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Botswana
Cattle king and defender of Khama's rhinos, Bathusi Letlhare kicks off mining buiness

Bathusi Letlhare, the local cattle magnate and chairman of the country's largest rhinoceros reserve founded and financed by the former president Ian Khama's family, has embarked on a family venture into mining.

Subscribers only Mining 15.01.2021

Gabon, Mauritius
The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

Although it abruptly ended its off-take contract with Augusta in mid-2020, the Gabonese refinery has continued to reimburse the $250m prefinancing loan the trading house had secured for the country with Mauritius Commercial Bank in 2017. It should settle the last payment this month.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 15.01.2021

South Africa
Total makes development of block 11B/12B conditional on publication of Petroleum Bill

Total is taking a harder line with the South African government as it lobbies to get the country's new oil bill onto the statute books quickly.

Free access Energy Running Story - Southern Africa and gas 14.01.2021

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa pampers mining explosives champion Intrachem

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. © Aaron Ufumeli/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Mining 12.01.2021

Angola
Telecoms: Lourenço steams ahead with privatisation of dos Santos-era assets

The Angolan state's sale of its stakes in various telecoms companies is part of President João Lourenço's strategy to oust his predecessor's family from the country's business community.

Subscribers only Business 12.01.2021

Madagascar
Consultations a-go-go at the presidency to find a successor to Ntsay as prime minister

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina. © Christophe Morin/IP3 press/MAXPPP

Subscribers only Politics 12.01.2021

Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

The Zambian government has recruited the London consultancy to manage its international communications on restructuring its external debt, which is estimated to stand at over $12bn.

Subscribers only Business 11.01.2021

Mozambique
Intra Energy all-in on African gold with European aristocratic help

Australia's Intra Energy, traditionally active in Tanzanian coal, is now raising funds to finance a gold project in northern Mozambique it is developping with help from an aristocratic couple from the Old Continent. The company is also interested in gold refining in Mauritius.

Subscribers only Mining 11.01.2021

Mozambique
Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

Faced with the inefficiency of the Mozambican defence forces, Total wants fresh guarantees, otherwise the Afungi LNG plant project could be put on hold.

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2021

Madagascar, South Africa
Rajoelina desperate to bring home the Madagascan gold smugglers arrested in South Africa

Breaking news published on 09/01/21, 8 a.m. - The Madagascan president is worried that the South African authorities could start investigating the clandestine exports of Madagascan gold to Dubai. As a result, he is pulling out all the stops to get the three suspects arrested in Johannesburg repatriated.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.01.2021

Mozambique, South Africa
Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Via the consultancy Burnham Global, the South African defence magnate Ivor Ichikowitz is instructing Mozambican soldiers in how to operate armoured vehicles supplied by his own firm Paramount.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 08.01.2021

Angola
João Lourenço cancels $77m contract with Havana

One of the flagship projects of Angolan-Cuban cooperation, which was to have involved the construction of 283 km of roads, has been definitively killed off by the current Angolan president.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 08.01.2021

Mozambique
Casino mogul Guo Manyi expands his mining activities

Best known for his involvement in Maputo casinos, Guo Manyi has recently boosted his mining investments in Mozambique, focusing on heavy sands.

Subscribers only Mining 08.01.2021

Angola
BP secures extension of block 18 contract at Greater Plutonio field until 2032

British major BP has been granted a five-year extension of its contract on the Greater Plutonio field (block 18), which had been due to expire in in 2027.

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2021

South Africa
Battle between Vitol/Natixis and Central Energy Fund trundles on

South Africa's "oilgate" - the conflict pitting state-owned Central Energy Fund against several international traders - is moving to the Supreme Court.

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2021

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total calls on army to secure Afungi facility site in Cabo Delgado

As the jihadist insurgency's attacks approach its gas facilities, Total has turned to the country's armed forces. For their part, the Mozambican authorities have been using foreign mercenaries.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy 07.01.2021

Botswana
Khama clan scion Kaedi Khama takes a shine to diamonds

Kaedi Khama, the young nephew of the former Botswana president Ian Khama and son of the MP and former minister Tshekedi Khama, founded a new diamond business on 15 December, Tau Diamonds.

