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Spotlight | Equatorial Guinea
Will Chevron wreck secret deal on Zafiro between Noble and Trident?

Chevron Energy CEO Jean-Michel Jacoulot. © Chevron Energy

Trident had finally managed to find a partner for the ExxonMobil deposit that was acceptable to the oil ministry, but all its efforts could turn out be in vain. The US giant Chevron's entry into the equation may ruin everything.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

DRC
$617m arbitration: Dig Oil uses upper edge to corner Tshisekedi

President Felix Tshisekedi (left) has chosen his advisor Nicolas Kazadi to negotiate with South African junior Dig Oil. © Mwanacongo/CC BY-SA 4.0

Threatened with a fine equal to 10% of the national budget, the Congolese president has little choice but to negotiate with Dig Oil even as Kinshasa looks for a last ditch attempt to annul the arbitral ruling in favour of the South African oil junior.

Subscribers only Energy

Congo, Lebanon
Commisimpex: godfather to Lebanon's Shiites fails to reconcile Hojeij and Sassou

Nabih Berri, Lebanon's parliament speaker, has failed in his mediation between the Congolese president's office and the Lebanese CEO of Commisimpex, Mohsen Hojeij. © REUTERS-Mohamed Azakir

The secret negotiations between Lebanese businessman Mohsen Hojeij and the Congolese president's office over their €1.2bn debt dispute were facilitated by the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri. Now weeks into the talks, revealed by Africa Intelligence, neither side is willing to budge.

Subscribers only Business

DRC
Chinese firms omnipresent in new Inga III consortium

After ACS pulled out of the adventure in January, five other Chinese firms have joined China Three Gorges Corp and Spain's AEE Power Holdings in The Inga Unified Consortium.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

West Africa

Nigeria
Vox Royalty seeks to consolidate in Africa thanks to Thor gold

Having already purchased royalties to boost a graphite mining project in Madagascar, Vox Royalty is now seeking to do the same with gold in Nigeria.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa
Antonio Guterres chooses new United Nations "West Africa" boss

Ghanaian diplomat Mohamed Ibn Chambas, head the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel, UNOWAS. © UNCTAD/CC BY-SA 2.0

The United Nations Department of Political Affairs has found a successor to fill the shoes of the current head of UNOWAS, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, ahead of his imminent departure.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

East Africa, Kenya
Aga Khan's lead insurer Jubilee on the rise

Prince Shah Karim Al Husaini, known as the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and tycoon whose empire is spearheaded by Jubilee in eastern Africa. © DFID/CC BY 2.0

The Ismaili leader has made a number of cross-investments between his companies in recent weeks, a strategy driven by Kenyan insurer Jubilee Holdings, a subsidiary of his holding company AKFED.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Indian doctor Vikram Patil seeks fortune in Madagascar's mines

Prospere Ventures chairman, Vikram Patil, both doctor and businessman, has already established secure contacts within the Malagasy government to help boost his mining prospects in the country.

Subscribers only Mining, Business

North Africa

Morocco
Mohammed VI offers Pathé a ticket to the movies

Without waiting for its first multiplex to open in Casablanca, the French cinema giant is already busy setting up shop in Rabat. For its Moroccan operations, Pathé has teamed up with King Mohammed VI's firm Marjane.

Subscribers only Business

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