MADAGASCAR : EDF poised to join Volobe dam project
Discussions are currently underway, and the French state-owned company EDF is expected to give its answer at the end of...
Month : July 2023
MOROCCO : OCP Africa boss Mohamed Jamali juggles business and diplomacy
The leading Moroccan fertiliser company OCP – previously Office Chérifien des Phosphates – had an exceptional year around the globe in 2022. Benefiting from sky-high...
KENYA : Top judiciary officials at loggerheads over fraud claim
The very upper echelons of Kenya’s judiciary have been thrown into disarray amid growing animosity between Chief Justice Martha Koome...
NIGER : Niger coup: behind the scenes of ECOWAS closed door discussions
The presidents of member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been trying desperately to organise...
ALGERIA : Race is on for football federation top job
Following the resignation of Djahid Zefizef as head of the Fédération Algérienne de Football (FAF) on 16 July, his potential...
BURKINA FASO : Endeavour’s sale of gold mines to Simon Tiemtoré marred by tax debt
The sale of the Boungou and Wahgnion mines under the aegis of the new head of Endeavour Mining in Burkina...
NAMIBIA : Suspended Namcor MD Mulunga was victim of company infighting
Namcor managing director Immanuel Mulunga has been cleared by the Namibian Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). He was suspended from his duties on 4 April for having...
KENYA/MOROCCO/SENEGAL : Kenya, Senegal, Morocco
Kenya – Nicholas Koros, money without bordersNicholas Koros’s goal is clear: become a billionaire to be able to impact the...
SENEGAL : Kopar Express saga deals blow to Ousmane Sonko’s party finances
More than two months after Kopar Express’ assets were frozen, the Patriotes Africains du Sénégal pour le Travail, l’Ethique et...
NIGERIA/WEST AFRICA : New chair Tinubu formulates plan to revitalise ECOWAS leadership
On the morning of 18 July in Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s protocol staff was gathered on the tarmac of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport....
