The Sudanese government is making key changes to strategic mining sector postings to snatch back control of the gold industry that has long been dominated by pro-al-Bashir military officers and rebel groups.
Nigeria has finally embarked on a sell-off of oil fields no longer wanted by oil majors, but the timing is terrible.
Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS), a firm owned by an ally of the former president Goodluck Jonathan, is continuing to conduct its piracy surveillance operations off the coast of Lagos, despite the government's decision to terminate its contract in February.
After six months of trying to sell its branches in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea as a single West African portfolio, the French bank BNP Paribas is now looking at options to sell them in batches.
The president's office and the prime minister are rowing over how funds meant to feed Covid-19 patients are being used.
The French giant Engie, which currently has a limited presence on the continent despite its size, is seeking to break into the Kenyan market.
Having suddenly found herself at the helm of Debswana in 2019 following the premature death of her predecessor, Lynette Armstrong has been running Botswana's leading diamond producer in an acting capacity. With the appointment of a permanent managing director pending, she has been activating her networks as well as renegotiating the contract to sell the company's diamonds with its two shareholders, the Botswanan state and De Beers.
Adil Douiri's private CFG Bank has hit turbulence. The RCAR pension fund's share purchase may offer a lifeline after its unsuccessful conversion into universal hybrid bank. This is without counting on internal divisions as director Souad Benbachir leaves her administrative seat.
Far from the front lines, Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha has begun to shake up the security apparatus. But he is clashing with the Muslim Brotherhood, who want Khaled Al Sharif to succeed former spy chief Abdulkader al-Tuhami, who died on 9 May.
