On 9 February South Africa's president announced the creation of a ministry of electricity to coordinate the fight against the energy crisis that leaves the country without power for hours on end every day. A favourite has emerged to fill the high-risk position.
At the recent session of the AU Peace and Security Council, the DRC president adopted an aggressive stance as he urged his peers to unreservedly condemn Rwanda's interference in the east of his country and its support for the M23 rebel group, but his tone and language were not universally welcomed.
Equatorial Guinea's vice president is keen to demonstrate that he is now in control of the oil sector while at the same time undermining his half brother Gabriel Obiang Lima, who was until January the oil minister.
Local cocoa exporters are experiencing significant supply issues and may not manage to honour the contracts that expire when the main 2022-2023 harvest ends this month. Citing lack of action from the cocoa regulatory board, they are asking the president to step in.
The operating permit for the uranium mine is at the heart of the French nuclear giant's talks with the Niger government. The Bazoum administration considers the permit to be null and void and wants to negotiate a new comprehensive partnership.
Construction work by Chinese state-owned firms on a bridge that was one of the major projects of the late president is running increasingly behind schedule following thefts and acts of vandalism. Its inauguration may be delayed by a full year.
The dredging of a White Nile tributary in South Sudan is about to get underway, having been delayed amid concerns over the environmental impact.
The World Bank has granted additional financing of $117m for the Kenya Primary Education Equity in Learning Program (KPEELP), which is currently being implemented by the Kenya education ministry.
A confidential United Nations report has recommended against funding the upcoming ballot in Madagascar for fear of compromising its reputation and credibility.
Moroccan engineer Mohamed Adil Rtabi, owner of Jet Contractors, continues to actively pursue contracts to build hospitals in Morocco.
SEGOR on 2 February bagged a €7.6m concession to operate pumping stations in the Tunisian towns of Sfax, Gabès and Médenine. That came just months after it signed up for the management of part of the infrastructure of the ONAS national sanitation office in a deal last June worth €26m.
