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Chad
Abakar Manany's Cairo mission

Idriss Déby's former special advisor Abakar Manany will travel to [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.10.2019

Congo
Djeno terminal: could Total be in to lose its iron grip?

As the Djeno concession contract comes up for renegotiation, Brazzaville is counting on making Total pay after 50 years of dominating the country's only crude oil terminal.

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Angola, DRC
Blocks 14/15: minister Domingos fighting to keep oil zone status quo with Tshisekedi

From Luanda's point of view, the new Angolan president João Lourenço is hell bent on stopping his Congolese homologue Felix [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Sao Tome and Principe
Jon Cappon takes charge of Kosmos' legal fight for block 4

According to our sources, ERHC recently lost its London arbitration against Kosmos Energy over block 4 in Sao Tome and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Cameroon
Kosmos/Rosneft rush out of town before packing their bags

The political crisis and near civil war-like state that have [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

DRC
Several alarm bells ringing aboard the Perenco steamship

A recent article in the French daily Le Monde covering [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

Gabon
Dussafu: what is behind BW and Panoro's move that could save Bongo's record

After discovering 45 million barrels of recoverable oil on the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

DRC
First lady's brother Nyakeru tries his chances in oil

Congolese first lady Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi's older brother Joe Ntalushika [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2019

DRC
Elefund seeks $220 million for Sud-Ubangi infrastructure projects

The firm is setting up a fund to finance the construction of industrial parks with integrated power stations in Zongo and Akula.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 21.10.2019

Planned industrial parks in Sud-Ubangi Province.

Central African Republic
Bangui dishes out guarantees to prompt lifting of KP ban

The Central African Republic (CAR) government is keen to show it is willing to take steps to reform its mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap processing unit back in action

Idle since 2017 following the heated scuffle between George Forrest international and Gécamines, the Lubumbashi tailings processing unit is up and running again.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Bankers Cobalt ready to bank on lithium to woo investors

Cobalt content analyses of its permits and the falling price of the metal has prompted Bankers Cobalt to consider highlighting its lithium potential ahead of its next capital raise.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Washington's good cop/bad cop traceability strategy

While the US secretary of state has signed a battery metals good governance partnership with Kinshasa, his Homeland Security peers have decided to stop importing gold from DRC precisely due to a lack of good governance!

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Coltan Valley pushes for mining industry to adopt tech hubs

With his aptly named Coltan Valley, Eric Mutonji has grand plans to set up tech hubs across the DRC where electronics companies, digital developers and battery manufacturers can source their battery and 3TG metals directly.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

Cameroon
BWA sees future beyond Akonolinga rutile

While still in the running against French group Eramet for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Auplata vice president Karim Robo starts up in consulting

French geologist Karim Robo opened his own consultancy firm Ressources [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

DRC
Former Tenke Fungurume and Mutanda execs set up shop to help miners

Mining operators' querying of, even concern for, the Democratic Republic [...]

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2019

Spotlight | Congo
Turkey's Aksa Enerji to build two gas-fired power stations

Having arrived in Congo thanks to an alliance with influential businessman Paul Obambi, Aksa Enerji, which is close to Turkey's ruling AKP party, is gaining strength in the country. It now has a permit to generate and sell electricity.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 14.10.2019

DRC
Tshisekedi seeks investors for Kinshasa-Ilebo railway

The president's teams want to kick-start a project that could eventually link Brazzaville to Katanga province.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 14.10.2019

Banana-Sakania railway.

Central Africa, West Africa
To electrify the continent, USAID turns again to CrossBoundary

The investment advisory firm is setting up shop in Dakar to help the US development agency put together finance for electricity projects in West and Central Africa.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 14.10.2019

Gabon
Télésud bankruptcy a double blow for Pascaline

Two days after losing her title as representative of the president, Pascaline Bongo has seen the pan-African television company that she has been sponsoring for ten years cease trading.

Subscribers only Business 09.10.2019

Chad
Succès Masra, leader of Transformateurs, eyes general election

The founder and chair of the brand-new Chadian political party Les Transformateurs, Succès Masra, is due to present his first [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.10.2019

Central Africa
After the Sahel, Turkish Airlines deploys in the south

Turkish Airlines is planning to increase the number of flights [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.10.2019

Cameroon
Piccini steps up operations at Olembé stadium

Already stripped of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.10.2019

Cameroon
Baba Danpullo gains foothold at Port autonome de Douala

Cameroon Continental Merchants (CCML), one of the firms owned by [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 09.10.2019

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