As the mining industry struggles to take in the impact of the historic sanctions slapped on Russian banks and capital by Washington, Brussels and London, Russia's private and state-owned mining firms on the continent are preparing for when their funds run dry.
The UK Ministry of Defence has commissioned Quori to install an artificial intelligence platform designed to prevent and minimise risks around the various British Army bases in Kenya.
The status of Chadian employees of the Chinese state-owned major, the country's leading oil operator, compared to expatriates has attracted the attention of a Chadian MP, Mahamat Mouhsine Adam, who will question the prime minister and oil minister.
Representatives of the Swiss trading giant have travelled to Lubumbashi to talk to Gécamines' new management, where they hope to persuade the state-owned mining firm to continue its artisanal cobalt partnership with them.
The Swiss-Italian group MSC has just one month left to make a firm offer to Bolloré for its subsidiary Bolloré Africa Logistics. Africa Intelligence reveals the progress of the discussions.
After meeting with a handful of ambassadors on 21 February, Burkinabe junta leader Paul-Henri Damiba mandated each of them with very specific objectives, in Addis Ababa, Brussels, New York, Paris and Washington.
The low-key visit to the Horn of Africa in early February by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was followed by the appointment of a special Chinese envoy for the region. Their interest coincides with the loss of momentum in the ongoing talks between Kenya and the African Union.
Kenya's state-owned power utility @KenGenKenya has completed the pre-feasibility study for a solar power plant with a maximum capacity of 40MW to be built next to the Seven Forks Dam.
Since the British-Dutch major's discovery on its Graff-1 well, permits immediately nearby have shot up in value.
The mining minister's decision to shut the state-owned Kasenseli mine is causing quite a storm and has left the head of state caught between local residents' concerns and the economic consequences of the closure.
The ministries of foreign affairs, defence and finance were the subject of bitter negotiations between Fathi Bashagha and Khalifa Haftar's entourage. Belkacem Haftar, the general's son and political adviser, has been at the helm of this.
The highway authority Algerienne des Autoroutes (ADA) on 23 February published a first call for tenders for the construction of a 25km road between the port of Ghazaouet and the east-west motorway.