The Seychelles government is deeply worried by the sharp fall in the number of tourists from France, and so sent a delegation to Paris on 21 May to try and give tour operators and airlines a boost.
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Madagascan Prime Minister Omer Beriziky this week sent three people to Paris, including his special advisor and confidant, Colonel Randriantanany [...]
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When African executives or diplomats contact the French administration from now on, they will have a high probability that their [...]
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A group of Lebanese businessmen recently visiting Antananarivo is lobbying for Andry Rajoelina to be invited on an official visit to Beirut.
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The Ethiopian army does not want to prolong its stay in Somalia for more than need be. Its officers are therefore pushing Mogadishu and Nairobi to march on Kismayo. So far with little success``.
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Acting on orders from Meles Zenawi, security measures at Bole International Airport have been beefed up.
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Abdel-Aziz Al-Hilu, the military commander of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), the armed opposition to the Khartoum regime, has the full backing of the Ugandan authorities.
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The extensive presence of officials from Djibouti at the inauguration in Hargeisa of Ahmed Osman Guelleh’s factory illustrates the power of the Djibouti First Lady.
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Several advisors to President Ikililou Dhoinine are pushing him to sack the chief of the AND general staff, Colonel Abdallah Gamil, whom they accuse of all ills.
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The Pasha Casino in Djibouti's Hotel Kempinski is to open for business again, after it had been closed for a [...]
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The still rivalry between the Saudi Al Sharif Group and the Sudanese Petrolines to rescue Ma-Mwe has no immediate effect on the islands’ serious energy crisis.
Oil is really becoming to be the main business activity of N’Naite Joaquim Chissano, the Mozambican former President’s son.
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The former owner of various household brands of pork products (Cochonou, Aoste and Justin Bridou), Michel Reybier has now gone into growing grapes and luxury hotels. He now has a foothold on Praslin.
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After being involved in the early days of coal exploration by Riversdale Mining in the Tete region, two Australians are now active in Niassa Province.
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The partners involved in building a hydro-electric dam on the Zambezi River have just constituted their company - a mere four years after first winning the contract.
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Along with building a sugar refinery near Mombasa, Kisco and Omnicane will build a power station fired on bagasse.
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El Al suspended flights to Kenya in 2002 after an attack on an aircraft belonging to another Israeli company. Kenya Airways wants to reinstate this route next year.
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The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, has just appointed an Italian diplomat, [...]
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A group of Meru MPs from Mount Kenya East that supports the candidacy of Prime Minister Raila Odinga (a Luo) [...]
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The Ethiopian athlete, Haile Gebre Sellasie, who has won several Olympic gold medals in long distance running, risks being sent [...]
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The President of the High Authority for the Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina known as TGV, has got back his director [...]
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The managing director and CEO of the Global Board of Trade (GBOT), the first multi-asset exchange in Mauritius, Joseph Hadrian [...]
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A former executive of the Groupement des Entreprises Franches et Partenaires (G.E.F.P) in Madagascar, the Mauritian John Hargreaves, 61, has [...]
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The businessman Guirreh Omar Guelleh, the youngest brother of President [...]
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Kambarage Kaunda, 48, the youngest son of the Zambian former [...]
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A billionaire of Kazakh descent headed the delegation of businessmen [...]
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Even though he had sent a message congratulating his French [...]
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A big first since the start of the political crisis [...]
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After the recent troubles in Gondar and at Bahr Dar [...]
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The former director general of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), [...]
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The New Zealander Gareth Alexander Pert is the manager of [...]
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The International Finance Corp (IFC, part of the World Bank) [...]
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All is at odds between the Canadian mining company Dynatec [...]
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One of the largest insurance companies in Kenya, APA Insurance, [...]
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The Kenyan public relations guru Gina Din Kariuki is going [...]
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Whereas the American donor Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) has had [...]
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A new micro-credit structure has been born in Maputo, with [...]
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The Australian mining company Hemisphere Resources (HEM) is wagering heavily [...]
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