Guinea : Chinese gold baron expected in Conakry
While he has just carried out a vast clean-up operation on the mining registry, the head of Guinea’s junta, Mamadi […]...
Month : May 2025
Central Africa/West Africa : From Yaoundé to Dakar, Société Générale’s troubled divestments
When Senegalese banker Yery Seck was appointed CEO of Société Générale Cameroun last month, he was assured by the bank’s Paris headquarters that his assignment...
Morocco : Dislog selects CFG Bank to manage its IPO
The Dislog group, founded by businessman Moncef Belkhayat, is getting ready for flotation on the Casablanca stock exchange. Expected to […]...
Benin : Paralysis within energy and mines ministry raises concerns among investors
Minister of energy, water, and mines since January, Kègnidé Paulin Akponna has not been able to make his mark on […]...
Mozambique : Maputo’s failure to pay Kigali’s security bill alarms oil majors
With construction of Mozambique LNG set to resume in the coming months, TotalEnergies is growing increasingly worried about Maputo’s non-payment, dating from last August, for...
Equatorial Guinea/Gabon : Obiang reaches out to Oligui after his Mbanié island victory at ICJ
The decision handed down on 15 May by the International Court of Justice, which ruled in favour of Equatorial Guinea in […]...
Somalia : Somaliland president on visit to Kenya for diplomatic mission opening
Taking up office last December, Somaliland’s president, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi will kick off a week-long trip to Kenya on 25 May....
Kenya : Paris Mayor Hidalgo expected in Nairobi, eyeing UN role
End of May, the Parisian mayor will attend the UN-Habitat General Assembly, organised at its Nairobi headquarters....
Senegal : Leading aide to PM Sonko makes low-key trip to Paris
In mid-May, Cheikh Bara Ndiaye, a Senegalese MP close to the prime minister, travelled to Paris where he met with his French counterpart Bruno Fuchs....
Congo : Congo presidential adviser Joly in crosshairs of French law for ‘money laundering’
At 6am on 12 April 2023, Françoise Joly opened the door of her apartment in Paris’s 16th arrondissement to find the […]...
