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Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. © Alexey Danichev/Sputnik/Krem/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Egypt
New timetable favours President Sisi's re-election

Egypt's presidential election has been brought forward to December, effectively limiting the number of candidates and hopes of the vote opening up as the economic crisis weakens President Sisi.

Subscribers only Politics 03.10.2023

Algeria
Beverage giant Ifri dabbles in cosmetics

ALGERIA | Algerian bottling company Ifri dabbles in cosmetics.

Subscribers only Business 03.10.2023

Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune makes changes in presidential communications

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has reorganised the main branches of the president's office, much to Communications Director Kamel Sidi Said's dismay.

Subscribers only Politics 02.10.2023

Egyptian businessman Ibrahim al-Arjani. © Egyptian Defence Ministry/AFP/Organi-Group.com/Guenter Albers/Shutterstock/Studio Pachamama

In Focus | Egypt
The rise of militia businessman Arjani

Ibrahim al-Arjani has rapidly risen to become one of the most powerful men in Egypt, from marshalling pro-government militias to fighting Islamists in his native North Sinai to expanding his business conglomerate's activities into the heart of the Nile Valley thanks to his proximity to the presidential Sisi clan.

Subscribers only Defence Business 25.09.2023

Mohamed Benchaâboun in Rabat, Morocco on 20 February 2020. © Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu Agency

Inner circles | Morocco
Benchaaboun seeks to stimulate economic recovery with Mohammed VI Fund

Since being appointed in November 2022 to head the multi-billion-euro Mohammed VI Investment Fund, former finance minister Mohamed Benchaaboun has surrounded himself with former colleagues at the Banque Centrale Populaire - of which he was head for nearly 10 years.

Subscribers only Finance 22.09.2023

Tarek El Molla, Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, at Sharm el-Sheikh, 8 December 2018. © Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Egypt
Egypt bid to be top EU gas supplier foiled by disappointing data from Zohr field

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2023

Mauritania
Mauritania threatens to penalise Maroc Télécom and Tunisie Télécom again

Moov Mauritel, Mattel and Chinguitel, subsidiaries of Maroc Télécom, Tunisie Télécom and Sudatel may be hit with financial penalties for misconduct.

Subscribers only Business 02.10.2023

Tunisia
Arbitration between Zenith Energy and Tunisia moves slowly ahead

Tunisia has just appointed its arbitrator in the case Zenith Energy filed with ICSID on 5 June, claiming $48m.

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2023

Algeria
Investment promotion agency plans foreign tour

The new body set up in September 2022 is aiming to attract and reassure investors with new incentives.

Subscribers only Finance 28.09.2023

Egypt
Egypt lures foreign steel investment as local firms struggle

The Egyptian government is encouraging the arrival of foreign investors in the steel industry. Local companies, which are already struggling to cope with rising steel prices, are concerned about this new competition.

Subscribers only Business 27.09.2023

Morocco
Setec and Heerim Architects miss out on Casablanca airport development

French engineering heavyweight Setec International and South Korea's Heerim Architects & Planners lose out on Casablanca airport's infrastructure development programme.

Subscribers only Infrastructure Business 26.09.2023

Algeria
Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

By November, the Algerian electricity company Sonelgaz will have to have chosen the companies or consortia for its project to build 2,000MW solar power stations.

Subscribers only Energy 25.09.2023

Libya
Dabaiba's militias help Saddam Haftar with flood relief in Derna

Several Tripoli-based militias are operating on the ground in Derna to help the battered city. Once reviled in the east, they have been put at the service of Saddam Haftar, Khalifa Haftar's son.

Subscribers only Defence 25.09.2023

Libya
Mayor of Derna in eye of storm following devastating floods

There is mounting popular discontent with Abdoulmenam Al-Ghaithi, the mayor of Derna in Cyrenaica, following the devastating floods and the recent cancellation of local elections.

Subscribers only Politics 22.09.2023

Libya
Spectre of sanctions hangs over Saddam Haftar in London

Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski is urging the British government to take measures against the son of the eastern Libya leader, whom he has accused of helping to finance the Wagner paramilitary group.

Subscribers only Politics 21.09.2023

Morocco
French tech firm Inetum enters legal cannabis industry

The legal cannabis regulatory agency, which reports to the Ministry of the Interior, just appointed Inetum Maroc, a subsidiary of the eponymous French group, to build a digital stock management system for the legal cannabis market

Subscribers only Business 21.09.2023

Morocco
Whistleblower accuses senior managers at LEONI's Moroccan branch of embezzlement

A former HR director of the automotive supplier LEONI Wiring Systems France, who was dismissed in 2019, blew the whistle on the actions of senior executives at the company's Moroccan subsidiary. A French court ruling has not challenged the reality of his allegations but has upheld his dismissal for gross misconduct.

