Covid-19 pandemic changes balance of power around João Lourenço

• EGYPT - Youssef Salem, the unflappable unicorn creator. 

• ANGOLA - Territory administration Minister Dionisio Manuel da Fonseca, João Lourenço's new straight-talking champion.

• MOZAMBIQUE - Emilia Chambal speaks for the Frelimo youth.

• SENEGAL - Thierno Seydou Ly, the engineer with a career on the fast track. 

Lourenço's young finance team up against carping MPLA heavyweights 

As the country endures a financial maelstrom and battles its creditors, the team running its finances is under fire from the party that is barely distinguishable from the state.

G20 debt relief: Luanda's ticking time bomb 

Angola has already been groaning under the weight of its private debt, for which it needs to raise $1.5bn just to pay for Eurobonds coupons this year alone, and is playing a fine balance with its public debt.

Dos Santos era survivor "Minoru" is in the front line of the battle against Covid-19  Free

Valdomiro "Minoru" Dondo, the Brazilian businessman of Japanese origin who was omnipresent under the presidency of José Eduardo dos Santos, has not lost a scrap of his influence since João Lourenço came to power.

Lourenço assigns Tete António to oversee oil relations with Tshisekedi 

The recently sacked Angolan foreign affairs minister Manuel Domingos Augusto had been fighting for the past two years to make sure the Kabila-era oil deal was kept as is.

Lourenço plans to sort out Benguela province bridge problems 

President João Lourenço of Angola signed a decree on April 6 paving the way to put the construction and repair of five bridges out to tender.

Sonangol USA: Elma Almeida, M. Vicente's unsinkable advisor 

Most of the senior management in place at Sonangol under former President José Eduardo Dos Santos have been sacked since [...]

Blocks 14/15: minister Domingos fighting to keep oil zone status quo with Tshisekedi 

From Luanda's point of view, the new Angolan president João Lourenço is hell bent on stopping his Congolese homologue Felix [...]

Banco Sol, a presidential bank 

A minority shareholder (5.42%) in the country's seventh largest bank [...]