Subscribers only Mining 06.01.2021

Kaedi Khama founded the Tau Diamonds company.

Angola
Spy's murder drives a wedge between Luanda and Moscow

Russian diplomats have had to specify Leonid Sartov's full credentials to the Angolan police after he was murdered in his home in Luanda's Alvalade neighbourhood on the night of 27 December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.01.2021

Africa, Mauritius
Private jet mogul Ameerh Naran's global approach to business

The private jet broker Ameerh Naran has opened a new branch of his Mauritius-based firm to expand into the US while also finding the time to start up a real estate business in London.

Subscribers only Business 05.01.2021

Zimbabwe
Business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei's stamp is all over state's new mining behemoth

Kuvimba Mining House is the name of the new state-controlled entity created to coordinate and revamp the country's largest mines. Embodying Harare's hopes for its mining sector, all the paths heading out of the company's high-potential portfolio seem nonetheless to lead to Kuda Tagwirei, one of Mnangagwa's closest allies but a man under US sanctions.

Subscribers only Mining 05.01.2021

In Focus | Botswana, South Africa
Southern African lottery giants fight each other for new Botswanan jackpot

Southern Africa's highly popular lotteries, which offer the prospect of colossal winnings for modestly priced tickets, have over the last two decades become a highly profitable business for the private sector companies awarded government licences to operate them.

Subscribers only Business 04.01.2021

Lottery station with hand-painted advertising adorning the shop in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg.

France, South Africa
Setback for consultant Patrick Landau in his litigation with Alstom

Tens of thousands of confidential documents are going to be returned to the French company Alstom. They had been seized on the instructions of the French consultant Patrick Landau, who is seeking compensation for the role he played in securing various contracts in South Africa.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 04.01.2021

Angola, Brazil
Christmas truce between Lourenço and Bolsonaro

At daggers drawn with his Brazilian opposite number for the last six months, the Angolan president João Lourenço nevertheless enjoyed a short private stay in Brazil with his family over the festive period.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.01.2021

Botswana
Affluent longtime Masisi supporter Abdul Satar Dada still in the game

Now in his 80s, the multimillionaire Abdul Satar Dada remains a pivotal figure of Botswana's political and business spheres and continues to support the Masisi clan in more ways than one.

Subscribers only Business 24.12.2020

South Africa, United States
Arms broker Gareth de Nysschen does battle with US State Department

The South African entrepreneur Gareth de Nysschen, the founder and main shareholder in the South African firearms distributor Dave Sheer Guns, has been embroiled in a dispute since the summer with the US State Department and Department of Commerce after they refused him an import licence.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 24.12.2020

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Southern Africa and Islands

Botswana
Cattle king and defender of Khama's rhinos, Bathusi Letlhare kicks off mining buiness

Gabon, Mauritius
The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

South Africa
Total makes development of block 11B/12B conditional on publication of Petroleum Bill

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa pampers mining explosives champion Intrachem

Angola
Telecoms: Lourenço steams ahead with privatisation of dos Santos-era assets

Madagascar
Consultations a-go-go at the presidency to find a successor to Ntsay as prime minister

Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

Mozambique
Intra Energy all-in on African gold with European aristocratic help

Mozambique
Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

Madagascar, South Africa
Rajoelina desperate to bring home the Madagascan gold smugglers arrested in South Africa

Mozambique, South Africa
Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Angola
João Lourenço cancels $77m contract with Havana

Mozambique
Casino mogul Guo Manyi expands his mining activities

Angola
BP secures extension of block 18 contract at Greater Plutonio field until 2032

South Africa
Battle between Vitol/Natixis and Central Energy Fund trundles on

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total calls on army to secure Afungi facility site in Cabo Delgado

Botswana
Khama clan scion Kaedi Khama takes a shine to diamonds

Angola
Spy's murder drives a wedge between Luanda and Moscow

Africa, Mauritius
Private jet mogul Ameerh Naran's global approach to business

Zimbabwe
Business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei's stamp is all over state's new mining behemoth

