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Namibia
Antler Gold thinks big in Namibia

Beyond its flagship projects in Erongo, the Canadian junior has been busy over the past year gathering exploration licences elsewhere in Namibia.

Subscribers only Mining 29.11.2022

In Focus | Mozambique, South Africa
Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi. © Phill Magakoe/AFP

Subscribers only Energy, Politics, Diplomacy Running story - Cabo Delgado 28.11.2022

Malawi
Global Sovereign Advisory, discreet architect of Lilongwe-IMF agreement

To obtain its $88m emergency financing support, Malawi called on the small French firm Global Sovereign Advisory to help it negotiate with the International Monetary Fund.

Subscribers only Finance 28.11.2022

South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa deploys Operation Vulindlela to sidestep defiant ministers

The government's Operation Vulindlela, jointly run by the presidency and the treasury, is trying to implement structural reforms in several key sectors of the South African economy, from transport to telecommunications and visas.

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2022

South Africa
Washington hot on trail of Islamic State's financial networks

US security services are concerned that South Africa is becoming a financial hub for the various groups linked to Islamic State. Pretoria is particularly concerned about the flow of money to Kenya and Mozambique.

Subscribers only Finance 25.11.2022

Angola, Portugal
Nelson Duarte de Matos appointed honorary consul in Cabinda

Portugal named lawyer Nelson Duarte de Matos its new honorary consul in the Angolan enclave of Cabinda on 10 November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.11.2022

Mozambique
TotalEnergies resumes tender process for Afungi works

Although security remains precarious in Cabo Delgado province, the French major appears to be ready to revive its vast Mozambique LNG project.

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2022

Madagascar
New mining code project sparks political and economic wrangling

The new text, an electoral promise of Andry Rajoelina, would significantly increase taxation in the sector in Madagascar. It is due to go through cabinet shortly, but is bitterly contested within the government and is likely to spark an outcry from the Chamber of Mines.

Subscribers only Mining 24.11.2022

South Africa
Insurer Sanlam prioritises Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria

Counting on its partnership with German firm Allianz, the financial services specialist Sanlam is continuing to expand its presence on the African continent. Its first target is East Africa.

Subscribers only Business 24.11.2022

Botswana
Interest in Makgadikgadi lithium surges

Mining investors have been looking to Africa's largest salt flat, the Makgadikgadi Pan in north-eastern Botswana, for its untapped lithium potential. Gaborone has issued several exploration permits to newcomers in recent months.

Subscribers only Mining 23.11.2022

South Africa
Bpifrance sets out to conquer Southern Africa

A delegation from the French state investment bank will visit Johannesburg this month with a view to opening a regional office there. The South African economic capital is also favoured to host the bank's new Africa department, with a launch planned for January.

Subscribers only Finance 23.11.2022

Namibia
QKR wants more space at Navachab goldmine

The owner of one of only two industrial gold sites in Namibia, who has been seeking a buyer, has approached the authorities to expand the size of its waste rock deposits.

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2022

South Africa
$8.5bn climate-finance bonanza prompts turf wars galore

The president's office, various government ministries and Eskom are all vying to get their hands on money pledged at COP27 to help South Africa decarbonise its economy.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 22.11.2022

Mozambique
From Madagascar to Cabo Delgado, the nine lives of Sofema's CN-235 plane

A CN-235 troop transport aircraft sold in 2019 by Sofema to Madagascar has just been delivered in new livery to Mozambique by Paramount. It will be deployed in the fight against Islamist insurgents in Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Defence 21.11.2022

Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI prepare the ground for the second Coral FLNG

While safety issues are far from being resolved in the Cabo Delgado province, the two majors operating in Block 4 are working hard to develop offshore solutions.

