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The New Guard
Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, DRC, Ethiopia, Libya

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

SenegalMamadou Fall Kane, presidential oil adviser, branches out into mining

Guinea-BissauSaico Umaro Embaló, the president's nephew and Turkey envoy

DR CongoArthur Omar Kayumba, Tshisekedi's Grand Inga irritant

EthiopiaWintana Shimelis, in charge of the UK's Diageo in Addis

LibyaAhmed al-Sharkasi, the PM's low-key advisor

Congo
ICSID arbitration iron ore cases against Brazzaville ready to start

With the ICSID tribunals now constituted, Equatorial Resources and Midus Holdings' proceedings against the Congolese state will soon begin. Two other proceedings have been initiated before the ICC.

Central African Republic
Presidential party committee plans pro-Touadéra and anti-UN demos

In Bangui, every demonstration in support of President Touadéra or against the UN and France is organised in the premises of the presidency by a small group that includes presidential aides, senior members of the presidential party, and bosses of the Russian mercenary group Wagner.

China, Horn of Africa
Beijing has its eye on six potential development sites in Eritrea

Since the start of the year, China has been negotiating terms for a number of projects, ranging from mining and port ventures to military installations. Six sites are particularly concerned. They include ports but also strategically located inland towns.

Somalia
Political dead end for oil minister Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed

A minister and MP since 2017, Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed is likely to lose his ministerial portfolio in the coming weeks, having lost the trust of both the prime minister and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. He has already lost his seat in parliament.

South Africa
Opponents to Karpowership floating power plants ready to do battle

NGOs, economic intelligence firms and parliamentary committees opposed to the Turkish group's plans to operate three floating gas-fired power plants in South African waters are exploring all legal avenues to have its contract cancelled. And are kicking up a storm while they go about it.

Botswana
Dubai-based diamantaire Stargems sets up shop in Gaborone

One of the world's biggest diamond dealers, the Dubai-based Stargems Group, is on the cusp of joining the growing number of diamond groups moving into the Botswanan capital, Gaborone.

Morocco
MEGP gas flow reversal operation ready but supply contracts yet to be signed

Rabat and Madrid have completed their preparations to reverse the flow of gas in the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, enabling Morocco to receive gas from Spain. It is still not known, however, which company will supply Morocco's gas to Spain's reception terminals.

Libya
Whiba Holding's milling companies affected by Ukraine war

The Whiba brothers' holding company previously brought in grain from Ukraine to support its wheat import and processing activities. It even had its own local subsidiary to facilitate these transactions.