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Mauritania
Egypt's ECG selected for Kiffa water supply project

The Saudi Arabian subsidiary of the Egyptian engineering firm Engineering Consultants Group has won a $7.7m drinking water supply project in Mauritania.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.04.2024

South Sudan
Egypt clears hurdle for White Nile dredging project

The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) ruled in favour of the South Sudanese state in its dispute against lawyer Elario Adam Cholong late last month.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 15.04.2024

Angola
Lourenço helps Gemcorp extend foothold in energy sector

The British investment firm run by Atanas Bostandjiev has won yet another major energy contract with the help of the Angolan president.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 12.04.2024

Spotlight | Africa
Air services provider ASECNA gears up to recruit next boss

Ethiopian Airlines aircraft at Addis Ababa Bole airport on 17 June 2023. © C. Offenberg/Imago via Reuters

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.04.2024

Senegal
Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

MBH Power, a Nigerian company belonging to Singapore's Tolaram Group, has just won a major contract to connect over 600 localities in western and eastern Senegal to the grid.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 10.04.2024

Lesotho
Chinese state giants CCEC and Sinohydro lose water network contract to Sino-Botswanan UCE

The Sino-Botswana company Unik Construction Engineering has begun building a water transmission network and reservoirs in the Leribe district, in the north of Lesotho.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 09.04.2024

Tunisia
National sanitation office revives bid to conquer international markets

The international branch of the state sanitation body Office National de l'Assainissement, which was set up in 2010 with Franco-Tunisian businessman Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi, has struggled to get off the ground but is launching a fresh attempt at international expansion.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 08.04.2024

Cameroon
INCM-Augentic poised to snatch ID card contract from Thales DIS

The German-Portuguese consortium INCM-Augentic looks set to start producing identity cards in Cameroon. ThalesDIS has held this contract since 1995, but Gaborone appears to have given the French firm the cold shoulder.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business, Diplomacy 05.04.2024

South Africa
Transnet's new management ready to reboot key mining corridor

The new CEO of the South African group's freight rail arm is ready to ramp up the North Corridor, a vital export route for coal and chrome giants Glencore, Anglo American, Thungela and Exxaro.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 03.04.2024

Egypt, South Sudan
Arbitration between Elsewedy Electric and Juba on hold

Arbitration proceedings launched by Elsewedy Electric against South Sudan's Ministry of Electricity and Dams before the ICSID were put on hold on 20 March. The dispute concerns a photovoltaic park project near Juba.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 02.04.2024

Senegal
Mali's GIC wins race for Dakar to Saint-Louis motorway over France's Artelia

A consortium led by Mali's Groupe d'Ingénierie et de Construction (GIC) has just won a €2.8m contract to supervise the construction of a section of the planned motorway from Dakar to Saint-Louis.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 01.04.2024

DRC
Egypt's Samcrete scores win in road project dispute with Kinshasa

The DRC's public procurement regulatory authority has found the public works ministry to be at fault in its dispute with the Egyptian construction firm, which is now considering arbitration.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 29.03.2024

Tanzania
Indian companies scoop court-building contracts

Two Indian companies, Deep Construction and Rizvi Builders, have won major contracts to build new courthouses in Tanzania.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 29.03.2024

Spotlight | Guinea
Fadi Wazni lobbies for €1.5bn alumnia refinery

The new Guinean government is about to approve an alumina refinery project, while its French-Guinean developer works out the financing and seeks future buyers.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 22.03.2024

Franco-Guinean businessman Fadi Wazni in Marseille on 20 September 2021.

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Shipping Lines monopoly proves harder to break than hoped

After several delays, the Ethiopian Maritime Authority has released a list of companies that will take part in the liberalisation of the country's logistics sector. But several international shipping firms have decided not to submit bids, deeming current conditions unsuitable.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.03.2024

Burkina Faso
Junta slams brakes on Afrique Pesage's activities

In late February, Ibrahim Traoré refused to renew Afrique Pesage's contract to manage weigh stations.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.03.2024

A commercial truck outside Ouagadougou, in 2012.

Morocco, Niger
Nigerien prime minister tries to reboot Moroccan investment

During a visit to Morocco in February, Ali Lamine Zeine discussed the Niamey corniche project with the chairman of the company promoting it, YMMY Finance Holding. He also talked to his opposite number, Aziz Akhannouch, about bilateral cooperation.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.03.2024

Congo
Françoise Joly, Sassou's special adviser, under fire

An adviser to Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Joly has recently been the target of a social media campaign. The French-Rwandan's involvement in a number of issues has sparked tension in the head of state's entourage.

Free access Infrastructure, Politics 12.03.2024

Sergey Lavrov welcomes Congolese presidential adviser Françoise Joly in Moscow on 1 March 2021.

