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Business Defence 28/04/2022

Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Though in the midst of selling off its African logistics assets to the Italian-Swiss company MSC, the French giant Bolloré will continue to supply French bases in central Africa, from Gabon to Chad and the Central African Republic. [...]

Business Power 05/04/2022

Builders and contractors blame each other for delays with Jiji and Mulembwe dams

The South African subsidiary of CMC di Ravenna and the Egyptian Orascom have blamed project owner, public company Regideso for project delays. [...]

Mining 31/03/2022

New proposal expected for mining code reform

Burundi is looking to reform its mining code as quickly as possible to make it better suited to deal with growing interest from foreign investors in its strategic rare earth and nickel resources. The government has nevertheless asked for changes to be made to the first draft of the revised code. [...]

Mining 30/03/2022

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

Yoweri Museveni. © Twitter @KagutaMuseveni

Mining Commodity traders 09/03/2022

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

Swiss trader Trafigura, which is increasing its supply agreements in the DRC and Zambia, is keen to trump its competitors by having a copper transport route to Angola. Together with Mota-Engil and Vecturis, it has responded to the call for tenders to manage the rail corridor between Kolwezi and Lobito. [...]

Diplomacy 08/03/2022

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

The extraordinary meeting was called by CEMAC chairman, former Gabonese prime minister Daniel Ona Ondo. © Facebook/Commission CEMAC

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Business Commodity traders 03/03/2022

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Swiss-Romanian businessman Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, who is energetically courting officials in the Central African Republic, is looking beyond timber into generating cryptocurrency and setting up bitcoin mining centres in the country. [...]

Mining 25/02/2022

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

A partnership between Sasol and the Chilean firm Enaex, one of South America's leading mining explosive firms, is planning to build a huge warehouse to stock ammonium nitrate - the substance behind the catastrophe in the port of Beirut but widely used in the mining industry. [...]

Business Commodity traders 24/02/2022

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

For a time the partner of the ex-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh in a rosewood venture, the Swiss-Romanian trader Nicolae Bogdan Buzaianu, whose business activities in both Gambia and Romania have attracted judicial scrutiny, has met with CAR president Faustin-Archange Touadéra several times of late. [...]

Politics 04/02/2022

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Amélia Lakrafi, La République en Marche! (LREM) MP for the 10th constituency of French people abroad, is currently on a tour of Central Africa. [...]

Business Diplomacy 31/01/2022

Warming of Kagame-Museveni relations raises hopes for route to Bujumbura

The reopening of the Ugandan-Rwandan border could lead to a trade corridor to Burundi. Neighbours and rivals in the Great Lakes are determined to put aside their differences to revive badly affected economies. [...]

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan and Burundian counterparts Yoweri Museveni and Evariste Ndayishimiye. © Paul Kagame/Yoweri Museveni/Evariste Ndayishimiye/Twitter

Diplomacy Defence 31/01/2022

How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet

Gitega has deployed hundreds of soldiers in neighbouring DRC's South Kivu province to track down Red-Tabara, a rebel group with Burundian roots. Unlike Uganda's operations against the Allied Democratic Forces further north, which Kinshasa okayed, this operation is taking place in great secrecy. [...]

Diplomacy 26/01/2022

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

The head of state of Central African Republic (CAR) recently began using jets operated by Angolan company Bestfly, which has seen its clientele of West African leaders grow fast in line with regional diplomatic activity. [...]

Diplomacy 25/01/2022

President guns for UN Security Council seat

A few months after the US lifted sanctions against Burundi, President Evariste Ndayishimiye now has high ambitions for his country within the United Nations. [...]

Business Power 23/11/2021

Indian KEC triumphs over Sinohydro and Kalpataru

Indian company KEC will build a 77km power transmission line linking the economic capital of Burundi, Bujumbura, to Kamanyola in DRC. [...]

Mining Finance 15/11/2021

Central bank to process its own gold to stabilise Burundian franc

To boost its forex reserves and thereby shore up its struggling currency and economy, Burundi's central bank is planning to make better use of its gold reserves. [...]

Business Defence 11/11/2021

Airport security specialist Westminster goes prospecting in CAR

The Westminster Group subsidiary, Westminster Aviation Security Services, which specialises in airport perimeter security and passenger screening, is at an advanced stage of talks with the Central African government. [...]

Mining 09/11/2021

Will US stake help Rainbow Rare Earths get its mine reopened?

