The Central African president's office is working out the details of an unprecedented agreement with the American security consultancy firm Bancroft Global Development. It's backed by Washington, with the aim of weakening the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.
After Congolese authorities blocked the project for over a year, the Australian firm has now given itself until the end of 2023 to decide whether or not to give up on the Grand Inga project.
The new boss of Canadian junior Africa Oil, Roger Tucker, has appointed bankers to dispose of a significant share of the company's Equatorial Guinean offshore assets.
A number of mining companies have been notified that their mining rights have been restored. They were withdrawn by mines minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi in July because of alleged social and environmental misdemeanours.
The French reconditioned defence equipment specialist plans to send a team to Abidjan in early October to try to regain market share in Ivory Coast. The armoured vehicles market, where it faces competition from China's Norinco and Turkey's Otokar, is its main target
A year into office, the Kenyan president is tightening his grip on PR, especially with regard what is broadcast on TV. He sees such positive spin as important at a time when citizens are become ever more frustrated by rampant inflation.
After a landslide victory for the presidential coalition in the legislative elections, the Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès (People's Rally for Progress) is already gearing up for 2026.
The president's 19 September decision to transfer 17 major government assets, including shares in Kuvimba, Defold and Hwange Colliery, to the Mutapa sovereign wealth fund has sparked general outcry in Harare. Moreover, the fund can now make foreign transactions without prior approval.
Egypt's presidential election has been brought forward to December, effectively limiting the number of candidates and hopes of the vote opening up as the economic crisis weakens President Sisi.
ALGERIA | Algerian bottling company Ifri dabbles in cosmetics.