Spotlight | West Africa
Sidi Ould Tah fine-tunes his arrival at helm of African Development Bank

Africa
A tense succession for head of Afreximbank Benedict Oramah

After a decade as chairman of the pan-African bank, Nigerian Benedict Oramah will be handing over the reins at the end of June. Two contenders are in the running for the post at a time when the institution is in a precarious financial position.

Palace Intrigues
William Ruto, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Sidi Ould Tah

Intrigues big and small – every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Kenya/SomaliaWilliam Ruto phones Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to give assurances

Djibouti/MauritaniaAfDB: Djibouti minister of finance gives full support for Mauritanian candidate

Sudan/CARCentral African intelligence head's not-so-secret visit to Port Sudan

KenyaSeason 2 of The Agency to be shot in Kenya

Inner circles | Africa, France
AFD head mobilises his networks to boost agency's foreign policy profile

As the Agence Francaise de Dévelopement prepares to have its financial capacities increased by recently adopted development legislation, its head, Rémy Rioux, is putting his connections to work to convince African financial institutions to put greater emphasis on climate change in their development strategies.

Africa
Kaberuka wants Africa to secure Covid vaccines with its own means

The former AfDB boss and now banking consultant Donald Kaberuka believes African countries should pay for their Covid-19 vaccines via Afreximbank, led by Benedict Oramah, rather than depend on international hand-outs.