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Cameroon
Perenco installs new MD in Cameroon to do battle with Addax/Sinopec

The French oil company Perenco has opted to promote a young drilling engineer to the top job at its Cameroonian subsidiary, one of its biggest on the continent.

Subscribers only Energy 17.09.2021

Sudan
Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

For three months now, Hamburg Port Consulting has been working to reduce delays for unloading ships at Port Sudan, the only international port in the country.

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP dithers over Tortue phase one launch

The British oil major has repeatedly revised its timetable for the offshore gas field as problems mount, much to the annoyance of the two governments involved.

Subscribers only Energy 15.09.2021

Burundi
Government hires Advisum Expertise to help develop nickel

Bujumbura has hired a consulting firm to help it find financial partners to develop the Musongati nickel mine.

Subscribers only Mining 15.09.2021

Burundi's president Evariste Ndayishimiye.

Africa
Tycoon Tony Elumelu boosts holding by bringing AFC's ex-chairman on board

By appointing Nigerian financier Andrew Alli as non-executive director of his holding company Heirs, Tony Elumelu has even more chances of attracting investors.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 15.09.2021

Kenya
Kenya Power's finances raise alarm bells among lenders

Kenya Power and Lighting Co's financial backers, starting with the World Bank, will be keeping a close eye on the power distributor's efforts to turn around significant losses.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.09.2021

Gabon
Sofema pushes on after Airbus Helicopters failure

Despite Gabon's limited defence budget, the French military supplier wants to make a last-ditch bid to upgrade several of the air force's helicopters after its shareholder Airbus failed to lock in a contract earlier this year.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 14.09.2021

Mauritania
McDermott teams up with Bolloré to work for Kosmos and BP

In Nouakchott, US engineering firm McDermott has joined with Sogeco, whose director is also active in promoting US-Mauritanian business relations.

Subscribers only Energy 13.09.2021

Belgium, Monaco
Monaco goes to Belgium to bat for MRG

Monaco Resources Group (MRG) is counting on an official visit by Monaco's government to Antwerp at the end of September to reassure its Belgian creditors and partners on the situation in Guinea, where MRG has a strong presence.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 10.09.2021

Algeria
Lamamra's robust diplomacy aims to regain initiative on Sahel, Libya, Sahara

The foreign minister's major diplomatic reshuffle is aimed at restoring Algeria's pre-eminence in the Sahel and in the handling of the crisis in Libya, where arch rival Morocco is trying to muscle in.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.09.2021

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra.

France, West Africa
Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

The private clinic located in the French capital and favoured by African VIPs, is facing a claim for "negligence" and "fraud" relating to its treatment of the late business tycoon Victor Fotso, from Cameroon, who died in the hospital on 19 March 2020.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.09.2021

Africa
Shell backs out of Gulf of Guinea as it turns to southern Africa

The British-Dutch major has been eying exploration and development opportunities south of the equator while it starts a gradual withdrawal from its West African assets.

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.2021

Mauritania
Addax exit opens the way for a new fuel supplier

To avoid a break in the gasoline supply chain after the Swiss firm's departure, Nouakchott plans to call on other foreign traders. For its part, the contract holder denies this and claims its contract is still running.

Subscribers only Energy 08.09.2021

Spotlight | Guinea
Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

The ousting of President Alpha Condé by Col Mamady Doumbouya has not, as yet, affected the country's mining operations. In company headquarters, mining executives are waiting for the junta's next moves and making plans to manage the transition.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 07.09.2021

Spotlight | Congo
Oil minister Itoua uses OPEC to help him raise Saudi and UAE funds

Oil minister Bruno Itoua and SNPC chief Raoul Ominga want OPEC secretary general Mohammed Barkindo to intervene on their country's behalf to obtain funds.

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2021

Mohammed Barkindo, Secretary General of OPEC (foreground, light outfit) was received on August 22 in Congo-Brazzaville by Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, Congolese Minister of Hydrocarbons, to his left.

Namibia
Windhoek bets on sustainable mining future to lure foreign capital

The Namibian mining industry's annual conference demonstrated how ESG is at the core of Windhoek's mining development strategy. The private sector is very much on board in the bid to give the country an advantage over its African rivals.

Subscribers only Mining 06.09.2021

Tanzania
Dar es-Salaam rail freight project still waiting for rolling stock

The planned start this year of a block train service between Dar-es-Salaam and Isaka 970 km to the west, where there is a dry port serving neighbouring countries, looks likely to be delayed.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 06.09.2021

Nigeria
Buhari hatches under-the-radar plan for Chad's transition to democracy

Nigeria wants to help foster reconciliation in Chad in order to stabilise a country whose army has contributed greatly to the fight against Boko Haram.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.09.2021

President Muhammadu Buhari met with Chad's transitional leader, General Mahamat Idriss Deby, on 14 May.

