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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
Schlumberger in Key Position

The oil engineering and services firm is advising not only the federal petroleum ministry and state-owned company but also training future executives in South Sudan.

Subscribers only Energy 28.09.2010

Uganda
Early Xmas from World Bank

Next March the World Bank’s board is expected to approve a new loan worth USD 108 million to Uganda’s electricity [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.09.2010

Tanzania
An Oligarch’s Foray in Africa

The Borodino consortium has begun investing outside of Russia, tackling African power markets. It’s expected to shortly build a dam in Tanzania.

Subscribers only Energy 28.09.2010

Sudan
Question Mark on Oil Audit

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that an audit of Sudan’s petroleum [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.09.2010

Uganda
CNOOC Bid to Get Ball Rolling

According toAEI sources in Kampala, a leading executive of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.09.2010

Tanzania
Orca Drums Up Cash

The British oil company Orca Exploration is proceeding with a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.09.2010

Djibouti, France
Lawyer Aref acquires 20% of Bakchich

The Djibouti lawyer Aref Mohamed Aref has acquired around 20% of the capital in the publisher of the French satirical [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.09.2010

Kenya
Amos Kimunya vs Cyrus Njiru

The animosity between the minister for transport and his permanent secretary is nothing new. But this time, their conflict is more serious because the stakes are higher.

Subscribers only Politics 24.09.2010

Uganda
The conservatives win in the NRM

Attempts to renovate the government party were blocked during the recent internal elections.

Subscribers only Politics 24.09.2010

Ethiopia
Tigrayans still being promoted

The government is working at promoting Tigrayans – and not only in the army and the security organisations.

Subscribers only Politics 24.09.2010

Somalia, Somaliland
President Silanyo’s security challenge

The new President of Somaliland is confronted with his first serious security crisis barely two months into his presidency, which began on 27 July.

Subscribers only Politics 24.09.2010

Djibouti
Opposition looks for its way in Paris

The businessman Abdourahman Boreh gathered the leaders of the opposition at his apartment in Paris.

Subscribers only Politics 24.09.2010

Eritrea
A new flurry of mining permits

Eighteen foreign companies now own mining permits in Eritrea and the Asmara authorities constantly have to respond to new requests [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Kenya
A brewer in financial trouble

In spite of its managing director's denials, Keroche Industries is finding it difficult to make ends meet.

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Tanzania
Ephraim Mrema to leave Tanroads

In spite of claiming to be a protégé of the President, the CEO of the Tanzania National Roads Agency will have to leave his post by November.

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

France, South Sudan
Christian Bader

The first Consul General of France in South Sudan, Christian Bader, who is now only waiting for his visa before [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

China, Ethiopia
Yanlin Liu

The Chinese businessman Yanlin Liu, who is at the head of the Guangdong Chuanhui Group that owns a cement works [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Ethiopia
Haile Mariam Desalegn

The new Vice President of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF, ruling coalition), Haile Mariam Desalegn, is a loyal [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Tanzania
China New Era International Engineering Corp

Chinese companies frequently bid rock-bottom prices on road contracts in [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Kenya
NAS Airport Services

The Kenyan catering company NAS Airport Services was in a [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Kenya
General Electric

The American company General Electric (GE) had great ambitions when [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Tanzania
Precision Air

The airline Precision Air, which is owned jointly by Michael [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Djibouti
Stratex Djibouti

The British company Stratex International, listed on the London Alternative [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Tanzania
Pike Electric

The only two American companies in the running, Symbion Power [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

Uganda
Air Travel Enterprises

The Indian consulting company Gitpac, a subsidiary of Air Travel [...]

Subscribers only 24.09.2010

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