In Focus | Botswana, South Africa
Southern African lottery giants fight each other for new Botswanan jackpot

France, South Africa
Setback for consultant Patrick Landau in his litigation with Alstom

Angola, Brazil
Christmas truce between Lourenço and Bolsonaro

Botswana
Affluent longtime Masisi supporter Abdul Satar Dada still in the game

South Africa, United States
Arms broker Gareth de Nysschen does battle with US State Department

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Southern Africa and Islands

Botswana Cattle king and defender of Khama's rhinos, Bathusi Letlhare kicks off mining buiness

Gabon, Mauritius The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

South Africa Total makes development of block 11B/12B conditional on publication of Petroleum Bill

Zimbabwe Mnangagwa pampers mining explosives champion Intrachem

Angola Telecoms: Lourenço steams ahead with privatisation of dos Santos-era assets

Madagascar Consultations a-go-go at the presidency to find a successor to Ntsay as prime minister

Zambia Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

Mozambique Intra Energy all-in on African gold with European aristocratic help

Mozambique Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

Madagascar, South Africa Rajoelina desperate to bring home the Madagascan gold smugglers arrested in South Africa

Mozambique, South Africa Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Angola João Lourenço cancels $77m contract with Havana

Mozambique Casino mogul Guo Manyi expands his mining activities

Angola BP secures extension of block 18 contract at Greater Plutonio field until 2032

South Africa Battle between Vitol/Natixis and Central Energy Fund trundles on

Spotlight | Mozambique Total calls on army to secure Afungi facility site in Cabo Delgado

Botswana Khama clan scion Kaedi Khama takes a shine to diamonds

Angola Spy's murder drives a wedge between Luanda and Moscow

Africa, Mauritius Private jet mogul Ameerh Naran's global approach to business

Zimbabwe Business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei's stamp is all over state's new mining behemoth

In Focus | Botswana, South Africa Southern African lottery giants fight each other for new Botswanan jackpot

France, South Africa Setback for consultant Patrick Landau in his litigation with Alstom

Angola, Brazil Christmas truce between Lourenço and Bolsonaro

Botswana Affluent longtime Masisi supporter Abdul Satar Dada still in the game

South Africa, United States Arms broker Gareth de Nysschen does battle with US State Department

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Botswana
Cattle king and defender of Khama's rhinos, Bathusi Letlhare kicks off mining buiness

Gabon, Mauritius
The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

South Africa
Total makes development of block 11B/12B conditional on publication of Petroleum Bill

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa pampers mining explosives champion Intrachem

Angola
Telecoms: Lourenço steams ahead with privatisation of dos Santos-era assets

Madagascar
Consultations a-go-go at the presidency to find a successor to Ntsay as prime minister

Zambia
Debt-ridden Lusaka opts for Highgate to burnish its international image

Mozambique
Intra Energy all-in on African gold with European aristocratic help

Mozambique
Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

Madagascar, South Africa
Rajoelina desperate to bring home the Madagascan gold smugglers arrested in South Africa

Mozambique, South Africa
Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Angola
João Lourenço cancels $77m contract with Havana

Mozambique
Casino mogul Guo Manyi expands his mining activities

Angola
BP secures extension of block 18 contract at Greater Plutonio field until 2032

South Africa
Battle between Vitol/Natixis and Central Energy Fund trundles on

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total calls on army to secure Afungi facility site in Cabo Delgado

Botswana
Khama clan scion Kaedi Khama takes a shine to diamonds

Angola
Spy's murder drives a wedge between Luanda and Moscow

Africa, Mauritius
Private jet mogul Ameerh Naran's global approach to business

Zimbabwe
Business tycoon Kuda Tagwirei's stamp is all over state's new mining behemoth

In Focus | Botswana, South Africa
Southern African lottery giants fight each other for new Botswanan jackpot

France, South Africa
Setback for consultant Patrick Landau in his litigation with Alstom

Angola, Brazil
Christmas truce between Lourenço and Bolsonaro

Botswana
Affluent longtime Masisi supporter Abdul Satar Dada still in the game

South Africa, United States
Arms broker Gareth de Nysschen does battle with US State Department