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Cameroon
New Telesud boss to rebrand channel

The Télésud-Vision 4 brand is living out its final days. André Agid, who has owned the television channel since December and integrated it into his new company Global Media Group, is working on the launch of a new entity called Global Africa

Angola
Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits

The Angolan oil and gas regulator has authorised eight oil companies to take shares in 12 blocks that featured in a recent tender call. Once again, firms with close connections to the Dos Santos administration have been amply rewarded.

Angola
Hilton secures site for first Angola hotel but still faces hurdles

After years of fruitless attempts, the US hotel group Hilton Hotels & Resorts has almost succeeded in penetrating the Angolan market, with the help of an associate of the former ruling dos Santos clan. But obstacles still lie ahead.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Amadou Ba and Nicolas Sarkozy, Teodoro Obiang Nguema

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRC Helene Mercier-Arnault, wife of luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault, pays a cultural visit to Kinshasa

SenegalNicolas Sarkozy phones Amadou Ba

Equatorial GuineaTeodoro Obiang Nguema mourns a death and a murder

Sudan
Al-Cardinal displays odd interest in Red Sea tourism

In March, businessman Ashraf Seed Ahmed Hussein Ali, whose nickname is al-Cardinal, signed three tentative investment agreements for land on the coast of Sudan. Two of the three relate to tourism projects, but the area is also known for its oil and gold reserves.

Egypt
Tourism rebound whets luxury hotel group appetites

Oberoi Hotels & Resorts is reportedly planning to open two new establishments in Egypt. A rapid increase in the number of visitors to the country has prompted the Indian giant, along with other international luxury hotel groups, to boost its presence there.

Cameroon
Chantal Biya's son Franck Hertz proves his business credentials

The product of Chantal Biya's first marriage, twin brothers Franck and Patrick Hertz have largely been left alone by the media. Now in his thirties, Franck has been making the most of his mother's presidential connections to develop his logistics business between France and Cameroon.

Morocco
Moma Group to partner Moroccan royal family in luxury hotel venture

As it develops abroad, French hotel and restaurant player Moma Group, known for Café Lapérouse and Le Boeuf sur le Toit, is negotiating for a place in a Moroccan hotel complex. The project counts the family of late French property magnate Arnaud de Ménibus and two of King Mohammed VI's sisters among its shareholders.

East Africa
Rivalry between hotel chain Accor and US competitors switches to Horn

Neither Covid-19 nor regional instability have so far dampened the ambitions of top-end hotel groups in East Africa and the Horn, where the Big Four (Accor, Radisson, Hilton and Marriott) are continuing to prospect for business.

Morocco
Princess Lalla Asmae continues hotel dreams in Rabat

Mohammed VI's sister Lalla Asmae is preparing to buy a hotel in the centre of the capital. This is very likely to be the Oumlil, an establishment ideally located opposite the Jardin d'essais and close to the royal palace.

Morocco
South Africa's Sanlam teams up with IRG Real Estate to launch its own property firm

Sanlam Pan Africa is entering the real estate investment market alongside one of the Moroccan specialists in this sector, which has been expanding rapidly in the Kingdom over the past two years.

Algeria
Neither Air Arabia or Fly Westaf likely to launch low-cost flights any time soon

Though all over the news, the creation of Fly Westaf's low-cost carrier is far from a done deal, while UAE giant Air Arabia has put the brakes on its own projects for Algeria.

Congo
Fadil Yuzal, the Franco-Turkish businessman favoured by Sassou Nguesso

Yuzal has become the main air service provider for the Congolese presidency, while at the same time bringing a lot of business into the country.