The Niger junta has set up a propaganda machine to rally support among the population in the face of hostility from the West and the regional ECOWAS bloc. To achieve this, it forged alliances with figures hostile to France and the regional organisation.
Despite officially denying that it is carrying out an audit, Gabon's Ministry of Hydrocarbons has asked the oil companies operating there to provide a list of all payments made to the state from 2020 to 2023.
The transition government just appointed three diplomats to staff Guinea's first embassy in Rwanda. President Mamady Doumbouya is accelerating the rapprochement his predecessor started.
An opponent of Mahamadou Issoufou and then Mohamed Bazoum, Hama Amadou intends to take advantage of the 26 July coup to return to Niger.
Roba Megersa has not been idle since he was dismissed in March as head of state-owned Ethiopian Shipping Lines in the wave of liberalisation reforms that have swept through the industry. At the helm of another transport company, the former CEO is eyeing up the logistics sector.
Australian conglomerate Fortescue Metals Group is expected to make its final investment decision (FID) by the end of the year for the construction of a fertiliser and ammonia factory.
To support its troops battling insurgents in Cabo Delgado, the Mozambican military is looking for attack drones. After rejecting Turkish UAVs because of supply delays, it is now looking at Chinese suppliers. France's I-SEE Group may also throw its hat into the ring.
The launch of a new state-owned oil company merging three subsidiaries of Central Energy Fund is still a long way off.
President Sissi has reshuffled the board of Egypt's sovereign fund as the country presses ahead with its privatisation push. In the backdrop of major Egyptian state-owned companies preparing for a takeover, Cairo is strengthening ties with Abu Dhabi.
The business daily La Tribune, now owned by CMA CGM, intends to grow its events operations on the African continent - even if it means going head-to-head with Jeune Afrique.
Jbel Lahdid wind park in Morocco's Essaouira, expected to produce 270MW, will soon be in service. The German-Spanish company Siemens Gamesa is building the wind turbines.
