Business

Cameroon
Wheat price hike threatens to spark mill war

In the midst of a wheat price boom, prominent entrepreneur and head of Cameroon employers' federation, Célestin Tawamba, has shut down his La Pasta flour mill in an attempt to obtain a tax break on imported cereals and to try to change the regulated price of flour. This has infuriated trade minister Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana.

Morocco
After split with Algiers, Rabat scours horizon for new gas supplies from Madrid to Doha

Having been slow to build its own LNG terminal, Rabat has been forced to turn to Spain for gas but has yet to find suppliers willing to deliver at satisfactory rates. This quest was a key focus of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's recent visit to Qatar.

DRC
Major players and unknown firms vie to build Kasumbalesa dry port