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DRC : NEW JUSTICE MINISTER TAKES ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR DIG Sama Lukonde Kyenge's governement was formed more than a month ago but the prime minister does not yet appear to have mastered the details of the Dig Oil arbitration case.. The DRC was ordered in 2018 to pay the firm $617m in compensation for having withdrawn Block 1 in Lake Albert and for delaying the signing of the presidential decree on the Cuvette Centrale permits (8, 23 and 24). DRC : HOW ORRICK'S FORMER STAR AFRICA LAWYER DODGED SEXUAL Star attorney Pascal Agboyibor was abruptly fired by US law firm Orrick in 2019 amid allegations of rape and sexual harassment which are still being investigated by the Paris bar association. The Togolose lawyer, who denies the accusations, has DJIBOUTI : IOG'S ENTOURAGE OUSTS CEO AND TAKES CONTROL OF Before it even hits its stride, Djibouti's new sovereign wealth fund, launched by President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) in September 2020 to better manage the country's revenue, is facing a leadership crisis. Despite coming with Senegalese president Macky Sall 's recommendation, less than eight months after his appointment as the managing RUSSIA/EGYPT : VLADIMIR PUTIN DUE IN CAIRO Vladimir Putin due in Cairo. Russian president Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to Cairo to meet with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi this spring. As well as reinforcing bilateral cooperation, they have several hot issues to discuss, including the situation in Libya and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, GERD,which
SENEGAL : WOODSIDE'S SUBCONTRACTORS TO SOON SET UP SHOP IN Woodside's agenda. The Australian operator now expects oil and gas production to start at the end of 2023 (with 100,000 bpd), but has had to revise its costs upwards. In its Q1 2021 results, Woodside said the project is now valued at $4.6bn, up from the $4.2bn initially envisaged. Some 24% of Phase 1 was completed in the first quarter of2021.
MOZAMBIQUE : TOTAL'S CABO DELGADO LNG PROJECT ON Total's Cabo Delgado LNG project on indefinite hold. The development of Cabo Delgado province's vast gas resources has brought with it the emergence of an armed insurgency, one that is yet to be clearly defined but is already impinging on Total and ExxonMobil's operations there. As the conflict worsens, President Nyusi has been prompted toseek
MOZAMBIQUE : LOGISTICS PROVIDER CHRISTOPHE PESCHAUD HOPES Three ways to create your email notifications: Key word in an article: select the key words in an article and click on «Create notification» Search results: on the search results page, click on Create notifications for this search» Personal input: specify their title, the key words, the country and the publication of your email notification. Do not hesitate to create your own TUNISIA : GOVERNMENT CYBERSECURITY ADVISOR BRANCHES OUT ON Ahmed Chabchoub, former cybersecurity advisor to ex-technology minister Anouar Maârouf, is moving into the computer security industry.Since his departure from the ministry in January, he has been working on the launch of DefensyLab, a company that offers consulting and cybersecurity software engineering services as well as offensive penetration testing (pentesting). AFRICA INTELLIGENCE: EXCLUSIVE NEWS ON AFRICA Africa Intelligence, leading professional Web site specialising in political and economic developments in Africa: investigations about government, business circles and influential figures. GABON : WHO IS REALLY IN CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY'S OIL? Gabon's oil and gas sector - the state's main source of foreign cash - is now in the hands of a close acquaintance of President Ali Bongo's son and coordinator, Noureddin Bongo. The time when Gabon's oil and gas sector was the exclusive turf of Ali Bongo 's chief of staff - first Maxient Accrombessi then Brice Laccruche Alihanga - seems tohave
DRC : NEW JUSTICE MINISTER TAKES ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR DIG Sama Lukonde Kyenge's governement was formed more than a month ago but the prime minister does not yet appear to have mastered the details of the Dig Oil arbitration case.. The DRC was ordered in 2018 to pay the firm $617m in compensation for having withdrawn Block 1 in Lake Albert and for delaying the signing of the presidential decree on the Cuvette Centrale permits (8, 23 and 24). DRC : HOW ORRICK'S FORMER STAR AFRICA LAWYER DODGED SEXUAL Star attorney Pascal Agboyibor was abruptly fired by US law firm Orrick in 2019 amid allegations of rape and sexual harassment which are still being investigated by the Paris bar association. The Togolose lawyer, who denies the accusations, has DJIBOUTI : IOG'S ENTOURAGE OUSTS CEO AND TAKES CONTROL OF Before it even hits its stride, Djibouti's new sovereign wealth fund, launched by President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) in September 2020 to better manage the country's revenue, is facing a leadership crisis. Despite coming with Senegalese president Macky Sall 's recommendation, less than eight months after his appointment as the managing RUSSIA/EGYPT : VLADIMIR PUTIN DUE IN CAIRO Vladimir Putin due in Cairo. Russian president Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to Cairo to meet with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi this spring. As well as reinforcing bilateral cooperation, they have several hot issues to discuss, including the situation in Libya and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, GERD,which
SENEGAL : WOODSIDE'S SUBCONTRACTORS TO SOON SET UP SHOP IN Woodside's agenda. The Australian operator now expects oil and gas production to start at the end of 2023 (with 100,000 bpd), but has had to revise its costs upwards. In its Q1 2021 results, Woodside said the project is now valued at $4.6bn, up from the $4.2bn initially envisaged. Some 24% of Phase 1 was completed in the first quarter of2021.
