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Kenya
Ruto steps up support for Sagana industrial park

The flagship project of governor Anne Waiguru, a key ally of William Ruto, is attracting growing investor interest and is becoming a priority for the president's first term in office.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 02.03.2023

Algeria
Bejaia port extension under way after foreign firms excluded

View of the Bejaia port in northern Algeria in November 2010. © Zhen Bin/Landov/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Infrastructure 01.03.2023

Madagascar
Gérard Perceau, the French advisor who has President Rajoelina's ear

In four years, former Bouygues executive Gérard Perceau has become a key figure in negotiations on major infrastructure projects between the state of Madagascar and its technical and foreign financial partners.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics, Business 01.03.2023

Tanzania
Magafuli's bridge slips further behind schedule

Magufuli bridge building progress. © KenethK / Alamy Banque D'Images

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.02.2023

South Sudan
Cairo wins key battle for control of White Nile

The dredging of a White Nile tributary in South Sudan is about to get underway, having been delayed amid concerns over the environmental impact.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.02.2023

Tunisia
SEGOR bags another water pumping concession

SEGOR on 2 February bagged a €7.6m concession to operate pumping stations in the Tunisian towns of Sfax, Gabès and Médenine. That came just months after it signed up for the management of part of the infrastructure of the ONAS national sanitation office in a deal last June worth €26m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.02.2023

Egypt
Contractors pair up for $400m Cairo metro revamp

Siemens, Alstom and Colas Rail will team up with Egyptian construction giants to finalise their offers on the $400m Cairo's metro Line 1 renovation contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 22.02.2023

Egypt
Sisi's grand plans for commercial gateway to Europe

Having focused on attracting Gulf state investments around the Suez Canal, Cairo is now envisaging a gateway to the Old Continent at the Gargoub naval base on the Mediterranean, which is already enticing several would-be investors, especially in the energy domain.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 16.02.2023

Togo
Lucrative cargo tracking business at heart of Antaser Afrique's legal battle with Togo firm

Antaser Afrique, a Belgian firm that officially monitors maritime imports for Togo, is engaged in a legal battle with its former partners in the country. The dispute centers on control of the strategic market for electronic cargo tracking notes.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 15.02.2023

The Lome Container Terminal in Lome, capital of Togo.

Libya
Abdelhamid Dabaiba turns to public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment

To get round the lack of a state budget, which House of Representatives members are struggling to agree on, the Libyan prime minister is looking to public-private partnerships to finance the country's infrastructure projects.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 14.02.2023

Cameroon, France
Bolloré challenges overturning of controversial Port of Douala arbitration ruling

Bolloré Africa Logistics, now a subsidiary of MSC, is to go to the French Court of Cassation over a 10 January Paris appeal court judgement quashing a 2020 arbitration ruling against the Port of Douala.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 08.02.2023

Congo, DRC
SCET resumes studies for Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

The Tunisian engineering firm SCET Tunisie is busy updating the preliminary studies for a road and rail bridge between Kinshasa and Brazzaville that it originally conducted alongside the French company Egis back in 2011.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 02.02.2023

Egypt
Competition from India and China for Colas on major Alexandria metro project

The €1.7bn construction project for Egypt's second-largest city is making al-Sisi's ally countries' mouths water. The contract should be awarded in the next six months.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 24.01.2023

Cameroon
'Magil Affair' reveals tug of war between Ngoh Ngoh and sports minister Kombi

Canadian construction company Magil has managed to salvage its contract for Olembe stadium, at the heart of a bitter battle behind the scenes between the presidency's secretary general Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh and sports minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics, Business 23.01.2023

Kenya, South Sudan
Ruto bends over backwards to win over Kiir

Kenyan president William Ruto wants to turn the page on a decade of strained relations between Kenya and South Sudan. Multiple concessions made to his counterpart Salva Kiir are aimed at finally getting a trade corridor between the two countries opened.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 20.01.2023

Kenyan president William Ruto and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir.

Djibouti, Madagascar
Madagascar's Teknet eyes up Djibouti market

The Malagasy group is hoping to tap into Djibouti's need for sensitive infrastructure security services to lay down lasting roots in the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.01.2023

Spotlight | West Africa
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

French financial crimes prosecutors have been investigating Necotrans, a former champion of port logistics in Africa, for the past two years. Brothers Grégory and Emmanuel Quérel and their links with Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo are at the heart of the probe.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 17.01.2023

Algeria
Cevital's planned crushing plant in Bejaia stumbles due to drought

Algeria has faced serious drought for several years, but despite this the agro-industrial group Cevital insists that its water-hungry oilseed crushing plant will go ahead on schedule.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 17.01.2023

Inner circles | Egypt
National Authority for Tunnels plays key role in Sisi's pharaonic projects

The body in charge of Egypt's train lines and metros has acquired considerable stature thanks to huge transport projects launched by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The National Authority for Tunnels, which is headed by a general, is also at the heart of the country's relations with foreign investors.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.01.2023

The construction site of Maspero station of the Cairo Metro's line 3, in November 2020.

