The Algerian president is due to fly to Beijing on 17 July to discuss joint mining and energy projects as well as Algerian membership of the BRICS group.
CAR received a timely FCFA 11bn loan from Saudi Arabia in 2022, the biggest bilateral loan that year. Traditional lenders declined to offer fresh credit because of concerns about the growing influence of the Wagner group.
The army high command is keen to expand its cargo plane fleet so that it can combat the M23 rebels more effectively in eastern DRC. Military equipment brokers are queuing up to do business with Kinshasa, among them the British firm Fortfield International headed by Issah Huseini.
Ruslan Obiang, one of the president's sons, has been referred to the attorney general in connection with the sale of an aircraft belonging to the national airline, Ceiba. The shadow of his half-brother Teodorin Obiang looms large over the affair.
On the hunt for a new aircraft since 2019, the Ivorian government turned to a discreet Swiss company to acquire an Airbus A320neo ACJ.
Bernard Koné Dossongui, an influential figure on the African banking scene, has handed over the banking activities of Atlantic Financial Group to his number two. Meanwhile, the group is finalising its acquisition of BPCI bank from the Ivorian government.
The 7th symposium of Gulf of Guinea navy commanders is scheduled to take place in Lomé on 18 and 19 October.
Arab tribal leaders have declared their allegiance to the RSF, which could signal an escalation of fighting in this small state in western Sudan that has been the hardest hit by intercommunal violence since the early 2000s.
While President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is slated to travel to Nairobi for the AU mid-year summit, Egypt and Kenya are making progress on a trade treaty on tea that has been in the pipeline for months.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi's administration is soon to receive $3.5m from the World Bank for green consultancy services.
The Luxembourg appeal court has ordered HSBC to transfer the Libyan assets it is holding to the non-profit trust owned by Prince Laurent of Belgium. Other Luxembourg banks could also be targeted.
The French company has recently acquired a dry mortar factory in Egypt and is continuing to invest in the country despite the economic challenges.
