GUINEA : Albayrak leads Erdogan’s economic and diplomatic drive in Conakry
Despite Mamadi Doumbouya’s misgivings about the powerful Turkish conglomerate Albayrak, the ruling junta has no choice but to work with the group. To general surprise,...
Month : May 2023
ANGOLA : Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum gives army veterans turned farmers a helping hand
Carlos Manuel Fernandes, the head of the Fundo de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Agrário (FADA), an Angolan public fund devoted to...
SENEGAL : Customs service gets hundred new drones for border control
Under the authority of their director-general Colonel Abdourahmane Dièye, Senegalese customs have taken delivery of a batch of 100 drones...
IVORY COAST : Ouattara moves to end Eranove’s drinking water monopoly
Société de Développement des Eaux en Côte d’Ivoire (SODECI), an offshoot of French group Eranove, could soon no longer be...
GHANA : How Springfield became ENI’s worst nightmare
ENI’s management undoubtedly regrets not having completely “secured” the area around its Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block in Ghana, which it acquired in 2009....
AFRICA : Madagascar, Rwanda, Togo
Madagascar – Hasnaine Yavarhoussen, energy transition and arts advocate At 37 years of age, Hasnaine Yavarhoussen is working to make...
NIGERIA : Eutelsat turns to Francophile billionaire Mike Adenuga to head off SpaceX’s satellite internet challenge
Which company is going to provide Nigerians with the satellite internet services of French access provider Eutelsat? Negotiations are still...
GUINEA : Paris and Conakry collaborate on tracking down Guinea’s embezzled millions
The Cour de Répression des Infractions Economiques et Financières (CRIEF), set up by the Guinean junta to try to curb...
SUDAN : Sudan exodus offers Assad a diplomatic lifeline
The first airline agents and air traffic controllers had just started their morning shift at Damascus International Airport last Sunday when an Airbus A320, registered...
EGYPT : Rising gold prices start rush to create specialist investment funds
During the four months from January to April 2023, the value of gold in Egypt soared by 60%. The rise...
