Finance

Kenya
Ruto deploys civil service boss to defuse tax row

The Kenya Revenue Authority doesn't have enough money to reimburse all overcharged state agencies. Felix Koskei is on the case.

Chad
ASECNA: Succès Masra campaigns for Chadian candidate

During a recent tour between Washington and Paris, the prime minister of Chad was accompanied by former infrastructure minister Adoum Younousmi, who is in the running to head up the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA).

Togo
Lomé seeks to benefit from US's Prosper Africa programme

The Togolese government has begun talks with US businessman Timothy Williams with a view to furthering its interests in Washington.

Madagascar
Karana business barons drag out dispute in courts

Africa Intelligence lifts the lid on the simmering dispute between the powerful boss of Ocean Trade Co, Moustafa Hiridjee, and the businessman Moustapha Ameraly Radjan.

Kenya
Failing Uchumi supermarkets pay to keep United Bank for Africa sweet

The financially troubled Uchumi supermarket chain is undergoing a safeguard procedure to pay its creditors. The Ruto administration tried to step in itself, but United Bank for Africa has gone it alone and secured an advantageous arrangement with the company.

Palace Intrigues
Felix Tshisekedi, Macky Sall, Mohamed Bazoum

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

DRCTshisekedi in private talks with Jules Alingete

SenegalFirst lady's brother backed election delay

NigerNew house arrest arrangements for Bazoum?

Kenya
Turbulent Kenya Airways privatisation prompts government rethink

The national carrier's woes are putting off potential private sector buyers. As the government mulls reviving a different kind of sell-off scheme for its stake, the airline has put some of its own plans on hold.

DRC
Sonahydroc union uproar over boardroom pay

The managing director's salary has jumped from $9,000 to $12,000 per month.

Mauritania, Morocco
Moroccan businesses indulged in Nouakchott

An economic forum co-run last month by employers' associations of both countries gave Moroccan firms a foot in the door with Mauritania's agricultural and renewable energies sectors.

Madagascar
Antananarivo signs up INSTAT for population census

On 22 February, the Madagascan interior ministry signed a contract with the Institut National de la Statistique, under which the institute will provide it with agents to carry out a population census.

Mauritania, Morocco
Mazars Morocco shortlisted for contract to boost agriculture in Mauritania

Mazars' Moroccan office is currently in the lead to win a contract to create an ecosystem for funding agriculture in Mauritania.

DRC
State auditors pore over Congo Airways accounts

The financial authorities are currently going through the national airline's finances with a fine-tooth comb and claim to have detected a certain number of alleged irregularities.

Nigeria
Billionaire Jim Ovia brings his Zenith Bank to Paris

Nigeria's Zenith Bank has yet to obtain its official operating licence in France but its boss, billionaire Jim Ovia, seems to have no doubt that its application will be approved He has already signed a lease for the bank's new offices.