Sudan's top lenders are due in the French capital on 17 May to decide whether to relieve Khartoum's debt.
The oil services firm TechnipFMC is keen to snap up several contracts in Angola and Nigeria.
The London-based consultancy Adam Smith International (ASI) has opened an office in the DRC.
The Ivorian presidency is keen to spread the country's wings as a cocoa trader in its own right. But China has been quick to clip them.
Officials have informed the president's office that protests following the arrest of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko in March were amplified by an armada of 9,000 Twitter accounts in what was probably a coordinated assault.
France's defence staff has picked a successor to General Marc [...]
Total is walking on eggshells with the Mozambican authorities, wanting to both draw lessons from the close of its LNG facility build and stand firm on the terms of its return.
The body promoting French companies overseas Business France is hoping to land contracts for frontier tech firms with South African miners who have yet to use much advanced technology in the operations. But it will have to tread carefully.
Yellowcake prices are anticipated to take off within the next twelve months or so. In preparation, and to win over the financial markets, the Australian junior is taking a detour via rare earth minerals.
China's defence giant has begun talks with Angolan military authorities and the state-owned arms company Simportex. Its aim is to produce 8x8 armoured vehicles under local licence.
Andry Rajoelina's prime minister, who has been thinking of resigning for several months, is considering becoming a diplomat in Washington or at UN headquarters in New York.
Moroccan events guru Myriam Abikzer's agency Avant-Scène will be orchestrating the World Tourism Organization's annual meeting in November in Marrakech and is tipped to also oversee the World Bank and the IMF's get-together in 2022.
The Tunisian Air Force urgently needs new fighter jets and is in talks to purchase several F-18 Hornets that Kuwait will withdraw from service. The US is keen to back the deal as it would prevent it from having to further extend its military aid to Tunisia.
The new undersecretary for oil and gas, appointed by Abdelhamid Dabaiba as the National Oil Corporation struggles with cash flow, is close to the Haftar family as well as a board member of the oil firm's London branch.