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Spotlight | Nigeria
After Macron, tycoon Tony Elumelu adds Amundi to his growing French connections

Tony Elumelu and Emmanuel Macron in Lagos on July 4, 2018. © Ludovic Marin/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Elumelu turned to Amundi, a Crédit Agricole subsidiary, to expand his family-owned holding company's oil portfolio. The Nigerian philanthropist and business mogul, who was instrumental in organising Emmanuel Macron's 2018 visit to Lagos, has ramped up his dealings with French companies.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

DRC
Gécamines minor reshuffle means major loss of influence for boss Albert Yuma

Gécamines secretary-general Déogratias Ngele Masudi is close to Albert Yuma, the chairman of the Congolese state firm and a friend of the former head of state. But he has been ousted.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

West Africa
Africa's masonic grand masters using square and compasses for political gain

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who chairs the Grande Loge du Congo. © Christophe Morin/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Although they forbid both atheism and political debate, Africa's so-called "regular" masonic lodges, led by Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, are being torn apart by the political ambitions of their grand masters.

Subscribers only Politics

Guinea-Bissau
Embaló picks Qatar as first Gulf conquest

The Guinea-Bissau president is hoping to reel in petrodollars from the Gulf monarchies to get his Covid-battered economy back on track. The country's first ever ambassador to Qatar began work in early January.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot Block CI-27 drilling faces possible delay

Foxtrot International planned to launch its drilling campaign on Block CI-27 in April using the Sapura Berani platform, but it may now have to delay the project.

Subscribers only Energy

Inner circles | Mali
Inside Assimi Goita's discreet inner circle of advisors

Colonel Assimi Goita is sworn in as Mali's transitional vice president in Bamako, Mali, 25 September 2020. © Habib Kouyate/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

The leader of the August 18 putsch that overthrew Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, Col. Assimi Goita, who is now vice-president of the transition prefers to keep well out of the public eye and relies on a group of hand-picked, mostly military, advisors.

Subscribers only Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Raila Odinga in 2018. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

To resume his presidential campaign, Raila Odinga's closest advisors are urging him to put an end to his alliance with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Kenya
ENI to drill Mlima in 2021 after using Covid to squeeze concessions from Kenyatta

ENI and its two partners leveraged the COVID-19 pandemic to extract better terms from Kenya's oil ministry.

Subscribers only Energy

Ethiopia, Somalia
The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Certain members of the Somali political class have such a strong allegiance to the TPLF that it is polarising the upcoming presidential election.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Billionaire Johann Rupert works on his tax strategy

South African businessman Johann Rupert. © Markus Gilliar/picture alliance / GES/Markus Gi/Newscom/MaxPPP

The South African magnate and boss of Switzerland-based Richemont, one of the world's leading luxury goods companies, is a natural target for the tax authorities of his native land, who are looking to increase their returns from extremely wealthy taxpayers.

Subscribers only Business

Angola
The deal is sealed: Endiama takes over tarnished Odebrecht stake in Catoca Diamond Mine

The sale of Brazilian Odebrecht 8.2% stake in Sociedade Mineira do Catoca (SMC) to Endiama was finally concluded on 21 January for $70m.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Morocco
Local and foreign pharma labs clash over plans to digitise marketing authorisations

The Ministry of Health has teamed up with international pharmaceutical giants to prepare its new paperless market authorisation process, provoking a furious reaction from their Moroccan rivals.

Subscribers only Business

DRC, Egypt
Egyptian construction giants' bumper crop of contacts

The rapprochement between Kinshasa and Cairo sparked after presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met in January last year, is beginning to bear fruit.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Libya
France consults its traditional allies in southern Libya

France, which has taken a back seat in the United Nations' conflict resolution process, has consulted two of its long-standing allies in southern Libya, Abdelmajid Saif al-Nasr and Musa Koni, even though they are less influential than they used to be.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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