CORAF, the refinery subsidiary of the state-owned SNPC, has set up a system for selling its fuel at discount prices in conjunction with the former Trafigura executive in Brazzaville, the Swiss businessman Thierry Plojoux.
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A 10 November arbitration ruling in favour of the former operators of the port of Douala's container terminal has had no effect on opeations at the site. Now under the control of the port authority, which has taken over the installations previously run by Bolloré and APMT, the terminal is generating a healthy revenue stream.
To cover a part of the $15bn that the development of blocks 1 and 2 at the Simandou iron ore deposit will cost, the operator Winning Consortium Simandou is looking to raise capital in London.
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Mining Insign Africa communications agency, which is already established in Senegal, is due to open an office in Ivory Coast early next year.
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Despite Kenyatta's backing, businessman Richard Ngatia is facing stiff competition from ISM Africa for a contract with the Ministry of Health to build temporary hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients.
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Business Rebel forces in Tigray province claim that they have been bombed by Emirati combat drones, while Addis Ababa has been releasing images of its own drones, which are observation devices made by China's Zerotech.
The Egyptian construction firm Wadi El Nile is the favourite to win the tender call for the redesign of the station district of the Kenyan capital, estimated to be worth in the region of $255m.
Founded by a director at the public company managing the Cahora Bassa dam, GPS Mining is adding a ruby project in Cabo Delgado to its already vast mining portfolio, which has been expanding rapidly over the last year.
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Mining Since the beginning of this month, Lightspeed Venture has been using Mauritius as a springboard for its investments in south-east Asia.
Concerned for the future of the Ambatovy mine and JICA-funded Port Toamasina expansion, Japanese ambassador Yoshihiro Higuchi has gone knocking on nearly every door in the Rajoelina administration.
Italian major ENI is due to see drilling start in the first quarter of 2022 on offshore block A5-AI shared with South African group Sasol, which is in financial difficulty.
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Mohammed VI's younger brother, who is the majority shareholder in TDM Aerospace, is set to become Boeing's first direct supplier in Morocco, thus claiming a prime position in Morocco's nascent aviation industry.
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Business The naval operation to patrol the Mediterranean is organising a conference involving military commanders and diplomats against a backdrop of growing tensions between IRINI and Turkey.
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