MOZAMBIQUE : TOTAL'S CABO DELGADO LNG PROJECT ON Total's Cabo Delgado LNG project on indefinite hold. The development of Cabo Delgado province's vast gas resources has brought with it the emergence of an armed insurgency, one that is yet to be clearly defined but is already impinging on Total and ExxonMobil's operations there. As the conflict worsens, President Nyusi has been prompted toseek
MOZAMBIQUE : LOGISTICS PROVIDER CHRISTOPHE PESCHAUD HOPES Three ways to create your email notifications: Key word in an article: select the key words in an article and click on «Create notification» Search results: on the search results page, click on Create notifications for this search» Personal input: specify their title, the key words, the country and the publication of your email notification. Do not hesitate to create your own TUNISIA : GOVERNMENT CYBERSECURITY ADVISOR BRANCHES OUT ON Ahmed Chabchoub, former cybersecurity advisor to ex-technology minister Anouar Maârouf, is moving into the computer security industry.Since his departure from the ministry in January, he has been working on the launch of DefensyLab, a company that offers consulting and cybersecurity software engineering services as well as offensive penetration testing (pentesting). LIBERIA/GUINEA : THELO DB TAKES ON ARCELORMITTAL OVER 18 hours ago · The South African company plans to create a new rail link between Guinea and Liberia, in line with the two countries' strategy. But there is already a line in place, operated by ArcelorMittal. In a joint venture with Germany's state-owned Deutsche Bahn (DB) and South African rail specialist Thelo IVORY COAST : TOTAL PLANS EXPLORATORY DRILLING ON IVORIAN 18 hours ago · For many months at a complete standstill, drilling is gradually resuming in Ivorian waters. In early June, Foxtrot International was able to begin operations at its CI-27 block thanks to the Sapura Berani platform supplied by Sapura Energy. The French major Total (recently renamed TotalEnergies) also recently awarded a service contract to the American drilling company Valaris. MOROCCO : MADRID AND BERLIN EXTEND OLIVE BRANCH AS RABAT 18 hours ago · On the back foot in the face of Rabat's aggressive diplomacy and the prospect of security cooperation being curtailed, the German chancellor Angela Merkel and the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez have been actively seeking to defuse tensions. MohammedVI
BOTSWANA : 2021 SHAPING UP AS YEAR OF BOTSWANA COPPER 18 hours ago · Khoemacau Copper Mining raised $650m in 2019 and is sitting on more than 168m tonnes of copper. The junior is set to produce its first kilograms of copper concentrate this month. This will be the first time a company active in the Kalahari Copperbelt, a DJIBOUTI : IOG SHAKES UP AND REJUVENATES DIPLOMATIC CORPS 18 hours ago · Several ministers lost their jobs in the government overhaul announced on 24 May (AI, 28/05/21).President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) did however try to give them a soft landing. The former transport minister Moussa Mohamed Ahmed was appointed at the end of May as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, while former interior minister Moumin Ahmed Cheikh got a new job MOROCCO : BIDDERS NOT LIGHTING UP OVER MASEN'S 400 MW 18 hours ago · Launching large-scale PV operations is one of Masen's highest priorities. Akhannouch has been criticised for favouring concentrated solar power (CSP) on Mohammed VI's flagship project, the gigantic solar park in Ouarzazate built between 2016 and 2018. The choice of CSP, strongly supported by SAHEL/PORTUGAL : LISBON'S INNER CIRCLE OF SAHEL STRATEGISTS 18 hours ago · With Portugal considering greater engagement with the Sahel, responsibility for this vast region is in the hands of a select few based in Lisbon and Dakar. As Portugal possesses no embassies in the five G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and LIBYA : KOSOVAR MCCROFT EYES LIBYA'S OTHER BLACK GOLD 18 hours ago · Kosovar tycoon Gazmend Abrashi is seeking to break into the Libyan cigarette market. He currently runs the holding Exclusive Group and served as MP and advisor to Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti until his term ended in March. In 2012, Abrashi bought the Gjilan cigarette factory, once the DRC : NEW JUSTICE MINISTER TAKES ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR DIG Sama Lukonde Kyenge's governement was formed more than a month ago but the prime minister does not yet appear to have mastered the details of the Dig Oil arbitration case.. The DRC was ordered in 2018 to pay the firm $617m in compensation for having withdrawn Block 1 in Lake Albert and for delaying the signing of the presidential decree on the Cuvette Centrale permits (8, 23 and 24). SOUTH AFRICA : COURT RULES BHP AND ANGLO AMERICAN MUST PAY On 21 May, after 10 years of lawsuits, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal rejected mining giants BHP Billiton and Anglo American's latest appeal. The court declared them responsible for tax arrears for the 2005 fiscal year for their Samancor Holdings (SH) joint venture, which they own 60% and 40% respectively. The lawsuit went on for quite a long time considering the rather piddly sum AFRICA INTELLIGENCE: EXCLUSIVE NEWS ON AFRICAALL COUNTRIESSECTORSIN FOCUSLEGAL NOTICESSOUTH SUDANSOMALIA Africa Intelligence, leading professional Web site specialising in political and economic developments in Africa: investigations about government, business circles and influential figures.FREE ARTICLES
