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The New Guard
Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Congo

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Uganda Proscovia Nabbanja, the prominent national oil company boss.

Angola Manuel Gomes da Conceicao Homem, governor of Lourenço's Luanda aspirations.

Zimbabwe Chief Koti, Harare's tourism strategist.

Congo Michrist Kaba-Mboko, Congolese youth's new champion.

Cameroon
French publisher Michel Lafon caught up in legal whirlwind

The French publishing house has been accused of plagiarism by a Cameroonian author, who claims it used his method for learning to read in its school books. The publisher currently faces three simultaneous legal proceedings.

DRC, European Union
EU hard at work on its Great Lakes strategy in midst of Kinshasa/Kigali crisis

Africa: The EU's External Action Service, headed by Josep Borrell, is working on its Great Lakes strategy. These efforts come at a time of growing tension between Rwanda and the DRC.

Mali
Assimi Goita tries to resist pressure to appoint a new prime minister

The long absence of Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga, who has been forced to rest on health grounds, is causing unrest in Bamako. It is preventing a government reshuffle from taking place, just as the junta leader faces calls for the installation of a government of national unity.

Ghana
French firm Ocea inches ever closer to clinching patrol boats deal with Accra

The consultations launched by the Ghana Navy for the acquisition of several patrol boats could shortly reach a conclusion, with French shipyard Ocea a likely winner.

Sudan
Burhan taps back into Sudanese political dialogue

Though officially no longer part of the talks, the army has been commenting on and proposing changes to the Sudan Bar Association draft constitution, a text most stakeholders support. However, some of the junta's allies remain staunchly opposed to the new text.

Namibia
Namphos tries again to win approval for marine phosphate mining project

After several years of legal wrangling, the Omani-Namibian company is trying again to obtain approval from the Namibian authorities for its unique marine phosphate extraction project, despite opposition from the fishing community and other business interests in Walvis Bay.

Mozambique
Seismic studies and drilling, Poland's Geofizyka and Exalo go full steam ahead on the continent

Poland's Geofizyka Torun is to closely monitor the drilling of a first exploration well on the Mozambican onshore PT5-C block, which South Africa's Sasol and its local partner ENH plan to complete by 2023's first quarter.

Algeria
The state gives Cevital a monopoly over rapeseed production in 2023

The decision indicates that there has been a thaw in the hot and cold relations between the government and the agri-food giant, enabling Cevital to resume construction work at its new Bejaia oilseed crushing plant.

Tunisia
Saied's ex-chief of staff Nadia Akacha poised to discover outcome of cases against her

Kais Saied's former chief of staff is about to find out the implications of several cases filed against her by Atika Chebil, Mouna Kraïem and Kais Kabtani.

Morocco
Canadian Benoît La Salle plans to shake up Morocco mining sector

The Aya Gold & Silver boss plans to invest $140m to quintuple production at his Zgounder silver mine by 2024. He is continuing his exploration campaigns, hoping to make discoveries that will attract other Canadian juniors to Morocco, as he did in Burkina Faso.