AFRICA : VIPs to flock to Africa business summit in Singapore
The 7th Africa Singapore Business Forum is scheduled to take place at the end of August in the city-state. Senior...
Month : April 2023
WEST AFRICA : Yacoub Sidya, Russian group Nordgold’s invisible partner
The Russian firm Nordgold, despite sanctions slapped on its main shareholder and former CEO Alexey Mordashov since Russia invaded Ukraine...
NIGER/NIGERIA : From Issoufou to Bazoum, billionaire Mangal remains the most influential Nigerian in Niamey
Nigerian billionaire Alhaji Dahiru Mangal had something to celebrate on 18 December – awarded Niger’s highest honour, the Commander of the Order of Merit, after...
CAMEROON : French court upholds arbitration ruling against Doula port
A Paris court has rejected Cameroon’s bid to undo an onerous arbitration ruling related to a dispute between the port of Douala and two Belgian...
MOROCCO : Casablanca convention centre back on track
The launch of the Casablanca convention centre project was at the heart of a meeting on 5 April between Morocco’s CGEM employers’ organisation headed by...
ALGERIA : Six special envoys have their missions cancelled
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has put an end to the work of the seven special envoys in charge of leading the international action of Algerian diplomacy,...
BENIN/IVORY COAST/GUINEA/TOGO : World Bank to appoint new country director for Abidjan office
The World Bank’s country director in Abidjan Coralie Gevers’s successor will come from the institution’s Madagascar office and be appointed in June....
DRC/UGANDA : Gold refiner Alain Goetz fights back against US and EU sanctions
Accused of refining gold originating from conflict zones in eastern DRC on an industrial scale in Uganda, Alain Goetz is...
KENYA : Scope of Ruto-Odinga talks likely to widen
Officially, the stakes in the seven-a-side bout of negotiations due to kick off shortly between legislators acting for President William...
AFRICA : Louise Mushikiwabo tussles with Canada over OIF funding
The head of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo, has hit back after the Canadian federal government...
