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Somalia
Somalia's financial backers plan security gathering

SOMALIA | The group of financial backers of Somalia, aka "Quint", has agreed to hold a security meeting before the end of the year, amid the ongoing fight against the Al-Shabaab armed group.

Djibouti
Government poaches from education ministry to carry out prefectural reshuffle

Earlier this month, Interior Minister Said Nouh Hassan devised a new line-up of the state's representatives in Djibouti's five regions and Djibouti City. It was an opportunity to hand out some plum posts to friends and former colleagues.

Tanzania
Race is on to build and run Kakono dam

The Tanzanian national energy company TANESCO has launched a call for tenders for the construction, administration and surveillance of the future 87.8KW Kakono power plant, billed at over $300m.

Somalia
Somalia's partners to meet in Doha next week

The group of security partners of Somalia, which includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and whose goal is to assist the government of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is to meet again next week in Doha.

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Egypt, Nigeria

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

Ivory Coast Régis Bamba, the e-banking whizzkid with big plans

Tanzania Bravious Kahyoza, outspoken rising economist star

Egypt Ahmed Tantawi's bold but implausible presidential bid

Nigeria Rabiu Olowo, finance guru

Algeria, Morocco, Tanzania, Western Sahara
Western Sahara question looms large over Morocco-Tanzania relations

Having long backed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Tanzania has in recent months been courted on multiple fronts by Morocco. Algeria, meanwhile, is not sitting on its hands.

Somalia
Immigration boss in the hot seat

Abdulkadir Ali was appointed in 2021 to the coveted position of head of immigration services under contentious circumstances. He is now on thin ice and the battle to replace him has already begun.

Egypt
Arab Contractors keeps pressure on Cairo for Alexandria metro project

The Egyptian state-owned construction giant will not give up on the mega-contract, despite having lost out to Orascom and Bouygues. Mediation talks are planned over the next few weeks and the national transport agency may well change the outcome of the bid in its favour.

Chad
Mahamat Idriss Déby calls on Lebanon's Georges Tehini to bolster his electricity production

The deputy secretary general of the president's office, Mahamat Borgou Hassan, has thus invited Cetri's CEO, the Lebanese Georges Tehini to N'Djamena on 17 May to discuss a turnkey photovoltaic power plant project.

Tanzania
World Bank releases $300m to support Samia's agriculture project

Earlier this month the World Bank's board of directors approved a five-year, $300m financing package to boost Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan's agricultural transformation programme

Libya
Sovereign fund boss Hassan launches PR campaign ahead of Brussels arrest warrant hearing

The legality of the arrest warrant issued against the head of Libya's sovereign wealth fund, Ali Mahmoud Hassan, is to be ruled upon on 24 May by the Brussels court of appeal. He has hired public relations specialists to help him win the media battle.

East Africa
Lobbying grows for Samia Suluhu to be awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The Paris-based pan-African NGO Waraba is campaigning for Tanzanian president [...]