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.
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.
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.
After much hemming and hawing, French Bolloré Logistics has renewed its contract with the French army in Sahel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An alliance between Mohammed VI's Nareva and French water specialist the "new Suez" could help the Moroccan electricity producer add 'national water and irrigation leader' to its name.
With tensions between Washington and Tunis rising, US president Joe Biden is taking his time to pick a successor to US ambassador to Tunisia Donald Blome, whose mission there ended on 5 April.
Cairo has taken on the massive task of digitising Egyptian banks and will soon chose a service provider. Two French groups are competing for this €100m contract: Thales and Idemia.
