To stay in the Trump administration's good books, the Saudi authorities are trying to have their African debtors recognise Israel, Mauritania being a case in point.
In a letter sent out to the country's top officials, the Congolese minister of mines Willy Kitobo Samsoni expresses his frustration with the number of contracts cancelled or put on ice by copper producers Eurasian Resources Group and Chemaf because of the coronavirus outbreak.
After four years of exile during the Kabila era, the former banker and coordinator of the Filimbi citizen movement Floribert Anzuluni is back in Kinshasa and has set his economic intelligence firm, Nyfalm & Associés.
Elemental Royalties has increased its African portfolio with an acquisition of rights to the Wahgnion gold mine.
The West African Power Pool (WAPP) cooperation working to provide a reliable power grid for the region hopes to soon be making headway on the Dorsale Nord interconnector project.
The Ivorian president has placed three quarters of the FCFA 540bn emergency funds created to fight Covid-19 into the hands of a trio of consultants well-known among the circles of power.
The French major Total wants to maintain its South African offshore exploration programme at all costs but fears that the sanitary situation in the country could cause delays lasting several months.
Senate President Rivo is the only leading politician who still stands up to President Andry Rajoelina. The ruling party has him in its sights.
Angola has already been groaning under the weight of its private debt, for which it needs to raise $1.5bn just to pay for Eurobonds coupons this year alone, and is playing a fine balance with its public debt.
The national operator Maroc Télécom has just sacked Mehdi Housni, chief executive of its specialist subsidiary MT Cash, just as the country's late mobile money roll-out is hampering its response to the coronavirus crisis being led by Mohammed VI.
A new ruling from the Supreme Judicial Council of Tripoli has cleared the way for Fayez Sarraj to conduct an audit of the country's split central bank. He is hoping the UNSMIL-led mission will lead to the ousting of the Central Bank of Libya governor Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir.
