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Southern Africa and Islands

Angola
First bidding round results to be announced in November

November 20 should prove to be an eventful day in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

Zambia
Colin Bird adds yet another project to already plump mining portfolio

British engineer Colin Bird has added another string to his [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

Namibia
Eos Capital aims for $100m for infrastructure by the end of 2020

Initially scheduled for early 2019, the delayed launch by Namibia's Eos Capital of its infra-structure fund is now due in October. It is expected to reach up to $100 million next year.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 16.09.2019

Angola
Joao Lourenco seeks to impose his stamp on intelligence services

The Angolan president Joao Lourenco has transferred command of the Servico de Inteligencia e Seguranca Militar (SISM), which until now [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2019

Angola
Papal appointment provokes ire in Luanda

Just before leaving for his tour of southern Africa, Pope [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2019

Madagascar
Fed up with Omnis, OMV calls it quits and leaves

According to our information, the Austrian firm OMV, operator of onshore permit Grand prix pulled its operations out of Madagascar [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2019

Angola
Sonangol privatisation: Luanda's tactics to bump up bidding

Luanda has grand ambitions for the state-owned Sonangol in 2022, the year it is planned to be partly privatised. The [...]

Free access Energy 10.09.2019

Angola
Joao Lourenco keeps eye on Sonangol, Total and Chevron

After auditing the accounts of oil firms for the 2014-2017 period, the Angolan head of state has kept the pressure up by asking for a new report for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2019

Namibia
Namcor sells off family jewels before Total's drilling

According to our sources, the head of Namibian state-run firm [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2019

Malawi
New petroleum act: Lilongwe caught in a real estate crisis

Malawi's new minister of natural resources, energy and mining Bintony [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2019

Mozambique
Erik Prince makes up for army shortcomings

South Africans have stepped in to supply the army with two helicopters, and Erik Prince is in the thick of it.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 06.09.2019

Mozambique
Frelimo MP Jose Katupha goes back down the mines

Jose Mateus Katupha, the ex-minister and serving Frelimo MP who is close to President Filipe Nyusi and is also active [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Madagascar
Mamy Ravatomanga's business interests hamper Huawei's plans

Mamy Ravatomanga is seeking a business advantage by trying to muscle in on the operations of the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Mozambique
McDermott to benefit from US Exim Bank investments

US EXIM Bank shook up the liquefied natural gas (LNG) [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Madagascar
Changes at top of electricity supplier Jirama

On 14 August, the managing director of the national electricity [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Madagascar
European Commission finances Ministry of Economy

A year on from the last census, the data from [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Madagascar
After Russia, Kraoma attracts Indonesian interest

The minister of the economy and finance, Richard Randriamandrato, had [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Madagascar
Base Toliara seeks to share pain and gain on ilmenite project

The Australian mining company Base Resources is feeling rather lonely [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Mozambique
John Makoni grows his agri-empire courtesy of Europe Africa Seed Initiative

The Zimbabwean businessman John Makoni is already well established in [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Madagascar
Jean Remy Ralite launches his firm

Well connected with his compatriots residing in Madagascar, the French [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Mozambique
CFM director quits Atlantic Logistics

The transport company Atlantic Logistics is now the sole property [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Madagascar
Socolait turns out to be risky investment for Basan

According to our information, the takeover of Socolait in May [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Madagascar, Mauritius
Mauritian firm Nu Print launches Sodemad

In mid-August, the Mauritian businessman Roy Javin set up a [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Zambia
AIG made to cover Kaboko Mining director's losses

The Australian federal court issued its verdict on June 14: [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2019

Mozambique
Dinis Napido takes the head of Kazakh ERG's coal project

Kazakh firm Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has brought in Dinis [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.09.2019

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