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SMB's Boffa-Boké Bauxite Project © Africa Intelligence/Indigo Publications 2021

Guinea
Feasibility studies approved for Santou and Houda, making SMB's railway look all the more profitable

Guinean authorities approved the feasibility study to mine bauxite on the Santou II and Houda blocks early January. SMB is currently building a railway to use for export.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 24.02.2021

The highway to Dakar's Blaise-Diagne International Airport © Africa Intelligence/IndigoPublications-2021

Senegal
Egis and Sinohydro glum after CRBC marks another AIBD victory

Senegal's road works and management agency, Ageroute, is expected to award its maintenance contract for the Blaise Diagne InternationalAirport (AIBD) [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 23.02.2021

Djibouti
Djibouti fights back against DP World's US legal offensive

Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT), in which DP World has a 33.34% stake. © Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.02.2021

Guinea
South Africa's Ronnie Ntuli challenges Chinese monopoly on mining railway

Thelo DB, a company chaired by South African businessman Ronnie Ntuli, has been approaching iron ore and bauxite explorers in Guinea to offer rail solutions for their future exports, a sector that has until now been dominated by Chinese giants.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 22.02.2021

A worker walks beneath electronic flight schedules boards at Cape Town International Airport, run by state-controlled airports company ACSA. © REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Spotlight | South Africa
Covid-19 forces Airports Company South Africa to shed non-core assets

Financially hammered by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Airports Company South Africa is in desperate need of cash to stay afloat.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.02.2021

Ronan Bescond, Country Manager and Vice President of the Mozambique LNG Project with Armindo Tiago, the Mozambican Health Minister. © Mozambique LNG

Mozambique
Mayotte logistics barons scrap over strategy to take with Total on Cabo Delgado business

The ostensibly common interests of Mamoudzou's logistics firms have not always sufficed to secure business from Total's Cabo Delgado gas activities.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy Running story - Cabo Delgado 19.02.2021

Morocco
Laâyoune looks for more consultants to oversee its €4.6bn regional development programme

The Laâyoune region is looking for more consultants to help it speed up work on the government's development plans for the Sahrawi regions. The practice is commonly used by regional presidents as they strive to meet the objectives of the major works strategy pursued by the Moroccan government in the disputed territory.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 17.02.2021

Mozambique
Escopil looks to Johannesburg to realise its Mozambican highway ambitions

To carve itself out a niche in a road construction market currently buoyed by the influx of oil companies, the leading local construction firm Escopil, founded by a couple of ex-ministers, has turned to the former MD of the South African giant Group Five.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 12.02.2021

Benin, Niger
Africarail arbitration in final straight as new experts triple compensation claim

In dispute with Niamey and Cotonou over the west African rail link since 2015, Africarail has more than tripled it compensation claim at the International Chamber of Commerce after receiving new expert advice.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 11.02.2021

Morocco
Ex-ONCF maintenance director Mustapha Hanyn starts out in consultancy

The director of maintenance at the national railway operator ONCF, and head of production of its subsidiary Infraway Maroc until January, Mustapha Hanyn is moving on.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.02.2021

DRC, Egypt
Egyptian construction giants' bumper crop of contacts

The rapprochement between Kinshasa and Cairo sparked after presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met in January last year, is beginning to bear fruit.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.02.2021

Uganda
Mota-Engil makes its case against accusations of illegal expropriation

The lawyers of the Portuguese construction giant have provided a version of the facts that disputes the claim it illegally removed people living along the Tororo-Kamidini road.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 26.01.2021

Cameroon
Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano, the shadow queen of Douala port

A behind-the-scenes adviser to the director of Douala port, the Cameroonian businesswoman is the driving force behind the independent authority set up to take over from Bolloré.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.01.2021

Cameroonian businesswoman Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano.

DRC
Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

The Turkish group Summa is in talks with the Congolese authorities over an opportunity to take over the N'Djili international airport upgrades in what would be its first move in the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.01.2021

East Africa
Kenya Railways boss feels the heat from anti-graft body

Months ahead of the scheduled delivery in June of six locomotives from Spain's Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca, the procurement contract has already landed new Kenya Railways Corp (KRC) director Philip Mainga in the hotseat.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.01.2021

Uganda
World Bank defers possible Mota-Engil investigation until after elections

The World Bank's inspection panel has given itself an extra month to decide whether or not to launch an investigation into allegations of illegal expropriation against Mota-Engil in Uganda.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.01.2021

Tunisia
Bonna Tunisie cements its grip on water infrastructure

Bonna Tunisia, a leader in the construction of water infrastructure, won a 115m dinar (€35m) contract on 29 December from Sonede.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.01.2021

Tunisia
Tunisia banks on trade with Libya as it pushes ahead with Gabès-Ras Jedir highway

Despite the fall in its trade with Libya, in part because of the ongoing political and security crisis there, Tunisia is trying to speed up work on the highway which will give it a new link with its turbulent neighbour.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.01.2021

Tunisia
SNCFT's phosphate transport plans hit the buffers

Issued by the Société nationale des chemins de fer tunisiens, the call for expressions of interest in conducting surveys and devising a call for tenders to renovate 165 km of railway line in the phosphate triangle was declared unsuccessful on 7 January.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Business 21.01.2021

Central Africa
AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

The African Development Bank has published a brutal assessment of way the Economic Community of Central African States, its partner on numerous infrastructure projects, is being run.

