As a result of Gaspar Martins' difficulty in building a new terminal for Sonangol, the Swiss trading house Trafigura remains the only firm able to stock imported oil products in large quantities in Angola.
After having fought bitterly over the will of the oligarch, who died in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 19 March 2020, the Fotso clan could be in for more turbulence. One of Victor Fotso's daughters has written to the public prosecutor in Paris, to complain about the circumstances in which he died.
To secure the licence, in the last days of the Trump administration, that allows him to conduct business for one year despite being subject to sanctions, the mining tycoon Dan Gerlter called on a new team of consultants.
The French police financial brigade, which is investigating Areva's loss-making sale of five million tonnes of Nigerien uranium in 2011, is looking to see if two companies involved in the sale are linked to Niger's political leadership.
The French electric utility company EDF has solicited the European Investment Bank (EIB) for $60m to help develop its off-grid projects in Africa.
The Turkish firm's clinching of a $70m contract to supply 118 armoured vehicles left its US and South African competitors for dust and, after its recent success in Uganda, marks its continued expansion in East Africa.
Natalie Brown, the new American ambassador in Kampala, did not mince her words when she issued a statement criticising the organisation of the elections that returned Yoweri Museveni to power yet again.
Along with the launch of a vehicle aimed at raising $300m to invest in African gold, businessman Rob Hersov, heir to the founding family of mining giant AngloVaal, is also pouring money into politics ahead of municipal elections in August.
With the help of its local agent Jalel Bouabcha, the Austrian manufacturer Schiebel wants become a go-to supplier to the Tunisian military after signing a first contract in 2016.
A public housing agency has awarded a billion euros of contracts to three Turkish firms over the course of a single month. Ankara suspects one of them, Atlas Génie Civil, of belonging to a key supporter of Fethullah Gulen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan's bete noire.
On 8 December, the Turkish drilling company Drillon won a 8.4m-dirham (€770,000) tender from the national hydrocarbons and mines office (ONHYM) to explore for potash in Boufakrane.
The UAE gas firm Dana Gas has ambitious plans for the Egyptian block 6, North El Arish concession, and has gushed about the asset, proudly boasting that it contains 30 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of estimated gas reserves.
