Africa : Senegal, South Africa, Uganda
Senegal – Tidjane Deme, Partech Africa’s business angel Tidjane Deme will in 2024 celebrate eight years with the venture capital fund...
Month : December 2023
Ivory Coast/Morocco : With AFCON 2023, Richard Attias makes yet another foray into African sport
Teams from Richard Attias & Associates (RA&A) are finalising preparations for the opening ceremony of the 2023 African Cup of...
Ivory Coast : Ouattara won’t play ball over rising CAN 2023 costs
Tensions are running high between Ivorian Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé and the country’s Organising Committee for the African Cup...
Equatorial Guinea/Gabon : Obiang tussles with Oligui Nguema over relocation of ECCAS HQ
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, in his capacity as the Economic Community of Central African States’ (ECCAS) facilitator in the Gabon crisis, is due...
Tunisia : Boss of the bosses Samir Majoul brings his succession at UTICA to a standstill
In October, Samir Majoul, who has chaired the Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat (UTICA) since 2018,...
Ivory Coast : Local cocoa exporters are short of beans
Local cocoa exporters in the Groupement des Négociants Ivoiriens (GNI) are having great difficulty getting adequate supplies of beans. In...
Nigeria : Africa Nature Investors puts national parks on carbon credit market
Private Nigerian foundation Africa Nature Investors (ANI) hopes to sell carbon credits from its forests by 2025. The pilot project,...
South Africa : Cyril Ramaphosa more isolated than ever as general elections approach
The coming new year is shaping up to be a difficult one for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. As he seeks to close ranks around...
Libya : Bitter battle involving head of Expertise Consultancy spills over onto Septimius Security
Tamim Rashed, head of Libyan private security firm Expertise Consultancy, is considering filing a case against its competitor Septimius Security,...
Angola : Hilton secures site for first Angola hotel but still faces hurdles
Hilton Hotels & Resorts vice-president for Africa and the Middle East Carlos Khneisser can finally take a breather: the group...
