Nigeria : Finance minister Wale Edun’s blurred budget
Nigeria’s finance minister Wale Edun is hoping for a $1bn loan from the African Development Bank (ADB) to finance the...
Month : December 2023
Tunisia : Kais Saied’s judicial offensive yields meagre results
Hassine Doghri, who was under investigation over his takeover of Union Bancaire pour le Commerce et l’Industrie (UBCI), was taken into custody on 15 September...
Ethiopia : Orange pull-out throws a spanner into Abiy’s liberalisation plans
Orange has chosen to play safe. By withdrawing from the race to acquire a stake in Ethio Telecom, the French...
Angola : Angola’s first blast furnace gathers steam
In recent weeks, the southern Angolan port of Namibe has been the scene of an unusual sight: 20,000 tonnes of...
Nigeria : French shipyards get ducks in row for Lagos electric vessel project
Two French maritime companies will in late 2025 submit an offer to the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) as part...
Algeria : The fall of Algeria’s powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar
Rumours had been rife for months at Algeria’s Sonatrach, Africa’s largest state-owned oil company, about the imminent departure of its boss, Toufik Hakkar. Without any...
DRC : International TV series in pipeline
The Italian screenwriters Maddalena Ravagli and Leonardo Fasoli (Django, Gomorra, ZeroZeroZero) are currently putting the finishing touches to an international television series whose main plot centres...
DRC : Belgian ambassador’s low-profile meeting with Joseph Kabila
On her first official visit to the country in late November, Belgium’s ambassador to the DRC, Roxane de Bilderling, travelled to Lubumbashi and met with...
Southern Africa : Junior minister Zacharopoulou to visit Maputo, Lusaka and Lilongwe
France’s Minister of State for Development, the Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou will be touring Southern Africa in mid-December....
Ethiopia : Hopes for peace in Oromia shrink amid red lines and reinforcements
Just a few weeks ago, Oromia president Shimelis Abdisa’s administration was all set to hand over several key posts in...
