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Africa, Egypt
Evergrow building ties for Cairo to push fertilisers in Africa

Like its government, which has been trying new tacks to increase its influence on the continent, the Egyptian fertiliser producer Evergrow is developing a growth strategy. [...]

Published on 28/10/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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The GERD dam (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam), a source of tension between Addis Ababa and Cairo.

DRC, Egypt
Félix Tshisekedi to travel to Cairo in November to meet Sisi

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Addis Ababa bolsters diplomatic route in attempt to rekindle dialogue with Cairo and Washington

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Ethiopian foreign affairs minister Gedu Andargachew.

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China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

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The armoured vehicles IMUT ST-500 (centre) and ST-100 (left and right).

East Africa, Southern Africa
Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

The Norwegian group Yara is using a mix of grants and infrastructure builds to promote its interests to African governments, who largely call the shots on how much fertilizer their countries order.

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Moscow and Riyadh challenge Rabat on African phosphates market

Morocco's OCP, which is the leader in the fast-growing African fertilisers market, has run into increasing competition from Russia's PhosAgro and Saudi Arabia's Maaden, particularly on its west African "home" turf. The battle has been made fiercer by the direct interventions made by heads of state and governments.

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A dragline carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at the Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Africa, Egypt
Evergrow building ties for Cairo to push fertilisers in Africa

Horn of Africa, South Sudan
GERD: Egypt and Ethiopia kowtow to South Sudan

DRC, Egypt
Félix Tshisekedi to travel to Cairo in November to meet Sisi

DRC
Kinshasa woos Cairo and Emirati banks for its infrastructure projects

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa bolsters diplomatic route in attempt to rekindle dialogue with Cairo and Washington

Spotlight | Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Africa
China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

East Africa, Southern Africa
Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

In Focus | Africa
Moscow and Riyadh challenge Rabat on African phosphates market

Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco
Gas shortages put brakes on OCP's fertiliser plans

Africa, Russia
Russia's PhosAgro lands back-to-back projects on continent

Ethiopia
Mehdi Filali leads OCP's fertiliser ambitions

South Sudan
Salva Kiir invites all the hobnobs to his first oil get-together