VP of company building stadiums for Cup of Nations halted Interpol warrant to return to Cameroon Franck Mathière, the vice-president of the group building stadiums for the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, returned to the country in April after obtaining a suspension of the Interpol Red Notice against him. FRANCE : A NEW DIRECTOR FOR THE AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF THE 57 seconds ago · Col Bruno Pithois, the director of the Africa department of DGRIS, the international relations and strategy branch of the French Ministry of Armed Forces since 2019, is about to step down.He will be replaced this summer by another colonel, Olivier Ducret, from the marine corps.He has been second-in-command to Gen Frédéric Garnier at ENOM, the specialised staff for overseas and MADAGASCAR - AFRICA INTELLIGENCE Keep up to page on news about political and economic developments in Madagascar: business networks, power brokers, behind the sceneinformations.
MOZAMBIQUE : DENTEC AEROSPACE TARGETS WARPLANE REPAIR Dentec Aerospace, which is based in Grand Central Airport in the Midrand area of South Africa, expanded into Mozambique on 11 June with the aim of taking advantage of the fast-growing market for the repair and maintenance of militarised aircraft.South African national Evance Phiri, a former executive with luxury aircraft chartering company Execujet, opened Dentec's new subsidiary in Maputo. ETHIOPIA - AFRICA INTELLIGENCESCHOLARLY ARTICLES ON ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE
Keep up to page on news about political and economic developments in Ethiopia: business networks, power brokers, behind the sceneinformations.
CAMEROON - AFRICA INTELLIGENCE CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit . Denis Sassou NGuesso, much to the irritation of his fellow Central African heads of state, was the only one among them who managed to get himself invited to the Paris summit on the financing of African economies. LIBYA : VELLICHOR RISK HOISTS UNION JACK OVER TRIPOLI The British private security firm Vellichor Risk is boosting its capacities in Libya, where leading foreign companies have been hoping for reconstruction contracts since the formation of Abdelhamid Dabaiba's new government of national unity on 17 March. To speed up the pace of its expansion in the country, the company has put Rob Jefferies in charge of operations. DRC/ZAMBIA : MOÏSE KATUMBI'S BROTHER-IN-LAW TO BUILD Hungarian entrepreneur René Hutton-Mills is leading the project to build a cross-border road between the DRC and Zambia which should facilitate the export of Congolese ore to Dar es Salaam. - AFRICA : MONACO RESOURCES STRUGGLES TO HIDE ITS SECRETS In recent months, a number of West African ministers, notably in Niger and Ivory Coast, have anonymously been sent copies of a letter signed by a vice president of American mining giant Alcoa.The letter details the contacts which took place in 2016 between the multinational and holding company Monaco Resources Group (MRG), which is active in 20 or so African countries and was the subject of a AFRICA INTELLIGENCE: EXCLUSIVE NEWS ON AFRICAALL COUNTRIESSECTORSIN FOCUSLEGAL NOTICESSOUTH SUDANSOMALIA Africa Intelligence, leading professional Web site specialising in political and economic developments in Africa: investigations about government, business circles and influential figures.FREE ARTICLES
VP of company building stadiums for Cup of Nations halted Interpol warrant to return to Cameroon Franck Mathière, the vice-president of the group building stadiums for the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, returned to the country in April after obtaining a suspension of the Interpol Red Notice against him. FRANCE : A NEW DIRECTOR FOR THE AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF THE 58 seconds ago · Col Bruno Pithois, the director of the Africa department of DGRIS, the international relations and strategy branch of the French Ministry of Armed Forces since 2019, is about to step down.He will be replaced this summer by another colonel, Olivier Ducret, from the marine corps.He has been second-in-command to Gen Frédéric Garnier at ENOM, the specialised staff for overseas and MADAGASCAR - AFRICA INTELLIGENCE Keep up to page on news about political and economic developments in Madagascar: business networks, power brokers, behind the sceneinformations.
