No country on the Gulf of Guinea has been worse affected by the oil industry's pandemic-prompted crisis than Equatorial Guinea. Time at last for a rescue plan?
The African Development Bank is in talks with DRC authorities over its support for one of the vast Grand Inga project hydro-electric dams and is keen to see companies compete to develop it. At stake is some $55m in financing and the bank's seal of approval.
Gabon, which is due to start repaying $2bn worth of eurobonds next year, equivalent to 5% of the country's GNP, is struggling to agree the terms of a new programme with the IMF and has turned to regional banks.
Brazzaville has been buzzing with speculation over which minister's bank account was robbed of €400,000.
The Turkish yard is at an advanced stage in talks with the government on a contract to supply a 100 m long logistics vessel to the navy. A major opportunity for the Turkish defence industry which is determined to win greater market share in West Africa.
It is a mining expert and not a politician that will run Burkina Faso's mines and mining geology bureau, Bumigeb, which handles geological surveys of the country.
For the past two years, France has been pushing for greater engagement from its fellow European Union members in the Sahel region but could see these efforts scuppered by transitional president Bah N'Daw's forced resignation on 25 May.
Like his predecessor, Mihretab Mulugeta is finding it extremely difficult to present his credentials to the Eritrean head of state.
Canadian company Montero Mining & Exploration has brought in SRK Consulting's Neal Rigby to assist it in its arbitration case against the Tanzanian state before ICSID.
Breaking news published on 01/06/21, 12:20 p.m. - In Kigali on May 27 and 28, Emmanuel Macron announced the imminent appointment of a French ambassador to Rwanda, after going for six years without one. Emmanuel Macron has revealed his choice to the Rwandan president, and is waiting for his green light.
After numerous delays, the Angolan government now seems keener to move forward on plans to build the plant.
A year before the scheduled launch of the Angosat-2 satellite, the Argentine space agency is offering to work closely with its Angolan counterpart, against a backdrop of investments.
The former interior minister is not giving up the ghost. Having lost his February bid to become prime minister, Fathi Bachagha has thrown his hat into the presidential ring. His election campaign has started with a tour of European capitals.
Maroc Fruit Board, the largest group of Moroccan agricultural exporters, has signed a partnership with start-up Kourtim, base in Agadir, to develop a real time shipment tracker.
