Health

Senegal
Macky Sall about to receive major audit of health sector

A task force is preparing to submit a report on the Senegalese health system to President Macky Sall. This will be the first time that a public policy will have been subjected to a comprehensive assessment by the Senegalese state.

Inner circles | Egypt
Ayman Soliman and Mohamed Amin mastermind sovereign fund's Gulf strategy

The Sovereign Fund of Egypt is playing a leading role in trying to attract international investors to the country as it battles with a crippling debt crisis. Sisi's office is keeping a close eye on the team that runs the fund.

Algeria
Medical equipment supplier Industries Médico-Chirurgicales under investigation

Industries Médico-Chirurgicales, Algeria's biggest non-oil exporter, is suspected of having overcharged for orthopaedic equipment. In question, more generally, is the group's long-criticised monopoly on the market.

Egypt
French unis and business schools make major moves into Egypt's lucrative private education sector

New educational facilities worth tens of millions of euros are to open in the Egyptian capital. Paris's policy of promoting French language learning is facilitating this move in a growing sector.

Ivory Coast
Moroccan group Novamed considers selling its West African clinics

The Moroccan group Novamed is considering selling its eight clinics in West Africa for an estimated price of just over €30m.

Angola
How Israeli firm Mitrelli has won major state contracts since Lourenço's election

The Israeli firm Mitrelli has bagged a series of major Angolan state contracts thanks to its boss Haim Taib's close ties with Angolan President João Lourenço's inner circle.

Togo
Former army chief Maganawé takes on new role in north

General Dadja Maganawé, abruptly dismissed from his position as Chief of the armed forces in Togo, is preparing to take on a new role.

DRC
Businessman Luc Gérard Nyafé inherits Banro's workforce woes

The new owner of the gold mining company is having to contend with a long-running dispute over salary arrears. He is trying to kick-start negotiations, but union representatives are hoping for a rapid court ruling in their favour.

Tunisia
Hayet Guettat brings culture ministry into line for Kais Saied

Tunisian cultural affairs minister Hayet Guettat is making great efforts to strengthen her control over her ministry and to make sure she is noticed by the Tunisian president. She hopes to get a ministerial post with a bigger budget allocation in future.

Africa
South Africa, Seychelles, Comoros and Egypt

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Kenya
Ruto to meet Von der Leyen and Michel during high-stakes European tour

Breaking news published on 23/03/23 at 13:15 (GMT+1) - The Kenyan president will spend a busy four days in Europe next week. Several high-level meetings and signatures are expected.

Libya
France's foreign trade advisers chase new Libyan contracts

The business climate between the Libyan government and French companies has improved in recent weeks, opening up the prospect of new contracts in telecommunications, health and hotels.

Kenya
New hospital contract signals further warming of India-Kenya relations

Earlier this month, the Indian health consultancy group Astron Hospital & Healthcare Consultants signed a cooperation agreement with Kenyan consultancy firm Elite Edge Consult to support hospital management in Kenya.

The New Guard
Guinea, Senegal, Egypt, Namibia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

GuineaOumar Diouhé Bah leads the fight against fake medical products

SenegalHapsatou Doro mixes PR with diplomacy

EgyptAalaa Gamal, taking on the North African online payment market

NamibiaJames Mnyupe, the president's hydrogen expert

Kenya
World Bank grants extra $117m for education reform

The World Bank has granted additional financing of $117m for the Kenya Primary Education Equity in Learning Program (KPEELP), which is currently being implemented by the Kenya education ministry.

The New Guard
The New Guard: Angola, Morocco, Madagascar and Kenya

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

AngolaWalter Pacheco, the rising star of Angolan finance

MoroccoMeryem Rami Yahyaoui, the trade minister's international asset

MadagascarMarie-Christina Kolo, eco-feminist and climate activist in chief

KenyaAngel Mbuthia, Madame President

Cameroon, France
Historian Karine Ramondy and singer Blick Bassy to head remembrance commission

The Cameroonian singer and the French academic are to co-chair a commission announced by Emmanuel Macron in Yaoundé in July. The group will start work a little behind schedule, without waiting for the opening of Cameroon's archives.

The New Guard
Niger, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, South Africa

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Niger Karim Soumana, Bazoum's soon-to-be ambassador in Qatar

Tunisia Faouzi Daas, Kais Saied's strategic adviser and upcoming MP

Ivory Coast Bakary Traoré, guardian of Ivory Coast's forests

South Africa Leon Schreiber, the opposition MP embarrassing the ANC

Kenya
Gulf job agencies fearful amid government crackdown

Nairobi is stepping up its efforts to inject order into the numerous agencies that recruit thousands of Kenyans every year for work in the Middle East. Its methods are causing alarm.

East Africa
AU firms up agenda for Addis summit

Topics to be raised at the AU heads of state summit to be held in Addis Ababa from 18-19 February will range from political, financial and energy governance, UN security council reforms, to the AU's response to climate change.