When the Kenyan president travels to London on 28 and 29 July for a major global gathering he'll have an opportunity for some down-to-earth talks with Boris Johnson, in the hope of getting his upcoming Covid-19 vaccines paid for.
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The French major is preparing to shake up its corporate hierarchy by appointing an African to the post of Africa director of its exploration and production branch for the first time.
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The Congolese president recently set up a new task force to tackle "political, economic and social" issues in Brazzaville. Headed by the former minister of the economy, it may however find itself in conflict with the team of the new finance minister.
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Politics As Glencore prepares to reopen the Mutanda copper and cobalt mine, there are major tensions at its neighbouring Shabara mine, where NGOs are defending local diggers who are up against competition from informal Lebanese and Chinese operators.
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Mining Targeted by the US State Department over his controversial role in the 2018 electoral process in the DRC, the head of the country's electoral commission has initiated legal action in the States to secure the lifting of sanctions against him.
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Owned by the Ivorian state but managed by Accor, the former Hôtel Ivoire has allowed the communal areas of its more prestigious floors to fall into disrepair, much to fury of the president's office, which has now forced the parastatal which owns the property to take urgent measures.
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Re-elected in April for a fifth five-year term, Djibouti's president has reshuffled a third of his ambassadors. In so doing, he has been careful not to upset the delicate balances he's cultivated to ensure his tiny country punches above its weight.
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Diplomacy The South African armoured vehicle manufacturer OTT Technologies recently won a contract in Somalia after clinching similar deals in Burkina Faso and Mali. It has been going head to head with Osprea Logistics for peacekeeping contracts and deals involving donations by third-party states to struggling African armies.
The Bretton Woods institution is mulling an ambitious project to interconnect the Ugandan and Tanzanian electricity grids. The infrastructure is expected to especially benefit Tanzania, whose location makes it a key link in the exchange of electricity.
The former Iraqi general has now turned to the oil industry and is eyeing markets in Angola, the DRC and Cameroon with the help of a local consultancy.
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Energy The Brazilian ambassador to Namibia, who had been in his post for two and a half years, was recently recalled to Brasilia. Promoted by presidential decree, he is expected to become part of the foreign minister's entourage as the minister seeks to renew the country's African strategy.
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Diplomacy The new asset management firm Grammont Management is counting on Aeschbacher to develop its business in a difficult climate for the Mauritian offshore sector.
The director general of the National Airports Office, Habiba Laklalech, has launched a financial and accounting audit of the capital's airport extension project. Financed by the African Development Bank, the project is several years behind schedule.
A Congolese delegation headed by Prime Minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge will be visiting Cairo from 27 to 30 July to discuss the Kitoko new town project in which the Egyptian businessman Hesham Sheta is very involved.
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