The Chinese defence giant Norinco is preparing to deliver new heavy equipment to the Nigerian Army, adding to the avalanche of Chinese military equipment paid for by special funds and sent to Nigeria over the past few years.
ECOWAS mission, UN intervention and AU action - the international community is concerned to see a key country in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel at a political impasse and has stepped up its action.
France's Thales group, which went into partnership with Congolese firm Perfect to bid for the contract to supply a new navigation system forMbuji-Mayi Airport, lost the contract to Canada's Aeronav Inc.
Billionaire businessman Kase Lawal, who was at the heart of the major scandal caused by the collapse of oil junior Erin Energy in 2018, is now concentrating on his financial activities in the United States, where he is using his Unity National bank to extend his political influence.
Guinean members of parliament are due in the next few days to ratify the mining convention which will open the way to development of the Simandou iron ore project by Société Minière de Boké.
Jean-Claude Kabongo, the Congolese regime's business emissary, is putting to fresh use the impressive contact network he built up when he was himself in business in the oil and security equipment supply sectors.
The Ivorian entrepreneur happily installed in Djibouti with his airline and services firms now has his sights on a ministerial portfolio.
Australian mining junior Sipa Resources had planned to bring new investors into its Kitgum Pader nickel and copper project in Uganda as quickly as possible following Rio Tinto's withdrawal. Its plans have been delayed, however, by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rabat wants to get its hands on the Haut Commissariat au Plan, jeopardising the independence of the national statistics bureau. The move could prove useful to the RNI party in the runup to next year's parliamentary elections.
The Paris-based, state-owned Tunisian bank is overhauling its management structure and its anti-fraud procedures in an attempt to meet the concerns of France's prudential control authority but still needs to find €19m to comply with legal capital adequacy ratios.
Libya Desk, a small political risk analysis firm founded in 2019 by Mohamed Omar Dorda and Oliver Crowley, is quietly expanding its activities.