MOZAMBIQUE : DENTEC AEROSPACE TARGETS WARPLANE REPAIR Dentec Aerospace, which is based in Grand Central Airport in the Midrand area of South Africa, expanded into Mozambique on 11 June with the aim of taking advantage of the fast-growing market for the repair and maintenance of militarised aircraft.South African national Evance Phiri, a former executive with luxury aircraft chartering company Execujet, opened Dentec's new subsidiary in Maputo. ETHIOPIA - AFRICA INTELLIGENCESCHOLARLY ARTICLES ON ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE
Keep up to page on news about political and economic developments in Ethiopia: business networks, power brokers, behind the sceneinformations.
CAMEROON - AFRICA INTELLIGENCE CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit . Denis Sassou NGuesso, much to the irritation of his fellow Central African heads of state, was the only one among them who managed to get himself invited to the Paris summit on the financing of African economies. LIBYA : VELLICHOR RISK HOISTS UNION JACK OVER TRIPOLI The British private security firm Vellichor Risk is boosting its capacities in Libya, where leading foreign companies have been hoping for reconstruction contracts since the formation of Abdelhamid Dabaiba's new government of national unity on 17 March. To speed up the pace of its expansion in the country, the company has put Rob Jefferies in charge of operations. DRC/ZAMBIA : MOÏSE KATUMBI'S BROTHER-IN-LAW TO BUILD Hungarian entrepreneur René Hutton-Mills is leading the project to build a cross-border road between the DRC and Zambia which should facilitate the export of Congolese ore to Dar es Salaam. - AFRICA : MONACO RESOURCES STRUGGLES TO HIDE ITS SECRETS In recent months, a number of West African ministers, notably in Niger and Ivory Coast, have anonymously been sent copies of a letter signed by a vice president of American mining giant Alcoa.The letter details the contacts which took place in 2016 between the multinational and holding company Monaco Resources Group (MRG), which is active in 20 or so African countries and was the subject of a ZAMBIA : LUSAKA LAYS OUT PLAN TO REACH ONE MILLION TONNES 1 day ago · When questioned recently in parliament by MPs Kapwemba Simbao and Mwansa Mbulakulima as to why Zambia is failing to reach output of one million tonnes of copper each year, the country's Minister of Mines Richard Musukwa assured it would be achieved by 2024.. Musukwa, who recalled that copper production reached almost 800,000 tonnes in 2019, defended President Edgar HORN OF AFRICA : WORLD BANK CONSIDERS BILLION-DOLLAR 1 day ago · The five Horn of Africa countries - Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan - could be in line for financing to the tune of $1.035bn from the World Bank.The package being proposed by the Bretton Woods institution is intended to fund the infrastructure required to connect up the various national electricity grids in thesub-region.
