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Gabon
Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Following major structural changes, Gabon Oil Co remains determined to move forward with its plan to provide Gabon with local gas.

Subscribers only Energy 03.11.2020

Ivory Coast
AfDB issues harsh report on Abidjan bridge and road build

The African Development Bank laments the delays in the construction of Abidjan's fourth bridge that is to ease traffic in the country's economic capital.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 03.11.2020

Angola
Lourenço deploys dream team to renegotiate Chinese debt

Increasingly indebted, Luanda urgently needs to hammer out a solution with Beijing. In charge of this fraught negotiation is the finance minister Vera Daves de Sousa, backed by a four-strong team of civil servants.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 02.11.2020

Madagascar
Rajoelina and Ravatomanga determined to push through new mining code

Less than two months from the deadline the government has set itself to introduce a new mining code, the issue of the taxes to be levied on the industry has still not been resolved with the private sector.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics, Business 30.10.2020

DRC
Kinshasa sets up task force to curb chaotic urbanisation

The Congolese authorities are looking to create institutions dedicated to urban planning in Kinshasa, where urbanisation has become uncontrollable and chaotic in recent decades.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 29.10.2020

Spotlight | Africa
World Bank agonises over choice of new CEO for International Finance Corporation

Four months after the departure of Frenchman Philippe Le Houérou, who had been head of the International Finance Corporation since 2016, World Bank president David Malpass has still not found a new chief executive for the private sector lending institution.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 27.10.2020

Spotlight | Nigeria
Malabu/OPL 245: ENI turns up the heat on American investment firm Drumcliffe Partners

Italian oil & gas giant ENI has won the first round in a battle against Drumcliffe Partners, Abuja's chosen litigation fund in the Malabu scandal.

Subscribers only Energy 26.10.2020

South Sudan
Backed by Kiir, Nhial continues purge of intelligence agents in oil and finance

President Salva Kiir is purging the South Sudanese economy of the regime's powerful but unwelcome securocrats.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 26.10.2020

South Sudanese Presidential Minister Nhial Deng Nhial.

Tunisia
ABCI and Tunis try ICSID mediation to settle 21-year battle over BFT

The World Bank's arbitration arm has suspended the Tunisian state v. ABCI Investments proceedings over BFT to give the parties a month to find an amicable settlement starting 19 October.

Subscribers only Business 23.10.2020

Tunisia
World Bank consults oracles to prepare 2021-2026 and save "social contract"

The World Bank has convened former ministers, consultants and economists to take stock of its engagement with Tunisia and lay the foundations for its next five-year country partnership with the north African state. But their alarming diagnosis focuses above all on political stalemate.

Subscribers only Business 19.10.2020

Qatar, South Sudan
Qatar National Bank sounds death knell on its honeymoon with Kiir regime

In 2011, the state-owned Qatari National Bank (QNB) became the first foreign bank to open in the newly independent South Sudan. Now it is taking President Salva Kiir's government to court.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 16.10.2020

Rwanda
Paul Kagame chooses former minister of the Seychelles, Jean-Paul Adam, to help with mining

As the first person appointed as president of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board since its creation, the former minister turned UN executive will help authorities in Kigali to polish the country's image as hub of responsible mining production.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2020

Former Seychellois Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Paul Adam.

Nigeria
Malabu/OPL 245 scandal: backed by Three Crowns, ENI opens a new front against Abuja

After a court in Milan (Africa Intelligence, 16/09/20) it is [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2020

West Africa
West African financial intelligence agencies seek to earn international approval

Under pressure from the FATF, west African governments are trying to improve the performance of their financial intelligence services.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 12.10.2020

Nigeria
ICSID issues verdict on Fabbri family's PanOcean dispute with Abuja

The years of fighting Nigeria's federal government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) over the loss of its rights in Nigerian company PanOcean, have led the Italian Fabbri family nowhere.

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.2020

West Africa
WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) has selected French engineering specialist Artelia to conduct a series of studies for its hydroelectric power project on the Saint Paul River in Liberia.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 08.10.2020

Spotlight | Africa
How Warburg Pincus' prized Delonex Energy crumbled under new Tullow CEO's rule

Despite getting off to a such a good start, things soon went from bad to worse for the junior oil firm Delonex Energy. Under Rahul Dhir, who left in July to take over the helm of Tullow Oil, it gradually wound down.

Subscribers only Energy 07.10.2020

Central Africa
CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

The six members of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) are planning a round table in November to raise funds for the construction of roads and electricity plants.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 07.10.2020

Tunisia
BFT case: False start on ICSID with ABCI

Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi almost immediately backtracked after he agreed to a mediation process with ABCI Investments, which is seeking $1bn in damages before the ICSID arbitration court.

Subscribers only Business 06.10.2020

Nigeria
NNPC's crude oil-for-products swap system could disappear in six months

The deregulation of petrol prices, which has been speeded up by the Covid-19 pandemic, has led to a renewal of swap contracts since the start of 2020. But they could shortly be on the way out.

