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Spotlight | Guinea
Vale goes after property magnates Ziel Feldman and Rene Benko to secure compensation from BSGR over Simandou iron ore

The Brazilian firm Vale has filed a legal action seeking to establish if part of the funds that it paid to Beny Steinmetz's company within the framework of their Simandou iron ore partnership in Guinea was used for property investments in the United States.

Subscribers only Mining

The Continent

Africa
Tim O'Hanlon, ex-Mr Africa at Tullow Oil, turns over new leaf

The Irishman Tim O'Hanlon, who until his sudden departure in late February was the vice president in charge of Africa at Tullow Oil, is now turning his hand to consultancy after 33 years working at the same firm

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

DRC
Tshisekedi in talks with APS Holdings on Lualaba road project

Despite its lack of experience, Africa Power Solutions Holdings has been approached by the Congolese president's office to construct roads in the mining province of Lualaba.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Central African Republic
CAR President Touadera's plans to reform constitution spark consternation at home and abroad

The UN's MINUSCA stabilisation mission in the Central African Republic is concerned about a constitutional reform that would enable the country's president to stay on as interim leader if elections do not take place as planned in December this year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

DRC
Tshisekedi adviser Jean-Claude Kabongo rings down the curtain on African Trading Oil

Jean-Claude Kabongo, special investment adviser to Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi, wound up his company African Trading Oil in mid-April.

Subscribers only Energy

Inner circles | Gabon
Omar Denis Jr Bongo cuts an increasingly solitary figure

The 26-year-old half-brother of Ali Bongo and grandson of Denis Sassou Nguesso, Omar Denis Jr Bongo, appears to have been increasingly ostracised by the Gabonese president's clan, who suspect him of harbouring presidential ambitions for 2023.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

Paul Derreumaux, founder of Bank of Africa

Africa
Bank of Africa founder Paul Derreumaux's other life

The founder of the leading bank among Africa's business elite, Bank of Africa, shows no signs of slowing down at 74. After announcing his retirement from the BOA, Paul Derreumaux has thrown his energy into new areas while staying on as honorary chairman of his star bank that picked up an EBRD aid on 21 April.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Beninese President Patrice Talon saluting Poly Technologies employees on the Allada barracks site (February 1, 2020).

Benin
After delays, Polytech steps on the gas with army HQ project

The Chinese company Poly Technologies plans to complete the Allada barracks, set to headquarter the general staff of Benin's armed forces, in September 2021. The project, which has fallen behind schedule, is just a small component of a vast defence contract between Benin and China driven by President Patrice Talon and his eminence grise Olivier Boko.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia
Ali Hassan Khaire searches desperately for fresh funds

The Somali prime minister is using the government's catastrophic economic projections and the expected impact of the Covid-19 pandemic to try to obtain additional international aid

Subscribers only Politics

Africa
Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov appoints right-hand man to head RenCap

Renaissance Capital, founded by Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, has recently changed managers, replacing French chief executive Christophe Charlier by Russian Dmitry Razumov, who is also the CEO of Prokhorov's holding company. The surprise move comes at a time when Renaissance, like companies everywhere, is having to deal with the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Kenya
Treasury U-turns on tax imperil Tullow and Total export operations

Strong rivalries between ministries could well lead to the revising of the deals signed with Tullow Oil, Total and Africa Oil.

Free access Energy, Politics

Pangolins are among the world's most trafficked animals. There is a large demand in Asia in Asia for its meat and the reputed medicinal properties of its scales.

Uganda
Former pangolin breeder Olsen East Africa expands mining business

The Chinese-owned Olsen East Africa, which first arrived in Uganda to breed pangolins, recently requested a new mining exploration permit.

Subscribers only Mining

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Covid-19 pandemic changes balance of power around João Lourenço

The state of emergency is boosting the careers of some members of President João Lourenço's entourage just as he is thinking about replacing vice president Bornito de Sousa Baltazar Diogo prior to the 2022 elections

Subscribers only Politics

North Africa

Tunisia
OMMP, STAM, COTUNAV: Ennahda makes grab for port sector

Three people close to the Islamist party are about to be appointed to head the top three public companies in the country's port business. The changes stand to benefit maritime transport giant Maersk.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Algeria
Army still in market for mobile phone scramblers

Despite the increasing constraints on its budget, Algeria's Armée nationale populaire (ANP) is continuing to procure high-tech equipment.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

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