Rainbow Rare Earths is highlighting the indirect presence of the US government in its capital, as Burundi seeks to position itself as an alternative to China for the supply of rare earths to Western countries, primarily the United States. [...]

Activity at the Gakara mine is still suspended. © Rainbow Rare Earths

Business 27/10/2021

The many clients of Franck Ping, from France's Eiffage to Germany's Gauff

A long time advisor of Chinese firm Sinohydro in Gabon, Franck Ping, the eldest son of the former Gabonese minister of foreign affairs and one-time presidential candidate Jean Ping, has won a string of representation contracts with overseas firms the likes of France's Eiffage and Germany's Gauff. [...]

Jean Ping's son Franck Ping. © LinkedIn/Franck Ping

Mining 15/09/2021

Government hires Advisum Expertise to help develop nickel

Bujumbura has hired a consulting firm to help it find financial partners to develop the Musongati nickel mine. [...]

Burundi's president Evariste Ndayishimiye. © Evrard Ngendakumana / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Business Defence 13/09/2021

Why OMP Solutions is supplying Egyptian APCs to Burundi's blue helmets

The Marck subsidiary is to supply Burundian troops in MINUSCA with a batch of 16 armoured vehicles designed by Egyptian firm Kader. The arrangement comes amid warming relations between Evariste Ndayishimiye and Abdelfattah al-Sisi. [...]

Politics 08/09/2021

Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

A creditor of both N'Djamena and Brazzaville, the oil trading giant is facing two very different situations. In Chad, which is seeking debt relief under the terms of the G20's "common framework", Glencore will have to accept the terms negotiated by the country's sovereign creditors. [...]

Business Defence 03/09/2021

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

In July, Prague embarked on a major tour of West and Central African defence ministries to promote Czech Republic's military know-how. Once dominated by French interests, competition in this region is becoming increasingly international. [...]

Focus Mining 30/08/2021

Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

Belgian businessman Alain Goetz quit the management of his Ugandan gold refinery a few months ago after being found guilty of money laundering in Belgium. He is also facing accusations of tax evasion in Rwanda, where he is a shareholder in another refinery. [...]

Business Defence 20/08/2021

Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

In winning a new round for its contract to provide security to the UN mission MINUSCA, Croisement SA, a subsidiary of Burkinabe businessman Arouna Nikiema's holding company BBS, has secured its presence in Central African Republic on top of an active network in West Africa. [...]

Croisement SA CEO Arouna Nikiema © FNA Foundation

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Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Builders and contractors blame each other for delays with Jiji and Mulembwe dams

New proposal expected for mining code reform

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Warming of Kagame-Museveni relations raises hopes for route to Bujumbura

How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

President guns for UN Security Council seat

Indian KEC triumphs over Sinohydro and Kalpataru

Central bank to process its own gold to stabilise Burundian franc

Airport security specialist Westminster goes prospecting in CAR

Will US stake help Rainbow Rare Earths get its mine reopened?

The many clients of Franck Ping, from France's Eiffage to Germany's Gauff

Government hires Advisum Expertise to help develop nickel

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Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

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Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Builders and contractors blame each other for delays with Jiji and Mulembwe dams

New proposal expected for mining code reform

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

Why Trafigura has positioned itself on the Lobito-Kolwezi corridor

CEMAC struggles to draw up its 2022 spending programme

Nicolae Buzaianu pitches bitcoin venture in CAR

Enaex and Sasol move to dominate mining explosives supply in Walvis Bay

Controversial trader Nicolae Buzaianu reinvents himself in Bangui

LREM MP Amélia Lakrafi cosies up to her constituents from Libreville to Kinshasa

Warming of Kagame-Museveni relations raises hopes for route to Bujumbura

How the Burundian army is hunting down rebels in Congolese territory on the quiet

Touadera becomes a Bestfly client after Tshisekedi and Sassou Nguesso

President guns for UN Security Council seat

Indian KEC triumphs over Sinohydro and Kalpataru

Central bank to process its own gold to stabilise Burundian franc

Airport security specialist Westminster goes prospecting in CAR

Will US stake help Rainbow Rare Earths get its mine reopened?

The many clients of Franck Ping, from France's Eiffage to Germany's Gauff

Government hires Advisum Expertise to help develop nickel

Why OMP Solutions is supplying Egyptian APCs to Burundi's blue helmets

Glencore's two-speed debt talks with Chad and Congo

Czech defence industry's African sales drive

Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

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