Botswana
Gaborone helps Minergy coal venture weather difficult market conditions

The early stages of production at the Masama mine operated by South Africa's Minergy Coal are being followed closely by the government, which has given strong financial support to the new company, the first private sector operator in the Botswanese coal industry.

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2021

Morocco
Antoine Sallé de Chou takes charge of EBRD's Moroccan bureau and its €1.6bn project portfolio

After more than four years at the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) bureau in Tunisia, France's Antoine Sallé de Chou took over the bank's Moroccan branch on 1 September.

Subscribers only Business 02.09.2021

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

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Cameroon
Perenco installs new MD in Cameroon to do battle with Addax/Sinopec

Sudan
Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP dithers over Tortue phase one launch

Burundi
Government hires Advisum Expertise to help develop nickel

Africa
Tycoon Tony Elumelu boosts holding by bringing AFC's ex-chairman on board

Kenya
Kenya Power's finances raise alarm bells among lenders

Gabon
Sofema pushes on after Airbus Helicopters failure

Mauritania
McDermott teams up with Bolloré to work for Kosmos and BP

Belgium, Monaco
Monaco goes to Belgium to bat for MRG

Algeria
Lamamra's robust diplomacy aims to regain initiative on Sahel, Libya, Sahara

France, West Africa
Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

Africa
Shell backs out of Gulf of Guinea as it turns to southern Africa

Mauritania
Addax exit opens the way for a new fuel supplier

Spotlight | Guinea
Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

Spotlight | Congo
Oil minister Itoua uses OPEC to help him raise Saudi and UAE funds

Namibia
Windhoek bets on sustainable mining future to lure foreign capital

Tanzania
Dar es-Salaam rail freight project still waiting for rolling stock

Nigeria
Buhari hatches under-the-radar plan for Chad's transition to democracy

Botswana
Gaborone helps Minergy coal venture weather difficult market conditions

Morocco
Antoine Sallé de Chou takes charge of EBRD's Moroccan bureau and its €1.6bn project portfolio

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DRC Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Covid-19

Cameroon Perenco installs new MD in Cameroon to do battle with Addax/Sinopec

Sudan Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal BP dithers over Tortue phase one launch

Burundi Government hires Advisum Expertise to help develop nickel

Africa Tycoon Tony Elumelu boosts holding by bringing AFC's ex-chairman on board

Kenya Kenya Power's finances raise alarm bells among lenders

Gabon Sofema pushes on after Airbus Helicopters failure

Mauritania McDermott teams up with Bolloré to work for Kosmos and BP

Belgium, Monaco Monaco goes to Belgium to bat for MRG

Algeria Lamamra's robust diplomacy aims to regain initiative on Sahel, Libya, Sahara

France, West Africa Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

Africa Shell backs out of Gulf of Guinea as it turns to southern Africa

Mauritania Addax exit opens the way for a new fuel supplier

Spotlight | Guinea Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

Spotlight | Congo Oil minister Itoua uses OPEC to help him raise Saudi and UAE funds

Namibia Windhoek bets on sustainable mining future to lure foreign capital

Tanzania Dar es-Salaam rail freight project still waiting for rolling stock

Nigeria Buhari hatches under-the-radar plan for Chad's transition to democracy

Botswana Gaborone helps Minergy coal venture weather difficult market conditions

Morocco Antoine Sallé de Chou takes charge of EBRD's Moroccan bureau and its €1.6bn project portfolio

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Cameroon
Perenco installs new MD in Cameroon to do battle with Addax/Sinopec

Sudan
Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
BP dithers over Tortue phase one launch

Burundi
Government hires Advisum Expertise to help develop nickel

Africa
Tycoon Tony Elumelu boosts holding by bringing AFC's ex-chairman on board

Kenya
Kenya Power's finances raise alarm bells among lenders

Gabon
Sofema pushes on after Airbus Helicopters failure

Mauritania
McDermott teams up with Bolloré to work for Kosmos and BP

Belgium, Monaco
Monaco goes to Belgium to bat for MRG

Algeria
Lamamra's robust diplomacy aims to regain initiative on Sahel, Libya, Sahara

France, West Africa
Victor Fotso's death comes back to haunt American Hospital of Paris

Africa
Shell backs out of Gulf of Guinea as it turns to southern Africa

Mauritania
Addax exit opens the way for a new fuel supplier

Spotlight | Guinea
Unpanicked by coup, mining groups start planning for transition

Spotlight | Congo
Oil minister Itoua uses OPEC to help him raise Saudi and UAE funds

Namibia
Windhoek bets on sustainable mining future to lure foreign capital

Tanzania
Dar es-Salaam rail freight project still waiting for rolling stock

Nigeria
Buhari hatches under-the-radar plan for Chad's transition to democracy

Botswana
Gaborone helps Minergy coal venture weather difficult market conditions

Morocco
Antoine Sallé de Chou takes charge of EBRD's Moroccan bureau and its €1.6bn project portfolio