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Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
Delays, finance woes and reshuffles signal TotalEnergies' Tilenga troubles

Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanné in Paris on 23 May 2024. © Eliot Blondet/Abaca Press via Reuters

The French major is well behind schedule in its plans to bring the Tilenga oil field on stream, while financing for the EACOP export pipeline is far from complete. Irked, group CEO Patrick Pouyanné has reshuffled key executives in a bid to speed things up.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's low-profile meetings in Paris

Emmanuel Macron welcomes Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema to the 19th Francophonie summit in Villers-Cotterets on 4 October 2024. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

On the sidelines of the Francophonie summit in Villers-Cotterêts, France, last week, Gabon's transitional president met with Ivorian head of state Alassane Ouattara and Emmanuel Macron's personal envoy for Africa, Jean-Marie Bockel.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Senegal
Diomaye Faye looks to relaunch Doha-Dakar axis

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Paris on 25 July 2024. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

The Senegalese leader is hoping to calm the stormy diplomatic waters between his country and the emirate. The priority of his new ambassador in Doha will be to redress relations that deteriorated during the 12-year term of his predecessor Macky Sall.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Senegal
Senegal industry minister to visit Paris for trade fair

Senegal's Trade and Industry Minister Serigne Gueye Diop is scheduled to visit Paris this week to take part in the Bpifrance Inno Generation trade fair organised by the French state investment bank.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
William Ruto counting on Chinese market to revive avocado exports

William Ruto meets with Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 3 September 2024. © Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AFP

Kenya wants to turn its avocado production into green gold. But despite the lifting of tariff barriers with China and the European Union, exporters face stringent quality requirements.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Oil minister stonewalls MPs when quizzed about Russian bank's role in TotalEnergies exit

When a South African parliamentary committee tried to probe suspected links between Gazprombank and the French major's withdrawal from offshore Block 11B/12B, Gwede Mantashe was far from forthcoming.

Subscribers only Energy

Madagascar
Cable car kerfuffle: Colas and Poma clash with Andry Rajoelina

A consortium made up of French firms Colas and Poma has begun talks with the authorities on the construction of Antananarivo's cable car's second line. But uncertainties over its route and budget are getting in the way.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

North Africa

Morocco, Tunisia
ICRC regional office bears brunt of humanitarian crisis

Due to a lack of funds, the Tunisian office of the International Committee of the Red Cross is no longer able to finance its activities. Since the beginning of the year, the delegation has significantly scaled back.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Morocco
French judo champion Teddy Riner throws himself into hotel sector

Very active in the kingdom, the French judoka has set up a new hotel business. For this investment, he has teamed up with a couple of French entrepreneurs to whom he is close.

Subscribers only Business

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