Subscribers only Energy 21.11.2022

Madagascar
Egypt's EGAAD consortium to build new motorway and invest in local medicine production

EGAAD director general Reda Boulos is carrying out new projects in Madagascar. His group is to take part in the construction of a new motorway between Antananarivo and the port of Toamasina, and negotiating to set up a PPP to invest in the Pharmalagasy pharmaceuticals plant.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.11.2022

Inner circle | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

The Zimbabwean president is banking on the ZMDC, which he has radically overhauled, to get the country's stalled extractive sector moving again. The state-owned company, which manages the state's mining portfolio, is central to his government's economic strategy for winning the 2023 general election.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 18.11.2022

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Mozambique
Fura Gems to hunt for rubies in Niassa national park

Mozambique's mines ministry has awarded an exploration licence to Msawise Ruby Mining, which is owned by Fura Gems. The five-year permit covers an area of almost 10,000 hectares within the Niassa national park in the province of the same name.

Subscribers only Mining 17.11.2022

Spotlight | Mozambique
Frelimo bigwigs' offspring form political and business new guard

Mozambique's ruling party bigwigs are securing their political and business legacies by pushing their children to get more involved in Frelimo. Several of them joined the party's central committee in September.

Subscribers only Politics 16.11.2022

Filipe Nyusi, Mozambique's President, delivers a speech for the opening of his party's 12th congress in Matola, Maputo Province, Mozambique, on 23 September 2022.

Namibia
Shiloam Mining set for fast-tracked copper permit

Far from the Kalahari Copperbelt, the Namibian company co-managed by former mining ministry official Edward Godfried is about to obtain two copper mining licences near the Angolan border.

Subscribers only Mining 15.11.2022

Botswana, Namibia
Ralph Muyamba shakes suspicions in Windhoek to start afresh in Gaborone

The former ministry of mines adviser at the heart of a corruption scandal in the Namibian government has created a mining exploration firm in Botswana. He set the business up with his brother, already an active mining investor in Namibia.

Subscribers only Mining 15.11.2022

Angola
Sonangol struggles to find takers for its mega sell-off over a year on

When it launched its divestment programme last year, the national oil company was hoping to withdraw, at least in part, from eight blocks. Nearly 18 months later, there has been no interest at all for two of these.

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2022

Africa
Three more countries join continent's club of oil states

Senegal, Ghana and Namibia became full members of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization (APPO) during a 4 November ministerial meeting in Luanda overseen by secretary general Omar Farouk Ibrahim, whose mandate was renewed for three years

Subscribers only Energy 14.11.2022

Angola
Sonangol sticks to refinery ambitions amid delays and funding shortfalls

Despite being the continent's leading producer of crude, Angola is still importing petroleum products on a large scale. Nearly all of its refining projects are in limbo on account of a lack of investment and persistent delays.

Free access Energy 11.11.2022

Angola, UAE
Angolan navy looks to procure three warships from Abu Dhabi Ship Building

La marine de guerre angolaise pourrait prochainement renforcer sa flotte à l'aide de trois nouvelles corvettes de 71 m, conçues par Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB).

Subscribers only Defence 11.11.2022

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Southern Africa and islands

Namibia
Antler Gold thinks big in Namibia

In Focus | Mozambique, South Africa
Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

Malawi
Global Sovereign Advisory, discreet architect of Lilongwe-IMF agreement

South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa deploys Operation Vulindlela to sidestep defiant ministers

South Africa
Washington hot on trail of Islamic State's financial networks

Angola, Portugal
Nelson Duarte de Matos appointed honorary consul in Cabinda

Mozambique
TotalEnergies resumes tender process for Afungi works

Madagascar
New mining code project sparks political and economic wrangling

South Africa
Insurer Sanlam prioritises Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria

Botswana
Interest in Makgadikgadi lithium surges

South Africa
Bpifrance sets out to conquer Southern Africa

Namibia
QKR wants more space at Navachab goldmine

South Africa
$8.5bn climate-finance bonanza prompts turf wars galore

Mozambique
From Madagascar to Cabo Delgado, the nine lives of Sofema's CN-235 plane

Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI prepare the ground for the second Coral FLNG

Madagascar
Egypt's EGAAD consortium to build new motorway and invest in local medicine production

Inner circle | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

Mozambique
Fura Gems to hunt for rubies in Niassa national park

Spotlight | Mozambique
Frelimo bigwigs' offspring form political and business new guard

