MOROCCO : Akhannouch counts on loyalists to shore up his power
Aziz Akhannouch, the country’s second richest man after King Mohammed VI, will be more than happy to put 2022 behind him. The year, marked by...
Month : December 2022
NIGER/TUNISIA : Bazoum does solar business with Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi
Franco-Tunisian businessman Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi hopes to extend the activities of his Dubai-based firm Power Invest Mediterranean to Niger. A...
EGYPT : Electricity ministry fears Dabaa nuclear plant delays
Concern is growing within the Egyptian ministry for electricity and renewable energies. The minister Mohamed Shaker is privately fearful of...
EAST AFRICA/WEST AFRICA/NIGERIA : How is Coral Energy fuelling its expansion in Africa?
Over the last few months, the oil trading sector has witnessed a significant expansion in the African market of a...
TANZANIA : Macron and Suluhu look forward to closer business ties
French president Emmanuel Macron, who has been officially invited to visit Dodoma in 2023 by his Tanzanian counterpart, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has just confirmed that...
SOUTH AFRICA : Ramaphosa plans New Year government reshuffle
According to Cyril Ramaphosa’s close associates, there should be a government reshuffle in January or early February, ahead of the...
AFRICA : The New Guard: Congo, Guinea, Burundi, Kenya
Congo: Michel Djombo becomes the bosses’ bossThe agricultural investor Michel Djombo has just been appointed as head of the main...
ALGERIA/NIGER/NIGERIA : Algeria and Nigeria maintain Trans-Saharan pipeline illusion to counter rival Moroccan project
The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) mega-project that is touted as having capacity of 20-30bn cubic metres remains a political and...
GUINEA : Junta cracks down on illegal gold mining
The head of the junta in Guinea, Mamadi Doumbouya, who intends to keep a tight grip on mining issues (AI,...
NIGERIA : Twilight of Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, Tehran’s last religious link in Africa
Nigeria’s 69-year-old radical Shiite leader, Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, is still a concern for the State Security Service (SSS), Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency. The sheikh is now...
