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Ghana
Tensions between Tullow Oil and Akufo-Addo's administration at an all-time high

Ghanaian authorities are up in arms after Tullow Oil replaced local managers with foreign ones. The British junior is trying to make amends.

Subscribers only Energy 09.12.2020

Ivory Coast
Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

So far, only a handful of the ECOWAS heads of states invited to Alassane Ouattara's swearing-in ceremony on 14 December have confirmed they will attend. For its part, France will be sending foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to the event.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.12.2020

President Alassane Ouattara speaks during his inauguration ceremony on 3 November 2015.

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

At a cost of $150-300 per passenger, obligatory Covid-19 tests have become the basis for a thriving new business at Africa's major airports. A handful of companies have succeeded in getting a share of this extremely lucrative market.

Subscribers only Business 07.12.2020

Ghana
Ulterior motive behind energy minister Amewu's push for ENI and Springfield's shotgun wedding

Amid election fever, the unitisation of Sankofa (ENI) and Afina (Springfield) has become a top priority for the energy minister, who is keen to keep his job in the next government. ENI, meanhile, is looking for a way out of the marriage.

Subscribers only Energy 07.12.2020

Ghanaian Energy Minister John Peter Amewu.

Mauritania
Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

The country's business and political elite have been eagerly paying visits to the former opponent of the Aziz regime since his return to the capital in the hopes of finding out what he plans to do next.

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2020

Ghana
Nana Akufo-Addo's charm offensive blitz in Washington

With the first round of the presidential election on 7 December just a fortnight away, the party of the incumbent president Nana Akufo-Addo signed up with the American lobbying firm Greystone Global Strategies.

Subscribers only Politics 20.11.2020

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

A fierce enemy of Alassane Ouattara, the Guinea-Bissau president is seeking to rally his elder Congolese counterpart to his cause and exert an influence over the post-electoral crisis in Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Politics 12.11.2020

The Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso is seeking to involve himself in various other political crises on the continent.

Ivory Coast
ECOWAS chair Nana Akufo-Addo sounds out member states over Ivory Coast presidential election

The Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo has embarked on a first round of consultations within ECOWAS, and a delegation from the regional body is due in Abidjan shortly.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.11.2020

The Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo, chairman of ECOWAS.

African Union
How Déby locked in top UA Commission job for Moussa Faki

To keep Chadian diplomat Moussa Faki Mahamat at the helm of the African Union Commission, a key role in the organisation of the bloc, Chad's diplomatic corps quietly paid visits to several capitals.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.09.2020

Ghana
The government orders more fertilisers ahead of the presidential elections

Unlike other African countries, which are reducing the volume of fertilisers they are ordering for 2021 in response to the Covid-19 crisis, Ghana plans to increase its fertiliser imports. It wants to avoid food shortages but also to avoid problems for President Nana Akufo-Addo as he prepares to run for a fresh term in December.

Subscribers only Mining 16.09.2020

Ghana
Aker Energy hits jackpot on Pecan field tax and operating deal

Norway's Aker Energy has succeeded in getting the Ghanaian government to agree to its conditions on the DWT-CTP block despite opposition from state-owned GNPC.

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2020

Ghana
Auditor General report confirms ENI and Tullow Oil's doubts over GNGC's reliability

Auditor General Daniel Yaw Domelevo has added a serious damper to the long-term goal of Ghana National Gas Co to take over from its parent company Ghana National Petroleum Corp as the head manager of Ghana's natural gas sector.

Subscribers only Energy 01.07.2020

Ghana
ENI and Tullow Oil despondent as GNPC battles with GNGC over gas development

State-owned GNPC and its gas arm GNGC are locked in an unrelenting battle for control over Ghana's natural gas development to the chagrin of the other oil companies active in the West African country.

Subscribers only Energy 19.06.2020

Kofi Koduah Sarpong, CEO of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.

Inner circles | Zambia
Chris Rugari, ZCCM-IH's partner in Mumbwa gold venture, has friends in high places

The decision of state-owned Zambian mining company ZCCM-IH to go into alliance with little-known Array Metals on the Mumbwa gold project might seem initially surprising but Array's vice president, Ugandan businessman Chris Rugari, has access to the corridors of power in Zambia and in his native Uganda.

Subscribers only Mining 04.06.2020

Ghana
The World Bank tries to rescue state-owned GNPC from Sankofa financial quagmire

The public sector company is being suffocated by conditions in the Sankofa gas contract which oblige it to pay even for gas it does not use. In 2019, it ended up GNPC paid ENI a total $200m.

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.2020

Ghana
Covid-19 threatens plans by Mota-Engil and Egis to rebuild Accra-Tema highway

Ghanaian authorities favour the Franco-Portuguese consortium to rebuild the highway between Accra and Tema, but the economic crisis brought about by the pandemic could jeopardize the project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 28.04.2020

Ghana
Helios Investment hush hush about secret partner on Tema LNG project

The discreet Ghanaian company Lyndhurst Corp has actively invested in the Tema LNG import project, whose 2020 launch has now been compromised by the Covid-19 crisis.

