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Spotlight | Morocco
Macron gears up for potential Rabat visit

Now that dialogue between the two countries has been discreetly reestablished, plans for the French president's long-awaited visit to Morocco are taking shape.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.01.2024

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI in Tangier in 2018.

Ethiopia, Somalia
After bombshell MOU, Addis Ababa and Hargeisa get ball rolling on customs cooperation

As landlocked Ethiopia strives to reduce its dependence on Djibouti, its proposal to recognise Somaliland as an independent nation paves the way for forging bilateral trade relations. But many obstacles lie ahead.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 15.01.2024

Africa
Health in Africa on agenda of Belgian EU Council

With Belgium currently holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, a health-themed EU-Africa forum is due to take place in Brussels on 20 March.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.01.2024

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis pursues informal talks with private lenders ahead of IMF visit

Despite missing a coupon payment on its $1bn eurobond in December, Ethiopia still hopes it can renegotiate with its private sector bondholders, though they have rejected a first restructuring proposal.

Subscribers only Finance 12.01.2024

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed at a session of parliament in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 28 March 2023.

Inner circles | Senegal
Armed forces minister Omar Youm contends with Macky Sall's advisers

The appointment of Youm has provided prime minister and presidential candidate Amadou Ba with a valuable local ally in Mbou. But the new minister has few ties within military circles and is having to contend with the president's eminences grises to run his ministry.

Subscribers only Defence 12.01.2024

The Minister for the Armed Forces, Oumar Youm, in Thiandène, Senegal, in December 2014.

Madagascar
Rajabali family expands its hotel empire

Amiraly Rajabali and his son Sameer, who already has a firm foothold in Madagascar's hospitality sector as a local partner of Accor, are negotiating the purchase of establishments previously owned by the late Riaz Barday.

Subscribers only Business 11.01.2024

Angola, Mozambique
Portuguese president's nephew kick-starts trade relations with Africa

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is hoping Luis Rebelo de Sousa can breathe new life into Portugal's economic and trade links with Lusophone countries in Africa after the damage wreaked by Covid.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 21.12.2023

Spotlight | Africa
How Bucharest aims to regain lost influence in Africa

Almost 35 years since the fall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's regime, Bucharest wants to regain a foothold in Africa. It will make use of a network of Africans who studied in its universities and dormant embassies that it plans to reopen.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.12.2023

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis (centre) with his Cape Verdean counterpart José Maria Neves, 20 November 2023.

Kenya
World Bank provides $250m to help Kenya make state spending more transparent

President William Ruto's administration has managed to bag more international funding. The World Bank on 29 November approved a $250m credit aimed at improving the Kenyan government's management of state funds.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 13.12.2023

Chad
Paris to fund further natural resource mapping

French geologists will be helping Chad to continue with its inventory of its mining potential, with mines minister Abdelkerim Mahamat hoping that new resources will be discovered.

Subscribers only Mining 07.12.2023

Tunisia
Former minister Jhinaoui seeks support for think tank

Khemaies Jhinaoui, a man who strongly influenced Tunisian foreign affairs for over a decade, is looking for funding to keep his think tank afloat. Though now distant from government, the former foreign minister does know how to work his vast network from Germany to China.

Free access Politics, Business 06.12.2023

Former Tunisian FM Khemaies Jhinaoui in Tunis, Tunisia, 28 October 2019.

In Focus | Algeria
The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

Toufik Hakkar's tenure at the head of Algeria's Sonatrach, the largest state-owned oil company in Africa, ended abruptly on 2 October and the former CEO is now facing judicial scrutiny over a number of deals with foreign firms, despite his friends in high places.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2023

Flags of Algeria and Sonatrach at the inauguration of the HGA Sud-Hassi Messaoud separation and compression centre on 23 February 2023.

Spotlight | Senegal
Opaque €100m public health deal sets alarm bells ringing

An over-the-counter arrangement to supply medical equipment has set alarm bells ringing within the healthcare community. Some have suspicions that the deal, clinched only a few months before the February 2024 presidential election, is overpriced.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 01.12.2023

Stefan Wintels, Chairman of the Executive Board of KfW, on 31 January 2023 in Hesse, Germany.

The New Guard
Gabon, Egypt, Uganda

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

GabonVictorine Tchicot, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's trusted right-hand woman

EgyptEssam Al Arjani, heir to a military business empire

UgandaMoses Musinguzi, from handlebars to steering wheel at SafeBoda

Free access Politics, Business 29.11.2023

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's investiture to be brought forward

Rumours that Andry Rajoelina's investiture as Madagascar's president will be brought forward have been confirmed.

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2023

Morocco
McDonald's franchise counters Gaza-linked boycott with PR blitz

Moroccans have been staying away in droves from the hamburger chain since last month's sharp escalation of hostilities in the Middle East. The US giant is now staging a rearguard media riposte.

Subscribers only Business 23.11.2023

Kenya
Allies of former chamber of commerce head set up rival body

At a time when SMEs are struggling, a handful of supporters of Richard Ngatia, former chairman of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI), have created the Strategic Chamber of Traders in Kenya.

Subscribers only Business 22.11.2023

Morocco
Mohamed Benchaâboun walks a tightrope as head of royal fund

The director general of the Mohammed VI Fund for Investment has to contend with several powerful ministers. Some have axes to grind.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 22.11.2023

The Chairman of FM6I, Mohamed Benchaâboun, at the Africa Investment Forum in Marrakesh (8-10 November).

