As the Cameroonian army struggles to find a way out of the crisis that has gripped the country for the past three year the president continues to rely on a small set of generals and military advisors.
Canadian electricity producer SkyPower is trying to put together a finance package for its planned 1,000 MW solar farm near Kinshasa.
Kazakhstan's Eurasian Resources Group, which runs the Metalkol metal reprocessing venture, has been working hard to build itself a reputation for responsible management in the DRC. Israeli businessman Dan Gertler has jeopardised its efforts, however, with a headline-grabbing proposition to use some of the proceeds from the venture to set up an investment scheme for the benefit of the DRC public.
Turkish manufacturer Otokar has struck gold and is set to shore up its presence in Africa by winning a $110m contract to equip the Ugandan armed forces with 100 armoured vehicles.
Somalia's former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire is hoping to boost his bid for the presidential election in February by playing off the rivalry between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo and his Djiboutian compeer Ismaïl Omar Guelleh.
Pretoria initially turned to Mozambique in its search for gas for its domestic market. But a planned pipeline between the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado and Gauteng in South Africa will likely never see the light of day.
Lebanese businessman Atef Hazime set up a company in Mauritius in early November as a way of getting round the paralysis currently afflicting banks in his own country. He is being backed by Portuguese financier João de Gouveia, the economic advisor of the Qatar royal family, and leading African financial services company Loita, where one of the founders is also close to the Al Thanis.
The presence of several execs from private security group STTEP has done little to boost morale among the Dyck Advisory Group's staff.
The Saurimo diamond hub, a pillar of President Lourenço's diamond sector reforms, is still on the lookout for international investors to occupy its diamond cutting workshops, currently under construction.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's entourage has been unsuccessful in having him brought home from Germany where he is being treated for a severe case of Covid-19.
Raymond Farhat, Ahlam Bennani, and Ghalia Benbadeljelil, the architects of the takeover of Moroccan insurer Saham by South Africa's Sanlam, have set up a new entity focused on sub-Saharan Africa.
The Tunisian army has issued a call for tenders for the contract to replace its ageing radars. Turkish defence electronics specialist Aselsan is already out of the running, while Spain's Indra group is thought to be favourite.
Breaking news published 17 November at 12.20 p.m. - Misrati heavyweight Fathi Bachagha is scheduled to go to France as Libya's minister of the interior. He is to meet in Paris with his French homologue Gérald Darmanin.
