With just a year to go to the end of his term, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is worrying about the legacy he will leave behind him. Well away from the battles being fought over his succession, the Kenyan president is working to build a legend around himself as the father of African free trade.
During the annual OECD forum on responsible mineral supply chains, held online from 17 to 18 April, several French luxury industry players spoke of their financial aid to NGOs working to promote ethical jewellery.
With the Transitional Military Council (CMT) in the crosshairs since Idriss Déby's death, the Elysée Palace and French foreign ministry have been holding meeting after meeting with the opposition.
Katanga and national authorities appear powerless to halt the cycle of security forces chasing artisanal diggers from sites owned by frustrated mining firms only for the illegal diggers to move on to other sites.
The World Bank is working on a new programme intended to improve access to electricity and drinking water in the DRC, starting with building off-grid networks in the major cities in the centre of the country.
Jean-Claude Ayem Moger, Paul Biya's technical advisor, was just named to two key roles.
Over the next few days in Abidjan, senior officials from the French treasury will pore over France's €1.125bn debt relief package to Ivory Coast to decide on how it is spent over the next four years.
The Addax Petroleum dispute is the perfect illustration of how the NNPC has been able to drive home its dominence over the country's petroleum regulator.
The French president has been trying to get China on board his summit of African economies for months but Beijing has yet to RSVP his invitation. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken should represent Joe Biden at the 18 May event, to which several African heads of state have been hastily invited at the last minute.
By delivering 100 Mamba Mk7 vehicles to the Togolese army in the near future, Osprea Logistics is taking advantage of Lomé's major reinforcement plan. Its competitors, South Africa's Paramount and France's Arquus, are trying to get in on the game.
After helping Morocco's return to the African Union, Mohammed VI's star ambassador Nezha Alaoui M'hammdi will continue to push for recognition of the country's sovereignty over Western Sahara from her new post in Dar es Salaam.
Mozambique has not renewed its contract with the Dyck Advisory Group, which provided air support to the Mozambican police. However, its boss Lionel Dyck is keeping his men on standby in the vast network of Mozambican parks, and also in Beira.
Chrystold Chetty, reappointed as chairman of the Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC) in April, and SRC Commissioner Veronique Herminie are under pressure from the OECD, the European Union and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Sonatrach has forcibly taken back control of the development of the field, on which it is counting heavily for domestic consumption and exports.