Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Archives

Publication

Year

Month

Edition

Central Africa
West Africa
Eastern Africa and the Horn
Southern Africa and islands
North Africa

Spotlight | Kenya
Ukraine war forces Kenya to find new buyers for 1m kilos of tea meant for Russia

A tea production site in Githunguri, Kenya. © Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Kenya, faced with the threat of falling prices, had to find new outlets for huge quantities of black tea in record time. The stock, worth about $3.5m, was initially destined for Russia.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business

Central Africa

Cameroon, Congo
In iron ore conflict, Australian Supreme Court allows Sundance access to ex-partner's files

The Australian iron ore company still seems reluctant to file suit against its former partner AustSino over suspected foul play regarding the Nabeba-Mbalam iron project that straddles the Cameroon and Congo. It has, however, won a key battle to help make a decision.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Guinea
Game of bluff between Mamadi Doumbouya and the army

For the past few weeks, the transitional president of Guinea, Col Mamady Doumbouya, has been quietly making changes to further strengthen his authority over Guinea's armed forces. This mix special forces appointments and dismissals elsewhere could trigger the first upset within the junta's security apparatus.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

West Africa
Bolloré's French army foreign operations' contract renewed for over €200m

After much hemming and hawing, French Bolloré Logistics has renewed its contract with the French army in Sahel.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

West Africa
Bidders face fierce competition for BNP's Ivory Coast subsidiary BICICI

BICICI's headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. © bicici.com

Two West African moguls are poised to make an offer to buy French bank BNP Paribas' lucrative subsidiary in Ivory Coast, the Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et pour l'Industrie de Côte d'Ivoire (BICICI), in what promises to be a bitter battle for its aquisition.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Nigeria
Nigerian billionaire Elumelu teams up with Tullow Oil and Gran Tierra in hope for Shell success

Tony Elumelu, CEO of Heirs Holdings. © Twitter @TonyOElumelu

The recent sale of the Shell Petroleum Development Co in 2021 is whetting the appetite of many international and national investors. To maximise his chances of obtaining the Anglo-Dutch major's onshore assets, businessman Tony Elumelu is putting together a formidable consortium.

Subscribers only Energy

Mauritania
Mauritania Airlines gets help from Bulgaria's Fly2sky

Mauritania Airlines, faced with a lack of planes, has been getting help from the Bulgarian charter company Fly2sky for several weeks. Fly2sky has provided several Airbus A320s for the national airline's African routes.

Subscribers only Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
How Belgian entrepreneur Alain Goetz escaped UN sanctions

Just days before being placed under US sanctions, Belgian businessman Alain Goetz managed to avoid UN sanctions. UN investigators suspect him of playing an active role in the illicit trade in gold mined in conflict zones of eastern DR Congo.

Subscribers only Mining, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Masisi uses Lucara to pressure De Beers for better revenue-sharing deal

President Masisi wants to make De Beers share proceeds from polished stones from the Debswana mines that Botswana runs jointly with the firm. He hopes their new arrangement will be similar to miner Lucara's deal with diamond dealer HB Antwerp.

Subscribers only Mining

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Archives