Namibia
Shiloam Mining set for fast-tracked copper permit

Botswana, Namibia
Ralph Muyamba shakes suspicions in Windhoek to start afresh in Gaborone

Angola
Sonangol struggles to find takers for its mega sell-off over a year on

Africa
Three more countries join continent's club of oil states

Angola
Sonangol sticks to refinery ambitions amid delays and funding shortfalls

Angola, UAE
Angolan navy looks to procure three warships from Abu Dhabi Ship Building

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Southern Africa and islands

Namibia Antler Gold thinks big in Namibia

In Focus | Mozambique, South Africa Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

Malawi Global Sovereign Advisory, discreet architect of Lilongwe-IMF agreement

South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa deploys Operation Vulindlela to sidestep defiant ministers

South Africa Washington hot on trail of Islamic State's financial networks

Angola, Portugal Nelson Duarte de Matos appointed honorary consul in Cabinda

Mozambique TotalEnergies resumes tender process for Afungi works

Madagascar New mining code project sparks political and economic wrangling

South Africa Insurer Sanlam prioritises Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria

Botswana Interest in Makgadikgadi lithium surges

South Africa Bpifrance sets out to conquer Southern Africa

Namibia QKR wants more space at Navachab goldmine

South Africa $8.5bn climate-finance bonanza prompts turf wars galore

Mozambique From Madagascar to Cabo Delgado, the nine lives of Sofema's CN-235 plane

Mozambique ExxonMobil and ENI prepare the ground for the second Coral FLNG

Madagascar Egypt's EGAAD consortium to build new motorway and invest in local medicine production

Inner circle | Zimbabwe Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

Mozambique Fura Gems to hunt for rubies in Niassa national park

Spotlight | Mozambique Frelimo bigwigs' offspring form political and business new guard

Namibia Shiloam Mining set for fast-tracked copper permit

Botswana, Namibia Ralph Muyamba shakes suspicions in Windhoek to start afresh in Gaborone

Angola Sonangol struggles to find takers for its mega sell-off over a year on

Africa Three more countries join continent's club of oil states

Angola Sonangol sticks to refinery ambitions amid delays and funding shortfalls

Angola, UAE Angolan navy looks to procure three warships from Abu Dhabi Ship Building

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Indigo Publications' websites

Namibia
Antler Gold thinks big in Namibia

In Focus | Mozambique, South Africa
Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

Malawi
Global Sovereign Advisory, discreet architect of Lilongwe-IMF agreement

South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa deploys Operation Vulindlela to sidestep defiant ministers

South Africa
Washington hot on trail of Islamic State's financial networks

Angola, Portugal
Nelson Duarte de Matos appointed honorary consul in Cabinda

Mozambique
TotalEnergies resumes tender process for Afungi works

Madagascar
New mining code project sparks political and economic wrangling

South Africa
Insurer Sanlam prioritises Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria

Botswana
Interest in Makgadikgadi lithium surges

South Africa
Bpifrance sets out to conquer Southern Africa

Namibia
QKR wants more space at Navachab goldmine

South Africa
$8.5bn climate-finance bonanza prompts turf wars galore

Mozambique
From Madagascar to Cabo Delgado, the nine lives of Sofema's CN-235 plane

Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI prepare the ground for the second Coral FLNG

Madagascar
Egypt's EGAAD consortium to build new motorway and invest in local medicine production

Inner circle | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

Mozambique
Fura Gems to hunt for rubies in Niassa national park

Spotlight | Mozambique
Frelimo bigwigs' offspring form political and business new guard

Namibia
Shiloam Mining set for fast-tracked copper permit

Botswana, Namibia
Ralph Muyamba shakes suspicions in Windhoek to start afresh in Gaborone

Angola
Sonangol struggles to find takers for its mega sell-off over a year on

Africa
Three more countries join continent's club of oil states

Angola
Sonangol sticks to refinery ambitions amid delays and funding shortfalls

Angola, UAE
Angolan navy looks to procure three warships from Abu Dhabi Ship Building