Moustafa Madbouli

Palace Intrigues
AU summit, Mahmoud Abbas, Judith Suminwa Tuluka

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

African UnionIsraeli and Palestinian envoys at AU Summit

DRCPM Judith Suminwa Tuluka sends out message in Cape Town

EthiopiaTPLF more divided than ever on its 50th anniversary

Egypt
Wind power megaproject: Orascom, Engie and Toyota on the home straight

The French energy giant Engie and its Egyptian and Japanese partners are putting the final touches on an extension of one of the largest wind farms in Africa.

Egypt
Belgian and Greek firms wait to find out who will build Egypt-EU electricity cable

The Belgian group Jan De Nul hopes to link the Egyptian and European electricity grids. But other projects are more advanced, including one favoured by the European Union.

Egypt
Credit Agricole chief to travel to Cairo

The CEO of Credit Agricole Philippe Brassac is expected in Cairo shortly to attend CICA's (Confédération Internationale du Crédit agricole) annual congress and also meet members of the Egyptian government.

Egypt
Cairo's telecoms minister to meet French business leaders in Paris

Amr Talaat will be arriving in the French capital in ten days' time for a string of meetings with French companies that do business in Egypt. The minister wants to encourage French investment in data centres.

Egypt
Rising gold prices start rush to create specialist investment funds

Its place as the ultimate safe investment and limited stocks mean that gold is changing hands at record prices in Egypt, much higher than those available on the international market. A first specialist gold investment fund has been set up and others are due to follow.

Egypt
Army company privatisations plan meets resistance

The process of privatising 32 Egyptian public sector companies, two of them owned by the defence ministry, should have got under way in late April. Its very slow pace has raised doubts among foreign investors about the economic reforms planned by Moustafa Madbouli and his government.

Egypt
Trade minister to visit Turkey to promote investment in Egypt

Egyptian trade and industry ministry Ahmed Samir is due to visit Turkey this month with the aim of further strengthening the economic parntership between the two giant eastern Mediterranean powers.

Africa
South Africa, Seychelles, Comoros and Egypt

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

Egypt
Cairo picks unknown Grainflower to supply Russian wheat

The winner of an Egyptian government call for tenders to supply 240,000 tonnes of wheat is a previously unknown Dubai cereals trader with ties to Trading House RIF, the biggest exporter of Russian wheat.

The New Guard
DRC, Mali, Egypt, Kenya

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

DRC Patrick Nkanga, the quiet mainstay of Kabila's political bureau

Egypt Osama Elgohary, Prime Minister Madbouli's spin-doctor

Kenya Catherine Muraga, driving Microsoft's new tech development

Mali Adam Dicko plants her networks in rural Mali

Egypt
Gas prices prompt row between ministers of oil, electricity

Gas used by power stations lies at the heart of the intra-governmental dispute, which is delaying the roll-out of Egypt's energy strategy.

Egypt
Greek group Copelouzos leads race to connect Egypt to EU electricity grid

Two Greek companies are competing to connect Egypt to the supergrid of the European Union, which is keen to diversify its energy suppliers. Of the two, Copelouzos Group is Egypt's favourite.

Egypt, France
Bruno Le Maire talks up Thales in Cairo

During an official visit to Egypt on 28 and 29 March, the French Minister for the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, discussed several economic issues with Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli.

Egypt, Senegal
Macky Sall expected to meet Sisi in Cairo

The president of Senegal Macky Sall will travel to Cairo in mid-January to meet with his counterpart Abdelfattah al-Sisi, with whom he will discuss the upcoming Senegalese presidency of the African Union (AU).