Niger : Niger uses Turkish trader BGN to pressure CNPC over state-owned oil sale
Niger’s Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine received a cheque on 12 April for $400m in pre-financing from China National Petroleum...
Month : April 2024
Madagascar/South Africa : Rio Tinto offshoot QMM takes on new boss
Isabelle Wabete is taking over mining giant Rio Tinto’s Madagascan branch QMM. She will have her work cut out for her in that strategic role....
Kenya : Trading giants try to weather coffee reform storm
Amid turbulent reforms, Kenya’s coffee industry is working to stay afloat. While Ibero Kenya has traditionally been the top buyer...
Tunisia : PM treads fine line between Saied and IMF
A Tunisian delegation is taking part in a round of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings in Washington...
Morocco : Rabat and Baku cosy up on business and military fronts
L’Opinion, L’Economiste, Le Desk, Tel Quel, Albayane and Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) were among the Moroccan media outlets whose journalists...
Africa : Nigeria, Chad, Sudan
Nigeria – Bitrus Lawrence Garki, Abuja’s ‘prime minister’Bitrus Lawrence Garki has set himself the task of making the Federal Capital...
Ivory Coast : Société Générale faces stormy weather in Abidjan
Patrick Blas has not had an easy ride since appointment as CEO of the Ivorian subsidiary of Société Générale (SG)...
Senegal : Faye’s election revives race for €150m maritime security contract
CS Group was well pleased with the election of Senegal’s new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye on 24 March. The French defence and aeronautics group has...
Kenya : From detente to truce: Ruto-Moi acrimony fades as interests align
President William Ruto and his longtime rival Gideon Moi, the son and political heir of former president Daniel arap Moi,...
Morocco : Alstom hopes new production plan will help it bag train contract
French train maker Alstom, which is represented in Morocco by Mehdi Sahel, has been negotiating for several months with the...
