Energy

Madagascar
The junta requisitions TotalEnergies' fuel to fly Russian planes

Colonel Michael Randrianirina has reallocated part of the French major's kerosene to enable aircraft controlled by Moscow to land in and take off from Ivato International Airport.

Palace Intrigues
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Michael Randrianirina, Abiy Ahmed, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud

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

GabonBrice Clotaire Oligui Nguema prepares for his first anniversary as president

Madagascar-Equatorial GuineaBehind Colonel Randrianirina's trip to Malabo

Ethiopia, SomaliaAbiy Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud at cross-purposes

Morocco
Nexus Core Systems makes headway in data centre project

The consortium behind the construction of a $1.2bn data centre has chosen to locate the site on the outskirts of Casablanca.

Algeria
Brussels grows impatient with Algiers' delays over trade dispute

The Algerian Foreign Ministry has still not provided the European Union with the name of its arbitrator in the legal proceedings between the two parties concerning their bilateral association agreement.

South Africa
PetroSA ready to forgo $10.8m debt owed by Namibia's UAG Investments

For two years, the state-owned company has been waiting for the payment of several million dollars from a Namibian company to which it sold liquefied petroleum gas. Yet it does not intend to initiate debt collection proceedings, much to the dismay of its employees.

Cameroon
The World Bank's $600m electricity plan

Faced with a chronic financial deficit and numerous malfunctions, the profitability of recent infrastructures, such as the Nachtigal and Kikot dams, is seriously threatened.

Burundi
Four companies selected for electrification contracts worth $48m

Weza Power, the company set up in 2023 by Gitega and Anzana Electric Group announced in mid-March the signing of its first six major contracts, totalling $48m.

Angola
Sale of junior oil company Afentra attracts investors

In under five years, the London-based company, founded in 2021 by former Tullow Oil employees, has succeeded in building up an attractive portfolio thanks to a large number of cost-efficient production assets.

Uganda
Business resumes for top tycoons after Museveni's re-election

Close to the head of state, leaders of Uganda's main business empires are putting their services at the government's disposal at a time when the public finances remain fragile. The situation is also a boon for the financial sector, which is stepping in to shore up the executive.

Palace Intrigues
Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi, Aliko Dangote, Macky Sall

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

DRCBehind the scenes of the incident targeting the Congolese first lady in Washington

NigeriaMissed meeting between David Lammy and Aliko Dangote

SenegalMacky Sall changes his Parisian habits