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WEST AFRICA Business 27/06/2022

Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Following on from his company Liza Transport International (LTI), Mahamadou Bonkoungou, head of the EBOMAF group, is preparing to launch a new carrier in Togo dedicated to regular flights. [...]

BURKINA FASO Defence Business 27/06/2022

GEOS and Securicom to provide security for the European delegation

In May, two successful private security companies walked away with an important contract for European diplomats in Burkina Faso, worth €11m over six years. [...]

LIBYA Business 24/06/2022

Sam Zormati sentence over attempted Fnac building seizure reduced on appeal

The Fnac des Ternes, in Paris. © Aurelien Morissard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

TANZANIA Infrastructures Business 24/06/2022

Turkey's Eurowagon ponders legal action against Tanzania Railway Corporation

Tanzania's state-owned railway company has announced it is severing its contract with Turkish partner Eurowagon, whose managers say they are open to negotiation but have not ruled out legal action. [...]

EGYPT Defence Business 24/06/2022

Navy postpones Alexandria trade fair indefinitely

Naval Power Egypt 2022, a military fair and conference that was to have been held for the first time in Alexandria from 5 to 7 September has been postponed indefinitely. [...]

ZIMBABWE Business 23/06/2022

Light glimmers at end of von Pezold compensation tunnel

At $200m, the compensation sought by the aristocratic family is the largest single claim filed in relation to the Mugabe-era land seizures of white-owned farms. After seven years of limbo, the coming months may well see a move towards a resolution of a case that has particularly irked the current head of state. [...]

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MOROCCO Business 23/06/2022

Nizar Baraka looks to step up desalination plans

Water minister Nizar Baraka wants to build 20 desalination units before 2030. He is studying the Oujda region, marked both by droughts and social unrest. Several firms are in the running, and two are French. [...]

Nizar Baraka, Morocco's Minister of Procurement and Water. © Abdelhak Senna/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA Business 23/06/2022

Khat trade sparks tensions in Horn

In the throes of an economic and currency crisis, Ethiopia and Djibouti are in a trade war over staple foods and khat, a much-consumed stimulant in Djibouti. [...]

Khat leaves for sale at a market in Harer, Ethiopia. © C3438 Peter Smolka/Deutsche Presse-Agentur/MaxPPP

KENYA Defence Business 23/06/2022

Cerbair bags security contract with Kenyan intelligence service Free

Anti-drone specialist Cerbair has won a contract to protect a dozen Kenyan National Intelligence Service (NIS) sites. The deal was clinched thanks to telecoms consultant Laurent Catinot. [...]

KENYA Business 22/06/2022

Keroche Breweries' tax woes take fizz out of Ruto's campaign

The company, whose boss backs the deputy president's bid to succeed Uhuru Kenyatta, owes crippling sums to the Treasury, and management is refusing to sell shares to settle its debts. [...]

Tabitha Karanja, chief executive of Keroche Breweries. © Noor Khamis/Reuters

TUNISIA Infrastructures Business 21/06/2022

German railway industry to pitch to Tunisia and Morocco

The German train industry continues to roll out the red carpet in North Africa. It is taking part in a trip organised by the Tunisian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK) for a delegation of a dozen representatives to Tunis from 26 to 29 June. [...]

SENEGAL Infrastructures Business 21/06/2022

Reed Smith and Hogan Lovells level-pegging on bus rapid transit advisory contract

Funders of Dakar's Bus Rapid Transit have approached a handful of British law firms for legal support on the project financing. [...]

SENEGAL Defence Business 20/06/2022

Australian Barrett Communications wins contract to supply military radios

The Senegalese army's acquisition of 1,400 combat radios from Barrett, financed by Israeli broker Gaby Peretz's credit line, should improve the coordination of troops in the field. A market estimated at nearly €10m. [...]

EGYPT Commodity traders Business 20/06/2022

Egpyt tries to adapt to drop in Russian cereal supplies and Indian embargo

Egypt is having great difficulty importing large quantities of Russian wheat, which represented nearly 60% of its purchases prior to the war in Ukraine. Cairo is now trying to negotiate with New Delhi in the hope of ensuring a partial lifting of the embargo on Indian wheat. [...]

Workers collect wheat at the Banha grain silos, in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, 25 May 2022. © Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/MaxPPP

GABON NIGER Energy Business 20/06/2022

Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

The business agent Franck Ping, the son of Gabon's former foreign minister Jean Ping, is the main architect of the electrification deal signed by the German company Gauff Engineering and the government of Niger. [...]

NIGERIA UKRAINE Defence Business 17/06/2022

Kyiv turns to Nigeria's Proforce in scramble for more armoured vehicles

To meet the mounting needs of the Ukrainian army as it struggles to hold the Donbas, Kyiv did the rounds of suppliers at the Eurosatory defence trade fair in Paris this week. One of these was Nigerian armoured vehicles manufacturer Proforce. [...]

MOROCCO Business 17/06/2022

French farmers fight to ban agricultural imports from Western Sahara

A French farmers' union has asked the Council of State to reach a decision on trade policy concerning fruit and vegetables produced in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The issue was ruled on by the European General Court last year. [...]

KENYA Commodity traders Business 17/06/2022

Kenyatta's tea price hike favours foreign producers

The commitment to increase the price of Kenyan tea agreed with the main producers' consortium, the Kenya Tea Development Agency, has given neighbouring countries a comparative advantage. Unaffected by these measures, foreign companies in Kenya are selling their stocks more easily, while Kenyan firms' stocks are piling up. [...]

KENYA Defence Business 17/06/2022

Turkey's Atesci to build ammunition factory for Kenyan army

Turkish company Atesci has won a major contract in Nairobi to install ammunition production lines for the Kenya Army [...]

TANZANIA Business 16/06/2022

Zanzibar struggles to update its commercial fleet

The government of the semi-autonomous archipelago is having trouble finding buyers for three of its largest ships on account of their age and recurrent reliability issues. [...]

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Turkey's Eurowagon ponders legal action against Tanzania Railway Corporation

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Musical chairs at top of Perenco

Nizar Baraka looks to step up desalination plans

Khat trade sparks tensions in Horn

Cerbair bags security contract with Kenyan intelligence service Free

Keroche Breweries' tax woes take fizz out of Ruto's campaign

German railway industry to pitch to Tunisia and Morocco

Reed Smith and Hogan Lovells level-pegging on bus rapid transit advisory contract

Australian Barrett Communications wins contract to supply military radios

Egpyt tries to adapt to drop in Russian cereal supplies and Indian embargo

Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

Kyiv turns to Nigeria's Proforce in scramble for more armoured vehicles

French farmers fight to ban agricultural imports from Western Sahara

Kenyatta's tea price hike favours foreign producers

Turkey's Atesci to build ammunition factory for Kenyan army

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