Energy

DRC
Sonahydroc CEO summoned by security chief Esambo

The CEO of the Congolese state-owned oil company Sonahydroc, Marcellin Bilomba, has just been called to appear before Jean-Louis Esambo Kangashe, head of the National Security Council.

Central African Republic
Total and state settle their financial scores

Total Centrafrique, the largest company in the country, had not been paying taxes. At the same time, the government had been racking up debt with the group bought by corporate banker Enguerrand Rochefort.

DRC
Perenco withdraws from onshore block tender

The Anglo-French oil company has told the Kinshasa government that it is withdrawing from a call for tenders to explore two onshore blocks in Kongo-Central, having found them to have "insufficient" potential.

DRC
Sonahydroc fears competition for Ango-Ango pipelines concession contract

The concession contract for the Ango-Ango pipelines, a key infrastructure for the supply of petroleum products to west DRC, ends in 2025 and is already sparking interest from several actors.

Namibia
Windhoek set to apply to EITI mining transparency body

The international secretariat of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Oslo is expecting to receive an application from Namibia soon.

Egypt
Belgian and Greek firms wait to find out who will build Egypt-EU electricity cable

The Belgian group Jan De Nul hopes to link the Egyptian and European electricity grids. But other projects are more advanced, including one favoured by the European Union.

Morocco
Water authority sanctions Delta Holding

Abderrahim El Hafidi, head of Morocco's water and electricity authority, the ONEE, has slapped La Générale des Aciers (GENA) with a five-year ban on taking part in ONEE-run tenders and consultations as of 14 November.

Morocco
Green of Africa seeks funding for Dakhla wind farm

The renewable energy company owned by Aziz Akhannouch and Othman Benjelloun is set to court the banks as it looks to finance its Western Sahara project.

Palace Intrigues
Robert Friedland, Mamadi Doumbouya, Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

GuineaDoumbouya snubs Friedland in NYC

DRCModeste Bahati Lukwebo acquires luxury Bukavu hotel

EgyptSisi lays on elite judo training for grandson

Ivory CoastOnly first class will do for Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly

The New Guard
Egypt, Ivory Coast, Nigeria

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

EgyptFirst COP youth envoy Omnia El Omrani prepares to hand over

NigeriaAdeleke Alao pleads for rural electricity

Ivory CoastFatoumata Sanogo's plans at head of PETROCI

DRC
Kinshasa in hot seat with lawyers over $12bn oil dispute in Paris

The Paris Court of Appeal has agreed to adjourn a trial between GEPECO and the Congolese state until January at the request of the latter's lawyers, who are still waiting to be paid for their work during the first trial of the ongoing legal battle.