Russian private hire platform operator Yango has been increasingly investing in Africa in recent months, particularly in Angola. This follows its fall from favour in Europe as a result of Moscow's war on Ukraine and controversy over Russia's handling of its customers' data.
The provisional transfer of the headquarters of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) from Libreville to Malabo, which was decided following the 30 August coup in Gabon, should take place in November.
At the Chadian authorities' request, a delegation from the French government defence procurement agency, the DGA, will travel to N'Djamena in early November.
Having just opened advance sales for the 2024-2025 harvest, the Conseil Café Cacao is now facing a refusal from the major traders to match the prices set by Abidjan.
Neither the minister of state for petroleum resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, nor his counterpart for gas, Ekperikpe Ekpo, actually travelled to South Africa for Africa Energy Week.
Mauritania's military engineering corps has just been awarded a vast contract for the construction of social housing. Valued at $177m, it is the largest public contract ever awarded since President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani came to power in 2019.
William Ruto's government is gathering feedback from experts on its carbon credit market regulations. Some experts have taken issue with a first draft of the rules drawn up by the environment ministry because of the way it divvies up roles between various public entities.
Family Bank, which is moving beyond Kenya for the first time, has finalised the schedule and order of countries for its regional expansion.
The Parisian agency Com'Publics intends to make the most of 2025's AFCON and its expertise in public-private partnerships to get back into business in Morocco.
The severely damaged relationship between Morocco and Algeria is preventing the region from reaching consensus over who will serve as AU chair next year.
