Mandela's conservationist NGO is snuggling up to the Dyck Advisory Group, a mine-clearing and anti-poaching company that has also been working to support African police forces. PPF and DAG are looking to expand their work together throughout the southern countries.
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A halo of mystery surrounds Mahamat Idriss Déby, alias "Kaka", son of Idriss Déby and, since his father's death on 18 April, Chad's new head of state. An official biography has been widely distributed since he came to power but needs to be treated with caution with regard to his age, his education and training and his feats on the battlefield.
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Politics Felix Tshisekedi's inner circle, keen to renegotiate contracts signed with Beijing under ex-president Joseph Kabila, has consulted numerous law firms and advisory banks in what looks set to be a Herculean task.
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Mining Spymaster Jean-Norbert Madjoupa, who is at odds with his deputy, delegates his powers to other more trusted officers when he travels abroad.
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The French defence and technology group is battling hard to sell its combat radios to the Ivorian army, after a first delivery of equipment worth €30m was deemed to complex to use by the disgruntled gendarmerie.
The Ivorian authorities are betting on the CI-11 block and the relaunch of a gas terminal plan - projects that have been neglected in recent years - to try to end the power cuts plaguing the country.
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Energy The French manufacturer Zodiac Milpro has signed a contract with Accra to deliver a batch of four nine-metre long launches to the Ghana Navy.
René-Marie Kadouno, the country managing partner of the accounting and consulting firm EY in Guinea, received representatives from Société des bauxites de Guinée and Marine Contracting and Infrastructure.
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New US sanctions on some of its politicians signals the growing international pressure on Ethiopia. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has dispatched ministers to Europe and is preparing to send a delegation to Washington to smooth things over with the Western powers.
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Diplomacy 
The mining services group, which has a major presence in West African gold, has won a new contract worth almost $500m in the Botswana copper sector. This makes it the main contractor for the two largest copper projects in the region.
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Mining 
The former interior minister, who is running in December's election, is visiting several European capitals to drum up support. Paris-based PR firm Havas is helping out.
With price hikes on the horizon, UTICA wants its members to be able to buy electricity directly from private producers. The energy ministry isn't interested in discussing the politically charged matter.
