Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is near-certain to win Thursday's election. He is putting finishing touches to his oil team, expecting Total will confirm its intention to invest in Tilenga.
Katanga Mining, a Glencore subsidiary operating a copper mine in DR Congo, and American shareholders who took a class action against it in the United States, reached an agreement in late December with a view to ending the dispute.
Tourism is at an all-time low, but that is not stopping Cape Verde's authorities from investing massively in new hotels and marinas.
The Spanish operator Reganosa has already picked out a dream team to operate and maintain Ghana's Tema LNG terminal days after winning the contract.
To make up for losses on the Malian front under MINUSMA, the Togolese army will acquire 20 new Marauder armoured vehicles from South African manufacturer Paramount.
As the UK continues to grapple with the economic criris triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and the fallout of its exit from the EU, the Foreign Office chose to maintain its financial support to Sahel region aid.
Harare's tariff assistance to Zimbabwe's mining explosives leader Intrachem comes as the firm is moving away from being purely an importer to becoming a producer. Its pyrotechnics are a key part of President Mnangagwa's mining revival strategy.
The Angolan state's sale of its stakes in various telecoms companies is part of President João Lourenço's strategy to oust his predecessor's family from the country's business community.
President Rajoelina is planning a government reshuffle at the end of January but the coastal elite is opposed to the replacement of Prime Minister Christian Ntsay by a Merina.
Minister for African cooperation Mohcine Jazouli played a prominent role in Morocco's renewed diplomatic ties with Israel, thanks in no small part to his 30-year friendship with one of the dealmakers, financier Yariv Elbaz.
Former fisheries tzar Al Mada Driss Bencheikh has set up a business in that key economic sector with French entrepreneur Mouthon.
Separate shipments of wheat from Latvia and Estonia have been found to be sub-standard following their arrival in the ports of Algiers and Ghazaouet. These incidents are the result of Algeria's new policy on wheat imports.
