Early this month Syria established an air bridge with Sudan to evacuate several thousand of its nationals from the conflict there. Syrian company Cham Wings Airlines and several figures from the Syrian business world are involved in the operation.
The deputy secretary general of the president's office, Mahamat Borgou Hassan, has thus invited Cetri's CEO, the Lebanese Georges Tehini to N'Djamena on 17 May to discuss a turnkey photovoltaic power plant project.
France's PNF financial prosecutor's office and the Guinean judiciary have been in regular contact in recent months. Their exchanges have focused on tracking down assets allegedly misappropriated under former president Alpha Condé.
Eutelsat has made Globacom its first choice for the distribution of its high-speed internet service in Nigeria. Globacom, which already has links with the French Internet access provider, belongs to Nigerian businessman Mike Adenuga.
The Rwandan company Aldira, led by Jean de Dieu Mutunzi, is poised to sign a contract with the Guinean state to build the country's first gold refinery.
General Papa Souleymane Sarr, the Senegalese Air Force chief of staff, is currently making a week-long visit to China at the invitation of the People's Liberation Army to meet his Chinese opposite numbers.
Red tape and higher taxes have prompted several tea traders to threaten to relocate from Mombasa to Dar es Salaam. While the Kenyan authorities are working hard to avoid this scenario, the Tanzanians have been quick to flaunt their strengths by approaching the most influential traders in the region.
In his explosive tell-all, the former CEO of the national electricity utility claims there was widespread corruption at the public entity he led for three years and takes a swipe at Pretoria's relations with Moscow.
The Egyptian state-owned construction giant will not give up on the mega-contract, despite having lost out to Orascom and Bouygues. Mediation talks are planned over the next few weeks and the national transport agency may well change the outcome of the bid in its favour.
Italian foreign ministry-backed conflict community mediation organisation Ara Pacis, which is under pressure in Fezzan, has been accused of misusing funds and has had to suspend a migrant reception project.