Adalberto Costa Junior, the chairman of Angola's leading opposition party, has been an increasingly frequent visitor to Western capitals of late and has also been looking to extend his influence in Africa with the help of a small group of loyalists.
Tullow Oil boss Rahul Dhir has appointed Roald Goethe to his board to take advantage of the huge network of African contacts that he built up at Trafigura.
Alert published on 08/03 at 6pm - British PM Rishi Sunak is busy planning a UK-Africa summit, which will be announced in the coming days.
This summer the Brazilian president is likely to visit South Africa, Nigeria and Sao Tomé and Congo, where Sassou Nguesso is keen to have him participate in his forest summit.
The president of Gabon Ali Bongo is to host a meeting on the reform of the UN Security Council from 30 to 31 March in Libreville.
A United Nations Security Council delegation should arrive in Kinshasa on 9 March to enquire about the political and security situation in the country.
The president of Mauritania and current chair of the G5 Sahel has made a priority of reintegrating Mali into the alliance. To achieve this, he has mobilised a loyal team of diplomats, military officers and religious leaders.
On 1 March, the governments of Tanzania and Burundi launched a call for expressions of interest to select a provider to design a rail link between the two countries.
The coalition of Darfuri mercenaries in Libya is visiting Niamey again this week.
The Emirati company is being supported on its Libyan operations by the US consultancy's boss Joseph Fleming, who formerly worked as a lobbyist for eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar.
Iraqi poet Chawki Abdelamir and Tunisian philosopher Rachida Triki are vying to run the Arab cultural institution in Paris. The imminent appointment of a new president should help speed up the decision process that has been unfolding behind closed doors.
The winner of an Egyptian government call for tenders to supply 240,000 tonnes of wheat is a previously unknown Dubai cereals trader with ties to Trading House RIF, the biggest exporter of Russian wheat.