Nigeria
Olaf Scholz revives major Siemens project in Nigeria

During a visit to Abuja last month, the German chancellor gave new impetus to a $2bn deal Siemens signed with the Nigerian government in 2019. A move in return for which Berlin hopes to secure increased imports of Nigerian gas.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 21.11.2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja on 29 October 2023.

Uganda
Oranto looks set to lose its exploration permits

The Nigerian group has done little to develop its permits in Uganda and some of them are shortly due to expire.

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2023

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Covid-19

Spotlight | Morocco
Macron gears up for potential Rabat visit

Ethiopia, Somalia
After bombshell MOU, Addis Ababa and Hargeisa get ball rolling on customs cooperation

Africa
Health in Africa on agenda of Belgian EU Council

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis pursues informal talks with private lenders ahead of IMF visit

Inner circles | Senegal
Armed forces minister Omar Youm contends with Macky Sall's advisers

Madagascar
Rajabali family expands its hotel empire

Angola, Mozambique
Portuguese president's nephew kick-starts trade relations with Africa

Spotlight | Africa
How Bucharest aims to regain lost influence in Africa

Kenya
World Bank provides $250m to help Kenya make state spending more transparent

Chad
Paris to fund further natural resource mapping

Tunisia
Former minister Jhinaoui seeks support for think tank

In Focus | Algeria
The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

Spotlight | Senegal
Opaque €100m public health deal sets alarm bells ringing

The New Guard
Gabon, Egypt, Uganda

GabonVictorine Tchicot, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's trusted right-hand woman

EgyptEssam Al Arjani, heir to a military business empire

UgandaMoses Musinguzi, from handlebars to steering wheel at SafeBoda

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's investiture to be brought forward

Morocco
McDonald's franchise counters Gaza-linked boycott with PR blitz

Kenya
Allies of former chamber of commerce head set up rival body

Morocco
Mohamed Benchaâboun walks a tightrope as head of royal fund

Nigeria
Olaf Scholz revives major Siemens project in Nigeria

Uganda
Oranto looks set to lose its exploration permits

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Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Transition: what's next after the coup?

Covid-19

Spotlight | Morocco Macron gears up for potential Rabat visit

Ethiopia, Somalia After bombshell MOU, Addis Ababa and Hargeisa get ball rolling on customs cooperation

Africa Health in Africa on agenda of Belgian EU Council

Spotlight | Ethiopia Addis pursues informal talks with private lenders ahead of IMF visit

Inner circles | Senegal Armed forces minister Omar Youm contends with Macky Sall's advisers

Madagascar Rajabali family expands its hotel empire

Angola, Mozambique Portuguese president's nephew kick-starts trade relations with Africa

Spotlight | Africa How Bucharest aims to regain lost influence in Africa

Kenya World Bank provides $250m to help Kenya make state spending more transparent

Chad Paris to fund further natural resource mapping

Tunisia Former minister Jhinaoui seeks support for think tank

In Focus | Algeria The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

Spotlight | Senegal Opaque €100m public health deal sets alarm bells ringing

The New Guard Gabon, Egypt, Uganda

GabonVictorine Tchicot, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's trusted right-hand woman

EgyptEssam Al Arjani, heir to a military business empire

UgandaMoses Musinguzi, from handlebars to steering wheel at SafeBoda

Madagascar Andry Rajoelina's investiture to be brought forward

Morocco McDonald's franchise counters Gaza-linked boycott with PR blitz

Kenya Allies of former chamber of commerce head set up rival body

Morocco Mohamed Benchaâboun walks a tightrope as head of royal fund

Nigeria Olaf Scholz revives major Siemens project in Nigeria

Uganda Oranto looks set to lose its exploration permits

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Spotlight | Morocco
Macron gears up for potential Rabat visit

Ethiopia, Somalia
After bombshell MOU, Addis Ababa and Hargeisa get ball rolling on customs cooperation

Africa
Health in Africa on agenda of Belgian EU Council

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis pursues informal talks with private lenders ahead of IMF visit

Inner circles | Senegal
Armed forces minister Omar Youm contends with Macky Sall's advisers

Madagascar
Rajabali family expands its hotel empire

Angola, Mozambique
Portuguese president's nephew kick-starts trade relations with Africa

Spotlight | Africa
How Bucharest aims to regain lost influence in Africa

Kenya
World Bank provides $250m to help Kenya make state spending more transparent

Chad
Paris to fund further natural resource mapping

Tunisia
Former minister Jhinaoui seeks support for think tank

In Focus | Algeria
The fall of Algeria's powerful Sonatrach boss, Toufik Hakkar

Spotlight | Senegal
Opaque €100m public health deal sets alarm bells ringing

The New Guard
Gabon, Egypt, Uganda

Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina's investiture to be brought forward

Morocco
McDonald's franchise counters Gaza-linked boycott with PR blitz

Kenya
Allies of former chamber of commerce head set up rival body

Morocco
Mohamed Benchaâboun walks a tightrope as head of royal fund

Nigeria
Olaf Scholz revives major Siemens project in Nigeria

Uganda
Oranto looks set to lose its exploration permits