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In Focus | Guinea
Inside the business of illegal fishing testing the Beijing-Conakry axis

Charlotte Daffé, Minister for Fisheries, Aquaculture and the Maritime Economy. © Sean Gallup/Getty via AFP/Gouvernement de la République de Guinée/YouTube/Cellou Binani/AFP/Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu agency via AFP/MoreISO/Ulimi/iStock Montage : Studio Pachamama

Guinea's industrial fishing sector is dominated by a myriad of Chinese firms, many of which are involved in illegal practices. The government is hoping that improved coastal surveillance will curb a phenomenon that is costing the Guinean economy millions of dollars in lost revenue.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Tshisekedi administration's support for renewal of EAC force far from unanimous

Ugandan soldiers from the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) stand guard near one of their bases in Bunagana, on 19 April 2023. © Glody Murhabazi/AFP

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi finally agreed on 5 September to extend the East African Community regional force deployed in the east of the country by three months, despite Kinshasa preferring the deployment of SADC troops.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics, Diplomacy

Congo
Omar-Denis Junior Bongo wants to get back in business via broadband

ODJB, who is also the half-brother of ousted Gabonese leader Ali Bongo, is getting his company Yao Corp back off the ground. With two new business partners, he has eyes on a major broadband project in the country.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

West Africa

Nigeria
EU high representative Borrell expected for ninth Business Forum in Abuja

The date for the ninth EU-Nigeria Business Forum, this year in Abuja, is still waiting on confirmation that EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, can attend.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné set to attend UN General Assembly

Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet Koné will represent Alassane Ouattara at the next UN General Assembly in New York in late September.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Kenya coffee reforms pummel multinationals, boost local firms

Samples of coffee beans sit at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange on 11 June 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. © Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images via AFP

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's zealous coffee reforms, aimed at giving Kenyan firms a larger share of the spoils, have hit multinationals like Neumann Kaffee Gruppe hard. They are also part of the government's attack on the interests of ex-president Kenyatta.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Ethiopia
US firm APCO Worldwide pulls out of its lobbying work for Addis Ababa

To ingratiate itself with Washington, Addis Ababa has two US lobbying firms working on its behalf.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Discord between TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil on LNG in Afungi

TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil, the two majors operating the two gas projects in Cabo Delgado, are unable to find common ground. The French company would like to reopen negotiations, unlike the American company.

Subscribers only Energy

Angola
Block 20: Petronas and TotalEnergies' honeymoon period continues in offshore

Attracted by the announcement that production will soon begin on Block 20, Petronas has acquired a 40% stake in the asset from French major TotalEnergies.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Egypt
Credit Agricole chief to travel to Cairo

The CEO of Credit Agricole Philippe Brassac is expected in Cairo shortly to attend CICA's (Confédération Internationale du Crédit agricole) annual congress and also meet members of the Egyptian government.

Subscribers only Finance

Africa
Tokyo puts Africa on the G7 agenda

Tokyo, which currently holds the G7 presidency, will be bringing together the Africa directors of the alliance's member countries in the coming days.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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