The Grande Loge du Gabon, the powerful Masonic lodge headed until recently by the now deposed president Ali Bongo, has found a new Grand Master in the person of Jacques Denis Tsanga.
Five months after the arrival of its new managing director, the Gecamines subsidiary has still not revived its partnership with trading giant Trafigura, nor has it signed an ore processing agreement with Buenassa, contrary to some reports.
An increasingly paranoid Nigerian junta has appointed the little-known cybersecurity expert as head of the external intelligence service. In his new role, he will have to contend with jihadist threats and possible foreign attempts to destabilise the regime.
Emirati oil giant ADNOC has tasked BSC International, which is run by Saïd Sanogo, with boosting its sales of refined products in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast.
Since becoming governor of one of Salva Kiir's electoral strongholds in 2021, Rin Tueny Mabor has made steps towards stabilising the region. Though criticised for a lack of transparency in his methods, his results could prove useful to the president when running for re-election next year.
Canada's Cowater International will be helping the EU roll out its "Green Pact" in Somalia.
Madagascar is sitting on around 4,500 tonnes of unsold vanilla pods, but there are few buyers despite falling prices. Importers are betting on this downward trend continuing and waiting for the result of the upcoming election.
President João Lourenço is nurturing hopes of beating Botswana to the African Union presidency in 2025 and is already lobbying behind the scenes.
With AFRICOM commander Michael Langley acting as go-between, the US is trying to convince Khalifa Haftar to allow Turkish soldiers to remain in the Tripoli region, as well as pushing for the expulsion of Wagner from Cyrenaica and Fezzan.
