The Nigerian army has for several months been looking to buy Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones but sanctions issued by Washington and Ottawa on a key part of the equipment are holding up negotiations. Its only hope for a breakthrough is a 100% Turkish drone that would provide Ankara with its own strategic autonomy.
The French oil major saw a sharp decline in production in Africa in 2021. Its renewable energy projects on the continent are meanwhile still negligible.
After nearly three years of negotiations, Félix Tshisekedi's team has succeeded in winning substantial modifications in the concession agreement signed with the Emirati group by the Kabila regime in 2018 for the Banana deep-water port.
In the midst of a wheat price boom, prominent entrepreneur and head of Cameroon employers' federation, Célestin Tawamba, has shut down his La Pasta flour mill in an attempt to obtain a tax break on imported cereals and to try to change the regulated price of flour.
The Chinese Enterprises Association in DR Congo hired Frontier Services Group (FSG) for security training in the wake of attacks on Chinese mining firms in North and South Kivu and Ituri provinces.
Ahead of the European Union's summit with the African Union on 17-18 February, the French president dispatched a representative to several African capitals in order to prepare for the gathering held under the French presidency of the EU Council.
Riding on the wave of the national team's victory at the Africa Cup of Nations and before he heads to France tomorrow, the head of state has spent the last few days in Dakar finalising the details of a reshuffle designed to breathe new life into a government whose standing was greatly diminished last month.
Both Hollande and Sarkozy carried out diplomatic reshuffles in embassies just before the end of their mandates, but current French President Emmanuel Macron is not expected to make any such changes before April's presidential election.
No less than a dozen African foreign affairs ministers will travel to Turkey's Antalya Diplomatic Forum, from 11 to 13 March, invited by Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Antonio Mongo's family-owned Mhongo's Mining Corporation is increasing its investments in tantalum, a highly coveted metal on the Asian market.
Anxious following Nadia Akacha's departure and alarmed by the announcement of the dissolution of the Supreme Judicial Council, embassies are limiting themselves to informal political consultations. President Kaïs Saïed has not managed to convince them to act otherwise.
Swiss trader Transamine recently struck a deal to buy copper from the Jbiel mine in Morocco. The ore was previously bought by the trading subsidiary of Managem, a mining arm of the holding company owned by the Moroccan royal family.
Instead of becoming the next Libyan ambassador to India, Osama Abu Karaza will chair Madina SC, one of the most popular football clubs in Tripoli. Above all, he aims to get his company Oya International Airline off the ground.