The New Guard
Kenya, Senegal, Morocco

The New Guard
Guinea, Senegal, Kenya, Nigeria

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

GuineaIbrahima Touré, the man on a mission to rebrand Guinea

SenegalAminata Kane Ndiaye, Orange Money's new boss in Dakar

KenyaNerima Wako-Ojiwa battles fake news

NigeriaSomachi Chris-Asoluka, Africapitalism's new ambassador

Morocco
Rabat rejects Eiffage's Dakhla port bid in a diplomatic tit for tat over Western Sahara

Morocco is furious about France's refusal to recognise its sovereignty over the Western Sahara and has retaliated by elimininating French construction group Eiffage from the bidding for the contract to build the port of Dakhla Atlantique in the contested territory.

Central Africa
Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Initially scheduled to take place in Brussels and then Paris, the CEMAC round table on public-private partnerships has finally taken place in Brazzaville, attracting a veritable horde of lawyers specialising in this domain.

Djibouti
French firms try Ismail Omar Guelleh's patience

With the next presidential election, scheduled for 2021, looming large, President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) is eager to see progress [...]