SENEGAL : Start-up Prométhée jostles with Ariane Group by offering nanosatellite to Dakar
Olivier Piepsz, president of the Toulouse-based start-up Prométhée, travelled to Dakar a fortnight ago to submit an offer to the...
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CAPE VERDE/PORTUGAL : Lisbon gives Praia another break over debt to maintain influence
On 25 November, Portugal’s junior finance minister, João Nuno Mendes, sent a powerful diplomatic signal by signing the extension of...
AFRICA/SAUDI ARABIA : Leaving trading to Dubai, Riyadh is hoping to be the Gulf’s other mining hub for Africa
The very first edition of the Future Minerals Summit in Riyadh, which will take place from 11 to 13 January,...
MOROCCO : Who’s who in first lady Salwa Akhannouch’s Wasal, the would-be ‘African Amazon’
It’s a family affair for Salwa Akhannouch, wife of prime minister Aziz Akhannouch and head of the Aksal retail empire, as...
ALGERIA/TUNISIA : Nadia Akacha takes charge of diplomacy and protocol for Tebboune’s visit
Nadia Akacha, the chief of staff of Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed, was at the forefront of Algerian Head of State...
ANGOLA : TotalEnergies fails ultra deepwater offshore attempt on Block 48
The French major TotalEnergies has stayed quiet regarding the results of its Ondjaba-1 exploration well, drilled in October on Angolan...
DRC : DRC picks star arbitrator for conflict with Dan Gertler’s Caprikat and Foxwhelp
Arbitrators have been chosen for the process launched on 13 August by Democratic Republic of Congo against Dan Gertler’s Caprikat...
SUDAN : Hamdok remains poker faced regarding political intentions
Since his return to office on November 21, Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, who was deposed on October 25 by a military coup, has been working...
AFRICA/FRANCE : French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour’s Africa legion
Nearly a year ago, on 5 January 2021, when still just a panellist for Face à l’info, a daily news show on the French channel...
SOUTH AFRICA : Spotify poaches new Africa boss from Facebook
The Swedish music streaming company Spotify has appointed a new managing director for sub-Saharan Africa...
