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SpotlightBusiness Ports and airports 24/03/2022

Qatar Airways' $2bn for Kigali airport build lures Turkish and Qatari groups alike  Free

The airline's huge investment in the construction of the future Kigali airport, the largest ever made by Qatar in Africa, is turning heads in Istanbul. Qatar Airways has launched a call for tenders for which it should announce the winner within a few weeks. [...]
The Kigali (Rwanda) airport project was initially awarded to Mota-Engil in 2016.
The Kigali (Rwanda) airport project was initially awarded to Mota-Engil in 2016. © Aéroport international de Kigali
Oil & gas 01/03/2022

TotalEnergies puts construction group close to Kagame on Mozambique LNG short list 

The Rwandan company has joined, at the last minute, the list of firms bidding to carry out preparatory work at the site of the Mozambique LNG project. French major TotalEnergies has a debt to pay to Rwanda for its role in restoring security in Cabo Delgado Province. [...]
TotalEnergies chairman and chief executive Patrick Pouyanné with Rwanda's head of state Paul Kagame.
TotalEnergies chairman and chief executive Patrick Pouyanné with Rwanda's head of state Paul Kagame. © Twitter/@UrugwiroVillage
Focus Mining Mining 14/02/2022

Serial entrepreneur Brian Menell bets double on rare earth mining sovereignty 

The mining and defence specialist and heir to the dynasty that co-founded AngloVaal has been investing heavily in "technology metals" with help from the US, worried about being left behind by China. As he had done in the 1990s with British and South African army veterans, who found the first private military companies to help his activities, Menell now has a retired US admiral and a former British army officer on board. [...]
South African Brian Menell.
South African Brian Menell. © Facebook/africaminingforum
Inner circles Diplomacy Defence 10/12/2021

How Kigali is exporting its military expertise across Africa 

By participating in Mozambican operations, the Rwandan army, already busy in the Central African Republic and South Sudan, has become one of Kigali's key exports. President Paul Kagame relies on a structure geared to external operations, and on allies beyond Africa. [...]
Rwandan Chief of Staff Jean-Bosco Kazura is currently holding a series of meetings with African chiefs of staff (photo from 2013).
Rwandan Chief of Staff Jean-Bosco Kazura is currently holding a series of meetings with African chiefs of staff (photo from 2013). © UN Mission in Mali/Flickr
Politics Banks 06/12/2021

Kigali goes green to seduce Luxembourg financiers 

After having seduced Doha and Singapore, the Kigali International Finance Centre is turning towards Europe with a new pitch: Rwanda is reinventing itself as the leading player in green finance on the African continent. [...]

The Kigali International Finance Centre delegation visiting Luxembourg 16-17 November 2021, here with representatives of the Luxembourg Financial Intelligence Unit.
The Kigali International Finance Centre delegation visiting Luxembourg 16-17 November 2021, here with representatives of the Luxembourg Financial Intelligence Unit. © Kigali International Financial Centre/Twitter

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