The South African leader and Andre de Ruyter, the boss of the public electricity company Eskom Holdings, are juggling two challenges: finding funds to finance the decarbonisation of the economy while keeping the mining unions, a wellspring of potential ANC voters, on board.
To improve their reputation in the eyes of Western investors and partners, Chinese mining companies in Africa teamed up with a leading proponent of responsible mining, the Dutch prince Jaime de Bourbon-Parme, for a conference on ESG.
Active in the military and media fields, the private security firm Wagner has been courting publicity in a way that is jarring with the reserve of Russian diplomats in recent weeks and the messages coming out of official channels in Moscow.
Despite never having paid any attention to the American aspect of the Dig Oil case, the DRC suddenly decided to take an interest by filing an appeal. But the appeal was poorly drafted and immediately rejected.
An Australian court has dismissed the case made by Mauritian firm Kipoi Holdings against Chinese firm Yingkou Yangzhou's proposed takeover of Tiger Resources, the bankrupt operator of the Katanga copper mine Kipoi.
The Equatorial Guinean president's son and vice president Teodoro Obiang Nguema has quietly put up for sale the signature Gulfstream G-V that has he used for nearly 20 years.
The developers of the Dorsale Nord electricity grid project, which involves connecting up Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo and Burkina Faso via an 875 km network, are fearful of potential delays.
After a little over two years in power, Sudan's prime minister was removed after a military coup. He was known for taking the need for consensus to the extreme.
Anti-drone solutions manufacturer Skylock, boosted by the network of its powerful holding company, Avnon Group, has been chosen to protect several administrative complexes in Addis Ababa and to equip the Ethiopian army, who are still fighting in Tigray province.
TotalEnergies' plans to resume its LNG project in the north of the country are up against deep-rooted security issues around the site but also frustrating relations with one of its main service providers, Saipem.
The French employers' association Medef and the Franco-Libyan chamber of commerce are back in Libya and hope to organise an oil summit in Paris in February. But they are likely to have to wait a little longer for any major contracts.
Mohcine Jazouli's duties will go above and beyond the official scope of his ministerial portfolio. Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's close confidant will have the upper hand in relations with foreign investors, especially those from Israel, and will also be in the executive's "control seat".
The African Union's peace and security commissioner, Bankole Adeoye, will travel to Egypt in early November. When he arrives in Cairo, the Nigerian diplomat will meet with the Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry.