Sudan's next major undertaking will be the reform of its financial system. Several international banks are on hand to advise the government in the task.
French president Emmanuel Macron's summit on African finance in Paris gave Total's top executives an opportunity to meet with some of the continent's key leaders, including Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi and Nigerian head of state Muhammadu Buhari.
The English Premier League, Spain's La Liga, and subscription channels beIN Sports and Canal+ all have a bone to pick with Lebanese firm Satcon. Run by the al-Akhras family, the company sells decoders across west and central Africa so viewers can tune into European sports championships.
Didier Tshiyoyo, the man suddenly in sole charge of the Francophone Games, has bypassed normal procurement procedures to get the athletes' village built in a no-bid contract worth $113m, more than the events' entire original budget.
After spending months tackling a political crisis at home and forming a new government, the head of state is now working on rebuilding his international ties. But with the presidential fleet grounded, Félix Tshisekedi has to rely on charter firms to get him around the world.
The British firm Rainbow Rare Earths welcomed a big-hitting advisor onto its board on 17 May in the person of J. Peter Pham.
The debt owed by Brazzaville to the construction firm Commisimpex shot up in the spring.
Oil dispute expert Yas Banifatemi has been picked as the second member of the ICSID tribunal that will hear Nigeria's dispute with Shell over an oil spill in 1970.
Though General Pierre Schill seemed to be the frontrunner to succeed Marc Conruyt at the helm of France's Operation Barkhane in the Sahel, it now looks like the post could go to one of his three-star colleagues.
Total is set to recoup over three billion dollars on the development of the Tilenga project, the Ugandan president having conceded to all of the demands of the French oil major to ensure that production begins before the end of his term in 2026.
Despite their combined efforts, Qatar's ambassadors in Kenya and Somalia have failed to lower tensions between the neighbouring countries, locked in a row over offshore oil reserves that straddle their respective borders.
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy is used to making the headlines in the South African press over its management of the country's electricity supply network. It also plays a crucial role, however, in the functioning of South Africa's tentacular mining sector.
The Confédération nationale du tourisme (CNT), Morocco's tourism operators' association, is intending to bring pressure to bear on the tourism [...]
The Italian firm Safet and its Algerian subsidiary Refit have been given a year, and not a month longer, to renovate the Grand hôtel in Oran.