Free access Infrastructure, Business 19.01.2021

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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

Infrastructure

Guinea
Feasibility studies approved for Santou and Houda, making SMB's railway look all the more profitable

Senegal
Egis and Sinohydro glum after CRBC marks another AIBD victory

Djibouti
Djibouti fights back against DP World's US legal offensive

Guinea
South Africa's Ronnie Ntuli challenges Chinese monopoly on mining railway

Spotlight | South Africa
Covid-19 forces Airports Company South Africa to shed non-core assets

Mozambique
Mayotte logistics barons scrap over strategy to take with Total on Cabo Delgado business

Morocco
Laâyoune looks for more consultants to oversee its €4.6bn regional development programme

Mozambique
Escopil looks to Johannesburg to realise its Mozambican highway ambitions

Benin, Niger
Africarail arbitration in final straight as new experts triple compensation claim

Morocco
Ex-ONCF maintenance director Mustapha Hanyn starts out in consultancy

DRC, Egypt
Egyptian construction giants' bumper crop of contacts

Uganda
Mota-Engil makes its case against accusations of illegal expropriation

Cameroon
Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano, the shadow queen of Douala port

DRC
Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

East Africa
Kenya Railways boss feels the heat from anti-graft body

Uganda
World Bank defers possible Mota-Engil investigation until after elections

Tunisia
Bonna Tunisie cements its grip on water infrastructure

Tunisia
Tunisia banks on trade with Libya as it pushes ahead with Gabès-Ras Jedir highway

Tunisia
SNCFT's phosphate transport plans hit the buffers

Central Africa
AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

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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

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Infrastructure

Guinea Feasibility studies approved for Santou and Houda, making SMB's railway look all the more profitable

Senegal Egis and Sinohydro glum after CRBC marks another AIBD victory

Djibouti Djibouti fights back against DP World's US legal offensive

Guinea South Africa's Ronnie Ntuli challenges Chinese monopoly on mining railway

Spotlight | South Africa Covid-19 forces Airports Company South Africa to shed non-core assets

Mozambique Mayotte logistics barons scrap over strategy to take with Total on Cabo Delgado business

Morocco Laâyoune looks for more consultants to oversee its €4.6bn regional development programme

Mozambique Escopil looks to Johannesburg to realise its Mozambican highway ambitions

Benin, Niger Africarail arbitration in final straight as new experts triple compensation claim

Morocco Ex-ONCF maintenance director Mustapha Hanyn starts out in consultancy

DRC, Egypt Egyptian construction giants' bumper crop of contacts

Uganda Mota-Engil makes its case against accusations of illegal expropriation

Cameroon Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano, the shadow queen of Douala port

DRC Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

East Africa Kenya Railways boss feels the heat from anti-graft body

Uganda World Bank defers possible Mota-Engil investigation until after elections

Tunisia Bonna Tunisie cements its grip on water infrastructure

Tunisia Tunisia banks on trade with Libya as it pushes ahead with Gabès-Ras Jedir highway

Tunisia SNCFT's phosphate transport plans hit the buffers

Central Africa AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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

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

Guinea
Feasibility studies approved for Santou and Houda, making SMB's railway look all the more profitable

Senegal
Egis and Sinohydro glum after CRBC marks another AIBD victory

Djibouti
Djibouti fights back against DP World's US legal offensive

Guinea
South Africa's Ronnie Ntuli challenges Chinese monopoly on mining railway

Spotlight | South Africa
Covid-19 forces Airports Company South Africa to shed non-core assets

Mozambique
Mayotte logistics barons scrap over strategy to take with Total on Cabo Delgado business

Morocco
Laâyoune looks for more consultants to oversee its €4.6bn regional development programme

Mozambique
Escopil looks to Johannesburg to realise its Mozambican highway ambitions

Benin, Niger
Africarail arbitration in final straight as new experts triple compensation claim

Morocco
Ex-ONCF maintenance director Mustapha Hanyn starts out in consultancy

DRC, Egypt
Egyptian construction giants' bumper crop of contacts

Uganda
Mota-Engil makes its case against accusations of illegal expropriation

Cameroon
Adélaïde Ngalle-Miano, the shadow queen of Douala port

DRC
Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

East Africa
Kenya Railways boss feels the heat from anti-graft body

Uganda
World Bank defers possible Mota-Engil investigation until after elections

Tunisia
Bonna Tunisie cements its grip on water infrastructure

Tunisia
Tunisia banks on trade with Libya as it pushes ahead with Gabès-Ras Jedir highway

Tunisia
SNCFT's phosphate transport plans hit the buffers

Central Africa
AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy