The Kigali International Financial Centre is attracting many major law and fiduciary firms already present in Africa to open branch offices there.
In existence for barely a year, the ESG consultancy to the mining industry Rare Earth Advisory already boasts several heavyweights of the European finance sector among its clients and has been taking advantage of the increasing pressure from Brussels on European companies to ensure their mining supply chains comply with ethical standards.
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Total is still set to operate the Djeno oil terminal for the next twenty years. But the terms for the extension are likely to be much harsher than what presidential advisor Denis Gokana led the French major to believe.
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Energy The governor of Lualaba province Richard Muyej is at loggerheads with the Greek firm Tetraktys, whose contract for the renovation of Kolwezi airport he has cancelled.
The Tahiti-based entrepreneur Dominique Auroy is pulling out all the stops to find new partners and get his project for a hydroelectric plant in Gabon back on track. He is being helped by Morocco's sustainable energy agency and Islamic Development Bank.
The new chairman of the Camair-Co board is Mauger Ayem, who is currently a technical advisor at the president's office. He is said to be close to its omnipotent secretary-general Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh.
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After supporting for months his controversial mining minister Oumarou Idani, the Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has decided in his second term to appoint to the post one of his more high-profile party figures together with a technical expert from the sector to advise him.
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Mining In the face of increased criminal activity in the Gulf of Guinea, France has ratcheted up its assistance to Togo by supplying a maritime radar surveillance system that will be installed by SeaOwl Technology Solutions.
Air France, one of many airlines deeply affected by the pandemic, is in the government's bad books in both Congo and Togo.
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While still waging war against the TPLF, the Ethiopian prime minister has gathered round prominent figures of the Tigray people to assert his authority over the region.
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Politics To root out the TPLF fighters in areas of Tigray difficult to access, the Ethiopian government has been using heavy logistical equipment, including GQL-111 bridge layer systems built by China's giant Norinco group.
Total is taking a harder line with the South African government as it lobbies to get the country's new oil bill onto the statute books quickly.
The Moroccan king is trying to nudge in as a mediator between Israel and Palestinians and as a defender of Jerusalem's Muslim Arabic identity. This is a means to be seen as a key player in the region but most of all to soften public opinion irked by his diplomatic about-face.
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Diplomacy Government of National Accord foreign minister Mohamed Siala is to travel to Cairo in the next few weeks as part of the thaw in diplomatic relations with the Al-Sisi government begun by interior minister Fathi Bachagha.
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Diplomacy Italian-Swiss businessman Riccardo Mortara continues to strengthen his fleet of private jets based in Benghazi whose passengers include Khalifa Haftar and his close entourage.
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