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Nigeria
Tinubu keen to push on with Petroleum Industry Act review

The Nigerian president wants to correct flaws in the 2021 Petroleum Industry Act as soon as possible, and has put the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to the task.

The New Guard
Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, DRC, Ethiopia, Libya

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

SenegalMamadou Fall Kane, presidential oil adviser, branches out into mining

Guinea-BissauSaico Umaro Embaló, the president's nephew and Turkey envoy

DR CongoArthur Omar Kayumba, Tshisekedi's Grand Inga irritant

EthiopiaWintana Shimelis, in charge of the UK's Diageo in Addis

LibyaAhmed al-Sharkasi, the PM's low-key advisor

Ethiopia
Castel buys out Diageo to strengthen its position against Heineken

Two Castel production plants are under threat from the conflict in Tigray. Through its acquisition of Meta Abo Breweries, however, the French brewer has secured fresh production capacity, away from the fighting, and gained market share as it battles with its main competitor, Heineken.

Tunisia
Saïd Boujbel continues to struggle in the hotel sector

Heineken beer magnate Saïd Boujbel fortunes are going from bad [...]

Ivory Coast
Castel still ahead of Brassivoire in beer wars

Solibra, the Ivorian subsidiary of France's Castel, has been further [...]

Tunisia
Saïd Boujbel's hotel division takes on water

Saïd Boujbel's Société d'Etudes de Réalisation et d'Exploitation Touristique (SERET) [...]

Ethiopia
Big ambitions brewing for Axereal

The French cooperative Axereal is seeking to supply local malt to Ethiopian brewers. But it will need the resources to do so in order to meet local demand…

Ethiopia
Laurent Lescuyer, BGI-Castel's new man in Addis

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, Laurent Lescuyer, the managing director of Bracongo (Groupe Castel's subsidiary in [...]

Angola
Brewers drink to sorrows of Isabel dos Santos

A target of Joao Lourenco's regime, the daughter of the ex-president is struggling to run her local businesses, including the Sodiba brewery, and her rivals are taking advantage.

Tunisia
Said Boujbel runs into further difficulties with his hotels business

Hotelier and industrialist Said Boujbel has had more bad news [...]

Ethiopia
Questions over Duet's bargain Dashen share purchase

The acquisition of shares in the Ethiopian brewery at a knock-down price has raised eyebrows amid the current scandal.

Ethiopia
Parliament sanctions brewers over aggressive advertising…

According to our information, on 8 February Ethiopian brewers will [...]

Ethiopia
Beers all round at Habesha Breweries

The Ethiopian company Habesha Breweries is planning to quadruple its [...]

Morocco
Brasseries du Maroc-Castel buys bottle-maker SEVAM from Al Mada

French brewer Castel, which is renowned in Morocco for its Flag Spéciale beer brand, could soon be producing its own [...]

Tunisia
Said Boujbel drowns his hotel sorrows with Heineken

The Said Boujbel-owned Yamine Beach Hotel in Hammamet is to [...]

Ethiopia
Heineken thirsty for top dog status

Heineken is not stinting on the investment needed to achieve its goal of becoming the market leader in the Ethiopian [...]

Ethiopia
The bottlers cash in on the currency crisis

Juniper Glass Industry, the glass manufacturer to which we devoted an article in our previous issue (ION 1474), did not [...]

Ethiopia
Raya Brewery's development plans

With BGI Ethiopia having recently taken over Ethiopia's Raya Brewery [...]

Ethiopia
Happy hour for BGI Ethiopia!

The brewer is acquiring stakes in its rivals to prosper in this lucrative but competitive market.