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Teresa Isabel Nnang Avomo, director of the oil company GEPetrol since February 2023, was replaced on 25 October. The change was prompted by the vice-president’s desire to weaken oil minister, Antonio Oburu Ondo. ​Teresa Isabel Nnang Avomo, director of the oil company GEPetrol since February 2023, was replaced on 25 October. The change was prompted […]

The Tony Blair Institute is advising Djibouti foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf on his candidacy for chairmanship of the African Union Commission. ​The Tony Blair Institute is advising Djibouti foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf on his candidacy for chairmanship of the African Union Commission. Read More

Yup Cameroun, Société Générale Cameroun’s mobile payment service, has cost its shareholders millions of dollars. ​Yup Cameroun, Société Générale Cameroun’s mobile payment service, has cost its shareholders millions of dollars. Read More

Tarik Hamane, head of the Office National de l’Électricité et de l’Eau Potable, has awarded a contract for the supply of eleven electrical transformers to Chinese manufacturers Nantong Hyosung Transformer Co and Tebian Electric Apparatus. ​Tarik Hamane, head of the Office National de l’Électricité et de l’Eau Potable, has awarded a contract for the supply

Kenya’s Coffee Directorate, backed by small producers, intends to take advantage of the unrest surrounding this month’s impeachment of deputy president Rigathi […] ​Kenya’s Coffee Directorate, backed by small producers, intends to take advantage of the unrest surrounding this month’s impeachment of deputy president Rigathi […] Read More

Nigeria – Adenike Macaulay’s fast track to top travel agencyAt 39, Adenike Macaulay has jumped into 18th place on the […] ​Nigeria – Adenike Macaulay’s fast track to top travel agencyAt 39, Adenike Macaulay has jumped into 18th place on the […] Read More

The Ras el-Hekma project that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Emirati counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) inaugurated […] ​The Ras el-Hekma project that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Emirati counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) inaugurated […] Read More

Nearly six months after it was put up for sale, the future of the Senegalese branch of France’s Société Générale […] ​Nearly six months after it was put up for sale, the future of the Senegalese branch of France’s Société Générale […] Read More

Among the seven new members of government appointed on 23 October in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ultimately modest reshuffle (AI, 21/03/24), one […] ​Among the seven new members of government appointed on 23 October in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ultimately modest reshuffle (AI, 21/03/24), one […] Read More

After being closed for work for months, the galleries of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro are abuzz with activity as the museum prepares to host Brazil’s first G20 summit on 18 and 19 November. Some 7,000 […] ​After being closed for work for months, the galleries of the Museum of Modern