Until now, all firms selling petroleum products in West and Central Africa were partly supplied by Russia. But since the US slapped sanctions on Russian fuels, these companies are urgently having to review their supply schedules.
The first edition of the World Defense Show, which was held in Riyadh from 6 to 9 March, did not arouse the enthusiasm of African military and other security officials.
Mediation between Chad's military leadership and the government is set to take place on 13 March in Qatar following pressure from the ministry of foreign affairs.
The Gabonese president, who has just appointed a number of allies in his government, followed up on 9 March with significant changes to the Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG) aimed at reaching an equilibrium to cater to all political boards.
Liberia's mining sector, for years a loose collection of artisanal diamond miners, iron ore giants and other players, now has its own representative chamber.
The Turkish defence equipment manufacturer Barer has been very proactive in the hope of winning the next contracts that will accompany the expansion of the Ivorian forces. Abidjan is preparing to recruit nearly 10,000 men over three years.
Having appointed Ibrahima Kassory Fofana as interim president of the RPG on 7 March, the party leadership is due to meet again on 10 March as several party officials are challenging the appointment of the former prime minister.
In early March, the World Bank announced the failure of its support programme for the Senegalese Rural Electrification Agency (ASER, an entity under the Ministry of Energy).
With only months before a visit from Pope Francis, the South Sudanese president is increasingly in need of renewed legitimacy, after over a decade in power and few results to show for it. He is ready to push the country into a process for which it is ill-prepared.
Former Minister of Budget Abdoulkarim Aden Cher, arrested last week, is not the first high official in Djibouti's administration to find himself in the crosshairs of the General Inspectorate.
Standard Bank's financing of solar and wind projects remains negligible compared to what it puts into hydrocarbons. But it is making it known that it is ready to invest in green hydrogen in Africa.
Luís Gaspar da Silva has been formally appointed as Portugal's ambassador to Namibia. The post had been left vacant since the departure last May of Fernando de Gouveia Araújo.
Coca-Cola's distributors in Algeria are going to swap stakes in their respective subsidiaries, with the plan to eventually merge them into a new entity.
Six weeks after Nadia Akacha's departure, Tunisian President Kais Saied is still hunting her replacement as chief of staff. The names currently circulating are members of his present team.