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Cape Verde
Cape Verde gets World Bank help to privatise its electricity company

The World Bank is to assist the government of Cape Verde to privatise national electricity company Electra by footing a $2m bill for consultancy services.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 24.08.2021

Algeria
Army to bolster digital intelligence capacities

Amid the fallout of the Pegasus leaks, Algeria's ministry of defence is taking action to increase its digital forensic tools. This could spell good news for a handful of Algerian suppliers with strong ties to the national army and security services.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 23.08.2021

Turkey, West Africa
Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Turkey's defence industry trade fair IDEF, the sector's major yearly event, held from 17 to 20 August in Istanbul, saw many African delegations roam the aisles of the Tüyap exhibition centre where models of aircraft, armoured vehicles, and above all drones, were on display.

Subscribers only Defence, Business Running Story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 23.08.2021

Zimbabwe
The von Pezolds chase Harare for dispossession compensation

On 23 July, German and Swiss national Elisabeth von Pezold and her seven children filed a case with the US Court of the District of Columbia to enforce the 2015 ICSID ruling, which sentenced Harare to pay the family over $200m.

Subscribers only Business 23.08.2021

West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

Subscribers only Business 20.08.2021

Mozambique, Taiwan
Taipei launches charm offensive in Maputo through business networks

Having successively lost its last African bastions to Beijing, Taiwan is trying to keep a foot in the continent through its trade centres, one of which is set to open in Maputo shortly.

Subscribers only Business 20.08.2021

Central Africa
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.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 20.08.2021

Spotlight | Kenya, Qatar
Kenyatta counts on Qatar to make true on his campaign promises

Qatari property developer Mohammed Bin Twar plans to build the social housing promised by President Uhuru Kenyatta in his "Big Four Agenda".

Subscribers only Business 19.08.2021

DRC
Equity Bank and Sofibanque to fund Egyptian firm Hassan Allam's projects

The government has obtained the backing of the two Congolese banks for three infrastructure projects it plans to realise in the central part of the country. The work will be carried out by Egyptian construction company Hassan Allam.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.08.2021

Italy, Nigeria
Pakistani option has Italy scrambling to defend sale of Leonardo combat aircraft

The Italian government has embarked on a diplomatic campaign to strengthen military cooperation with Abuja as a means to lock in the sale of 24 combat aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force. But it is facing a circumspect air force command and competition from Pakistan.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 19.08.2021

An Aermachi M-346 FA ground attack aircraft.

Qatar, West Africa
Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

After investing in RwandAir and Kigali International Airport in 2019, Qatar Airways is keen to establish a base in West Africa and has started discussions with Lomé and Abidjan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.08.2021

Qatar Airways inaugurated its Abidjan-Doha route on June 16, 2021.

West Africa
Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

After the much publicised seizure of 150 kilos of cocaine in containers used to transport sugar in Benin, two more consignments of the same drug have been discovered in Togo, also hidden in cargoes of sugar.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders, Business 19.08.2021

Tunisia
Djerba bridge project rekindled ahead of OIF summit

Four months before the highly-anticipated OIF summit in Djerba in November, Kamel Doukh has revived the project to build a second bridge to the island.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.08.2021

Mauritania
Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

PEP Engineering, Taylor Wessing and Gibraltar Advisory have been hired to draw up the public-private partnership model to be used for the Nouakchott-Boutilimit motorway build, a project expected to total $292m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.08.2021

Cameroon
Douala and Yaoundé remain gold mines for France's big retailers

Despite the economic slowdown caused by Covid-19, France's big retailers have not given up on their expansion plans in Cameroon, whose market is estimated to be worth €8bn per year.

Subscribers only Business 18.08.2021

Central Africa, Morocco
Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

The offshoot of King Mohammed VI's holding company Al Mada is handing over all of its car dealerships in the DRC, Gabon and soon Congo to Sada Motors, a newcomer controlled by a Congolese MP with ties to Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Business 17.08.2021

The Congolese deputy and businessman Alexis Ndinga.

Senegal
Transport ministry back to square one on Cap Skirring airport tender

There has been a setback to the project to rehabilitate the Cap Skirring Airport, Senegal, following two local firms Sotracom and Rebotech's complaint to the public procurement regulator after losing out to an outside bidder.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 17.08.2021

Morocco
Raymond Farhat & co to steer Moroccan industrialists' African ambitions

Founded by three former Saham executives, the holding company owned by industry and trade minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Emerge Invest has opened a new branch to facilitate exports to Africa.

