The new Brazilian ambassador to DRC, Roberto Parente, will be heading a diplomatic mission to promote an array of Brazilian exports in the country, from farming produce to planes, transportation and arms.
As the 2021 United Nations climate change conference (COP26) opens in Glasgow, Lionel Zinsou and Donald Kaberuka's advisory bank Southbridge is putting the final touches to its new unit aimed at helping African businesses and states enter the carbon offsetting and pollution permit market.
The Congolese coastal town will host a symposium on fighting insecurity in Gulf of Guinea waters next week. Co-organised by Brazzaville and Paris, the event aims to strengthen ties between the French navy and West African naval forces.
The future of SCTP, the public company that manages the port of Matadi among others, is a source of great concern to the DRC authorities.
Malabo has performed a U-turn over the private mansion at Paris's 42 Avenue Foch, with it now under threat of a judicial seizure. It's preparing a new legal challenge to be headed by Kevin Grossmann.
The ARCH Cold Chain Solutions fund, which supports businesses across the region, has announced a $62m funding package for developing storage facilities in Kilinto's industrial park, which Addis Ababa hopes will become the flagship of its pharmaceutical industry.
The Chinese mining giant has suffered several setbacks at its Zambian mines, but is currently in a test phase in DRC, with a view to increasing its capacities there.
Far from the mining world where he is best known, Mike Nunn has embarked on a new tourism venture on the small Mozambique island of Chilonzuine, protected from the Indian Ocean by a large sandbar.
The electoral tidal wave which has made Aziz Akhannouch's RNI party the biggest in the Moroccan parliament has also opened the doors of the legislature to the magnates of the country's main economic sectors, from communications to fishing, tourism and real estate.
With just two months to go before the national legislative and presidential elections, the Libyan electoral commission is working on improving the SmartElect system, which allows voters to register by SMS.
British-Dutch major Shell may indirectly invest back in Tunisia after announcing its withdrawal from the country. Petronor has contacted Shell Trading in search of financing to acquire ENI's Tunisian assets.
Japan's foreign affairs minister Toshimitsu Motegi will hold a meeting with more than 20 African foreign ministers on 6 and 7 November. The talks, which will take place remotely, should allow Tokyo to give a broad outline of its Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), scheduled for the first half of 2022