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Southern Africa and Islands

Mozambique
The final sprint for Balama graphite

Mozambican businessman Nkutema Namoto Alberto Chipande is one of the latest actors to show an interest in the highly prised [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

Madagascar
Financier John Lee aspires to revive Dablova gold mine

Chairman of Canadian mining firm Prophecy Development Corp, Chinese financier John Lee, has plans to finalise the acquisition of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

Zambia
China Copper Mines struggles to shake off rivals at Fitula

The Chinese firm's battle to regain full ownership of the Fitula copper mine has been struck another deafening blow by the Lusaka courts.

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

Zimbabwe
Manhunt for Chinese entrepreneurs

The Zimbabwean police have issued a search warrant for the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

Botswana
A very mining ending for members of parliament

A first draft of Botswana's revised mining code should be [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

Lesotho
Minister Keketso Sello's aspirations for local content

During the Africa Down Under conference held on from September [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

Namibia
Magnate Kobus Smit takes the reins at Celsius Resources

South African tycoon, Kobus Smit, a mining sector veteran, has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

Africa, South Africa
Polyglot continues to strengthen foothold on continent

Enjoying a strong presence with mining companies active in Africa, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.09.2017

South Africa
Great Lake Telecom recruits Demba Diop

The South African telecommunications firm Great Lake Telecom, founded by [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.09.2017

Mozambique
Prime Gas pads out its team and its coffers

According to our information, new shareholders recently bought into gas distribution and trading firm Prime Gas, created in 2015 in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2017

Mozambique
Amda Energia seals new alliances

Spanish firm Amda Energia beefs up its activities with a new partner with a healthy network in place in Maputo.

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2017

Madagascar
Andekaleka power station gasps for second wind

Andekaleka, the country's largest hydropower plant with three installed 29 MW turbine-generators, is expected to soon increase its capacity. According [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2017

Namibia
Minister treats Chariot Oil with respect

While Chariot Oil & Gas, headed by Larry Bottomley (former [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2017

Mozambique
Otobong Udoyen wants to become go-to gas man

Nigerian Otobong Nkanang Jackson Udoyen is continuing to establish his [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2017

Madagascar
Head of State courts BP in London

On a trip to London in early September, Malagasy president [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2017

Angola
New boss in president's seat but not for Sonangol

The group of lawyers led by David Mendes has lost [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2017

Angola, Mozambique
Sino-Portuguese duo to take on hydropower

China Three Gorges Corp (CTGC), which holds a 21.35% stake [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2017

Angola
Is PwC soon to be challenged at Sonangol?

Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers may lose its pole position as state-run [...]

Subscribers only Energy 12.09.2017

Madagascar
The president seeks to clear the path for 2018

Mindful of the forthcoming election, the president is keeping his allies close and tightening his grip on the state apparatus

Subscribers only Politics 08.09.2017

Mozambique
Chipande's daughter cosies up to the banking elite

Might Joana Chipande, the daughter of Frelimo grandee Alberto Chipande, who is a close ally of President Filipe Nyusi, have [...]

Subscribers only Business 08.09.2017

Mozambique
Revealed: the lawyers who advised Maputo on secret loans

A Kroll audit names the legal firms which advised the Mozambican government on restructuring the Ematum loan.

Subscribers only Business 08.09.2017

Mozambique
Mahomed Salim Abdul Carimo Omar still successfully networking

The lawyer Mahomed Salim Abdul Carimo Omar, who is close to the ruling party Frelimo and already has commercial dealings [...]

Subscribers only 08.09.2017

Madagascar
Mailhol, a guru with his sights set on the presidency

While the guru Andre Christian Dieudonne Mailhol's announcement that he will be running in the 2018 presidential election may have [...]

Subscribers only 08.09.2017

Mauritius
Deutsche Bank put off by Indian tax treaty

The Mauritian subsidiary of Deutsche Bank has decided to halt [...]

Subscribers only Business 08.09.2017

Mozambique
CR Aviation fills the Mozambican skies

Miguel Curado Ribeiro, the head of the airline CR Aviation, [...]

Subscribers only Business 08.09.2017

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