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Guinea
Winning seeks fresh bauxite in Boffa corridor

The Singaporean mining logistics giant has partnered with Guinean mining companies Kimbo and GIC to help it meet growing Chinese demand. Its Chinese rival COSCO, in partnership with Chalco and SD Mining, is also present in the region.

Spotlight | Guinea
Business partners turn against ex-minister Kanté

Two of his business associates have accused the former mining minister Ahmed Kanté of duping them in order to take control of the promising AGB2A integrated mining project. They also contest a subcontracting agreement signed with China's Sinohydro, which they claim exclusively benefits Kanté.

Subscribers only Mining 07.07.2023

Ahmed Kanté, principal owner of the AGB2A consortium, in October 2013.

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

Backed by mines minister Calistus Gentry Fuh, the Nkamouna cobalt and nickel mining project is back on track. Sinohydro's engineers are set to be back at work at the future mine in four months' time, while Phoenix Mining is in talks with traders and refineries in Europe and North America.

Subscribers only Mining 27.06.2023

Cameroon, Chad
ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

With N'Djamena in conflict with Savannah Energy, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby pushed his Cameroonian counterpart not to legitimise the British junior's stake in the Doba-Kribi pipeline, which exports 100% of Chad's crude. In vain.

Subscribers only Energy 26.04.2023

Angola
Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

Portugal has pledged €2bn in aid to Angola. Of that sum, some money will go towards the construction of the vast Vila da Muxima, a sanctuary that Angola's Catholic Church has been trying to get out of the ground for years.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.04.2023

Angolan president Joao Lourenco at the presidential palace in Luanda.

Ivory Coast
Steve Bokhobza brokers helicopters for Ivorian army under alias of David Nakash

Abidjan's recent hiring and acquisition of H125 helicopters for the armed forces was arranged by Magen-ta Solutions, a Spanish firm created by Steve Bokhobza, a controversial defence equipment broker with dual French-Israeli citizenship who now goes by the name of David Nakash.

Subscribers only Defence 31.03.2023

Madagascar
Gérard Perceau, the French advisor who has President Rajoelina's ear

In four years, former Bouygues executive Gérard Perceau has become a key figure in negotiations on major infrastructure projects between the state of Madagascar and its technical and foreign financial partners.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics, Business 01.03.2023

DRC
Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

The state auditor is stepping up pressure on the miner owned by China and DRC in the hope of forcing the initial 2008 deal between Kinshasa and Beijing to be renegotiated.

Subscribers only Mining 19.01.2023

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

Phoenix hopes to charm the Cameroonian authorities - and in particular the state investment firm, which holds a 39.5% stake in the Nkamouna project - in order to get authorisation to start building the mining infrastructure in January.

Subscribers only Mining 06.10.2022

A sign indicating to passers-by that they are entering a mining concession is pictured on 25 March 2010 in Nkamouna forest.

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Ever since Félix Tshisekedi took power, Washington had hoped he would curb China's huge influence in the country. Four years later, the United States is bitterly disappointed that it has failed to break Beijing's hegemony in strategic mining issues.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 05.09.2022

US president Joe Biden and his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi in October 2021.

Gabon, Niger
Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

The business agent Franck Ping, the son of Gabon's former foreign minister Jean Ping, is the main architect of the electrification deal signed by the German company Gauff Engineering and the government of Niger.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 20.06.2022

Burkina Faso
AMEA and Sinohydro bring forgotten Zina solar plant back to life

Having already bought a 90% stake in the project from its original developer Cose banada's Windiga, UAE-based AMEA Power has awarded the construction of this 26.6MW solar power plant to China's Sinohydro, which has taken over from France's Bouygues.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 07.12.2021

Burundi, DRC
Indian KEC triumphs over Sinohydro and Kalpataru

Indian company KEC will build a 77km power transmission line linking the economic capital of Burundi, Bujumbura, to Kamanyola in DRC.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 23.11.2021

Central Africa
The many clients of Franck Ping, from France's Eiffage to Germany's Gauff

A long time advisor of Chinese firm Sinohydro in Gabon, Franck Ping, the eldest son of the former Gabonese minister of foreign affairs and one-time presidential candidate Jean Ping, has won a string of representation contracts with overseas firms the likes of France's Eiffage and Germany's Gauff.