FRANCE : A NEW DIRECTOR FOR THE AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF THE 58 seconds ago · Col Bruno Pithois, the director of the Africa department of DGRIS, the international relations and strategy branch of the French Ministry of Armed Forces since 2019, is about to step down.He will be replaced this summer by another colonel, Olivier Ducret, from the marine corps.He has been second-in-command to Gen Frédéric Garnier at ENOM, the specialised staff for overseas and SOUTHERN AFRICA : LIBERTARIANS EYE AFRICA TO BUILD 'FREE 1 day ago · STP Prosperity was founded in Mauritius on 26 May. At the company's helm are three men: Titus Gebel, founder of the Deutsche Rohstoff mining group, his Mauritius-based German compatriot Hartmut Sieper, who runs the Trans Africa Invest fund, and the Austrian Martin Durchschlag, former CEO of Swiss real estate investor HIAG and founder of Affilia Partners investment firm. MOROCCO : FROM WESTERN SAHARA TO BROADCASTING, ROYAL 1 day ago · From Western Sahara to broadcasting, royal adviser El Himma in sole charge at the Palace Mohammed VI's political adviser Fouad Ali El Himma beat the king's foreign affairs advisers to the punch when he initiated the confrontational approach currently being taken by Morocco on Western Sahara. LIBYA : IN PARIS, ABDELHAMID DABAIBA TALKS HOSPITALS, DEBT 1 day ago · The Libyan prime minister has asked the French group Denos to once again take over the running of the Benghazi Medical Center, but an old debt has complicated the plan. Airbus, Bolloré and Idemia are meanwhile trying to revive the contracts promised GHANA : EXXONMOBIL, AKER ENERGY AND ENI FED UP WITH ACCRA 1 day ago · As we anticipated on 31/05/21, ExxonMobil has thrown in the towel on the Deepwater-Cape Three Points (DCTP) block that it acquired less than three years ago. Ghana's energy ministry quickly prepared its defence, sending Chief Director Lawrence Apaalse to flood the media with information about how it is common for companies to withdraw from projects in the oil industry and that ExxonMobil's DRC : LUBUMBASHI CITY COUNCIL PERSISTS WITH CONTROVERSIAL 1 day ago · The mayor of Lubumbashi, Guylain Lubaba Buluma, is locked in a tug of war with locally-based freight companies that transport copper and cobalt produced in the area around the city.Things very nearly turned sour. A few weeks ago, the city council announced it would be introducing a $60 toll per trailer entering Lubumbashi in accordance with an urban tariffs decree issued in May2020.
ANGOLA : IMAGE-CONSCIOUS LOURENÇO TRUMPETS HIS 1 day ago · The episode gave Lourenço's communications teams a golden opportunity to buff up his anticorruption credentials, which have lost much of their shine since he came to power. A day after his purge, the head of state presented Francisco Pereira Furtado CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : HOW MANY RUSSIANS DOES IT TAKE 1 day ago · Officially, there are around 800 Russian officers and troops in the Central African Republic. That doesn't include "civilians" under contract to Russia's defence ministry or operators of the command systems imported from Moscow. When the Forces Armées Centrafricaines mounted a pursuit into* Headlines
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CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS You will receive an e-mail with a confirmation link. Please click on the link to activate your access Need help?Please contact customer service. ISSUE DATED FRIDAY, APRIL 24 2020 SCROLL THROUGH EDITION / PDF CLICK HERE to read the whole edition or download PDF __ SpotlightLIBYA BusinessCOVID-19
MUWAFAK EL MABROUK BESTRIDES HEALTHCARE MARKET FROM TRIPOLI TOBENGHAZI
Alfa Healthcare boss Muwafak El Mabrouk, a dominant player in the pharmaceutical and medical supplies distribution sector who has close ties to the Sarraj administration, has been making inroads into theCyrenaican market.
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WHY DOES PRESIDENT NYUSI BRING GAS KING OMAR MITHA CLOSE TO HISSIDE?
Appointing the former chairman of ENH Omar Mitha to the president's office will concentrate much power in the hands of one man to handlegas issues.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SEYCHELLES ABU DHABI ROYAL FAMILY LENDS HELPING HAND IN FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 In recent years, Abu Dhabi has stepped up investments as well as grants and gifts to the Seychelles, a favourite holiday destination of the royal family and Emirati oligarchs. The coronavirus pandemic is affording an opportunity for further largesse. Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is the UN Secretary General's favorite for the post of special envoy to Libya.Reuters
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ISMAIL OULD CHEIKH AHMED, ANTONIO GUTERRES'S TOP PICK FOR UNSMIL HEAD AFTER SALAMÉ RESIGNATION Mauritania's current minister of foreign affairs Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed's name is at the top of a very long list of potential candidates the UN is considering to head its support mission to Libya.NIGERIA Oil & gas
DEATH OF BUHARI'S CHIEF OF STAFF SET TO IGNITE BITTER OIL TURF WAR Over five years, Nigerian president's chief of staff Abba Kyari managed to get a lock on the country's oil institutions. His death from Covid-19 will unleash fierce succession battles.CAMEROON
AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC, REVENUE VS SAFETY DEBATE DIVIDES CAMEROONGOVT OFFICIALS
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CHEMAF STREAMLINES COPPER AND COBALT OPERATIONS TO STAY OPEN FOR BUSINESS DURING PANDEMIC Already struggling from a lack of funds for works on its new processing facility, the mining company Chemaf is now having to contend with operational difficulties arising from the coronaviruspandemic.
