The alluring prospect of reconstruction, oil and energy contracts in Libya is attracting the interest of leading Turkish firms, who are taking advantage of the honeymoon between Tripoli and Ankara, an ally of the national unity government in its battle against General Haftar.
Several Congolese NGOs, which recently protested that the Congolese courts have been showing bias in favour of Australian copper producer MMG in its commercial dispute with opposition politician and businessman Moïse Katumbi, are, in reality, Katumbi supporters.
Several allies of the Cameroonian president are vying for the leadership of the ruling party and trying to steal a march on their rivals. But they are wary of being too open about their intentions, as the president has been quick in the past to sideline RDPC colleagues who were seen as too ambitious.
Concerned about the worsening political situation in neighbouring Mali, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has in recent days tried to play mediator.
Three arbitrators at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes rejected an application from Gambia for the annulment of the ruling made against it in its long-running dispute with Carnegie Minerals.
Historically close to the Kenyan government, the spiritual chief of the Ismailis, the Aga Khan, is in the process of restructuring his Nation media company, which is a key vector of his soft power in the country.
Supported by the state-owned Sberbank, Russian airline UTair is building a network across all corners of East Africa.
Despite the crisis provoked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the two French companies succeeded in March in getting the Kenyan cabinet to approve the draft concession agreement.
The oil majors, Total, ENI and ExxonMobil, are continuing to exert pressure on the state to avoid having to meet strong local content requirements. The Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy is to take advice from a consulting company on the subject.
The speaker of the Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives wants to end his European tour with a visit to France but is struggling to find anyone willing to meet him.
It seems that "Sonatrach 2030", the ambitious plan to overhaul Sonatrach's business model elaborated by America's Boston Consulting Group between 2017 and 2019, will not after all be rejected by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Fathi Bachagha's 'protocol police' kitted out with brand new Beemers