Free access Energy 06.10.2020

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

World Bank

Gabon
Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Ivory Coast
AfDB issues harsh report on Abidjan bridge and road build

Angola
Lourenço deploys dream team to renegotiate Chinese debt

Madagascar
Rajoelina and Ravatomanga determined to push through new mining code

DRC
Kinshasa sets up task force to curb chaotic urbanisation

Spotlight | Africa
World Bank agonises over choice of new CEO for International Finance Corporation

Spotlight | Nigeria
Malabu/OPL 245: ENI turns up the heat on American investment firm Drumcliffe Partners

South Sudan
Backed by Kiir, Nhial continues purge of intelligence agents in oil and finance

Tunisia
ABCI and Tunis try ICSID mediation to settle 21-year battle over BFT

Tunisia
World Bank consults oracles to prepare 2021-2026 and save "social contract"

Qatar, South Sudan
Qatar National Bank sounds death knell on its honeymoon with Kiir regime

Rwanda
Paul Kagame chooses former minister of the Seychelles, Jean-Paul Adam, to help with mining

Nigeria
Malabu/OPL 245 scandal: backed by Three Crowns, ENI opens a new front against Abuja

West Africa
West African financial intelligence agencies seek to earn international approval

Nigeria
ICSID issues verdict on Fabbri family's PanOcean dispute with Abuja

West Africa
WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower

Spotlight | Africa
How Warburg Pincus' prized Delonex Energy crumbled under new Tullow CEO's rule

Central Africa
CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Tunisia
BFT case: False start on ICSID with ABCI

Nigeria
NNPC's crude oil-for-products swap system could disappear in six months

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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

World Bank

Gabon Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Ivory Coast AfDB issues harsh report on Abidjan bridge and road build

Angola Lourenço deploys dream team to renegotiate Chinese debt

Madagascar Rajoelina and Ravatomanga determined to push through new mining code

DRC Kinshasa sets up task force to curb chaotic urbanisation

Spotlight | Africa World Bank agonises over choice of new CEO for International Finance Corporation

Spotlight | Nigeria Malabu/OPL 245: ENI turns up the heat on American investment firm Drumcliffe Partners

South Sudan Backed by Kiir, Nhial continues purge of intelligence agents in oil and finance

Tunisia ABCI and Tunis try ICSID mediation to settle 21-year battle over BFT

Tunisia World Bank consults oracles to prepare 2021-2026 and save "social contract"

Qatar, South Sudan Qatar National Bank sounds death knell on its honeymoon with Kiir regime

Rwanda Paul Kagame chooses former minister of the Seychelles, Jean-Paul Adam, to help with mining

Nigeria Malabu/OPL 245 scandal: backed by Three Crowns, ENI opens a new front against Abuja

West Africa West African financial intelligence agencies seek to earn international approval

Nigeria ICSID issues verdict on Fabbri family's PanOcean dispute with Abuja

West Africa WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower

Spotlight | Africa How Warburg Pincus' prized Delonex Energy crumbled under new Tullow CEO's rule

Central Africa CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Tunisia BFT case: False start on ICSID with ABCI

Nigeria NNPC's crude oil-for-products swap system could disappear in six months

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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?

Gabon
Royal Haskoning and Arise advise Gabon Oil Co on its gas project

Ivory Coast
AfDB issues harsh report on Abidjan bridge and road build

Angola
Lourenço deploys dream team to renegotiate Chinese debt

Madagascar
Rajoelina and Ravatomanga determined to push through new mining code

DRC
Kinshasa sets up task force to curb chaotic urbanisation

Spotlight | Africa
World Bank agonises over choice of new CEO for International Finance Corporation

Spotlight | Nigeria
Malabu/OPL 245: ENI turns up the heat on American investment firm Drumcliffe Partners

South Sudan
Backed by Kiir, Nhial continues purge of intelligence agents in oil and finance

Tunisia
ABCI and Tunis try ICSID mediation to settle 21-year battle over BFT

Tunisia
World Bank consults oracles to prepare 2021-2026 and save "social contract"

Qatar, South Sudan
Qatar National Bank sounds death knell on its honeymoon with Kiir regime

Rwanda
Paul Kagame chooses former minister of the Seychelles, Jean-Paul Adam, to help with mining

Nigeria
Malabu/OPL 245 scandal: backed by Three Crowns, ENI opens a new front against Abuja

West Africa
West African financial intelligence agencies seek to earn international approval

Nigeria
ICSID issues verdict on Fabbri family's PanOcean dispute with Abuja

West Africa
WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower

Spotlight | Africa
How Warburg Pincus' prized Delonex Energy crumbled under new Tullow CEO's rule

Central Africa
CEMAC seeks $3.3bn to finance infrastructure projects

Tunisia
BFT case: False start on ICSID with ABCI

Nigeria
NNPC's crude oil-for-products swap system could disappear in six months