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Palace Intrigues
Teodorin Obiang Nguema, Paul Biya, Raila Odinga, Cyril Ramaphosa and Alassane Ouattara

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

CameroonTeodorin Obiang Nguema cosies up to busy Biyas

KenyaRaila Odinga's posthumous, final memoir in the offing

South AfricaCyril Ramaphosa chides his oil minister for being hooked on hydrocarbons

Ivory CoastOuattara and Macron like ships in the night

South Africa
Pretoria's plan to rescue its ferrochrome industry

In order to protect the ferrochrome industry, the finance and trade and industry ministers want to impose a 25% tax on exports of chromite, an unprocessed mineral.

South Africa
TotalEnergies' 2024 exit leaves gas block in the lurch

The French major's departure has put the brakes on the largest gas development project in South Africa. The new operator must now find other partners but the options are few and far between.

The New Guard
South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

South AfricaSechaba Thole, SANPC's new finance man

KenyaPatrick Mbelle, backing youth and the maritime economy

CameroonMeinna Gwet, the woman behind Ecobank's major financing projects

South Africa
CMA CGM's new plans for South Africa

Maritime transport giant CMA CGM is planning to expand its activities in South Africa.

South Africa
Foreign Affairs Minister Ronald Lamola awaited in Paris

The South African minister will arrive on 16 May for a three-day visit, during which he will hold talks with his French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot.

South Africa
Ramaphosa sits on petroleum law despite impatient investors walking

South Africa's future Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill, approved by parliament in April, is still awaiting the signature of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

South Africa
Ramokgopa's ministry begrudgingly loses oversight of state companies

Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that responsibility for South Africa's major state companies will be transferred to the relevant ministries.

South Africa
Ministers wrestle for control of energy sector

The new government of national unity's ministers Gwede Mantashe and Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who both hail from the left of the ANC, are battling for the leadership of the state-owned oil firm PetroSA and Strategic Fuel Fund.

Uganda
Energy distributor Umeme's future hangs in the balance

The country's largest electric power distributor is exploring several options before its concession expires next year. Given its market dominance, it also remains hopeful it could secure a last-minute renewal from the government.

Namibia
Green hydrogen: France's HDF Energy makes its mark in the shadow of Germany's Enertrag

Working in the shadow of prominent German players developing green hydrogen in Namibia, France's HDF Energy is also investing in the sector with a no-export strategy that should enable it to come on stream more quickly.