After having been ignored by John Magafuli, former president Jakaya Kikwete is back in business as Samia Suluhu Hassan's confidant.
The French government commission whose green light is needed for the sale of Safran ISR equipment to Chad's air force has twice postponed its decision, to the great displeasure of N'Djamena, which has only a few months to equip its planes before rebels launch their seasonal spring offensive.
Despite Gabon's limited defence budget, the French military supplier wants to make a last-ditch bid to upgrade several of the air force's helicopters after its shareholder Airbus failed to lock in a contract earlier this year.
The country's largest oil producer has an ambitious development plan linked to its takeover of the Cap Lopez terminal from TotalEnergies in late July. To take on the task, the junior oil firm will be bringing in new management.
The Swiss trader's bunkering activities in Mauritanian waters have caught the attention of the finance ministry, sparking an audit request in early September.
The Ivorian president has reprimanded his government over the slow pace of the reforms it is meant to be carrying out. He also pointedly noted that Prime Minister Patrick Achi must take precedence over the executive director of the ruling party, Adama Bictogo.
Despite the coup, the government has taken action to remove a buoy standing in the way of the bauxite miner's plans to evacuate ore from its Guinean site by sea.
Kenya Power and Lighting Co's financial backers, starting with the World Bank, will be keeping a close eye on the power distributor's efforts to turn around significant losses.
Mining explosives provider Beifang Mining Technology, a subsidiary of the Chinese arms conglomerate Norinco, hopes to open a production unit in Namibia to supply Chinese uranium miners in anticipation of a hike in demand in 2022.
M'henna Djebbar, who was caught up in former chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah's purge, is now advising army chief Said Chengriha and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. But the overhaul of the intelligence apparatus is not over.
The Paris Court of Cassation is today due to decide on the Kuwaiti construction group's bid to seize hundreds of millions of euros of the Libyan Investment Authority's French assets. Meanwhile, Havas is helping the LIA with its communications.
