Uhuru Kenyatta has been meeting in his State House offices with minor candidates to try to persuade them to rally behind Raila Odinga, the would-be successor he has not yet officially endorsed.
Some African presidents are unwilling to travel to N'Djamena given the context in the wake of Idriss Déby's death.
Dott Services, the Ugandan group which is building a strategically important road between the DRC and Uganda, has also acquired a number of equally strategically important mining sites. Prospecting is now under way on the sites, which are located in Maniema province and are rich in "3Ts".
A Bombardier Global Jet frequently chartered by the presidency has been bought by Turkish interests. It's the third such aircraft sale in recent months.
Eneo, Cameroon's top electricity supplier, is in talks with the government over payment of a second tranche of arrears owed it by the state.
Ivorian authorities reckon an LNG-fired backup power plant is the answer to the country's dire electricity shortage.
Mauritania is the only country in the G5 Sahel bloc not to have had an Islamist attack in more than ten years. It is closely monitoring Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist groups operating on its border with Mali.
Negotiations between Senegal and French investment fund Meridiam for the signing of the BRT operating contract are due to conclude by the end of July.
Afreximbank caught up with Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis to discuss health infrastructure in Africa.
The South Sudanese government was to head into a second round of talks with the country's divided rebel groups in Rome on Thursday. Prompted by the process sponsors - the US, UK and Norway -, the government has postponed the summit while it tries to find a way to negotiate with all sides at once.
The ministry of mines has turned down the Canadian junior's request for a renewal of its Haib copper exploration permit despite lobbying by board members with long-running ties to senior SWAPO members.
As Angola faces the structural decline of its oil production, US companies are planning for the country's inevitable diversification. The US Chamber of Commerce has set up a platform for firms to work together to find investment opportunities for the future.
The real estate magnate at the head of property development group Marita has founded a new company with Islamic Development Bank's chief investment officer Mohamed Hedi Mejai. This, despite the collapse of Boulgoute's mega-project backed by the bank in 2015.