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G5 SAHEL: SUMMIT VIRTUALLY ON APRIL 28 The president of the European Council will discuss EU support for the regional body with the heads of its five member states via videoconference on April 28.GABON
LAMBERT-NOËL MATHA KEEPS TIGHT REIN ON STATE SECURITY AMID COVID-19PANDEMIC
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EMBARRASSED BY LEGAL WOES, SOCOC CONTINUES BUILDING ROADS IN GOMA ANDBUKAVU
Despite its director's arrest on supposed corruption charges, the Société Congolaise de Construction is relying on its subcontractor Trabemco to keep up construction in the east of the country.ISSUE 23/04/2020 __
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COBALT: ACTIVIST LAWYER TERRY COLLINGSWORTH FORCES APPLE, TESLA & CO TO ANSWER CHILD LABOUR CHARGES Matthieu Pigasse is quietly working on the creation of a new boutique bank. ©Hamilton/ReaAFRICA Business
EX-LAZARD BANKER MATTHIEU PIGASSE REINVENTS HIMSELF IN AFRICA The presidents of Mozambique and Russia, Filipe Nyusi and Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, 22 August 2019.Reuters/Sputnik
MOZAMBIQUE RUSSIA Oil & gas MOSCOW MUSCLES IN AS PROTECTOR OF OIL FIRMS IN CABO DELGADO Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe outside of Kolwezi. ©ReutersDRC Mining
COBALT: ACTIVIST LAWYER TERRY COLLINGSWORTH FORCES APPLE, TESLA & CO TO ANSWER CHILD LABOUR CHARGES Matthieu Pigasse is quietly working on the creation of a new boutique bank. ©Hamilton/ReaAFRICA Business
EX-LAZARD BANKER MATTHIEU PIGASSE REINVENTS HIMSELF IN AFRICA The presidents of Mozambique and Russia, Filipe Nyusi and Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, 22 August 2019.Reuters/Sputnik
MOZAMBIQUE RUSSIA Oil & gas MOSCOW MUSCLES IN AS PROTECTOR OF OIL FIRMS IN CABO DELGADO All special investigations CENTRAL AND WEST AFRICA Anne-Sophie Bradelle, international communications advisor at the Elysée Palace. ©DR __ Inner circles AFRICA 23/04/2020 THE AFRICAN ADVENTURES OF ANNE-SOPHIE BRADELLE, MACRON'S NEW INTERNATIONAL SPIN DOCTORNews In Brief
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LOURENÇO PLANS TO SORT OUT BENGUELA PROVINCE BRIDGE PROBLEMS IVORY COAST 15/04/2020 COVID-19 COULD DELAY PRESIDENTIAL POLLBENIN 01/04/2020
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ISRAEL SHIPYARDS TO DELIVER THIRD PATROL BOAT TO DAKAR THIS SUMMER The Shaldag MK II patrol booat Soungrougrou, delivered to the port of Dakar in 2019. ©Africa intelligenceANGOLA 23/04/2020
DOS SANTOS ERA SURVIVOR "MINORU" IS IN THE FRONT LINE OF THE BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 FREE Valdomiro "Minoru" Dondo, the Brazilian businessman of Chinese origin who was omnipresent under the presidency of José Eduardo dos Santos, has not lost a scrap of his influence since João Lourenço came topower.
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MBUJI-MAYI AIRPORT TO BE RENOVATED BY CHINA JIANGXI CORP Best known for its activities in English-speaking Africa, public sector Chinese group China Jiangxi Corp. has consolidated its presence in DRC thanks to a $23 million contract at Mbuji-Mayi Airport. All Central and West Africa articlesFREE ARTICLES
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ZETAVIA DOES UAE'S DIPLOMATIC HEAVY LIFTING IN THE HORN One of the Zetavia Il-76TD large cargo planes delivering Emirati medical aid to the Horn of Africa. Martin Bogdan / ZetAvia By flying several loads of medical supplies to Somaliland and Puntland to help battle the Covid-19 crisis, the Ukrainian aviation firm has become an agent of UAE influence.TUNISIA Business
02/04/2020
INDRA AND INTRASOFT FIGHT FOR US-FUNDED CUSTOMS IT CONTRACT Spain's Indra Sistemas and its Luxembourg rival Intrasoft have prequalified for a contract to assist the Tunisian Customs Department(DGD)
IVORY COAST Business01/04/2020
ALASSANE OUATTARA TURNS PENSION FUNDS INTO SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND Lacking a state investment fund, the Ivorian government has been investing the reserves of the CNPS and the CGRAE into the domestic economy under the strict supervision of the president's office.SOMALIA Business
21/04/2020
ZETAVIA DOES UAE'S DIPLOMATIC HEAVY LIFTING IN THE HORN One of the Zetavia Il-76TD large cargo planes delivering Emirati medical aid to the Horn of Africa. Martin Bogdan / ZetAvia By flying several loads of medical supplies to Somaliland and Puntland to help battle the Covid-19 crisis, the Ukrainian aviation firm has become an agent of UAE influence.TUNISIA Business
02/04/2020
INDRA AND INTRASOFT FIGHT FOR US-FUNDED CUSTOMS IT CONTRACT Spain's Indra Sistemas and its Luxembourg rival Intrasoft have prequalified for a contract to assist the Tunisian Customs Department(DGD)
IVORY COAST Business01/04/2020
ALASSANE OUATTARA TURNS PENSION FUNDS INTO SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND Lacking a state investment fund, the Ivorian government has been investing the reserves of the CNPS and the CGRAE into the domestic economy under the strict supervision of the president's office. Access the free section EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA MADAGASCAR 23/04/2020 GOVERNMENT SECURITY CONCERNS BEHIND HURRIED LIFTING OF LOCKDOWN The Madagascan government has become concerned about the economic consequences and the political instability that the lockdown couldcreate.
