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Morocco
Maroc Fruit Board provides digital supply chain for Mohammed VI's orange exports

Maroc Fruit Board, the largest group of Moroccan agricultural exporters, has signed a partnership with start-up Kourtim, base in Agadir, to develop a real time shipment tracker.

Subscribers only Business 02.06.2021

Morocco
Nigeria's Cellulant plugs into Moroccan mobile money

Nairobi-based fintech Cellulant Corp is setting its sights on Morocco and its burgeoning mobile and online payments market.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 31.05.2021

Namibia
Total and Qatar Petroleum to begin drilling in promising Orange Basin

French major Total and its main partner Qatar Petroleum (QP) intend to start drilling the Namibian prospect Venus on block 2913B by September.

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.2021

Kenya
Odinga's juggle between family and party in his Nyanza stronghold

Raila Odinga, who is campaigning in the August 2022 presidential elections, is trying to curb his siblings' political ambitions. His elder brother Oburu Odinga and his sister Ruth Odinga are planning to run for the Siaya senatorial seat and the Kisumu governor seat, both located in the family stronghold of Nyanza.

Subscribers only Politics 30.04.2021

Ethiopia
ECA agrees to further extend privatisation tender deadline

After several bidders in the Ethiopian Communications Authority's tender for two operating licences asked for another delay, the closing date for submissions has been postponed until April 26.

Subscribers only Business 12.04.2021

Algeria
New drama could be on the cards for Djezzy as Algiers seeks to offset oil losses

Cash-strapped Abdelmadjid Tebboune might put the state's 51% stake in the mobile operator up for sale. Minority shareholder Veon is interested, but it is not alone...

Subscribers only Business 05.04.2021

Tunisia
Former ambassador Serge Degallaix sets sights on Africa with Tunisia tech launch

Serge Degallaix, a former ambassador to France, has partenered with business lawyer Donia Ellouze and businesswoman Rym Benzina Bourguiba to launch a Tunisian subsidiary of Legaltech Eurafrique, a business entity made up of Seraphin Legal and the Fondation Tunisie which he presides.

Subscribers only Business 31.03.2021

Ethiopia
Abiy tries to attract international aid by opening up telecommunications

Ethiopia's eagerly awaited privatisation of its telecommunications sector is not just the keystone of its digital development strategy. It is also intended to open the way to numerous digital development projects for which international lending institutions are showing real appetite.

Subscribers only Business 16.03.2021

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Tunisia
Mabrouk brothers, financial backers to the state with BIAT

Without Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT), co-owned by Mohamed Ali, Ismaïl and Marouane Mabrouk, finance minister Ali Kooli would not have been able to balance his budget. At the same time, Marouane Mabrouk wants to close the chapter on the seizure of his 51% share in Orange Tunisie.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 04.03.2021

Namibia
Namibian former Robben Island inmates renew their interest in diamonds

A fund for former political prisoners has been exploring a 1,500-hectare concession the Orange river for diamonds since 2004 and is now in the process of extending its licence.

Free access Mining 23.02.2021

Africa
Qatar Petroleum looks for returns on its African investments in 2021

The state-owned Qatari oil company will over the next few months partner with Western majors in the drilling of wells in Angola, Namibia, and Mozambique which currently figure among Africa's best prospects for major new oil finds.

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2021

Cameroon
Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

The launch of the new Blue mobile telephone service by national telecommunications company Camtel has brought to a head the tensions between telecoms minister Minette Libom li Likeng, who is close to the presidency, and Camtel director general Judith Yah Sunday-Achidi, one of the wives of former prime minister Simon Achidi Achu, who hails from the anglophone north western region.

Subscribers only Business 03.02.2021

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

To resume his presidential campaign, Raila Odinga's closest advisors are urging him to put an end to his alliance with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 02.02.2021

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Raila Odinga in 2018.

United Kingdom
Paul Arkwright follows Lynda Chalker's path from diplomacy to consultancy

Former British Ambassador to Nigeria and, much more briefly, to DRC, Paul Arkwright is about to become strategic advisor to the Indian telephone operator Bharti Airtel, which is present in fourteen African countries.

Subscribers only Business 28.01.2021

Former British Ambassador to Nigeria Paul Arkwright, with Prince Charles in 2018.

Botswana
Affluent longtime Masisi supporter Abdul Satar Dada still in the game

Now in his 80s, the multimillionaire Abdul Satar Dada remains a pivotal figure of Botswana's political and business spheres and continues to support the Masisi clan in more ways than one.

Subscribers only Business 24.12.2020

Namibia
Buoyed by success of South African block 11B/12B, Total and Qatar Petroleum gun for Venus

Total and Qatar Petroleum are planning to drill Namibia's Venus prospect (Block 2913B) in the third quarter of 2021.

Subscribers only Energy 03.12.2020

In Focus | Madagascar
Madagascar's luxury golf courses offer a fairway to power

Unlike in the rest of Africa, where golf is often seen as a leftover from the colonial period, Madagascar's political and business elites like to meet up over a round of golf. Andry Rajoelina's government has taken advantage of this parallel power structure to build up a solid support network.

Subscribers only Politics 23.11.2020

The Golf Club du Rova hosted the final stage of the Staysure Tour in 2019.

