The next few weeks will be decisive in determining whether Gabon's junta is able to raise the necessary $1.3bn to clinch the transaction with the American company.
The US State Department's call for tenders for the construction of a new embassy in Bangui closed on 28 March. Plans for the 33,000m2 building include secure offices, staff accommodation, a leisure centre and a helicopter pad.
The APPO intends to launch an aid programme for oil producing countries in Africa, and Venezuela is on the list of potential host countries for the bank's headquarters.
A consortium led by Mali's Groupe d'Ingénierie et de Construction (GIC) has just won a €2.8m contract to supervise the construction of a section of the planned motorway from Dakar to Saint-Louis.
The Buganda kingdom in central Uganda has acquired considerable financial firepower, thanks in particular to its partnership with the country's second-largest telecom operator. This should boost its influence in the run-up to the next general elections in 2026.
France's new foreign minister will spend part of his first trip to Africa in Kenya.
Mamaland, a subsidiary of Portuguese construction giant Mota-Engil, is ramping up its efforts to farm "brown gold" in the enclave, as the world's two main exporters, Ghana and Ivory Coast, have had weak harvests.
Without radically shifting its political stance on Western Sahara, France's foreign ministry is nevertheless now encouraging French companies to invest in the disputed territory.
The replacement of Libya's oil minister Mohamed Aoun by Khalifa Rajab Abdulsadek bears the stamp of Ibrahim Ali Dabaiba, the prime minister's relative and right-hand man.