Subscribers only Business 16.08.2021

DRC
China's Three Gorges definitively ousted from Grand Inga

Three years after Chinese state-owned firm Three Gorges signed a contract with Joseph Kabila's government, the company has been told it will no longer be given exclusive rights to develop the Inga III dam.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.08.2021

Kenya
Kenyatta and Lafarge struggle with Kenya's floundering parastatals

In the last week of July, President Uhuru Kenyatta himself intervened to ask Kenya Power not to cut off state-owned East African Portland Cement Company's (EAPCC) power supply once again due to unpaid bills. The company's shareholders include several subsidiaries of French construction giant Lafarge.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 16.08.2021

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Cape Verde
Cape Verde gets World Bank help to privatise its electricity company

Algeria
Army to bolster digital intelligence capacities

Turkey, West Africa
Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Zimbabwe
The von Pezolds chase Harare for dispossession compensation

West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Mozambique, Taiwan
Taipei launches charm offensive in Maputo through business networks

Central Africa
Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

Spotlight | Kenya, Qatar
Kenyatta counts on Qatar to make true on his campaign promises

DRC
Equity Bank and Sofibanque to fund Egyptian firm Hassan Allam's projects

Italy, Nigeria
Pakistani option has Italy scrambling to defend sale of Leonardo combat aircraft

Qatar, West Africa
Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

West Africa
Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Tunisia
Djerba bridge project rekindled ahead of OIF summit

Mauritania
Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

Cameroon
Douala and Yaoundé remain gold mines for France's big retailers

Central Africa, Morocco
Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

Senegal
Transport ministry back to square one on Cap Skirring airport tender

Morocco
Raymond Farhat & co to steer Moroccan industrialists' African ambitions

DRC
China's Three Gorges definitively ousted from Grand Inga

Kenya
Kenyatta and Lafarge struggle with Kenya's floundering parastatals

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Cape Verde Cape Verde gets World Bank help to privatise its electricity company

Algeria Army to bolster digital intelligence capacities

Turkey, West Africa Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Zimbabwe The von Pezolds chase Harare for dispossession compensation

West Africa Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Mozambique, Taiwan Taipei launches charm offensive in Maputo through business networks

Central Africa Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

Spotlight | Kenya, Qatar Kenyatta counts on Qatar to make true on his campaign promises

DRC Equity Bank and Sofibanque to fund Egyptian firm Hassan Allam's projects

Italy, Nigeria Pakistani option has Italy scrambling to defend sale of Leonardo combat aircraft

Qatar, West Africa Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

West Africa Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Tunisia Djerba bridge project rekindled ahead of OIF summit

Mauritania Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

Cameroon Douala and Yaoundé remain gold mines for France's big retailers

Central Africa, Morocco Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

Senegal Transport ministry back to square one on Cap Skirring airport tender

Morocco Raymond Farhat & co to steer Moroccan industrialists' African ambitions

DRC China's Three Gorges definitively ousted from Grand Inga

Kenya Kenyatta and Lafarge struggle with Kenya's floundering parastatals

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Cape Verde
Cape Verde gets World Bank help to privatise its electricity company

Algeria
Army to bolster digital intelligence capacities

Turkey, West Africa
Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Zimbabwe
The von Pezolds chase Harare for dispossession compensation

West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Mozambique, Taiwan
Taipei launches charm offensive in Maputo through business networks

Central Africa
Burkina Faso subcontractor Arouna Nikiema is Minusca favourite

Spotlight | Kenya, Qatar
Kenyatta counts on Qatar to make true on his campaign promises

DRC
Equity Bank and Sofibanque to fund Egyptian firm Hassan Allam's projects

Italy, Nigeria
Pakistani option has Italy scrambling to defend sale of Leonardo combat aircraft

Qatar, West Africa
Qatar Airways pondering location of future West African hub

West Africa
Repeated cocaine seizures worry sugar traders as drug found in Sucden and LDC cargoes

Tunisia
Djerba bridge project rekindled ahead of OIF summit

Mauritania
Franco-Tunisian team to examine feasibility of first motorway PPP

Cameroon
Douala and Yaoundé remain gold mines for France's big retailers

Central Africa, Morocco
Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

Senegal
Transport ministry back to square one on Cap Skirring airport tender

Morocco
Raymond Farhat & co to steer Moroccan industrialists' African ambitions

DRC
China's Three Gorges definitively ousted from Grand Inga

Kenya
Kenyatta and Lafarge struggle with Kenya's floundering parastatals