Once protected by military presidents who made a significant contribution to its fortune, the construction company Julius Berger Nigeria is now dominated by the Nigerian oil kings.
As well as being the DRC's ambassador to the business world, Felix Tshisekedi's influential special adviser is careful to take care of his own oil product trading interests. In this area, he relies on the close links he has forged with members of the Sassou Nguesso family.
North Kivu activist Prince Kihangi, who recently became an MP, has been battling for years with tin mining company Alphamin. In January, however, he took his grievances to the DRC mines minister just as Moïse Katumbi, whom he supports, is forging closer relations with President Félix Tshisekedi.
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Mining 
The Burkinabe businessman Idrissa Nassa wants to make his investment holding company Coris one of the driving forces behind the development of west Africa's economies, largely through mining, and has a network of entrepreneurs and contacts close to power to help him do it.
Two firms are in the running to purchase FAR's 15% in Sangomar, as the field operator Woodside watches carefully from behind the scenes. FAR's shareholders are anxious for a potential buyer to make a firm offer.
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Energy Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the main financier of the future University of San Pedro, has abruptly withdrawn from the project, forcing the pan-African group Envol Immobilier of Madani Tall and Moctar Thiam to turn to Nigeria's UBA and Ivorian lender BNI.
La deuxième réunion du Groupe de soutien de la transition au Mali se déroulera dans la capitale togolaise. Plusieurs ministres des affaires étrangères de la Cedeao devraient faire le déplacement.
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Diplomacy 
Given the slow rollout of the WHO's COVAX programme, more and more African countries are looking to Moscow and its Sputnik V vaccine. Following Algeria, Egypt and Gabon's lead, Mozambique and Togo could be receiving several million doses by the spring.
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Diplomacy Nairobi's internal security, police and anti-corruption services are sifting through the finances of Deputy President William Ruto, who is intending to run in the next presidential election against Raila Odinga, a former rival turned ally of Kenyatta.
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Politics 
Vast Resources s'intéresse au Botswana, un pays où son président Brian Moritz mène des activités d'exploration de diamants à travers une entreprise qu'il a cofondée. La société britannique a enregistré le 15 février une filiale à Gaborone nommée Vast Resources Botswana.
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Mining Angolan president João Lourenço announced the opening of a tender for a contract to analyse the 2021 results of the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), a sovereign fund mainly financed by oil revenue.
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Energy 
Morocco's ambassador in Brussels Ahmed Rahhou has become inaudible and Rabat now has fewer allies in the European Parliament than before, even as the new chair of the Western Sahara intergroup seeks to be more proactive.
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Diplomacy The aircraft manufacturers Grob Aircraft, Sierra Nevada, Aero Vodochody and Leonardo have offered to supply training craft to the Egyptian army, which is looking to upgrade its fleet and also to train its pilots in flying Rafale combat planes, and perhaps Russian Sukhois too, much to Washington's consternation.
