Kenya : Nation Media Group plans major redundancy scheme
Kenya’s market leader, Nation Media Group (NMG), is ringing in the new year with a major downsize due to persistent...
Month : January 2024
Morocco : PM’s Akwa Group set to become key player in Moroccan gas
Aziz Akhannouch looks set to become a key player in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector in Morocco. In December,...
Angola/DRC : Antonio Miala, Luanda’s point man in Kinshasa
If there is one Angolan who knows the Congolese capital and its political scene like the back of his hand, it is surely Antonio Garcia...
North Africa : AU: Algiers and Rabat clash over leading figures
Due to their divisions, the North African states are once again in danger of not being represented on the African...
Angola : Lebanon’s Dar Group wins two major contracts
The Lebanese consulting firm Dar al-Handasah (Shair and Partners), specialised in engineering and construction, was selected in December to supervise...
Niger : Bola Tinubu’s leadership of ECOWAS irks West African leaders
Hassoumi Massaoudou’s presence at an ECOWAS summit in Abuja on 10 December sparked unease among the ministers and heads of...
Central African Republic : Between Wagner and Bancroft, Touadéra’s tricky security situation
The arrival of a new Western military player in Bangui is being closely watched from Washington to Moscow, via Paris and Kigali. Central African Republic...
Central African Republic : Lawyer Mboli-Goumba turns against Axmin over Ndassima gold mine
Lawyer Crépin Mboli-Goumba will no longer be representing Aurafrique, the Central African subsidiary of Canada’s Axmin, in its fight to regain control of the Ndassima...
Madagascar : Reappointment of Ntsay provokes tensions
The announcement of Madagascar’s next prime minister, initially scheduled for 2 January, was a little longer coming than expected. But the reappointment of Christian Ntsay...
Kenya : Agri-food giant Sasini grabs greater share of tea production
Sasini has set a new record. In just two years, 25,000 small tea producers have registered with the company (formerly...
