Africa
Giorgia Meloni's Mattei Plan challenged by the opposition

Two years after the much-heralded announcement of €5.5bn in Italian investment on the continent, the programme's disappointing results are causing political opponents to grit their teeth.

Cameroon
Port of Douala in limbo due to politics surrounding SGS and Transatlantic D tenders

Written off at the end of January, SGS Scanning Cameroun has managed to re-enter the race for the award of the cargo inspection system at Cameroon's largest port. The turnaround highlights the executive's indecision over a matter with major security and financial implications.

Equatorial Guinea
Chevron cuts ties with Nigerian offshore partner

The US major had accused Atlas Petroleum of delays in payments due on Block I. With Atlas's stake now taken over by state-owned GEPetrol, the multinational is set to move ahead with development of the gas asset.

DRC, Rwanda
Washington to take new steps against Paul Kagame's regime

Cameroon
Pope's trip still a headache for Yaoundé

Central African Republic
Portuguese president to visit Bangui

Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani expected on state visit to Paris

The Mauritanian president is set to travel in early April for a visit carrying strong symbolic weight, against a Sahelian backdrop marked by the erosion of French influence and Nouakchott's continued role as a key partner to France.

Ghana, South Africa
Rand Refinery hesitating over golden opportunity in Accra

The continent's leading gold refinery has signed a partnership agreement with Ghana's Gold Coast Refinery, a subsidiary of Egypt's Euroget. However, the South African group fears that by collaborating with it, it will lose its industrial mining customers in Ghana.

Ghana
NGO Environmental Justice Foundation report warns of illicit fishing consequences

Nigeria
Bola Tinubu sidelines finance minister

Mauritania, Senegal
As TotalEnergies withdraws, Energean seeks to position itself on BirAllah and Yakaar-Teranga gas fields

Kenya
QuickMart supermarkets prepare expansion on the continent

Kenya
British Army seeks to restore image to maintain military cooperation

Kenya
French defence manufacturers court Nairobi

Southern Africa
Business France organises a defence and cybersecurity forum in Gaborone

After showcasing French military industry companies in Pretoria in 2025, Business France is continuing its efforts with a second event in March, geared towards southern Africa.

Madagascar
Junta turns to ex-president Rajaonarimampianina's former circle

Namibia
TotalEnergies opens search for technical local partners

Madagascar
Russian bank PSB deputy chairman's intriguing visit to Antananarivo

Morocco
King Mohammed VI, Jeune Afrique's forgotten shareholder

Ona International, which is owned by the king's holding company, acquired a stake in the Jeune Afrique media group during the reign of Hassan II and still holds a symbolic shareholding, similar to that held by hundreds of other dormant shareholders.

Morocco
Lobbyist Abdelmalek Alaoui joins Zniber family service

Morocco
French bill on fertilisers raises concerns at OCP Group

Algeria
French MPs prepare delegation to head to Algiers