Businessman Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, the scourge of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. ©CC MAURITANIA Published on 25/04/2018 Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war
Congo-B Denis Sassou Nguesso is in a very precarious economic position. ©Antoine Gyori - Corbis CONGO-B Published on 14/11/2017 Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope
Filipe Nyusi MOZAMBIQUE Published on 16/02/2017 President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals
Exploration-Production 19/02/2019 Patrice Motsepe to soon add phosphates to his portfolio with Kropz Billionaire Patrice Motsepe, who is brother-in-law to South Africa's head of state Cyril Ramaphosa, has built his mining empire extracting [...]
Exploration-Production 19/02/2019 Cauldron Energy's new African targets With Australian businessman Tony Sage - former business partner to mining magnate Frank Timis (AEI 827) - no longer a [...]
Gas 12/02/2019 11B/12B: why is Total somewhat disappointed by the result? Total's enthusiasm for the "significant discovery" of gas at the [...]
Exploration-Production Small-scale mining 22/01/2019 LNP Attorneys gives its vision of impact of new laws on artisanal miners Because South African artisanal and industrial miners alike have been [...]
Oil 15/01/2019 MTN boss Phuthuma Nhleko, the behind-the-scenes partner on Total and Qatar Petroleum's favourite block Junior oil firm Impact has helped discreet, well-heeled South African partners buy into block 11B/12B. [...]
Corridors of power Palace whispers 08/01/2019 Shareholders consolidate actions against Sibanye In mid-December, the judges of the court of the Eastern [...]
Exploration-Production Small-scale mining 18/12/2018 Julius Malema courts small-scale miners ahead of elections On November 24, Julius Malema, founder and president of the [...]
Business circles 20/11/2018 MX Mining gathers funds for miners The consultancy firm recently helped drum up cash for several mining projects across the continent. [...]
Business circles 31/10/2018 Radisson set to go up against Accor Radisson Hospitality AB is stepping up its operations in Abidjan, [...]
Business circles Consultants 23/10/2018 Pomerantz and Bronstein lead the charge against Gold Fields New York law firms Pomerantz and Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman [...]
Oil 16/10/2018 Ramano (OTS) steals Chevron offshoot from under Sinopec's nose With Glencore's help, the businessman has used his position as a Chevron SA shareholder to sneak past the Chinese major. [...]
Electricity 16/10/2018 Renewables: EDF sidles up to a colossus close to the ANC French energy group EDF jumped on the occasion to create a joint venture on October 8 with infrastructure giant GIBB [...]
Business circles 09/10/2018 One Capital, king of mining sales and acquisition One Capital was called into help Trans Hex Group sell [...]
Exploration-Production 09/10/2018 Jason Brewer adds battery metal, vanadium, to his basket Free Perth-based businessman Jason Brewer arrived in Johannesburg October 2 with the view to round off weeks of talks for the [...]
Business circles Consultants 02/10/2018 New Age seeks Envoi's help to scope for new partner New Age Energy has tasked British consultancy firm Envoi with [...]
Oil 18/09/2018 Who is Ricocure, Azinam's discrete offshore partner? Azinam, the newcomer to South Africa's offshore scene (AEI 823) and subsidiary of Dubai-based venture capital firm Azimuth Capital, will [...]
Business circles 11/09/2018 Wolf Haldenstein takes lead in fight against Sibanye Two separate class actions against the South African mining firm, one filed by law US firm Rosen Law and another by Pomerantz, might be consolidated into a single case managed by Wolf Haldenstein. [...]
Business circles 05/09/2018 Group Five struggles in Abidjan Group Five, a property and construction company based in Johannesburg, [...]
Power brokers 04/09/2018 Monetizing Gas Africa ropes in Alexander Kulpecz Monetizing Gas Africa, a firm founded by Vaalco's former Gabon country manager Rod MacAlister alongside former Deloitte executive Ebrahim Takolia, [...]
Spotlight Exploration-Production 28/08/2018 Russian Norilsk Nickel laden by state firm liquidation in Gaborone Russian firm Norilsk Nickel has been fighting to close the sale of its nickel mines Nkomati and Tati in southern Africa for months. Botswana para-state firm BCL had signed a purchase agreement for the sites in 2014 but went into [. [...]
Business circles Consultants 10/07/2018 Phillip Kim helps out unhappy Sibanye shareholders On June 27, American lawyer Phillip Kim, partner of class [...]
Oil 03/07/2018 How OPEC became an African club The Vienna-based organisation, traditionally only open to the world's largest oil producers, has become a diplomatic tool for secondary producers and firms in Africa to develop their networks. [...]
Exploration-Production Small-scale mining 26/06/2018 Lawyers commit to protect the environment for populations living near mines On June 20 to 21, members of the Zimbabwe Environmental [...]
Business circles 08/05/2018 Pareto sponsors Africa Energy Corp on stock markets As it prepares to begin drilling on its offshore assets [...]
Oil 24/04/2018 Africa Energy Corp wants to open throttle on block 2B Active in Namibia and South Africa, Africa Energy Corp (AEC) [...]