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Southern Africa and Islands

Reunion island
Didier Robert readies for 2017

Re-elected President of the Reunion Island Regional Assembly in December 2015, Didier Robert (Les Républicains) could see himself becoming a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.06.2016

Madagascar
Prospective ambassadors lying in wait

While no ambassador has been appointed in the two and a half years since Hery Rajaonarimampianina became president, the new [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.06.2016

Comoros islands
International community snubs Azaii inauguration

While the largest stadium in the capital city was packed [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.06.2016

Mauritius
Return of Jugnauth Junior does not suit Roshi Bhadain

The return of Pravind Jugnauth to the head of the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.06.2016

Comoros islands
Former President Sambi places his pawns in the government

The government formed by the new President of the Union [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.06.2016

Spotlight | Southern Africa
The juniors who make hay after Areva fiasco

With the uranium price expected to climb in 2017 explorers are coming into their own in southern Africa and particularly in Namibia where France’s Areva lost well over a billion dollars (AMI 269).The uptick in Japan’s renewed interest in nuclear [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.05.2016

Zimbabwe
Harare to earn more from the Blanket mine’s gold

One of the few industrial gold mines still at work in Zimbabwe, the Blanket mine operated by Caledonia Mining Corp [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.05.2016

Namibia
Paladin Energy seeks cash injection

Paladin has wrestled down its debt but still has $212 million to pay off.

Subscribers only Mining 31.05.2016

South Africa
Theunis de Bruyn arrives at a turning point for Sentula

Theunis de Bruyn, who was a director of Trans Hex Group until last month – Trans Hex is active in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.05.2016

Mozambique
Nelson gains from Manica’s gold

The tempo is picking up for geologist Jan Nelson, chief executive of Xtract Resources. A former executive of Harmony Gold [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.05.2016

Angola
The new gold frontier

Angola could begin producing gold in 2018 as prospecting under [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.05.2016

Zimbabwe
Small-scale gold production on the rise

The Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines recorded a 21% surge in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.05.2016

Zimbabwe
Marange's suppliers fall on hard times

The suppliers of mining companies that worked the Marange diamond [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.05.2016

Malawi
Mkango soon listed in London

The Canadian concern Mkango Resources, co-founded by its CEO, William [...]

Subscribers only Mining 31.05.2016

Mozambique
Highly connected Consamoz Consulting seeks an LNG play in Rovuma

A new consulting firm in the gas sector has been set up in London with opportunities in Mozambique firmly in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2016

Mozambique
Tanzanian giant MeTL turns to oil distribution

The Tanzanian tycoon and politician Mohamed Dewji, boss of the MeTL conglomerate that specializes in farming, infrastructure and manufacturing, has [...]

Free access Energy 24.05.2016

Mozambique
Wentworth Resources, operator on Rovuma onshore

By next month Wentworth Resources will have become operator on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2016

Mozambique
CNPC bolsters its position in Maputo

On touchy terms with Western donors since a scandal erupted [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2016

Mozambique
To dispel gloom, Sasol pins more hope than ever on Maputo.

With its sales of gas and petrochemical products abroad decidedly [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2016

Angola
EIL lands additional contract for Lobito refinery

The Indian engineering concern Engineers India (EIL), which won the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2016

Mauritius
Pierre Mondy, French company Solea’s sales rep in Indian Ocean

The French businessman Pierre Mondy, who has been resident in the Indian Ocean region for many years, now has a [...]

Subscribers only 20.05.2016

Mozambique
Armando Guebuza wants his own airline

According to our sources, the firm Intelec Holdings teamed up in late April with the South African company Legend Aviation [...]

Subscribers only 20.05.2016

Mozambique
Graca Machel wants to be queen of business

At 70, Graca Machel, widow of Presidents Samora Machel and [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2016

Comoros islands
Colas still plagued by population revolt

The French construction company Colas (a subsidiary of Bouygues) is [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2016

Document | Madagascar
No end to the standoff between Orange and Artec

The dispute between Orange Madagascar and the Malagasy telecoms regulator [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.05.2016

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