Jimnah Mbaru has been head of the Dyer & Blair investment bank, which today is highly prosperous, since 1983. He also has a substantial portfolio of shares in other flourishing companies. Born in 1947 ...

He served briefly as adviser to prime minister Jacques Sylla from 2002 to 2004 but, since then, has avoided taking political sides too openly in public. He has not forgotten the problems encountered ...

Gaborone is planning to update the regulatory framework of its electricity sector in order to be in line with President Mokgweetsi Masisi's plans to diversify Botswana's energy mix (890 MW), which is ...

A whole raft of Madagascar's business elite, some of them well over sixty, are in the process of organising their succession. These founding owners of major companies, most of whom are French ...

When he came to power on December 21 2010, President Alpha Conde promised a "new era". Two years on, it has become clear that management of the country's mineral resources is more than ever under his ...

Discussions about combating irregular migration are continuing between Abuja and London. Having visited the British capital last month, the Nigerian Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo could host his ...

Tunisian Air Force commander Mohamed Hajjem is working hard to make a success of the International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (IADE), which will be held from 11 to 15 May in Djerba. While in ...

Since President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz came to power in 2009, a number of members of his Oulad Bou Sbaa tribe have obtained key posts in the Mauritanian administration. Ahmed Salem Ould Tekrour, ...

US oil major ExxonMobil is cautiously moving forward in the Angolan part of the Namibe Basin. On 6 November, it obtained permission from the authorities to extend the initial exploration period on its ...

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Following its opening in Senegal in July (AI, 04/11/24), the new Africa-Russia-Eurasia Chamber of Commerce and Investment is making plans for a major maiden summit. It aims to bring delegations from ...

Signs of Burundian troops in the eastern DRC province of South Kivu have been mounting in recent weeks, even if both Gitega and Kinshasa insist the Forces armées du Burundi (FAB) are not present on ...