Subscribers only Business 27.10.2021

DRC
Airports authority has mixed feelings over Kinshasa airport project

Now that the runway at Kinshasa's N'Djili airport has been upgraded, attention is turning to the facility's new terminal, still a long way from completion three years after construction began.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.09.2021

China, DRC
Beijing scrabbles to rescue its reputation in DRC mining sector

China's supremacy in Congolese mining has recently been challenged by both the government in Kinshasa and by Washington's renewed influence in the DRC. Beijing, in a bid to counteract this trend, has overhauled its previous communications strategy to focus on transparency and human rights.

Subscribers only Mining 24.09.2021

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Sinohydro

Guinea
Winning seeks fresh bauxite in Boffa corridor

Spotlight | Guinea
Business partners turn against ex-minister Kanté

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

Cameroon, Chad
ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Angola
Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

Ivory Coast
Steve Bokhobza brokers helicopters for Ivorian army under alias of David Nakash

Madagascar
Gérard Perceau, the French advisor who has President Rajoelina's ear

DRC
Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Gabon, Niger
Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

Burkina Faso
AMEA and Sinohydro bring forgotten Zina solar plant back to life

Burundi, DRC
Indian KEC triumphs over Sinohydro and Kalpataru

Central Africa
The many clients of Franck Ping, from France's Eiffage to Germany's Gauff

DRC
Airports authority has mixed feelings over Kinshasa airport project

China, DRC
Beijing scrabbles to rescue its reputation in DRC mining sector

West Africa
Sinohydro expands in West Africa with help of ex-president's godson Jean-Claude Soumah

Cameroon, Congo
Sassou Nguesso consults Biya on Chollet dam

Morocco
ONDA audits Rabat airport construction site abandoned by Sinohydro

Guinea
Kalpataru tries its luck in Guinea despite being shunned by lenders

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Sinohydro

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Spotlight | Guinea Business partners turn against ex-minister Kanté

Cameroon Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

Cameroon, Chad ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Angola Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

Ivory Coast Steve Bokhobza brokers helicopters for Ivorian army under alias of David Nakash

Madagascar Gérard Perceau, the French advisor who has President Rajoelina's ear

DRC Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

Cameroon Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

In Focus | DRC, United States US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Gabon, Niger Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

Burkina Faso AMEA and Sinohydro bring forgotten Zina solar plant back to life

Burundi, DRC Indian KEC triumphs over Sinohydro and Kalpataru

Central Africa The many clients of Franck Ping, from France's Eiffage to Germany's Gauff

DRC Airports authority has mixed feelings over Kinshasa airport project

China, DRC Beijing scrabbles to rescue its reputation in DRC mining sector

West Africa Sinohydro expands in West Africa with help of ex-president's godson Jean-Claude Soumah

Cameroon, Congo Sassou Nguesso consults Biya on Chollet dam

Morocco ONDA audits Rabat airport construction site abandoned by Sinohydro

Guinea Kalpataru tries its luck in Guinea despite being shunned by lenders

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Guinea
Winning seeks fresh bauxite in Boffa corridor

Spotlight | Guinea
Business partners turn against ex-minister Kanté

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining poised to start mining in November with Yaounde's backing

Cameroon, Chad
ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

Angola
Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

Ivory Coast
Steve Bokhobza brokers helicopters for Ivorian army under alias of David Nakash

Madagascar
Gérard Perceau, the French advisor who has President Rajoelina's ear

DRC
Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

Cameroon
Phoenix Mining manoeuvres in Yaoundé to relaunch Nkamouna cobalt project

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

Gabon, Niger
Franck Ping discreetly lobbies Bazoum on behalf of Gauff Engineering

Burkina Faso
AMEA and Sinohydro bring forgotten Zina solar plant back to life

Burundi, DRC
Indian KEC triumphs over Sinohydro and Kalpataru

Central Africa
The many clients of Franck Ping, from France's Eiffage to Germany's Gauff

DRC
Airports authority has mixed feelings over Kinshasa airport project

China, DRC
Beijing scrabbles to rescue its reputation in DRC mining sector

West Africa
Sinohydro expands in West Africa with help of ex-president's godson Jean-Claude Soumah

Cameroon, Congo
Sassou Nguesso consults Biya on Chollet dam

Morocco
ONDA audits Rabat airport construction site abandoned by Sinohydro

Guinea
Kalpataru tries its luck in Guinea despite being shunned by lenders