The New Guard
Senegal, DR Congo, Ethiopia and Egypt

Senegal
From an ex-IMF boss to JP Morgan, Dakar looks to financiers to fill gap in cash resources

At a time when Senegal has urgent revenue issues, the government is working on raising funds at both a domestic and international level while also trying to obtain renewed support from the IMF.

DRC
Kinshasa seeks to firm up ambitious Plan Nkita 2035

Despite his second term being overshadowed by the conflict in the east, President Tshisekedi and his government are elaborating a plan to transform the country's economy over the next decade. One of the aims is to ensure that the future Kinshasa Mercantile Exchange lives up to its full potential.

The New Guard
Nigeria, Gabon, DRC, Egypt

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

Nigeria Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu's rising comms star

Gabon Anges-Kevin Nzigou, the key opposition lawyer ready to pounce

DRC Junior M'Buyi, the international finance expert back in Kinshasa

Egypt Serial investor Mohamed ‘Nagaty' Aboulnaga strikes again

DRC
World Bank puts pressure on Kinshasa

Three projects funded by the World Bank to the tune of a billion dollars face possible interruption. The international institution is unhappy with DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi's decision to dissolve the country's social fund and replace it with a new entity.

The New Guard
DRC, Mali, Egypt, Kenya

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

DRC Patrick Nkanga, the quiet mainstay of Kabila's political bureau

Egypt Osama Elgohary, Prime Minister Madbouli's spin-doctor

Kenya Catherine Muraga, driving Microsoft's new tech development

Mali Adam Dicko plants her networks in rural Mali

Spotlight | Africa
African activists take leaf out of Obama/Macron campaign handbook

The days when Alpha Condé and Laurent Gbagbo would adopt the ideas of the French Parti Socialiste (PS) seem a distant memory. These days, French-speaking Africa is drawing inspiration from Barack Obama's 2008 campaign strategy, imitated and developed further by [.