When the late Muammar Gaddafi's former chief of staff and then his son travelled to Sebha earlier this month, their visits were carefully organised by Saddam Haftar in an operation that hinted at an electoral pact.
Russian phosphate fertiliser producer PhosAgro plans to increase its sales and storage space in southern and eastern Africa but is slowing expansion in the west, as record price hikes hamper trade.
Already in trouble with the Congolese authorities, Tenke Fungurume Mining is now facing a hearing involving one of the subcontractors at its copper mine, which is seeking the enforcement of a British arbitration ruling on unpaid invoices.
The Cameroonian consultant Lazare Atou, who has been managing the real estate of various former state-owned companies for several years, has found himself caught in the crossfire between two rival clans within the regime.
In the race to run Cameroon's football federation, two favourites, Samuel Eto'o and Seidou Mbombo Njoya, are doing everything they can to get into Paul Biya's good graces. But the election may once again get lost in the legal cloud hanging over Fecafoot since 2013.
The Congolese president, fed up with travelling on expensive privately hired planes, has recovered the state-owned Gulfstream that had been grounded in Spain for six years due to unpaid repair bills.
These products, widely used in the timber, mining and oil industries, sell for a much larger profit margin than petroleum products.
The Nigerian army has been looking to broker Simon Naoum to purchase munitions for its combat against Boko Haram and armed militia groups in north-western Nigeria. However, this business relationship goes against President Buhari's order to exclude third parties from weapons deals.
Fighting between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian army around one of the two main roads linking the small port country to its Ethiopian neighbour is posing a direct threat to cross-border trade, which is a vital part of the Djibouti economy.
The president of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry is actively campaigning on behalf of Uhuru Kenyatta, but he is also - much more discreetly - partnering his sister Nyokabi Kenyatta on a number of government contracts.
During his first visit to Paris as president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi made a beeline for UNESCO, where he is lobbying for a seat on its executive board, and also for French businesses, whose presence in Botswana has been historically weak.
Africa' s oldest geopolitical dispute will be at the centre of discussions between the African Union and the Moroccan government during Bankole Adeoye's visit this week.