UGANDA SOMALIA 23/04/2020 UGANDAN FATALITIES IN SOMALIA HASTEN AMISOM EXIT MOVES Uganda is paying a high price for its involvement in the Amisom, adding to UPDF joint chief-of-staff Joseph Musanyufu's moves to prepare his withdrawal from the conflict.News In Brief
KENYA 21/04/2020
VICE-PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO'S TOP AIDE QUIZZED ABOUT ROLE IN FAKEDEFENCE TENDER
KENYA 30/03/2020
KENHA BEGINS LAND APPROPRIATION PROCESS FOR NAIROBI-NAKURU HIGHWAY SOMALILAND 27/03/2020 CURIOUS DISAPPEARANCES IN MUSA BIHI ABDI'S ENTOURAGE…KENYA Power
23/04/2020
CONVIVIUM INVESTMENTS KEEN TO FIND BUYER FOR ITS 40-MW PROJECT The Italian entrepreneur Alfonso Ippolito who has been working to get a solar power project off the ground in Kenya since 2014 is on the hunt for new investors to take over. __ SpotlightSOUTH AFRICA MOZAMBIQUEDefence 22/04/2020
PRETORIA NETTLED BY THE ACTIONS OF MILITARY CONTRACTORS IN CABODELGADO
SEYCHELLES Offshore finance22/04/2020
DESPITE OECD DOWNGRADE, THE TAX HAVEN WANTS TO OUTSHINE MAURITIUS Despite being downgraded by the OECD in its latest peer review report on April 6, the offshore financial centre Seychelles is making strides by banking on new financial technologies. The country wants to outshine neighbouring Mauritius, which for its part, is in the OECD'sgood books.
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ALGERIA 23/04/2020
TEBBOUNE TROUBLED BY WHEAT SHORTAGES AND FALLING OIL PRICESAlgeria's President
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AZIZ AKHANNOUCH OPENS UP AFRIQUIA GAZ BOARD TO SENIOR MEMBERS OF HISPOLITICAL PARTY
In another case of revolving doors, RNI cadres now have key roles in the subsidiary of the agriculture minister's Akwa Holding.News In Brief
TUNISIA 21/04/2020
A MONTH AFTER BOMBING, KIG SUPPLIES ARMOURED VEHICLES TO US EMBASSYTUNISIA 02/04/2020
NABIL AMMAR TO BE NEW AMBASSADOR IN FRANCELIBYA 02/04/2020
ZETAVIA JOINS THE AIR BRIDGE BETWEEN THE EMIRATES AND CYRENAICAMongi
Marzouk was appointed Minister of Energy in February. ©DR __ Inner circles TUNISIA 22/04/2020 MONGI MARZOUK BRINGS IN HIS LIEGEMEN AT THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY ANDSTEG
MOROCCO 20/04/2020
BILLBOARD QUEEN NABILA FREIDJI MENDS HER NETS IN DAKHLA Nabila Freidji is seeking new partner in her firm FRED Fisheries. ©DRALGERIA Oil & gas
20/04/2020
ALNAFT STILL LOOKING FOR PRIVATE PARTNER TO ADD SHINE TO ITS OILBLOCKS
Algeria's oil and gas agency Alnaft has extended the submission date for expressions of interest to conduct a series of studies on the hydrocarbon potential of its basins and commercialisation of the datato May 6.
