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Southern Africa and Islands

Madagascar
The president gives Leon Rajaobelina a second job

By appointing Leon Rajaobelina as head of the new Organisme [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

Zambia
ZCCM-IH plans to hit out at Glencore

The board of the holding company is working on a court action against its partner in the Mopani mine.

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

Botswana
Tsimako presses ahead on Khoemacau copper program

Intent on kicking off production on the Khoemacau copper project in Botswana in 2019, Johannes Tsimako, regional boss of the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

Zimbabwe
New stakeholder for Asa Resource

In late January, the Bank of East Asia (BEA), the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

Madagascar
Ministry wants to show how well mining reforms are working

During the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference in Cape [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

Angola
Some view cooperatives as answer to illicit mining

During celebrations in mid-January marking the 36th anniversary of Endiama, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

Botswana
Dentons helps Lucara Diamond to find a mining contractor

Canada’s Lucara Diamond Corp was assisted by the Dentons law [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

Namibia
Rolf Gerritsen spearheads makeover of China Africa Resources

The new chief of China Africa Resources (CAR), Paul Johnson, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.02.2017

Mozambique
Kogas gives thumbs up to Coral field but Exxon still holds back

ENI’s FLNG is expected to quickly win the approval of all partners on block 4. But the role of CNPC and Exxon still a shade uncertain.

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Madagascar
Madagascar Oil fights for survival with local distributors

The American explorer Madagascar Oil has yet to succeed in selling off its stocks of 160,000 barrels of heavy oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Namibia
Pancontinental bends over backwards to get Tullow to drill

The Australian junior Pancontinental Oil & Gas, which saw its share price drop from 17.5 cents in 2012 to 3 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Mozambique
Frelimo's old guard shoved aside for Rovuma's gas

Mozambique’s mines and energy minister opted for caution when choosing winners of a licensing round for projects related to the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Angola
Zenu, half-brother and best ally of Isabel dos Santos

A decision by the Fundo Soberano de Angola in late January to earmark $180 million for the construction of a [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Madagascar
Two of president's pals get key jobs at Jirama

International donors had been calling for months for the bosses of the national power utility Jirama to be replaced. On [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Angola
Total taking its time on Zinia

Although Total was to have made a final investment decision [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Madagascar
ENI and BP cast a discreet eye on Belo Profond

The government still hasn’t given its agreement to the entry [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Madagascar
VSA Capital pulls off its first job for Oyster Oil

Retained last June by an explorer in Madagascar, Oyster Oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2017

Mozambique
Frelimo bigwig teams up with top officials in new venture

Former ambassador and ruling Frelimo party dignitary reserve Col. Lopes Tembe Ndelana is determined to expand his business portfolio. After [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2017

Madagascar
Race is on for supply of biometric passports

We understand that around a dozen companies have put in bids in response to the public security ministry’s international call [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2017

Madagascar
Madagascar Oil falls out with state oil and water utility

Madagascar Oil is determined to get shot of its fuel supplies and is discreetly lobbying the government to challenge a decision made by Jirama.

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2017

Comoros islands
Hamadi Idarousse wins few friends in government

Hamadi Idarousse, the government secretary general appointed in June 2016 by President Assoumani Azali, is attracting growing antipathy from many [...]

Subscribers only 27.01.2017

Mozambique
An insider takes the helm of national ports and railways firm

President Filipe Nyusi didn’t look very hard to find a [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2017

Madagascar
Turkish companies set their sights on Madagascar

On the occasion of the visit to Madagascar by Turkish [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2017

Mauritius
Is the Swan Group behind an insider trading scam?

Swan group, one of the leading insurance companies in Mauritius [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2017

Comoros islands
After struggling, Int'Air Iles begins to take off

France’s civil aviation authority, the Direction Generale de l’Aviation Ciivile [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2017

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