Having won the tender to upgrade the highway between the capital Accra and the port of Tema earlier this year, the international consortium headed by Mota-Engil has now had its contract terminated without explanation.
The oil minister, driven by lingering resentment of both the founder and employees of Gabon Oil Co's marketing subsidiary, is delaying the placement of its former staff in other subsidiaries of the state firm.
Initially rather a low-key firm, the financial consultancy Cactus Investments, owned by the Congolese entrepreneur Trésor Chovu and headquartered in London, is now seeking to raise its public profile.
The Cameroonian minister of the economy, Alamine Ousmane Mey, has predicted a 2.5 point fall in GDP in 2020.
The country's business and political elite have been eagerly paying visits to the former opponent of the Aziz regime since his return to the capital in the hopes of finding out what he plans to do next.
A pack of companies are crowding for a chance to conduct the series of preliminary studies and development work for Guinea's massive Simandou iron ore project.
The issue of a diplomatic passport to Laurent Gbagbo keeps being delayed, while the Ouattara administration seeks assurances that the former president will not sow political discord upon his return.
A virtual summit on 30 November will bring together the heads of state of the G5 Sahel and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, to discuss the future of the Sahel military force, the Coalition for the Sahel, and the Takuba special forces operation.
With the first round of the presidential election on 7 December just a fortnight away, the party of the incumbent president Nana Akufo-Addo signed up with the American lobbying firm Greystone Global Strategies.
Although relations between France and Rwanda remain dependent on the highly contentious issue of historical responsibility for the genocide, public investment bank Bpifrance is taking an active interest in the new Kigali International Financial Centre being set up by the government of Paul Kagame.
The country is two weeks into the presidential campaign launched on 3 November and there is already unrest in Kampala, giving the city police and its chief, Moses Kafeero, a predominant role to play.
The civilian and military leaders of the Sudanese transition lobbied the UN secretary-general hard to secure the withdrawal of the peacekeeping force in Darfur.
Italy would like to work with the Libyan government to revive contracts run by Italian firms and keep control of border and migration management.