South Africa
Ramaphosa steps up battle against sabotage of Eskom's power stations

Following his re-election as head of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to bring his internal opposition into line. He accuses it of destabilising the state electricity company Eskom, which has been plagued by sabotage.

Free access Infrastructure, Energy, Politics 13.01.2023

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The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Infrastructure

Kenya
Ruto steps up support for Sagana industrial park

Algeria
Bejaia port extension under way after foreign firms excluded

Madagascar
Gérard Perceau, the French advisor who has President Rajoelina's ear

Tanzania
Magafuli's bridge slips further behind schedule

South Sudan
Cairo wins key battle for control of White Nile

Tunisia
SEGOR bags another water pumping concession

Egypt
Contractors pair up for $400m Cairo metro revamp

Egypt
Sisi's grand plans for commercial gateway to Europe

Togo
Lucrative cargo tracking business at heart of Antaser Afrique's legal battle with Togo firm

Libya
Abdelhamid Dabaiba turns to public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment

Cameroon, France
Bolloré challenges overturning of controversial Port of Douala arbitration ruling

Congo, DRC
SCET resumes studies for Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

Egypt
Competition from India and China for Colas on major Alexandria metro project

Cameroon
'Magil Affair' reveals tug of war between Ngoh Ngoh and sports minister Kombi

Kenya, South Sudan
Ruto bends over backwards to win over Kiir

Djibouti, Madagascar
Madagascar's Teknet eyes up Djibouti market

Spotlight | West Africa
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

Algeria
Cevital's planned crushing plant in Bejaia stumbles due to drought

Inner circles | Egypt
National Authority for Tunnels plays key role in Sisi's pharaonic projects

South Africa
Ramaphosa steps up battle against sabotage of Eskom's power stations

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DRC The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

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Infrastructure

Kenya Ruto steps up support for Sagana industrial park

Algeria Bejaia port extension under way after foreign firms excluded

Madagascar Gérard Perceau, the French advisor who has President Rajoelina's ear

Tanzania Magafuli's bridge slips further behind schedule

South Sudan Cairo wins key battle for control of White Nile

Tunisia SEGOR bags another water pumping concession

Egypt Contractors pair up for $400m Cairo metro revamp

Egypt Sisi's grand plans for commercial gateway to Europe

Togo Lucrative cargo tracking business at heart of Antaser Afrique's legal battle with Togo firm

Libya Abdelhamid Dabaiba turns to public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment

Cameroon, France Bolloré challenges overturning of controversial Port of Douala arbitration ruling

Congo, DRC SCET resumes studies for Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

Egypt Competition from India and China for Colas on major Alexandria metro project

Cameroon 'Magil Affair' reveals tug of war between Ngoh Ngoh and sports minister Kombi

Kenya, South Sudan Ruto bends over backwards to win over Kiir

Djibouti, Madagascar Madagascar's Teknet eyes up Djibouti market

Spotlight | West Africa French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

Algeria Cevital's planned crushing plant in Bejaia stumbles due to drought

Inner circles | Egypt National Authority for Tunnels plays key role in Sisi's pharaonic projects

South Africa Ramaphosa steps up battle against sabotage of Eskom's power stations

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Kenya
Ruto steps up support for Sagana industrial park

Algeria
Bejaia port extension under way after foreign firms excluded

Madagascar
Gérard Perceau, the French advisor who has President Rajoelina's ear

Tanzania
Magafuli's bridge slips further behind schedule

South Sudan
Cairo wins key battle for control of White Nile

Tunisia
SEGOR bags another water pumping concession

Egypt
Contractors pair up for $400m Cairo metro revamp

Egypt
Sisi's grand plans for commercial gateway to Europe

Togo
Lucrative cargo tracking business at heart of Antaser Afrique's legal battle with Togo firm

Libya
Abdelhamid Dabaiba turns to public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment

Cameroon, France
Bolloré challenges overturning of controversial Port of Douala arbitration ruling

Congo, DRC
SCET resumes studies for Kinshasa-Brazzaville bridge

Egypt
Competition from India and China for Colas on major Alexandria metro project

Cameroon
'Magil Affair' reveals tug of war between Ngoh Ngoh and sports minister Kombi

Kenya, South Sudan
Ruto bends over backwards to win over Kiir

Djibouti, Madagascar
Madagascar's Teknet eyes up Djibouti market

Spotlight | West Africa
French investigators probe former African logistics giant Necotrans

Algeria
Cevital's planned crushing plant in Bejaia stumbles due to drought

Inner circles | Egypt
National Authority for Tunnels plays key role in Sisi's pharaonic projects

South Africa
Ramaphosa steps up battle against sabotage of Eskom's power stations