The capture of Palma, five kilometres from major gas infrastructure at Afungi, illustrates the difficulties faced by Mozambique's armed forces and the Dyck Advisory Group in trying to secure the region. Dyck has teamed up with Canadian security giant GardaWorld to try and do a better job of it.
During a lightning visit to Qatar, the Congolese leader tried to play on the competition between Doha and Abu Dhabi to secure projects.
The American shareholders of copper producer Katanga Mining have settled a dispute with the Glencore offshoot that had been simmering since 2017.
Senegalese entrepreneur Samuel Sarr is determined to get the 300-MW plant near Dakar up and running.
Beninese presidential candidate Reckya Madougou has been detained since 5 March accused of financing terrorism. Across West Africa, where the former minister is very close to several heads of state, presidential offices are getting into action on her behalf.
British oil major BP is continuing its withdrawal from Africa as planned. After packing its bags in Madagascar, Sao Tomé and Principe and Ivory Coast, BP has negotiated its departure from block A1 in Gambia.
Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok and his new interior minister are attempting to launch a purge of supporters of ousted president Omar al-Bashir, particularly in the army and security services. But they also have to put out a series of fires started by die-hard fans of the ancien régime.
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Suez Canal Authority chairman Adm Osama Mounier Mohamed Rabie oversaw the refloating of the grounded megaship Ever Given. The SCA is backed by the Suez Canal Bank.
As Joe Biden stalls on opening a US consulate in Dakhla, Morocco is going all-out to drum up support, targeting Costa Rica and Jamaica.
French giant Engie and Nareva, a subsidiary of Mohammed VI's Al Mada holding company, are expected to relaunch their African renewable energy partnership and find a future at the Safi coal-fired power plant.
Serge Degallaix, a former ambassador to France, has partenered with business lawyer Donia Ellouze and businesswoman Rym Benzina Bourguiba to launch a Tunisian subsidiary of Legaltech Eurafrique, a business entity made up of Seraphin Legal and the Fondation Tunisie which he presides.
The Canadian-UAE armoured vehicle manufacturer Streit has called it quits on its Algerian venture. On 21 March, the company led by Guerman Goutorov closed its local subsidiary, Streit Group Algérie.
