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Southern Africa and Islands

Zimbabwe
Mines and Money London – Harare's plans to open its diamonds to foreign investment

Before the hundred or so investors gathered at the Zimbabwe Mining Investment Conference held in London on November 26 alongside [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.11.2018

Angola
Before the pipeline, Luanda wants to sell crude to Zambia by train

After the Angolan minister of petroleum Diamantino Azevedo and Zambia's minister of energy Matthew Nkhuwa signed the memorandum of understanding [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

Angola
Saturnino assigns top brass for Sonangol overhaul

National firm Sonangol has decided to rally its senior staff into a new "coordination committee" to oversee the restructuring of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

Angola
After Exxon and Total, Chevron wants its share

After watching ExxonMobil and Total make various upstream and distribution investments in Angola over the past months (AEI 825), American [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

Zimbabwe
Bad blood between Mnangagwa and Tagwirei

Sakunda Holdings boss Kuda Tagwirei, who had been close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa until his re-election in July (AEI 823), [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

Mozambique
Goodmore Chatora (ex-Exxon) tries his hand at renewables

Zimbabwean Goodmore Chatora, who was head of distribution in southern Africa for ExxonMobil from 2004 to 2006, has moved into [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

Angola
Cuba ends adventure with Sonangol

The Cuban state-owned oil firm Union Cuba Petroleo (Cupet) has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

Angola
Guillaume Doane (Africa Oil & Power), future VRP of Angolan oil

The founder of the events group Africa Oil & Power, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2018

Madagascar
Anti-money laundering laws hang heavily over future president

The IMF is bringing unprecedented pressure to bear on the Antananarivo authorities to comply with the Financial Action Task Force recommendations.

Subscribers only Politics 23.11.2018

Madagascar
Russians muscle in on chrome industry

A Russian firm's completely opaque takeover of Kraoma marks the final act of the Rajaonarimampianina regime, but who are beneficiaries of this contract? An investigation.

Subscribers only Business 23.11.2018

Madagascar
Serge Zafimahova, architect of a ‘Ravalomanana 2.0'?

Officially his role is to coordinate the efforts of Marc Ravalomanana (TIM) to reach out to other candidates in preparation [...]

Subscribers only 23.11.2018

Madagascar
Defence minister deploys in advance

General Beni Xavier Rasolofonirina has not waited for the blessing [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.11.2018

Madagascar
Vote count: a mix of fake news and true constraints

With rumours swirling in Antananarivo concerning the information technology system [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.11.2018

Mozambique
Food giant moves back into minerals with Gems 4Ever

The owners of Premier Group and the investment firm HAA [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.11.2018

Zambia
Indian subcontractor GRN wants to operate own copper mines

GRN, which had offered its services for the Konkola and Maamba mines, is on the hunt for Zambian deposits to operate on its own.

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2018

Southern Africa
MX Mining gathers funds for miners

The consultancy firm recently helped drum up cash for several mining projects across the continent.

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2018

Zimbabwe
Long-standing mines ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa out of action?

After years of service as the go-between for foreign investors visiting Zimbabwe, Christopher Mutsvangwa has bowed out of his role [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2018

Botswana
All-out war between Norilsk and BCL liquidator

In early October, London-based Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) lawyers sent [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2018

Botswana
Andrew Ndlovu opens own mining consultancy

Botswanan financier Andrew Ndlovu has founded two new firms in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2018

Angola
After selling blocks, what future lies ahead for Mitsubishi?

With the sale of its two last Angolan permits in October (AEI 827), Angola Japon Oil Co (Ajoco) put an [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2018

Mozambique
Qatar Petroleum opens offices in Maputo at last!

After being courted by the state-owned Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) for years (AEI 772), the national firm Qatar Petroleum [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2018

Namibia
Azinam wants to reopen stock listing asap

According to our information, junior oil & gas firm Azinam, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2018

Angola
China's ICBC opens throttle on electricity

With $4.5 billion already tied up in Angola's vast 2,172 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2018

Document | Madagascar
Erick Rabeharisoa ousted from crude sector

Erick Rabeharisoa, the former mayor of Alasora (a suburb of Antananarivo) who has close ties with President Hery Rajaonarimampianina, was [...]

Subscribers only 09.11.2018

Mozambique
Hamouda Chekir spearheads Lazard in Maputo

He is one the main architects of the accord to restructure part of Mozambique's debt, the details of which were [...]

Subscribers only 09.11.2018

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