Egypt is preparing a major conference on water issues in Cairo in October with several African heads of state. Its aim is to find new markets for Egyptian companies but also allies to help it block next year's planned third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Kinshasa's failed bid to win the post of executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community is not going down well in Congolese circles of power. Critics say President Tshisekedi had no strategic plan to bag the top job.
Nigeria wants to help foster reconciliation in Chad in order to stabilise a country whose army has contributed greatly to the fight against Boko Haram.
In July, Prague embarked on a major tour of West and Central African defence ministries to promote Czech Republic's military know-how. Once dominated by French interests, competition in this region is becoming increasingly international.
French construction company Bouygues Travaux Publics has decided to withdraw from the capital of Socoprim, the company managing and operating Abidjan's Henri Konan Bedie Bridge, the toll-paying structure also known as the Third Bridge.
The French army is updating its supplies, after Emmanuel Macron announced last June that Operation Barkhane would end by 2022. The new European Takuba force is also setting up its logistics networks.
Controversial French microbiologist Didier Raoult sees a new future in Africa, where he began his career.
Uganda has committed to accepting 2,000 Afghan refugees and is also preparing for the return of 300 paramilitary troops contracted by private security firms to guard the US Fenty military base in Afghanistan, but who have been jobless since the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
The De Beers-Botswana state JV, which represents a third of the country's GDP, is looking for a new boss and with the company in the process of renegotiating its diamond sales contract, the choice of CEO is tangled with political considerations.
Glencore's fuel distribution subsidiary in South Africa and Botswana is about to undergo a major rebrand and to rename all of its Caltex service stations. A South African PR guru is steering the makover.
The early stages of production at the Masama mine operated by South Africa's Minergy Coal are being followed closely by the government, which has given strong financial support to the new company, the first private sector operator in the Botswanese coal industry.
Despite signs of a détente at the end of July, relations between Morocco and Germany remain frosty.
Thomas Eckert, Europe's new man in Algiers, starts the job with a lot on his plate. He is tasked with free trade agreements, trying to ease tensions with Morocco, and sounding out Algeria's renewed interest in Libya.
