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US businessman Rubar Sandi gets busy with railways, roads, and solar farms

Entrepreneur Rubar Sandi made a fortune in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. With the help of Indonesian authorities, he has now embarked on several major infrastructure projects in DRC. [...]

Published on 06/11/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Turkey's Calik takes solar step into Kinshasa

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JA Delmas terminates Tractafric joint venture to go it alone on African power plants

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Ousted DRC governor Martin Kabuya tries to get job back after dispute with China's CREC-7

The Kasai-Central provincial assembly ousted governor Martin Kabuya in July, largely because of his conflict with the Chinese construction company CREC-7. He is now pulling out all the stops to get his job back.

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Martin Kabuya, former governor of Kasaï-Central.

DRC
Eranove scoops solar farm contract worth at least $110m

The French electricity and drinking water producer has been trying to expand beyond Ivory Coast for years. The consortium it heads has now won a major contract for a pilot electrification project in northern DRC.

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Between AU and Fortescue, Tshisekedi determined to get Grand Inga off the ground

Numerous member states of the African Union have shown interest in taking part in the Grand Inga hydropower project while Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi an arrangement with Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group.

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President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi.

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Tshisekedi fears Trump defeat will play into Kabila's hands

Having cosied up to the Trump administration in the hope of freeing himself from the grip of Joseph Kabila, Tshisekedi is concerned at polls suggesting the US president is headed for defeat. The prospect of a Biden victory has by contrast put a spring in the step of the ex-Congolese president.

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Banana Port: Kinshasa sends HFW legal team to negotiate with DP World

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Tshisekedi seeks investors for Kinshasa-Ilebo railway

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

DRC
US businessman Rubar Sandi gets busy with railways, roads, and solar farms

DRC
Belgian-Turkish go-between Lokman Sever builds mining and tourism ventures

DRC
Turkey's Calik takes solar step into Kinshasa

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Egyptian construction giants' bumper crop of contacts

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JA Delmas terminates Tractafric joint venture to go it alone on African power plants

DRC
Ousted DRC governor Martin Kabuya tries to get job back after dispute with China's CREC-7

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Eranove scoops solar farm contract worth at least $110m

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