Initially expected in the French capital this month, Juan Ndong Nguema Mbengono will now take up his new role at the approach of autumn. The role has been vacant since French authorities seized the property housing the embassy last year.
Despite the World Cup being in full swing, the FIF president already has his eyes on the 12 September election. He is intensifying initiatives to discourage his first vice-president, Malick Tohé, from mounting a challenge.
Linked to the launch of the on-demand taxi app, Bereket Bayissa has taken the helm of a conglomerate, the Shirshir Business Group, a key partner of the Ethiopian army. The development comes amid the takeover of METEC, the Tigrayan military-industrial empire dismantled by Abiy Ahmed.
The head of state has given the semi-public airline six months to rethink its strategy. He is counting on the directors' networks within both the private and political spheres to turn around a firm that slipped back into the red last year.