Deemed overly ambitious, the peace deal Khartoum agreed to with rebel groups in October is having trouble finding funds.
And another one gone: the British junior Tullow Oil is preparing to pull out of yet another African country after first divesting from Uganda, then Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea.
The Swiss trading company Telf that has reached an agreement with Eurasian Resources Group to market cobalt produced at the Metalkol plant in DRC actually helps out the Kazakh group for most of its trading activities.
Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso has approved the construction of a modular refinery with the extravagant aim of producing 50,000 bpd. The wildly ambitious project is financed by a debt-ridden Chinese businessman.
Construction has not yet started on the 147-MW Ruzizi III hydropower plant but that hasn't stopped the Economic Community of the Great Lake Countries' initiative Energie des Grands Lacs (EGL) from looking at the idea of a Ruzizi IV.
2021 is looking like the year of the Africa-themed summit, with major world powers all keen to show of their influence on the continent. The calendar is so busy, schedule clashes are almost inevitable.
The United Arab Emirates, which is the world's leading gold trading centre, is looking to sell its know-how in the gold sector to the Tanzanian government and business community.
A court has rejected Sibanye-Stillwater's request to stop pumping water from the deep shafts of Ezulwini mine, where it now exploits only the surface. The firm claims the ruling will be a considerable financial setback.
The reappearance in public of Roindefo Monja, former head of Andry Rajoelina's transition government, on 7 February was not the result of chance.
Mustapha Bakkoury, the head of sustainable energy agency Masen, has faded into the background after Mohammed VI's fury at the soaring cost of its huge solar energy sites.
The National Waste Management Agency has begun the process of closing the dangerous Borj Chakir landfill site, which has come to symbolise the country's ongoing waste management problems.
As it was on the way out, the Trump administration agreed to extend its border control system to Egypt at a cost of $125m but the Biden administration could decide to review the project.