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Central Africa

Congo
Kontinent Congo comes up against ENI's brick wall

Despite its army of local antennae, Kontinent Congo is facing the steamroller that is ENI, queen in Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2019

DRC
Kipay, GLE: miners take the initiative on hydropower

Industry players are tired of waiting and have decided to push on with their own projects.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 09.07.2019

Gabon
GOC/Sogara merger: two financials to the rescue

The Gabon Oil Co (GOC) company director, Patrichi Christian Tanasa, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2019

Congo
Kore Potash's challenge ahead of Kola start up

While it continues to seek out suppliers for the construction of its potash mine, Kore Potash still needs to raise nearly $2 billion to get the project off the ground.

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2019

DRC
The old guard at Gecamines present new era in mining

Investors attending the DRC Mining Week in Lubumbashi from June [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2019

DRC
Anthony Papamatheos advocates for Chengtun to take over Nzuri

It is the Australian lawyer Anthony Papamatheos, a partner at [...]

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2019

Spotlight | Document | Congo
Stressful times for Denis Sassou Nguesso's financial advisors ahead of IMF meeting

On 5 July, the directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are due to decide whether to resume loans to Congo-B after a hiatus of eight years. But on the eve of this crucial decision, there are profound rifts within [.

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Gabon, United States
The Libreville dossier of the Justice Department

For the last few years, the US Department of Justice has been scrutinising financial transactions undertaken by high-ranking Gabonese figures. No official inquiry has yet been opened.

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Chad
Berlin set to drop Deby

The summoning of the German chargé d'affaires by the Chadian minister of foreign affairs, Mahamat Zene Cherif, on 7 June [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Africa, Congo, Gabon, Mali, Niger
Guess what of June 24, 2019

Sanction | Replacement | Visit | Phone call | General

Free access Guess what ? 26.06.2019

DRC, France
ESL joins French lobbying scrum in Kinshasa

Since February, French lobbying firms have been lining up to offer their services to the Congolese president's office. Among the most active is ESL & Network.

Subscribers only Business 26.06.2019

Gabon
"Bati" Tomi eyes up Satram

In the doldrums since the arrest of its director Ait Ben Ali Mohamed as part of "Operation Mamba", Satram is attracting interest from new investors, including "Bati" Tomi.

Subscribers only Business 26.06.2019

Gabon
Marie-Madeleine Mborantsuo in eye of storm

Having managed to get his allies appointed to key posts within the government (WAN 802) and the civil service, Ali [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Gabon, Saudi Arabia
Riyadh keeps Liban Soleiman waiting

Ali Bongo's former chief of staff Liban Soleiman, who in [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.06.2019

DRC, European Union
Brussels and Kinshasa bury the hatchet

The imminent appointment of the French diplomat Jean-Marc Chataigner as [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

DRC
Jean-Pierre Bemba makes carefully staged return to Kinshasa

Announced via his Twitter account on the evening of 3 [...]

Subscribers only 26.06.2019

Chad
Hopscotch to take care of PR at Chad-Arab World summit

Hopscotch, the French public relations firm run by Frederic Bedin, [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.06.2019

Gabon
Franck Yann Koubdje moves from elite private banking to Treasury

On 13 June, the former BGFI Bank executive Franck Yann [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.06.2019

Sao Tome and Principe
Efacec (Isabel dos Santos) can only sit back and watch the damage

It seems there is no let-up in the near future for Sao Tome & Principe, which has been struggling to [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 25.06.2019

DRC
Perenco waiting on new boss Gregoire de Courcelles

The new managing director of Perenco RDC, Gregoire de Courcelles, is expected in Muanda, in the Congolese Kongo Central province, [...]