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CORRIDORS OF POWER 21/03/2017

Government gears up to attract mining investors

To change its image among the foreign miners and to try to attract them to the country, the ministry of [...]

Electricity 14/03/2017

The government blames the European Union for dam delays

The Burundian authorities claim that the lack of progress on construction of the Jiji and Mulembwe dams is the result of international sanctions [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 01/03/2017

ECAir and Camair-Co in the doldrums

The two leading air transporters in the region are faced with creditor action which is endangering their development prospects and their chances of future survival [...]

CORRIDORS OF POWER 14/02/2017

Everybody wants their share of Lake Tanganyika cake

With Tanzania and Congo-K having signed a Memorandum of Understanding [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 07/02/2017

Pouroulis’ rare earths firm gets off to blazing start in London IPO

The rare earths explorer Rainbow Rare Earths (RRE) and its [...]

Exploration & Production 20/12/2016

Tanganyika Gold’s way of winning licenses

Tanganyika Gold, a firm owned by Lebanese national Jean Jbeilli, didn’t spare the least effort to win a license to [...]

Electricity 29/11/2016

Rusumo Falls just on time for Kagame

Work on the Rusumo Falls hydro power dam has effectively begun with a flurry of contracts to both build it [...]

Small-scale mining 22/11/2016

ADB finances audit into agencies that crack down on illicit mining

The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has [...]

Insiders 05/07/2016

Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of African presidents

Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa’s heads of state

The generation of entrepreneurs and engineers who made their careers in Africa is disappearing but not the generation of lawyers acting for the presidencies of francophone African countries. That generation is still very much alive as is illustrated by this new Insiders special report from West Africa Newsletter. With media coverage, mouth-watering fees, direct contact with presidents, high profi [...]

Exploration & Production 01/03/2016

Koncar drops nickel at Musongati to switch focus on iron ore

Kermas, a firm owned by Croatian businessman Danko Koncar, has changed tack to counter the drop in the price of [...]

Small-scale mining 16/02/2016

Jbelli gaining traction on the mining scene

A firm headed by Lebanese national Jean Jbelli and named [...]

BUSINESSMEN 02/02/2016

Nyangoma set on revising contracts

The opposition in Burundi wants current mining contracts to be modified. Leonard Nyangoma, chairman of the CNARED coalition (it stands [...]

Electricity 26/01/2016

Growing political turmoil holds back power sector's advance

Interconnection work between the Ruzizi 1 and 2 dams on the Ruzizi river and Bujumbura has ground to a halt [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 16/09/2015

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

The relative unpopularity of rival Asian companies helped the French logging company Rougier land a key contract in Central African Republic recently. [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 08/09/2015

Auditing mining taxes to boost revenue

Six Burundi-based companies and a Tunisian firm responded to a [...]

CORRIDORS OF POWER 28/08/2015

Museveni embarrassed by generals in coup against Nkurunziza

Four Burundian generals involved in the attempt to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza are currently staying in Kampala. On 19 August [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 07/07/2015

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

The German government has put up €5 million towards a [...]

BUSINESS CIRCLES 16/06/2015

New development in Interpetrol saga

A long-standing dispute between Interpetrol, which imports fuel into Burundi, [...]

Exploration & Production 26/05/2015

Work at RRE advancing despite unrest

Rainbow Rare Earths (RRE) is going to start a series [...]

Who's Who 12/05/2015

Pouroulis nervous over street unrest

Adonis Pouroulis is keeping a close eye on protests over [...]

Exploration & Production 14/10/2014

Logistic headache for Koncar at Musongati Free

Burundi Mining Metallurgy (BMM), a 91% owned affiliate of the Kermas firm that is, in turn, owned by Croatian-born businessman [...]

Electricity 07/10/2014

Ruzizi 3 looks set to take off

After a full two years of bargaining, operators of a future Ruzizi 3 dam straddling the confines of Burundi, Congo-K and Rwanda, have finally reached an agreement. [...]

Funding 07/10/2014

Stephane Vernay

The Paris-based lawyer Stephane Vernay from the firm Gide Loyrette [...]

Electricity 09/09/2014

Jiji & Mulembwe also behind time

The two dams will owe their existence to the World Bank and the African Development Bank but they will be behind schedule. [...]

Companies 23/05/2014

Nation Media Group

Following its purchase of the telecoms company LaCell Burundi/Smart, the [...]

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