The restructuring of Nigeria's oil institutions, currently in progress, has led to the return of a number of leading figures from the Goodluck Jonathan era. Among them is retired NNPC executive Gbenga Komolafe, who was at his post when Diezani Alison-Madueke was petroleum resources minister.
In less than five years, the Turkish company has set up floating thermal power plants in a dozen African countries. The firm is now in advanced negotiations with South Africa to make up for the shortcomings of the state-owned electricity company Eskom.
Under unprecedented fire from both Felix Tshisekedi and his allies, Chinese operators continue to arrive en masse in DRC's mines.
Having snapped up the rights to the next World Cup for all of Francophone Africa, the internet and satellite channel has also made a bid for the broadcasting rights to Euro 2024 and the English Premier League, moves that are upsetting the industry's big players.
Special forces chief of staff Brig Gen Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ould Beyda has made a number of trips abroad in recent weeks to buy new equipment for his elite troops.
Alpha Exploration, which is probing Eritrea's subsoil, has formally begun the procedure for a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, which Nevsun Resources left in 2018 in the midst of a trial related to accusations of forced labour at its Eritrean mine.
Against the backdrop of tensions between the Afar and Somali populations on both sides of Djibouti's border with Ethiopia, President Ismail Omar Guelleh has overhauled his military high command.
Ready to do anything to stem William Ruto's breakthrough in the key Mount Kenya voting bloc, Raila Odinga has thrown his support behind another politician, current health minister Mutahi Kagwe.
Frontier Services Group (FSG), the Hong Kong security firm founded by American businessman Erik Prince, decided at the end of September to buy fellow Hong Kong company DeWe Security.
Sustainable energy agency Masen has refused to extend its call for candidates for the Noor PV II project to build solar farms totalling 400 MW. Only nine candidates, including three foreign majors, have come forward.
As Khalifa Haftar faces legal action in the US for alleged war crimes, his two sons, Okba Haftar and Almontaser Haftar, have chosen to escape the spotlight by delegating the running of their Virginia-based companies to a business agent.
Since Algeria banned their overflights on 2 October, military aircraft participating in France's Operation Barkhane in the Sahel have had to change their routes.