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DRC
Was Donald Trump right about the Dodd-Frank Act?

Two independent reports published in quick fire succession, first in mid-July then in early August, have laid bare the negative [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.08.2018

DRC
KPMG aims to reassure miners over tax

Even as 3T (tin, tantalum and tungsten) miners in South [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.08.2018

DRC, Great lakes
ICGLR tweaks its own mining traceability procedures

While American President Donald Trump is aware of the limits [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.08.2018

Gabon
Bongo seeks a majority in the parliamentary elections

The president is banking on the 6 October ballot to shore up his position. Analysis.

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2018

Congo
No getting around the IMF for Sassou Nguesso

The failure of Prime Minister Clement Mouamba's mission to Beijing leaves the government no option but to swallow Washington's medicine.

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2018

Central African Republic, United States
Tamlyn appointed to Bangui

One year after the departure of Jeffrey Hawkins from Bangui in August 2017, the United States has finally appointed its [...]

Free access Diplomacy 22.08.2018

Gabon
Tesla to set up shop in Libreville

The American manufacturer is set to choose Gabon for its first outlet south of the Sahara. An exclusive.

Subscribers only Business 22.08.2018

Congo
Martin Mberi to seek a resolution to the Pool conflict

In early August, Martin Mberi was appointed as permanent secretary of the Conseil national du dialogue, a new body set [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2018

Cameroon
Samuel Mvondo Ayolo to head candidate Biya's campaign

Paul Biya is approaching the 7 October presidential election surrounded by his family! The Cameroonian president has appointed his nephew [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2018

DRC
Shadary's candidacy leaves questions unanswered

Although he has reassured observers by designating the senior regime [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2018

Cameroon
Essoka Security is expanding

The Yaounde-based Essoka Security remains the most high-profile security firm [...]

Subscribers only Business 22.08.2018

Gabon
The state and Veolia to battle it out in the courts

The reconciliation process forming part of the arbitration request lodged [...]

Subscribers only Business 22.08.2018

Cameroon
Actis secures its future

After a year of acrimonious negotiations, Actis and the Cameroonian [...]

Subscribers only Business 22.08.2018

Spotlight | Gabon
Perenco in Gabon's offshore black box

With its nearly 25 million barrels of reserve a mystery field that is not on any map of Gabon's offshore blocks, has caught the attention of the family French-British firm Perenco. In turn dubbed Roussette, Espadon, then finally Sardine, this [.

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Sao Tome and Principe
Block 4: Kosmos stifles ERHC to counter Total

The American offshoot of the Warburg Pincus galaxy is trying to cut off ERHC's funds and snatch block 4 from under the French major's nose.

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Gabon
Owali: will the former Tullow boys team up with JF Obamba?

After more than a year of hunting for investors, Perenco's former deputy MD in Gabon hopes to have found the right partner, but one that still has to raise funds.

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Gabon
How Assala snookered Perenco over Rabi

Assala Energy, the firm controlled by private investment fund Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP), elbowed aside its rivals to take [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Congo
SNPC desperately seeking funds in Abu Dhabi

To ride the wave of its newly earned membership with OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries - AEI 820), [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Gabon
Vaalco plays trump card on Etame Marin

Caught in a bind (AEI 810), the American oil & gas firm Vaalco has spent the past few months trying [...]

Free access Energy 21.08.2018

Burundi, DRC, Rwanda
Political perils threaten Ruzizi III

The goal to finish construction of the 147 MW Ruzizi III dam straddling the eponymous river by 2024 is being [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Gabon
High risk conciliation between SEEG (Veolia) and Libreville

Veolia and Gabon held a closed-door meeting in Paris from July 28 to 29 after the French group was stripped of its water and power concession in February.

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Chad
Mahamat Zen Decker takes over reins of oil ministry

According to our sources, Mahamat Zen Decker is tipped to become the new director general of Chad's ministry of oil. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Gabon
Arnauld Engandji crucified by Total

Arnauld Engandji's switch from his short term as Gabon's minister of labour to a post within the ministry of equal [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

Gabon
Perenco hires Maurel & Prom troupers after Pertamina's arrival

Christophe Blanc, who has steered Maurel & Prom's Gabonese branch [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2018

In Focus | Gabon
Gagan Gupta, Ali Bongo's favourite Indian tycoon

While French multinationals in Gabon have gone broke like Rougier and Necotrans or battle with the presidency like Veolia and Eramet, Indo-Singaporean group Olam has gone from strength to strength. The man behind its success, its Gabon country director Gagan Gupta, has succeeded in forging close links with the Gabonese presidency.

Subscribers only Finance 09.08.2018

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