Subscribers only Energy 22.04.2020

Ghana
Ocea, Lürssen and Babcock battle for Ghanaian order for two patrol boats

According to our sources, French shipbuilder Ocea, German shipyard Lürssen and British engineering and services company Babcock International are currently [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.02.2020

Ghana
Aker Energy: Ghanaians have less and less say in company business

The news was eclipsed by Aker Energy's managing director Jan [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

In Focus | Africa, Asia, Qatar
Qatar-Africa specialist Philippe Hababou Solomon finds new clients in the Far East

Faced with a certain apathy on the part of regular client Qatar, Franco-Israeli businessman Philippe Hababou Solomon, who has close relations with several African leaders, has decided to look for business further east in future, starting with Indonesia.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 16.12.2019

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Nana Akufo-Addo

Ghana
Tensions between Tullow Oil and Akufo-Addo's administration at an all-time high

Ivory Coast
Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

Ghana
Ulterior motive behind energy minister Amewu's push for ENI and Springfield's shotgun wedding

Mauritania
Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

Ghana
Nana Akufo-Addo's charm offensive blitz in Washington

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

Ivory Coast
ECOWAS chair Nana Akufo-Addo sounds out member states over Ivory Coast presidential election

African Union
How Déby locked in top UA Commission job for Moussa Faki

Ghana
The government orders more fertilisers ahead of the presidential elections

Ghana
Aker Energy hits jackpot on Pecan field tax and operating deal

Ghana
Auditor General report confirms ENI and Tullow Oil's doubts over GNGC's reliability

Ghana
ENI and Tullow Oil despondent as GNPC battles with GNGC over gas development

Inner circles | Zambia
Chris Rugari, ZCCM-IH's partner in Mumbwa gold venture, has friends in high places

Ghana
The World Bank tries to rescue state-owned GNPC from Sankofa financial quagmire

Ghana
Covid-19 threatens plans by Mota-Engil and Egis to rebuild Accra-Tema highway

Ghana
Helios Investment hush hush about secret partner on Tema LNG project

Ghana
Ocea, Lürssen and Babcock battle for Ghanaian order for two patrol boats

Ghana
Aker Energy: Ghanaians have less and less say in company business

In Focus | Africa, Asia, Qatar
Qatar-Africa specialist Philippe Hababou Solomon finds new clients in the Far East

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Nana Akufo-Addo

Ghana Tensions between Tullow Oil and Akufo-Addo's administration at an all-time high

Ivory Coast Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

In Focus | Angola, Ghana Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

Ghana Ulterior motive behind energy minister Amewu's push for ENI and Springfield's shotgun wedding

Mauritania Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo's charm offensive blitz in Washington

Ivory Coast Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

Ivory Coast ECOWAS chair Nana Akufo-Addo sounds out member states over Ivory Coast presidential election

African Union How Déby locked in top UA Commission job for Moussa Faki

Ghana The government orders more fertilisers ahead of the presidential elections

Ghana Aker Energy hits jackpot on Pecan field tax and operating deal

Ghana Auditor General report confirms ENI and Tullow Oil's doubts over GNGC's reliability

Ghana ENI and Tullow Oil despondent as GNPC battles with GNGC over gas development

Inner circles | Zambia Chris Rugari, ZCCM-IH's partner in Mumbwa gold venture, has friends in high places

Ghana The World Bank tries to rescue state-owned GNPC from Sankofa financial quagmire

Ghana Covid-19 threatens plans by Mota-Engil and Egis to rebuild Accra-Tema highway

Ghana Helios Investment hush hush about secret partner on Tema LNG project

Ghana Ocea, Lürssen and Babcock battle for Ghanaian order for two patrol boats

Ghana Aker Energy: Ghanaians have less and less say in company business

In Focus | Africa, Asia, Qatar Qatar-Africa specialist Philippe Hababou Solomon finds new clients in the Far East

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Ghana
Tensions between Tullow Oil and Akufo-Addo's administration at an all-time high

Ivory Coast
Who will be in the presidential box for Ouattara's investiture?

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

Ghana
Ulterior motive behind energy minister Amewu's push for ENI and Springfield's shotgun wedding

Mauritania
Moustapha Chafi courted from all sides since his return to Nouakchott

Ghana
Nana Akufo-Addo's charm offensive blitz in Washington

Ivory Coast
Embalo and Sassou discreetly manoeuvre against Ouattara in Oyo

Ivory Coast
ECOWAS chair Nana Akufo-Addo sounds out member states over Ivory Coast presidential election

African Union
How Déby locked in top UA Commission job for Moussa Faki

Ghana
The government orders more fertilisers ahead of the presidential elections

Ghana
Aker Energy hits jackpot on Pecan field tax and operating deal

Ghana
Auditor General report confirms ENI and Tullow Oil's doubts over GNGC's reliability

Ghana
ENI and Tullow Oil despondent as GNPC battles with GNGC over gas development

Inner circles | Zambia
Chris Rugari, ZCCM-IH's partner in Mumbwa gold venture, has friends in high places

Ghana
The World Bank tries to rescue state-owned GNPC from Sankofa financial quagmire

Ghana
Covid-19 threatens plans by Mota-Engil and Egis to rebuild Accra-Tema highway

Ghana
Helios Investment hush hush about secret partner on Tema LNG project

Ghana
Ocea, Lürssen and Babcock battle for Ghanaian order for two patrol boats

Ghana
Aker Energy: Ghanaians have less and less say in company business

In Focus | Africa, Asia, Qatar
Qatar-Africa specialist Philippe Hababou Solomon finds new clients in the Far East