobalt producers show Chetan Chug the love Indian businessman Chetan Chug is a heavyweight partner for mining groups looking for Asian buyers for their Congolese cobalt and lithium production. [...]
SpotlightIVORY COAST 04/04/2018 A golden age for Alassane Ouattara's Lebanese friends Notwithstanding frictions between Hezbollah sympathisers and supporters of the rival Amal movement, business leaders from Lebanon, who are mostly Shi'ite, are carving themselves out a healthy niche in the local business market. Partnership - Contrary to persistent rumours, the major dispute [...]
AFRICA 03/04/2018 McCarthy Denning buffs up oil commando unit To boost an already busy oil and energy practice in Nigeria, the London-based law firm has now hired Stacey Kivel, well-liked among juniors on the continent. [...]
UGANDA 13/04/2018 David Mafabi, Museveni's evening star As he approaches sixty, David Mafabi has become the rising star among President Yoweri Museveni's political strategists and in the [...]
CONGO-K 10/04/2018 Freada Cheung adds Manono lithium to Kazakh potash Chinese entrepreneur Freada Cheung, aka "Madam Cheung", who can often be found lining up business opportunities with Chinese industrial players, [...]
GABON 04/04/2018 Fabrice Bongo, Ali Bongo's freewheeling Mr Finance Fabrice Andjoua Bongo, the son of Omar Bongo and Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo, the unbudgeable president of the Constitutional Court, has become [...]
GABON 03/04/2018 Assala Energy: Gavin Kirkham poaches Tullow men to build finance team CFO of Assala Energy, the firm controlled by investment fund Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP) which bought most of Shell's [...]
ALGERIA Business circles 19/04/2018 Press boss Lazhar Merad snaps up airport advertising contract The contract for the provision of advertising display space in airports in eastern Algeria, which was put out to tender [...]
KENYA Power brokers 13/04/2018 Ayub Savula, future voice of the Luhyas? Ayub Savula, the MP for the constituency of Lugari in western Kenya, is trying his best to unseat Musalia Mudavadi [...]
ALGERIA Business circles 12/04/2018 Dounia Park comes back to haunt Algeria at ICSID The Dounia Park project, which was launched triumphantly by Abdelaziz Bouteflika in 2008, has been referred to the ICSID. According [...]
MOROCCO Corridors of power 19/04/2018 El Hafidi and Benkhadra prospect for LNG Abderrahim El Hafidi, secretary general of the Ministry of Energy [...]
TUNISIA Corridors of power 19/04/2018 Oussama Sghaier to present Ennahda's case Ennahda deputy Naoufel Jammali, who had been expected in Washington [...]
ALGERIA Business circles 19/04/2018 Press boss Lazhar Merad snaps up airport advertising contract Free The contract for the provision of advertising display space in airports in eastern Algeria, which was put out to tender [...]
TUNISIA Business circles 19/04/2018 Bell ahead of AgustaWestland and Airbus in army helicopter race According to our information, the Tunisian defence ministry has issued a restricted tender call for the supply of 18 intermediate-sized [...]
LIBYA Business circles 19/04/2018 EACS loses its appeal against Asemar Aviation in Malta EACS (Executive Authority for Air Cargo and Special Flights) has run into turbulence in Malta. According to our sources, the [...]
TUNISIA Business circles 19/04/2018 India's MKU to help customs officers to see at night The Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxation is continuing [...]
MOROCCO Business circles 19/04/2018 DLA Piper promotes the CFC in the City of London Pan-African offshore centre Casablanca Finance City (CFC) has made use [...]
TUNISIA Business circles 19/04/2018 MAS Enterprise wants to put on a facade for Ivory Coast Sfax-based MAS Enterprise, which specializes in aluminium construction, has set [...]
MOROCCO Business circles 19/04/2018 GFI Informatique invests in SAP specialist ValuePass France's GFI Informatique has bought into the capital of ValuePass [...]
TUNISIA Business circles 19/04/2018 New UTICA boss Samir Majoul targets the Libyan market Samir Majoul, who heads employers' body UTICA since January, has [...]
LIBYA Corridors of power 19/04/2018 Aguila prepares for post-Haftar era The admission of Khalifa Haftar to the Percy military hospital in the Paris suburbs on April 5 will have major [...]
TUNISIA Corridors of power 19/04/2018 Taboubi still wants Chahed's head Prime minister Youssef Chahed has so far dodged the attacks made on him by the UGTT, but the union's boss [...]
NORTH AFRICA Power brokers 19/04/2018 Neila Latrous switches from BFM TV to Jeune Afrique Neila Latrous, 32, is to join weekly magazine Jeune Afrique [...]
TUNISIA Power brokers 19/04/2018 America's IRI trains municipal election candidates The Internatlonal Republican Institute (IRI) is working in Tunisia ahead [...]
Breaking news LIBYA Breaking News 17/04/2018 Exclusive: NOC snubs Total on Waha mega-deal Though a sealed deal in late February (AEI 812), Total's entry into the Waha consortium, which develops the giant eponymous [...]
DJIBOUTI Business circles 13/04/2018 A new agribusiness firm with UDJ connections On 2 April, Societe d'investissement agro-pastorale, a firm specialising in [...]
MADAGASCAR Business circles 13/04/2018 A new MD for Callidus Process Solutions A new manager has arrived at the Madagascan branch of [...]
ETHIOPIA Business circles 13/04/2018 Raya Brewery's development plans With BGI Ethiopia having recently taken over Ethiopia's Raya Brewery [...]
KENYA Business circles 13/04/2018 UCL Pharma gives a boost to Indian medicine The Kenyan firm Universal Corp (UCL Pharma) is seeking to [...]
KENYA Power brokers 13/04/2018 Ayub Savula, future voice of the Luhyas? Free Ayub Savula, the MP for the constituency of Lugari in western Kenya, is trying his best to unseat Musalia Mudavadi [...]
special report CONGO-B Published on 14/11/2017 Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope
Insiders MADAGASCAR Published on 24/08/2017 A new generation of Karana businessmen are taking over the reins
special report GABON / MADAGASCAR / MOROCCO Published on 17/08/2017 Conferences, the new African cash cow
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Insiders MOZAMBIQUE Published on 16/02/2017 President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals
Insiders MAURITANIA Published on 22/08/2016 Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, a self-made man who has become Mauritania's leading business man