Africa News

Angola/DRC/Zimbabwe : Gemcorp Capital sets sights beyond Angola

Gemcorp Capital is readjusting its African strategy. The private equity firm aims to speed up its development in sub-Saharan Africa beyond Angola, its main country of operations. It currently has around 100 employees there, out of a total of 300 […] ​Gemcorp Capital is readjusting its African strategy. The private equity firm aims to speed

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Morocco : AFD backs alliance between OCP and Engie

Announced with great fanfare at the beginning of May, the agreement between Agence Française de Développement and the phosphate giant OCP Group should also benefit French group Engie. ​Announced with great fanfare at the beginning of May, the agreement between Agence Française de Développement and the phosphate giant OCP Group should also benefit French group

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Ivory Coast : Alassane Ouattara delays announcing his candidacy for the presidential election

Although the RHDP congress is due to be held on 21 and 22 June, President Alassane Ouattara is not expected to announce his candidacy for a fourth term during the event. ​Although the RHDP congress is due to be held on 21 and 22 June, President Alassane Ouattara is not expected to announce his candidacy

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Ethiopia : Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s young Tigrayan guard

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is carefully preparing his reconquest of Tigray in order to marginalise the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which is led by his enemy Debretsion Gebremichael. The dissident party returned to power in the region by force in March, thanks to its armed wing, the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF), ousting the interim

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