Kenya, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa, isolated internationally, plays up friendship with Kenyatta

Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Kembo Mohadi coal destined for export through Mozambican ports

To kick-start his coal project in south-eastern Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi is reorganising his logistics towards Mozambique, rather than towards the major South African ports.

Zimbabwe
Setback over dead Zimbabwe minister nearly derails $200m von Pezold lawsuit

The aristocratic von Pezold family nearly saw its $200 million land-seizure compensation suit collapse after they addressed court documents to a Zimbabwean minister who had died months earlier.

Gabon
Libreville pushes for new chairman of AfCFTA

Four months after his appointment as Minister of Commerce for Small and Medium-sized businesses, Yves Fernand Manfoumbi is running for chairman of the council of ministers for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

The New Guard
Guinea, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Guinea Abdourahim Barry, the oil ministry's rising star

Ethiopia Mamo Mihretu, Abiy Ahmed Ali's right-hand economics man

Zambia Mwiya Musokotwane, the fintech sector's leading lobbyist

Zimbabwe John Basera, Mnangagwa agricultural programme's golden boy

Zimbabwe
Fearing seizures, Mnangagwa transfers state mining assets to a new entity

ZMDC, the state-owned company that owns the majority of the government's mining portfolio, needs to find more than $400m to compensate aggrieved former business partners.