Linked to preferential treatment scandals at the health ministry, Reacting remains on good terms with Khalid Aït Taleb. It recently landed a new public contract to distribute medicines for the ministry in Berrechid and Casablanca.
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Congolaise de Raffinage (CORAF) is to be restructured. The State has called in a Cameroonian audit firm to help it carry out the titanic task.
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Energy Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, leading political figures and entrepreneurs are finding that food donations are good for their image.
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Mining colleges in Paris, Nancy and Alès are soon to establish an academic chair funded by three French mining giants. Initial research will examine the impact bauxite mining in Boké has on the environment and local populations.
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Mining Korea Aerospace Industries' delivery of two light attack aircraft to the Senegalese Air Force in April marked Seoul's first ever export of planes to the African continent. This contracts opens the way for stronger military cooperation between Senegal and South Korea.
The Portuguese construction giant Mota-Engil-French engineering firm Egis consortium has secured backing from African Infrastructure Investment Managers to bolster its bid for a contract to upgrade the highway between Accra and the port of Tema.
The Ethiopian prime minister is leaving nothing to chance as he plots his path to victory in the general election, which should take place at some point later this year. He is relying in particular on allies with a sound technical grasp of Ethiopia's electoral system and its political landscape.
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Politics Australia's Consolidated Africa, after nearly two years of seeking a buyer for its Orom graphite venture, has finally clinched the deal, taking out a 25% stake in the buyer as part of the agreement.
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The African Union may have appointed him to tackle the coronavirus pandemic across the continent, but Strive Masiyiwa does not enjoy the same level of confidence from authorities in his native Zimbabwe. The country's central bank has clipped the wings of EcoCash, Masiyiwa's mobile money business, which plays a key role in the country's economy.
Even though Madagascar's economic recovery plan was finalised on 7 May, the government is dragging its heels to announce it. Why the delay? President Andry Rajoelina has gathered less than half of the funds needed.
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Since 13 April, the Algerian-Emirati SAFMMA joint venture that manufactures Daimler engines under licence for both the military and civilian market has been under the stewardship of Colonel Ghani Badaoui.
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Business Although Sonatrach had exercised its right of pre-emption over the Algerian assets of Anadarko - acquired by Oxy and for which Total had made an offer - the boss of the state-owned oil company has had to face up to reality: his company's ambitions outstrip its means.
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Energy The Covid-19 crisis has done nothing to dampen Mohamed Bouzoubaa's real estate ambitions. On 6 March, the head of construction giant TGCC set up a property development company called BFO Office.
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