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Kenya, where tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft operate, wants to keep its own digital tax in place for now instead of adopting the OECD's new global minimum rate on corporate profits. Nairobi believes it cannot afford to lose the revenue at a time when state coffers are strained.
Divisions within Wine's opposition party has prompted the musician and former presidential candidate to look beyond his traditional stronghold for new sources of votes. The ruling party is seeing the rift as an opportunity to win back support.
Kenya's top officers are likely to stay in their jobs despite the recommendations of a highly critical report on police reform. President Ruto retains confidence in the police's top brass, but has doubts about his interior minister.
These companies, considered undesirable in Europe since Russia's invasion of Ukraine two years ago, are now looking to drum up new business in southern Africa. Foremost among them is Kaspersky.
Namibia's 70-year-old vice president is the overwhelming favourite to win November's presidential election. And a team of loyal followers will be supporting her all the way, with the discovery of billions of dollars worth of crude in the Orange Basin set to transform the economy.
In a context of increasing competition between Beijing and Washington in Angola, Xi Jinping has finally appointed Zhang Bin, a diplomat specialising in African affairs and oil, as his new ambassador in Luanda.
Breaking news published on 04/04/24 at 16h20 - Africa Intelligence can reveal that the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara and the opposition leader Guillaume Soro spoke by telephone on 29 March. An extraordinary exchange after more than 5 years of icy relations.
Some in the new Senegalese president's entourage want Mamadou Ndiaye to stay on in his job as chief of protocol, in line with tradition. But Pape Mada Ndour, a former civil servant close to Bassirou Diomaye Faye's PASTEF party, is the favourite for the position.
Breaking news published on 04/04/24 at 16h20 - Africa Intelligence can reveal that the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara and the opposition leader Guillaume Soro spoke by telephone on 29 March. An extraordinary exchange after more than 5 years of icy relations.