Subscribers only Business 19.09.2023

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DRC
Kinshasa's thorny Kyiv-Moscow balancing act over armaments

Egypt
The rise of militia businessman Arjani

North Africa

Egypt
New timetable favours President Sisi's re-election

Algeria
Beverage giant Ifri dabbles in cosmetics

Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune makes changes in presidential communications

In Focus | Egypt
The rise of militia businessman Arjani

Inner circles | Morocco
Benchaaboun seeks to stimulate economic recovery with Mohammed VI Fund

Egypt
Egypt bid to be top EU gas supplier foiled by disappointing data from Zohr field

Mauritania
Mauritania threatens to penalise Maroc Télécom and Tunisie Télécom again

Tunisia
Arbitration between Zenith Energy and Tunisia moves slowly ahead

Algeria
Investment promotion agency plans foreign tour

Egypt
Egypt lures foreign steel investment as local firms struggle

Morocco
Setec and Heerim Architects miss out on Casablanca airport development

Algeria
Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

Libya
Dabaiba's militias help Saddam Haftar with flood relief in Derna

Libya
Mayor of Derna in eye of storm following devastating floods

Libya
Spectre of sanctions hangs over Saddam Haftar in London

Morocco
French tech firm Inetum enters legal cannabis industry

Morocco
Whistleblower accuses senior managers at LEONI's Moroccan branch of embezzlement

Tunisia
Tunis chooses Chinese Chint for electric grid planning

Egypt
Credit Agricole chief to travel to Cairo

Africa
Tokyo puts Africa on the G7 agenda

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DRC Kinshasa's thorny Kyiv-Moscow balancing act over armaments

Egypt The rise of militia businessman Arjani

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North Africa

Egypt New timetable favours President Sisi's re-election

Algeria Beverage giant Ifri dabbles in cosmetics

Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune makes changes in presidential communications

In Focus | Egypt The rise of militia businessman Arjani

Inner circles | Morocco Benchaaboun seeks to stimulate economic recovery with Mohammed VI Fund

Egypt Egypt bid to be top EU gas supplier foiled by disappointing data from Zohr field

Mauritania Mauritania threatens to penalise Maroc Télécom and Tunisie Télécom again

Tunisia Arbitration between Zenith Energy and Tunisia moves slowly ahead

Algeria Investment promotion agency plans foreign tour

Egypt Egypt lures foreign steel investment as local firms struggle

Morocco Setec and Heerim Architects miss out on Casablanca airport development

Algeria Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

Libya Dabaiba's militias help Saddam Haftar with flood relief in Derna

Libya Mayor of Derna in eye of storm following devastating floods

Libya Spectre of sanctions hangs over Saddam Haftar in London

Morocco French tech firm Inetum enters legal cannabis industry

Morocco Whistleblower accuses senior managers at LEONI's Moroccan branch of embezzlement

Tunisia Tunis chooses Chinese Chint for electric grid planning

Egypt Credit Agricole chief to travel to Cairo

Africa Tokyo puts Africa on the G7 agenda

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC
Kinshasa's thorny Kyiv-Moscow balancing act over armaments

Egypt
The rise of militia businessman Arjani

Egypt
New timetable favours President Sisi's re-election

Algeria
Beverage giant Ifri dabbles in cosmetics

Algeria
Abdelmadjid Tebboune makes changes in presidential communications

In Focus | Egypt
The rise of militia businessman Arjani

Inner circles | Morocco
Benchaaboun seeks to stimulate economic recovery with Mohammed VI Fund

Egypt
Egypt bid to be top EU gas supplier foiled by disappointing data from Zohr field

Mauritania
Mauritania threatens to penalise Maroc Télécom and Tunisie Télécom again

Tunisia
Arbitration between Zenith Energy and Tunisia moves slowly ahead

Algeria
Investment promotion agency plans foreign tour

Egypt
Egypt lures foreign steel investment as local firms struggle

Morocco
Setec and Heerim Architects miss out on Casablanca airport development

Algeria
Chinese firms queue up for huge Sonelgaz solar project

Libya
Dabaiba's militias help Saddam Haftar with flood relief in Derna

Libya
Mayor of Derna in eye of storm following devastating floods

Libya
Spectre of sanctions hangs over Saddam Haftar in London

Morocco
French tech firm Inetum enters legal cannabis industry

Morocco
Whistleblower accuses senior managers at LEONI's Moroccan branch of embezzlement

Tunisia
Tunis chooses Chinese Chint for electric grid planning

Egypt
Credit Agricole chief to travel to Cairo

Africa
Tokyo puts Africa on the G7 agenda