Finance

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Nigeria, Gabon, DRC, Egypt

Nigeria
Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu's rising comms star

Gabon
Anges-Kevin Nzigou, the key opposition lawyer ready to pounce

DRC
Junior M'Buyi, the international finance expert back in Kinshasa

Egypt
Serial investor Mohamed ‘Nagaty' Aboulnaga strikes again

Nigeria
Tinubu's tax task force swings into gear

The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy, Tax Reforms has begun its work. Its key mission is to bring Nigeria's tax rate up from 11% to the continental average of 18%.

Egypt
Credit Agricole chief to travel to Cairo

The CEO of Credit Agricole Philippe Brassac is expected in Cairo shortly to attend CICA's (Confédération Internationale du Crédit agricole) annual congress and also meet members of the Egyptian government.

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Kenya, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Angola

Kenya
Bina Maseno mixes politics and aesthetics

DRC
Stéphanie Mbombo, from mining to climate finance

Ethiopia
Gezahegn Mamo pushes pure Ethiopian coffee

Angola
Jean-Claude Nzita, spokesman for Cabinda's independence movement

Angola
Standard Chartered Bank funds final project in Angola before pulling out

British Standard Chartered Bank will help fund Luanda's new water treatment plant. Quilonga Grande, one of João Lourenço's campaign promises, needs €1.2bn in funding.

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Morocco, Kenya, Uganda

Morocco
Ghalia Mokhtari, a lawyer going places with green energy

Kenya
John Muchiri Muriithi, Visa's East Africa sales rep

Uganda
David Lewis Rubongoya, Bobi Wine's young teacher

Kenya
State pension body chases $47m from tardy public sector contributors

A few weeks after getting a new director, Kenya's National Social Security Fund is tackling a mountain of unpaid contributions in several counties. Most of the missing millions is owed by state entities.

Mozambique
Manuel Chang's US defence strategy shapes up

Extradited to the US in July, Mozambique's former finance minister is currently awaiting trial. His lawyer recently pleaded for the case to be dismissed, citing difficulties in gaining access to documents and potential witnesses for a speedy trial.

Ivory Coast
Ouattara mandates Standard Chartered to raise €813m

Ivory Coast plans to raise more than €800m in syndicated debt at a time when the country's public finances are in difficulty and the government is struggling to pay its domestic debt.

Morocco
CDG pension fund focuses on rental property market

Morocco's pension fund for employees of state-owned companies has created a new entity in conjunction with banking heavyweights to pursue its rental property investment strategy.

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Kenya, Senegal, Morocco

Kenya
Nicholas Koros, money without borders

Senegal
Mary Fall, Aissata Tall Sall's omnipresent photographer

Morocco
Nisrine Iouzzi takes the lead on "Dakhla-Atlantique"

Kenya
Leadership dispute paralyses Kenya's powerful Chamber of Commerce

A court order brought on by a leadership dispute at the Kenya Chamber of Commerce and Industry has paralysed the powerful body, notably blocking access to millions of dollars in pandemic relief for struggling businesses.