Morocco
As time goes by... Alstom trams stuck in Casablanca port

The French group and Casa Transport are at loggerheads over the delivery of the last batch of trams for the city's expanding public transport system, leaving the trainsets stuck in the port.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.03.2024

Togo
Lomé seeks to benefit from US's Prosper Africa programme

The Togolese government has begun talks with US businessman Timothy Williams with a view to furthering its interests in Washington.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.03.2024

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Infrastructure

Mauritania
Egypt's ECG selected for Kiffa water supply project

South Sudan
Egypt clears hurdle for White Nile dredging project

Angola
Lourenço helps Gemcorp extend foothold in energy sector

Spotlight | Africa
Air services provider ASECNA gears up to recruit next boss

Senegal
Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

Lesotho
Chinese state giants CCEC and Sinohydro lose water network contract to Sino-Botswanan UCE

Tunisia
National sanitation office revives bid to conquer international markets

Cameroon
INCM-Augentic poised to snatch ID card contract from Thales DIS

South Africa
Transnet's new management ready to reboot key mining corridor

Egypt, South Sudan
Arbitration between Elsewedy Electric and Juba on hold

Senegal
Mali's GIC wins race for Dakar to Saint-Louis motorway over France's Artelia

DRC
Egypt's Samcrete scores win in road project dispute with Kinshasa

Tanzania
Indian companies scoop court-building contracts

Spotlight | Guinea
Fadi Wazni lobbies for €1.5bn alumnia refinery

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Shipping Lines monopoly proves harder to break than hoped

Burkina Faso
Junta slams brakes on Afrique Pesage's activities

Morocco, Niger
Nigerien prime minister tries to reboot Moroccan investment

Congo
Françoise Joly, Sassou's special adviser, under fire

Morocco
As time goes by... Alstom trams stuck in Casablanca port

Togo
Lomé seeks to benefit from US's Prosper Africa programme

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Infrastructure

Mauritania Egypt's ECG selected for Kiffa water supply project

South Sudan Egypt clears hurdle for White Nile dredging project

Angola Lourenço helps Gemcorp extend foothold in energy sector

Spotlight | Africa Air services provider ASECNA gears up to recruit next boss

Senegal Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

Lesotho Chinese state giants CCEC and Sinohydro lose water network contract to Sino-Botswanan UCE

Tunisia National sanitation office revives bid to conquer international markets

Cameroon INCM-Augentic poised to snatch ID card contract from Thales DIS

South Africa Transnet's new management ready to reboot key mining corridor

Egypt, South Sudan Arbitration between Elsewedy Electric and Juba on hold

Senegal Mali's GIC wins race for Dakar to Saint-Louis motorway over France's Artelia

DRC Egypt's Samcrete scores win in road project dispute with Kinshasa

Tanzania Indian companies scoop court-building contracts

Spotlight | Guinea Fadi Wazni lobbies for €1.5bn alumnia refinery

Ethiopia Ethiopian Shipping Lines monopoly proves harder to break than hoped

Burkina Faso Junta slams brakes on Afrique Pesage's activities

Morocco, Niger Nigerien prime minister tries to reboot Moroccan investment

Congo Françoise Joly, Sassou's special adviser, under fire

Morocco As time goes by... Alstom trams stuck in Casablanca port

Togo Lomé seeks to benefit from US's Prosper Africa programme

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Mauritania
Egypt's ECG selected for Kiffa water supply project

South Sudan
Egypt clears hurdle for White Nile dredging project

Angola
Lourenço helps Gemcorp extend foothold in energy sector

Spotlight | Africa
Air services provider ASECNA gears up to recruit next boss

Senegal
Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

Lesotho
Chinese state giants CCEC and Sinohydro lose water network contract to Sino-Botswanan UCE

Tunisia
National sanitation office revives bid to conquer international markets

Cameroon
INCM-Augentic poised to snatch ID card contract from Thales DIS

South Africa
Transnet's new management ready to reboot key mining corridor

Egypt, South Sudan
Arbitration between Elsewedy Electric and Juba on hold

Senegal
Mali's GIC wins race for Dakar to Saint-Louis motorway over France's Artelia

DRC
Egypt's Samcrete scores win in road project dispute with Kinshasa

Tanzania
Indian companies scoop court-building contracts

Spotlight | Guinea
Fadi Wazni lobbies for €1.5bn alumnia refinery

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Shipping Lines monopoly proves harder to break than hoped

Burkina Faso
Junta slams brakes on Afrique Pesage's activities

Morocco, Niger
Nigerien prime minister tries to reboot Moroccan investment

Congo
Françoise Joly, Sassou's special adviser, under fire

Morocco
As time goes by... Alstom trams stuck in Casablanca port

Togo
Lomé seeks to benefit from US's Prosper Africa programme