The election is just months away and Zambia's $12bn debt, its relations with China and its violent clashes with its historic copper partners weigh heavily on Edgar Lungu's tenure. To preen his image, his teams are busy working on the country's gold resources to generate revenue and jobs.
Lourenço administration methodically pursues his strategy to weaken his Congolese neighbour and hold onto its oil, including Chevron and ExxonMobil blocks.
President Paul Biya is pursuing his plans to get rid of ministers who show themselves too ready to join the race to succeed him. First to go is former defence minister Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo'o.
Having acquired Semafo and merged with Teranga, the gold producer Endeavour Mining, partly owned by the Egyptian magnate Naguib Sawiris, is in the process of selling off three sites in Mali, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.
Senegal's national electricity company is determined not to make the same mistakes that led to financial disaster for the Sendou coal-fired power plant.
The Guinea government has decided to review all existing mining contracts in the country to detect - and flush out - any tax exemption inconsistences. Its previous review cost Beny Steinmetz's company its rights to the Simandou iron ore mine.
Lender states want the group of rich countries to again extend its Debt Service Suspension Initiative. France backs the move, but not everyone is on board.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has for the last month been studying the case for making a fresh €10m contribution to social start-up studio Janngo, which was set up in 2018 by Senegalese businesswoman Fatoumata Bâ.
Mali's transition president Bah N'Daw is due to travel to Brussels on 9 December, his first trip outside Africa since he was sworn in.
The Medef International delegation due to visit Kampala next March will focus on the efforts of Brookside Dairy to expand in East Africa. The milk producer is co-owned by the Kenyatta family and the French behemoth Danone.
South Sudan third vice president Taban Deng Gai, who officially wanted to travel to Europe for medical reasons, has been banned from travelling outside the country by head of state Salva Kiir, according to our information.
Embroiled in a fierce dispute with Angola in the American courts, the Portuguese electricity producer Aenergy recently submitted documentation which it claims proves that Luanda expropriated its turbines for use in power stations run by companies belonging to the state.
French minister of state Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne rallies around French construction companies vying for Bizerte.
La Caisse de dépôt et de gestion remet de l'ordre dans sa branche hôtelière, durement frappée par la baisse de revenus due à l'épidémie de Covid-19. Sa filiale Madaëf a ainsi absorbé la Société hôtelière d'Oued Negro.
