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Inner circles | Senegal
The masterminds behind Bassirou Diomaye Faye's election victory

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko (right) with Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Dakar on 15 March 2024. © John Wessels/AFP

The new Senegalese president and his mentor Ousmane Sonko were assisted by an array of highly qualified technocrats in the run-up to the 24 March election. Distinct from the usual political movers and shakers, they could end up playing a key role in the future government.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

DRC
Egypt's Samcrete scores win in road project dispute with Kinshasa

The DRC's public procurement regulatory authority has found the public works ministry to be at fault in its dispute with the Egyptian construction firm, which is now considering arbitration.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Cameroon
New BEAC governor faced with thorny entrance exam issue

The new BEAC governor Yvon Sana Bangui has not yet dealt with the thorny issue of the bank's entrance exam, whose scrapping in 2022 remains highly contested.

Subscribers only Defence

West Africa

Nigeria
Tinubu's plan to boost electricity production

Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and German chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on 20 November 2023. © Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters

Backed by the German state and Siemens, FGN Power Co has become a key tool in developing the country's electricity infrastructure and in helping the Nigerian president to make the sector more attractive for private investors.

Subscribers only Energy

Ivory Coast
Bpifrance champions French defence savoir-faire in Abidjan

Around 15 French businesses are expected in the Ivorian economic capital in late April to attend the third defence security forum run by Bpifrance to promote exports to Africa.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Nairobi revamps anti-terror strategy as AU peacekeepers prepare Somalia withdrawal

Security officials are planning increased surveillance of social media, which is increasingly being used by extremist groups. The number of attacks carried out in Kenya has decreased, but the risk remains.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Tanzania
Indian companies scoop court-building contracts

Two Indian companies, Deep Construction and Rizvi Builders, have won major contracts to build new courthouses in Tanzania.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
French space leaders due to touch down in Luanda

Medef International is arranging for representatives of France's space industry to attend the African Union's NewSpace Africa conference in the Angolan capital from 2 to 5 April.

Subscribers only Business

North Africa

Morocco
Akhannouch's desalination plant treads water

Moroccan prime minister Aziz Akhannouch in Marrakesh on 13 October 2023. © Fadel Senna/AFP

Construction has still not begun on the Casablanca desalination plant, which has yet to be connected to an electricity supply. The situation is proving critical for the prime minister as the country faces worsening water shortages.

Subscribers only Business

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