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Spotlight | Ghana
Akufo-Addo's power couple Hackman-Darko on the rise behind the scenes

Gabby Otchere-Darko and his wife Nana Adjoa Hackman. © @GabbyDarko/Twitter

Lawyer Nana Adjoa Hackman, the wife of Gabby Otchere-Darko and the president's cousin, is set to step down from the board of the state-owned GNPC oil company. This is the only official role ever held by the couple, who instead have carved out a central role for themselves in the oil sector through their firm Africa Legal Associates.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Congo
The rocky road to getting ECAir back off the ground

An ECAir plane in Brussels in 2017. © Jean-Luc Flémal/BelPress/MaxPPP

With the help of Anatole Collinet Makosso's government, state-run ECAir's chairwoman Fatima Beyina-Moussa, is pulling out all the stops to get her planes in the air despite the airline's financial situation and new competition.

Subscribers only Business

Cameroon
Consultant Lazare Atou gets caught up in war between Biya's barons

The consultant was told to stop managing the assets of three former state-owned companies just after he testified in an investigation into the conduct of the director general of the Port of Douala.

Subscribers only Politics

Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso's declining health puts his entourage in a flutter

Congo's president Denis Sassou Nguesso in Paris in May, 2021. © Stéphane Lemouton/Pool/Abaca via Reuters

Congo's president is currently in Switzerland, where he has been undergoing medical checks for the past two weeks. In his absence, rumours about the leader's succession have been spreading thick and fast.

Subscribers only Politics

Central African Republic, Russia
PM Dondra keeps Wagner at arm's length

Central African Republic prime minister Henri-Marie Dondra. © Gouvernement de Centrafrique

Since his appointment in June as Central African Republic's new prime minister Henri-Marie Dondra has not been using the services of the private Russian military group Wagner for his personal guard, as had his predecessor Firmin Ngrebada.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

West Africa

Nigeria
Admiral Gambo seeks new offshore vessels to update ageing fleet

Vice-Admiral Gambo is in charge of boosting the Nigerian Navy's prowess with the aim of curbing piracy. His mission is in tandem with the recently launched Deep Blue maritime security project.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Africa
Development finance institutions help Amethis set up its new MENA fund

Rather than financing companies directly themselves, development banks often prefer to allocate funds to private investors and to leave it to them to find their partners. This trend has worked in favour of French investment company Amethis, which has set up its Amethis MENA Fund II with backing from the World Bank's IFC and French development institution Proparco.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Guinea
Ailing Alufer puts on a brave face at Bel Air

The British firm's financial straits may be too dire to restart production at its bauxite mine, but that hasn't stopped its management drawing up a contingency plan of attack.

Subscribers only Mining

Togo, Turkey
Turkish Summa vying to build Faure Gnassingbé's flagship construction project

Over the summer, Turkish construction company Summa, which conducts a lot of business in Africa, began discussing the construction of a new conference centre in Lomé with Togolese authorities.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Kenyatta's allies deal fresh blow to president by opposing Odinga

President Uhuru Kenyatta. © @StateHouseKenya/Twitter

Governors in Uhuru Kenyatta's Mount Kenya stronghold have spoken out against his support for Raila Odinga's candidacy in next year's election. The president is reeling as a result.

Subscribers only Politics

Africa
Flurry of ambassadorial appointments brings in new faces at the African Union

Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria and Egypt have appointed new ambassadors to the African Union in Addis Ababa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Zambia
Steptoe & Johnson wins First Quantum brief against Zambia after taking on two new recruits

US law firm Steptoe & Johnson, which is looking to expand its activities in Africa, has just scored a big success. It is to represent Kansanshi Mining, a subsidiary of Canadian mining giant First Quantum Minerals (FQM), in its arbitration case with the Zambian state.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Tunisia
Saïed's security chief tools up ahead of Francophone summit in Djerba

Khaled Yahyaoui is procuring security equipment for November's meeting of the organisation of French-speaking nations, which several heads of state are due to attend.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Morocco
Antoine Sallé de Chou takes charge of EBRD's Moroccan bureau and its €1.6bn project portfolio

After more than four years at the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) bureau in Tunisia, France's Antoine Sallé de Chou took over the bank's Moroccan branch on 1 September.

Subscribers only Business

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