Angola : Junior oil companies Afentra and Kariya duel for Etu Energias assets
Unable to raise sufficient funds, Angolan company Etu Energias (formerly Somoil) is putting the finishing touches to the process of selling its interests in producing...
Month : March 2025
Morocco : Intense discussions between Veolia and Rabat over desalinated water price
Led by Minister Abdelouafi Laftit, the teams at the Moroccan interior ministry are tough to negotiate with. As expected, the […]...
Namibia : State oil company Namcor still overwhelmed by debt with Gunvor
With a price tag of $30m, the debt owed by Namibian oil company Namcor to Geneva-based trading firm Gunvor remains […]...
Senegal : Former PM Amadou Ba to set up advisory firm for governments
Amadou Ba, Senegal’s prime minister from 2022 to 2024, has spent several months setting up a financial advisory firm for […]...
Nigeria : Tinubu picks Gilbert Chagoury for Lagos ports renovation project
There was very little doubt in recent weeks in Lagos about which firm would bag the $700m contract to renovate the city’s two main ports,...
Cameroon : Camwater wins standoff with Energy Minister Essomba
The Cameroonian president’s office has ruled that Camwater, the public operator responsible for water production and distribution, should manage the Yaoundé drinking water project, which...
Madagascar : Rio Tinto withholds payment due to sovereign wealth fund dysfunction
The payment by QIT Minerals Madagascar of $12m in dividends for 2023, which should have been lodged with the Fonds Souverain Malagasy last August, will...
Ivory Coast : DCI military firm subsidiaries to train army’s drone operators
Atechsys and LVCim, subsidiaries of French military services company Défense Conseil International, have been tasked with training Ivory Coast soldiers in the use of drones...
Central Africa : Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs
Two positions remain vacant in the new AU Commission led by Mahamoud Ali Youssouf of Djibouti, who took office this […]...
Central African Republic : Sports Minister Doneng loses power struggle with football federation
The Cameroonian Rigobert Song will not, after all, be the coach of the Central African national football team for the upcoming Africa […]...