West Africa
BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

To gain better control over the development of mobile money, the Central Bank of West African States is planning to make digital financial services compatible in its eight member states.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 05.11.2020

Ivory Coast
PR agency 35°Nord to open office in Abidjan

The PR agency 35°Nord, which specialises in Africa, will in the coming weeks open an office in Abidjan, which it will call 35°Ouest.

Subscribers only Business 26.10.2020

France, Nigeria
Gilbert Chagoury, financial advisor to former Nigerian presidents, sponsors Damon Albarn show in Paris

The billionaire Lebanese-Nigerian businessman once favoured by Sani Abacha and Goodluck Johnathan is the main backer of France's Africa 2020 cultural festival which opened in Paris last week with "Le Vol du Boli", an opera by British musician Damon Albarn.

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2020

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

ORANGE

Morocco
Maroc Fruit Board provides digital supply chain for Mohammed VI's orange exports

Morocco
Nigeria's Cellulant plugs into Moroccan mobile money

Namibia
Total and Qatar Petroleum to begin drilling in promising Orange Basin

Kenya
Odinga's juggle between family and party in his Nyanza stronghold

Ethiopia
ECA agrees to further extend privatisation tender deadline

Algeria
New drama could be on the cards for Djezzy as Algiers seeks to offset oil losses

Tunisia
Former ambassador Serge Degallaix sets sights on Africa with Tunisia tech launch

Ethiopia
Abiy tries to attract international aid by opening up telecommunications

Tunisia
Mabrouk brothers, financial backers to the state with BIAT

Namibia
Namibian former Robben Island inmates renew their interest in diamonds

Africa
Qatar Petroleum looks for returns on its African investments in 2021

Cameroon
Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

United Kingdom
Paul Arkwright follows Lynda Chalker's path from diplomacy to consultancy

Botswana
Affluent longtime Masisi supporter Abdul Satar Dada still in the game

Namibia
Buoyed by success of South African block 11B/12B, Total and Qatar Petroleum gun for Venus

In Focus | Madagascar
Madagascar's luxury golf courses offer a fairway to power

West Africa
BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

Ivory Coast
PR agency 35°Nord to open office in Abidjan

France, Nigeria
Gilbert Chagoury, financial advisor to former Nigerian presidents, sponsors Damon Albarn show in Paris

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Morocco Maroc Fruit Board provides digital supply chain for Mohammed VI's orange exports

Morocco Nigeria's Cellulant plugs into Moroccan mobile money

Namibia Total and Qatar Petroleum to begin drilling in promising Orange Basin

Kenya Odinga's juggle between family and party in his Nyanza stronghold

Ethiopia ECA agrees to further extend privatisation tender deadline

Algeria New drama could be on the cards for Djezzy as Algiers seeks to offset oil losses

Tunisia Former ambassador Serge Degallaix sets sights on Africa with Tunisia tech launch

Ethiopia Abiy tries to attract international aid by opening up telecommunications

Tunisia Mabrouk brothers, financial backers to the state with BIAT

Namibia Namibian former Robben Island inmates renew their interest in diamonds

Africa Qatar Petroleum looks for returns on its African investments in 2021

Cameroon Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

Kenya Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

United Kingdom Paul Arkwright follows Lynda Chalker's path from diplomacy to consultancy

Botswana Affluent longtime Masisi supporter Abdul Satar Dada still in the game

Namibia Buoyed by success of South African block 11B/12B, Total and Qatar Petroleum gun for Venus

In Focus | Madagascar Madagascar's luxury golf courses offer a fairway to power

West Africa BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

Ivory Coast PR agency 35°Nord to open office in Abidjan

France, Nigeria Gilbert Chagoury, financial advisor to former Nigerian presidents, sponsors Damon Albarn show in Paris

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Morocco
Maroc Fruit Board provides digital supply chain for Mohammed VI's orange exports

Morocco
Nigeria's Cellulant plugs into Moroccan mobile money

Namibia
Total and Qatar Petroleum to begin drilling in promising Orange Basin

Kenya
Odinga's juggle between family and party in his Nyanza stronghold

Ethiopia
ECA agrees to further extend privatisation tender deadline

Algeria
New drama could be on the cards for Djezzy as Algiers seeks to offset oil losses

Tunisia
Former ambassador Serge Degallaix sets sights on Africa with Tunisia tech launch

Ethiopia
Abiy tries to attract international aid by opening up telecommunications

Tunisia
Mabrouk brothers, financial backers to the state with BIAT

Namibia
Namibian former Robben Island inmates renew their interest in diamonds

Africa
Qatar Petroleum looks for returns on its African investments in 2021

Cameroon
Crackle on the line between telecoms sector's two leading ladies

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

United Kingdom
Paul Arkwright follows Lynda Chalker's path from diplomacy to consultancy

Botswana
Affluent longtime Masisi supporter Abdul Satar Dada still in the game

Namibia
Buoyed by success of South African block 11B/12B, Total and Qatar Petroleum gun for Venus

In Focus | Madagascar
Madagascar's luxury golf courses offer a fairway to power

West Africa
BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

Ivory Coast
PR agency 35°Nord to open office in Abidjan

France, Nigeria
Gilbert Chagoury, financial advisor to former Nigerian presidents, sponsors Damon Albarn show in Paris