Abdoulaye Magassouba has set up a committee to monitor development on the four Simandou iron ore blocks and made himself its chairman. In this way, he intends to have full control of all decisions relating to this mining project, crucial to Guinea's economic future.
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Mining 
The Congolese authorities, who are concerned that South Africa might renege on its commitment to take a share of the future giant dam's electricity output, are looking for potential "offtakers" in France to enable it to proceed with the project.
Despite a highly critical report from the Ghanaian parliament, businessman François Gontier has succeeded in winning a $22m contract for infra-red binoculars from the Ghanaian armed forces. At the same time, however, he needs to respond to several summonses from the French judiciary.
Jean-Marie Gras, the French businessman at the helm of several luxury hotels in Senegal and Cape Verde, will be teaming up with the Praia government to build a giant new complex to revive its tourism industry decimated by Covid-19.
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Business As we reported on 17 July, a month prior to the official announcement of his appointment, former director general of France's media-development agency Marc Fonbaustier will shortly take the helm of France's embassy in Guinea.
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The high-profile Central Bank of Kenya governor Patrick Njoroge' is failing to get a word in edgewise with President Uhuru Kenyatta, who prefers to follow the advice of the bank's chairman Mohammed Nyaoga.
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After proceedings began in June, First Quantum and the Zambian government have appointed senior arbitrators to settle the dispute between Lusaka and Kansanshi Mining, a First Quantum subsidiary that operates the Kansanshi copper mine.
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Mining Close to the Minister of Education ejected from office earlier this month, Nandrasana Rasolo, Prime Minister Christian Ntsay's chief of staff, first learned of his dismissal by hearing the name of his successor.
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Politics 
The new Minister of Energy Abdelmadjid Attar has surrounded himself with prominent oil and gas figures all of whom were once senior executives under Sonatrach's former boss Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour.
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Energy 