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Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Junior oil firms flocked in their hundreds to bid for one of the 57 marginal fields put up for sale by the Abuja authorities to avoid a financial debacle as the Covid-19 crisis continues.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Gabon
How Maixent Accrombessi switched allegiance from Ali Bongo to Patrice Talon

Former Ali Bongo chief of staff Maixent Accrombessi. © DR

Ali Bongo's former chief of staff, who relocated to Benin two years ago, took his fortune with him and has forged friendly relations with the president and his family there.

Subscribers only Politics

Congo
Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

In a letter she sent to the Wing Wah Petrochemical Joint Stock Co's managing director, Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma condemns the "deplorable insalubrity" of the base camp used by Congolese nationals.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Guinea
Elite Mining helps South Korea's Cheong Am Metal set bauxite plans

The coronavirus may have pushed back its schedule but has not stopped South Korea's Cheong Am Metal from seeking a supply of Guinean bauxite with the help of its local partner Elite Mining.

Subscribers only Mining

Niger
Niger fears Orano's plans to end uranium production could deal fatal blow to economy

Ore storekeeper in the Cominak uranium mine (Niger). © Maurice Ascianio / Orano

The plans of France's Orano (ex-Areva) group to end uranium production at its Cominak mine in early 2021 look likely to cause massive unemployment, a pollution risk and a drastic reduction in state revenues, as well as major financial problems for state-controlled coal and electricity producer Sonichar.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining

Cape Verde
Chow family plays musical chairs with its giant Santa Maria casino

Hong Kong billionaire David Chow. © Bobby Yip/Reuters

Macau casino king David Chow handed over the reins of his group to his wife on 17 June and postponed the inauguration of its vast project in Cape Verde.

Subscribers only Business

Italy, Sahel
Rome wants top seat in the Sahel

Italian ambassador to Niger Marco Prencipe with Nigerien Prime Minister Brigi Rafini on 19 June, 2020. © Embassy of Italy in Niamey

Italy, which is already very active on the Libyan crisis, is looking to strengthen its position in the neighbouring Sahel region through the opening of new diplomatic missions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Ghana
Auditor General report confirms ENI and Tullow Oil's doubts over GNGC's reliability

Auditor General Daniel Yaw Domelevo has added a serious damper to the long-term goal of Ghana National Gas Co to take over from its parent company Ghana National Petroleum Corp as the head manager of Ghana's natural gas sector.

Subscribers only Energy

Ivory Coast
Who will build Yeshi's mega mall in Cocody?

France's Groupe Duval and the British private equity firm Actis are competing for Ivorian-Lebanese entrepreneur Abdul Hussein Beydoun's $300m-project in Cocody.

Subscribers only Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali hands stalled GERD talks over to AU diplomats

The site of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. © Reuters

With the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to start this month, Egyptian and Ethiopian diplomats are urging the African Union to help them calm the crisis this mega project has sparked.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy

North Africa

Tunisia
Turkey's Bozdemir to build US-funded police academy

The US Department of State has kicked off the construction in Enfidha of a vast training facility for law enforcement officers, a project that has been gathering dust since 2012.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Algeria
Proseg secures ENGTP's key sites in Skikda

Proseg wants to position itself as one of the national oil company Sonatrach's leading security services firms, although security contracts are often snapped up by FLN heavyweights.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

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