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__ SpotlightCONGO 23/04/2020 HOW PERENCO AND OIL SUPREMO GOKANA SCUPPERED TOTAL'S OFFER ON THE MUCH-COVETED KOMBI, LIKALALA AND LIBONDO II OILFIELDSNews In Brief
MAURITANIA 31/03/2020 TULLOW OIL WAVES GOODBYE AFTER NEARLY TWO DECADES OF OPERATIONS ANGOLA |MOZAMBIQUE 31/03/2020 TROUBLED TRAFIGURA OFFSHOOT PUMA RESHUFFLES TOP LINE UPCHAD 31/03/2020
THE MAN BEHIND IDRISS DÉBY'S LATEST SHT/ CNPC REFINERY SACKINGSNIGERIA 23/04/2020
FTI CONSULTING, CITIGROUP, ASHURST - EMBATTLED SEPLAT CALLS ON GALAXY OF CONSULTANTS FOR BACK-UP After being downgraded by several rating agencies as a result of its acquisition of the struggling junior Eland Oil & Gas, Seplat Petroleum is hoping its advisors will help raise its credibility. ANGOLA DRC 22/04/2020 LOURENÇO ASSIGNS TETE ANTÓNIO TO OVERSEE OIL RELATIONS WITHTSHISEKEDI
The recently sacked Angolan foreign affairs minister Manuel Domingos Augusto had been fighting for the past two years to make sure the Kabila-era oil deal was kept as is.GHANA 22/04/2020
HELIOS INVESTMENT HUSH HUSH ABOUT SECRET PARTNER ON TEMA LNGPROJECT
The discreet Ghanaian company Lyndhurst Corp has actively invested in the Tema LNG import project, whose 2020 launch has now been compromised by the Covid-19 crisis. All Oil & gas articlesMINING SECTOR
SOUTHERN AFRICA 23/04/2020 DE BEERS AND BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP TRACEABILITY SOFTWARE HIT BY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACTION The Tracr software platform, which is supposed to guarantee traceability in the chain of production of diamonds mined by the De Beers group in southern Africa, has been targeted by legal action by a former Boston Consulting Group employee, who claims to have contributed to its development without being properly rewarded for hiswork.
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THE RUSH ON COBALT ENDANGERS BUSANGA DAM BUILD An unchecked sprint to extract cobalt around Lualaba is causing significant damage and delays to the construction of the Busanga hydropower plant, whose future 240-MW output the former Katanga region desperately needs to boost its economy.News In Brief
SIERRA LEONE 23/04/2020 TRADING HOUSE GERALD GROUP AND FREETOWN READY TO DUKE IT OUT OVERMARAMPA IRON ORE
CHAD 30/03/2020
N'DJAMENA WOOS JCM POWER OVER RENEWABLESGUINEA 24/03/2020
GEORGE SOROS AT THE HEART OF US COURT'S DECISION ON VALE VS. BSGRANGOLA 22/04/2020
PAULO DOMINGOS, THE NEW MAN IN CHARGE OF FURI'S DIAMONDS The prominent Portuguese businessman Paulo Domingos is now calling the shots at the Furi diamond project, a key asset until now controlled by members of President João Lourenço's close entourage. IVORY COAST 21/04/2020 COMPAGNIE MINIÈRE DU BAFING LOWERS ITS SIGHTS OVER NICKEL Disappointed with the quantity and quality of the nickel in its Ivorian mine, Compagnie Minière du Bafing is considering abandoning its sintering plant.GUINEA 20/04/2020
COVID-19 FORCES COMPAGNIE DES BAUXITES DE GUINÉE TO CLOSE ITS HEADOFFICE
Following the infection by the coronavirus of an executive at long-established bauxite production company Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, access to the the company's head office has been closed, complicating the management of some of its operations and hampering its expansion programme. All Mining sector articlesScroll over the map
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EMIRATI COMPANY MINERVA AIMS TO SELL ITS PANTHERA ARMOURED VEHICLESIN THE SAHEL
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Panthera T2 uses Toyota Land Cruiser 79s as a base. ©MSPV Emirati armoured vehicle builder Minerva Special Purpose Vehicles (MSPV) is currently prospecting in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Abu Dhabi sees the Sahel as a key zone of military and diplomaticinfluence.
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TENSION RISES BETWEEN SENELEC AND AKILEE Senelec's managing director Pape Demba Bitèye no longer wants to deal exclusively with the Senegalese smart meter maker. IVORY COAST Politics22/04/2020
GOVERNMENT'S FAVOURITE BANKER YOUSSOUF FADIGA TO MANAGE FCFA 520BNCOVID-19 ALLOCATION
BNI Director Youssouf Fadiga (left) with the Minister of the Economy, Amadou Coulibaly. ©BNI No less than four different public financial institutions competed with each other for the right to manage the emergency funds set up to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Youssouf Fadiga's BNI finally came outthe winner.
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