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The New Guard
Senegal, Egypt and Namibia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Senegal Sijh Diagne, former diaspora banker maps out post Covid-19 recovery plan

Egypt Tino Abdellatif Waked, driving Uber's African growth

Namibia Maggy Shino, young advocate for Namibian gas

Egypt Nada El Ahwal, heiress to a shipping logistics empire

Chad, France
Release of French hostage exposes Franco-Chadian military cooperation despite diplomatic chill

It was thanks to a cooperation between the Chadian army and a French contingent from Operation Barkhane that a French-Australian hostage was released on 30 October, after being kidnapped two days earlier. The successful collaboration stands in stark contrast with the current tensions between Chad and France, triggered by N'Djamena's bloody clampdown on protests on 21 October.

DRC
Qatar Airways Group boss to touch down in Kinshasa

Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker is planning a trip to Kinshasa to finalise the legal terms of a deal for the renovation and management of three airports in the DRC.

Congo
Perenco's former GM in Congo, Christophe Blanc, ups sticks to London

The former head of Perenco's Congo subsidiary Christophe Blanc has joined the French oil group's London headquarters. He was replaced by Stéphane Barc in September.

West Africa
Issoufou's Sahel report for AU faces high expectations

Following on from his participation in the United Nations General Assembly in September, the former Nigerien head of state Mahamadou Issoufou will present his report on the situation in the Sahel at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa in February.

Ivory Coast, Mali
Confidential draft agreement on the 49 Ivorian soldiers rejected by Abidjan

The Malian junta sent a draft agreement to the Ivorian presidency at the end of October, which would have led to the release of 46 of the 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested in Bamako in July.

Somalia
How Coastline Exploration bagged first oil deal of HSM era

The US junior has finally acquired the seven offshore blocks it has been eyeing for many months, thanks to the return to power of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his new government in Somalia.

Somalia
Cash-strapped PM cuts salaries of ministers, civil servants

Late last month Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre requested ministers pay be temporarily cut by 20 percent and civil servants' pay by 5%.

South Africa
COSATU president fights for control to save ANC alliance

The Congress of South African Trade Unions' pro-Ramaphosa president, Zingiswa Losi, seems to have managed to quell the discontent at the top of her organisation after her opponents wanted to split with the ruling party.

Tunisia
DP World weighs anchor at Gabès

The Emirati giant wants to create a 30-hectare logistics zone near the Tunisian industrial port and has teamed up for this purpose with Franco-Tunisian businessman Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi.

Libya
Deal on new government leaves Dabaiba and Bashagha out in the cold

Plans for a new Libyan government drawn up by Aguila Salah Issa and Khaled al-Mishri promise political upheaval in Tripoli. Fathi Bashagha appears to be definitively out of the picture, while Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba faces increasing isolation on the domestic political scene.