The WTO will publish its shortlist for the position of director-general of the organisation next week. The two African candidates are pulling out all the stop to win votes.
Deloitte, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Squire Patton Boggs - with three months to go before the EU introduces its new conflict minerals regulation, consultants and lawyers are jostling for position to help industry actors comply with the new due diligence requirements.
After several false starts, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has summoned the region's leaders to a virtual summit on 7 October.
Sentenced to 20 years prison for money laundering, corruption and embezzlement of public funds under the president's 100-day programme, Lebanese businessman Samih Jammal is working the media to pressure Kinshasa.
With Kinshasa and Cairo showering each other with gestures of friendship since the beginning of the year, the Congolese president is to meet Field Marshal Sisi with a view to boosting economic cooperation between the two countries.
Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi's clan simply didn't respond to summons sent by a District of Columbia court as part of its dispute with South Africa's Dig Oil.
Fadi Wazni's Guinean mining logistics group United Mining Supply (UMS) is continuing to look for a site for an alumina refinery in Guinea but has entered a bid to buy one ready-made in France, as it looks to meet ever increasing demand from its Chinese clients.
The Senegalese Navy will be receiving a delegation from Turkish defence equipment manufacturer Havelsan this week.
The project to build a power line between Uganda and the DRC, put on ice in 2014, has now resurfaced as it could work to both countries' interests.
A team from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrived in Mombasa at the end of September to open an investigation into the property contract made between Suleiman Shahbal and Ali Hassan Joho, the current governor of the county, in mid-August.
Portugal would like to somehow get involved in military operations in Cabo Delgado, as would France, which wants to defend Total's interests there. But President Filipe Nyusi is refusing any such foreign state participation and is exclusively relying on the Dyck Advisory Group
The leaking of nearly 2,000 suspicious activity reports that were sent from international banks to FinCen, the US Treasury's financial intelligence unit, has put African intelligence services in a delicate position since a large number concern transactions in Africa.
The head of the oil colossus Sonatrach has consolidated his teams with people his trusts, hoping he can hold on to his seat a little while longer.
During US Secretary of State Mark Esper's visit to Algiers on 1 October discussions will focus on the situation in Libya, where Washington wants to prevent Moscow from establishing military bases.