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SkyPower due back in Kinshasa to discuss its $1bn PV project

Canadian electricity producer SkyPower is trying to put together a finance package for its planned 1,000 MW solar farm near Kinshasa.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 18.11.2020

Dan Gertler tries to restore his reputation at Eurasian Resources Group's expense

Dan Gertler during his 16 November video statement to the media. © Screenshot

Subscribers only Mining 18.11.2020

Abbas Mahamat Tolli, Governor of Central Africa Banks. © Abaca Press

Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

The regional bank has yet to impose the CFA franc on mining and oil firms, thanks to a fuss kicked up by a private sector backed by certain regional leaders.

Subscribers only Energy 16.11.2020

Zoé Kabila, governor of the Congolese province of Tanganyika. © Gouvernement du Tanganyika

Zoé Kabila aspires to transform Tanganyika into the new Haut-Katanga

Zoé Kabila, the brother of the ex-Congolese president, has grand ambitions for his term as governor of Tanganyika: to create the conditions for his province to become a DRC mining and industrial hub and thereby establish the family stronghold as a leading commercial player in the country.

Subscribers only Mining 13.11.2020

Turkey's Damnus follows compatriot Summa into privatised airports sector

The Turkish conglomerate Damnus headed by Nusret Comert is set to run Bangui international airport, where it will also be in charge of refurbishing works estimated to cost €30m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 13.11.2020

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Tshisekedi seeks Sassou's clout to sideline one-time ally Kabila

In his battle against predecessor Joseph Kabila, President Félix Tshisekedi has turned to neighbouring head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso for help in building a new political coalition.

Subscribers only Politics 10.11.2020

Och-Ziff investment group could face still more flak over the deal it did with Dan Gertler

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, which recently changed its name to Sculptor Capital Management, has settled its dispute with former Africo shareholders over its takeover of the Kalukundi copper project in association with Dan Gertler. It still faces the threat of further legal action, however, from civil society interests.

Free access Mining 10.11.2020

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Between AU and Fortescue, Tshisekedi determined to get Grand Inga off the ground

Numerous member states of the African Union have shown interest in taking part in the Grand Inga hydropower project while Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi an arrangement with Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 06.11.2020

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi.

US businessman Rubar Sandi gets busy with railways, roads, and solar farms

Entrepreneur Rubar Sandi made a fortune in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. With the help of Indonesian authorities, he has now embarked on several major infrastructure projects in DRC.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 06.11.2020

NB Mining staff protest over unpaid salaries

De nombreux salariés de l'entreprise de services miniers congolaise NB Mining Africa ont manifesté à Lubumbashi devant le gouvernorat du Haut-Katanga, affirmant qu'ils subissent trois mois de retard de salaires.

Subscribers only Mining 06.11.2020

Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs

Gabon is about to rotate troops within the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, but its soldiers there are still grappling with equipment problems.

Free access Defence, Business 04.11.2020

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Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

Having cosied up to the Trump administration in the hope of freeing himself from the grip of Joseph Kabila, Tshisekedi is concerned at polls suggesting the US president is headed for defeat. The prospect of a Biden victory has by contrast put a spring in the step of the ex-Congolese president.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.11.2020

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Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese

The arrival of Chinese companies at copper-cobalt deposits in the DRC and Zambia has upset traffic on mineral evacuation routes. They are forcing road transporters to contend with extremely low prices, leaving them no choice but to fight the terms of each new contract and redistribute market shares among the African ports.

Subscribers only Mining 02.11.2020

Kinshasa sets up task force to curb chaotic urbanisation

The Congolese authorities are looking to create institutions dedicated to urban planning in Kinshasa, where urbanisation has become uncontrollable and chaotic in recent decades.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 29.10.2020

Unlikely German trio push spectacular 10,000 km rail project

German entrepreneur Gernot Constant Wagner, who is already leading a major hydrogen production project in DRC, is pushing another to double the size of the Congolese's rail network.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.10.2020

Swiss 'bourgeois' parties clash over anti-Glencore law

Switzerland's centralists and liberal parties are struggling to come up with a clear line on the popular Responsible Business Initiative that the country will be voting via referendum on 29 November.

Subscribers only Mining 26.10.2020

Chinese business bridge-builder in Congo pulls out of Manono lithium

Despite the proven potential of the lithium project in Manono, former-president Joseph Kabila's brother's stronghold, Simon Cong sold his shares. The influential Chinese businessman and long-time investor in the project did so as an ownership dispute over the site is pending.

Subscribers only Mining 21.10.2020

$619m arbitration: deputy justice minister Bernard Takahishe Ngumbi gives Dig Oil a helping hand

La RDC n'a pas répondu aux convocations du tribunal du District of Columbia dans le cadre d'un conflit à plus de 619 millions de dollars qui l'oppose à la société sud-africaine Dig Oil.

Subscribers only Energy 21.10.2020

Senators ask questions about Kinshasa N'djili airport upgrades

Skeptical of the Congolese government's reasoning for the delays to the Kinshasa airport upgrades, a group of senators is trying to get to the bottom of the matter.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 20.10.2020

Abu Dhabi wants Kinshasa to talk business

Looking to diversify their economy beyond oil, the United Arab Emirates are exploring business opportunities in the DRC and are in discussion with Félix Tshisekedi's staff.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.10.2020

Moïse Ekanga can stay senator and head of Sino-Congolese Programme coordination bureau

Despite pressure from civil society bodies claiming that his position as a senator is incompatible with that of executive secretary of the bureau, the influential Moïse Ekanga is unlikely to lose his job.

Subscribers only Mining 14.10.2020

New management faces old issues at MMG's Kinsevere copper mine

The appointment of Weiquan Xia as head of the Kinsevere copper mine marks a switch to Chinese management of MMG's business in the DRC in line with its majority ownership. The new general manager will first have to sort out a number of long-standing issues: construction of a sulphide processing plant, acquisition of new permits and a dispute with former Katanga governor Moïse Katumbi's company MCK.

Subscribers only Mining 12.10.2020

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Glencore chief executive Ivan Glasenberg denies involvement in Katanga Mining's alleged misconduct

Ivan Glasenberg has been accused by Katanga Mining's American shareholders of having contributed to the management problems and publication of false information by the Glencore subsidiary operating the Kamoto copper mine. He claims, however, that he and Glencore have nothing to do with the affair.

Subscribers only Mining 09.10.2020

Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler knocks on Carlos Ghosn's PR agency door

Accused by two NGOs of evading US sanctions, the mining magnate tried to enlist the services of influential consultancy Image 7 to prepare his judicial counterattack.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 07.10.2020

CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

The six members of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) are planning a round table in November to raise funds for the construction of roads and electricity plants.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 07.10.2020

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SkyPower due back in Kinshasa to discuss its $1bn PV project

Dan Gertler tries to restore his reputation at Eurasian Resources Group's expense

Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

Zoé Kabila aspires to transform Tanganyika into the new Haut-Katanga

Turkey's Damnus follows compatriot Summa into privatised airports sector

Spotlight Tshisekedi seeks Sassou's clout to sideline one-time ally Kabila

Och-Ziff investment group could face still more flak over the deal it did with Dan Gertler

Spotlight Between AU and Fortescue, Tshisekedi determined to get Grand Inga off the ground

US businessman Rubar Sandi gets busy with railways, roads, and solar farms

NB Mining staff protest over unpaid salaries

Gabon's blue helmets stymied by faulty Chinese APCs

Spotlight Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

In Focus Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese

Kinshasa sets up task force to curb chaotic urbanisation

Unlikely German trio push spectacular 10,000 km rail project

Swiss 'bourgeois' parties clash over anti-Glencore law

Chinese business bridge-builder in Congo pulls out of Manono lithium

$619m arbitration: deputy justice minister Bernard Takahishe Ngumbi gives Dig Oil a helping hand

Senators ask questions about Kinshasa N'djili airport upgrades

Abu Dhabi wants Kinshasa to talk business

Moïse Ekanga can stay senator and head of Sino-Congolese Programme coordination bureau

New management faces old issues at MMG's Kinsevere copper mine

Spotlight Glencore chief executive Ivan Glasenberg denies involvement in Katanga Mining's alleged misconduct

Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler knocks on Carlos Ghosn's PR agency door

CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

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The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

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Tshisekedi seeks Sassou's clout to sideline one-time ally Kabila

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Between AU and Fortescue, Tshisekedi determined to get Grand Inga off the ground

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Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

In Focus
Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese

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Glencore chief executive Ivan Glasenberg denies involvement in Katanga Mining's alleged misconduct