French giant Alstom is in pole position for the mega-deal to supply 168 new trains to Morocco's Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF), but faces stiff competition from Spain's CAF and Talgo.
Former legionnaire Horatiu Potra, who oversees Romanian military instructors deployed in the east of the DRC, has joined forces with a company that runs a popular lottery in North Kivu province.
Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso used an African Union summit last month to take over the second vice-presidency of the bureau, and thus sought to put himself in pole position to take the helm of the pan-African institution in 2026.
The Nigerian presidency has had to give up on the idea of selling Moscow's gift at the market price and accept a barter deal after fierce resistance from local fertiliser producers.
Interior minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo wants to put an end to Nigeria's passport production difficulties by having them produced domestically. In late February, he met with representatives of France's Idemia in Abuja.
Kenyan security services reckon the security needed to resume cross-border trade is not yet in place. This is putting the brakes on Somalia's integration into the East African Community.
President Ismail Omar Guelleh wants to see Djibouti become an international financial centre and is making moves to strengthen the security of the country's information systems, which he hopes will satisfy the FATF experts currently assessing the port nation.
Sakupwanya, a freshly-elected MP for the ruling party and owner of the Redwing mine, sold almost half of the gold produced in Zimbabwe in 2023.
An economic forum co-run last month by employers' associations of both countries gave Moroccan firms a foot in the door with Mauritania's agricultural and renewable energies sectors.
