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The New Guard
Nigeria, Gabon, DRC, Egypt

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Nigeria Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu's rising comms star

Gabon Anges-Kevin Nzigou, the key opposition lawyer ready to pounce

DRC Junior M'Buyi, the international finance expert back in Kinshasa

Egypt Serial investor Mohamed ‘Nagaty' Aboulnaga strikes again

Congo
Congo makes final bid to block sale of Sassou's seized Falcon jet

Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is making a final push to prevent the sale of his jet, which is scheduled for 3 October in France. This may be the final act in a long legal battle launched by Commisimpex, which is owned by Lebanese businessman Mohsen Hojeij.

DRC
Disgraced DRC presidential adviser Fortunat Biselele makes a comeback

Fortunat Biselele, a former adviser to DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi, fell from grace after being accused of colluding with Rwanda and spending nearly six months in prison. He has since been acquitted and is gradually returning to the presidential fold.

Guinea
Konkoe gold: tensions rise over HongXing licence

While Guinean Mines Minister Moussa Magassouba persists in delaying the transfer of the licence for the coveted Konkoe deposit from HongXing to New Japan Mining, artisanal miners have moved into the site. AngloGold and Managem also operate in this key gold-producing region, where tensions between formal and informal players are on the rise.

Nigeria
Tinubu's tax task force swings into gear

The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy, Tax Reforms has begun its work. Its key mission is to bring Nigeria's tax rate up from 11% to the continental average of 18%.

Uganda
Uganda pushed into austerity as new sanctions loom after anti-gay law

Ugandan politicians are split over where to make the budget cuts needed to compensate for international funding slashed in response to a harsh anti-LGBTQ law.

Kenya
Ruto sends envoys around the world to open up labour opportunities for jobless Kenyans

Since coming to power, William Ruto's government has been pulling out all the stops to open the doors of foreign labour markets to unemployed Kenyans. Two agreements with neighbouring countries are awaiting signatures.

Botswana
Diamond trader HB Antwerp ditches CEO Oded Mansori

Botswana's diamond marketing partner has given the Belgian-Israeli industry veteran the boot. But the former executive of Steinmetz Diamond Group remains a shareholder.

Egypt
Egypt bid to be top EU gas supplier foiled by disappointing data from Zohr field

Egypt had hoped to become the European Union's main supplier of liquefied natural gas. But new alliances in the eastern Mediterranean, the downward revaluation of its gas resources and growing domestic consumption are jeopardising that ambition.