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Management of Algeria’s economy under populist/nationalist pressure
The announcement by interim President Abdelkader Bensalah that Algeria will not, after all, hold a presidential election on 4 July points to many more months of political unpredictability. Protests remain largely peaceful, but there is a growing prospect of turmoil as a...
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Algeria
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South Africa’s new government faces the same problems
President Cyril Ramaphosa on 29 May announced his new cabinet, merging the energy and mineral resources ministries and appointing political heavyweight and former miner Gwede Mantashe as minister. Mantashe has served as chairman of the South African Communist Party and as...
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South Africa
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BBC revives Senegal oil controversy
BP has described as “inaccurate and exaggerated” claims that businessman Frank Timis is set to receive $9bn-$12bn in royalties from the Greater Tortue/Ahmeyim gas project, but a BBC report has revived controversy over the role of Timis and presidential brother Aliou Sall in...
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Senegal
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TCX targets doubling of capital by 2021
Currency hedging company TCX has begun the process of doubling the capital it manages by 2021-22 with a £31m ($39.4m) investment from the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID). As well as increasing the size of the fund, TCX is aiming to raise its single...
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Africa
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Zambia: Refinery partner to be appointed in Q3
Zambia plans to select a strategic partner to run the Indeni Petroleum Refinery and take over procurement of petroleum feedstock by September this year, according to the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).IDC, the holding company for state-owned enterprises, has...
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Zambia
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Angola: Bid round offers ten blocks
Angola has announced a licensing round offering nine blocks in the Namibe Basin and Block 10 in the Benguela Basin. The National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) will hold a series of roadshows in Houston, London and Dubai in September before the bidding process...
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Angola
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Malindi solar project reaches financial close
UK-based developer Globeleq announced on 3 June that the 40MWac (52MWp) Malindi solar photovoltaic project at Langobaya in Malindi district has reached financial close. India’s Sterling and Wilson is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the plant...
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Kenya
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Sudanese standoff highlights shifts in geostrategic balance
The standoff between Sudan’s diffuse opposition movement and the military junta that replaced President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir in mid-April has deepened as both sides – each in their own way deeply divided – dig in. This could pose major problems for Africa and a creaking...
Sudan
Republic of Congo secures debt deals against the odds
The last month has treated Republic of Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso kindly. His debt-stressed administration has struggled to cope with the impact of lower oil prices – only this year has the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seen early signs of stabilisation after...
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Tanzania lags behind Mozambique on major projects
Despite governance shortfalls and a number of crises, President Filipe Nyusi’s government has reassured investors with its support for transformational LNG schemes, leading towards final investment decisions and financial close in the months to come. This is a major success...
Tanzania
Tshisekedi has much to prove after DR Congo poll
Leaked national electoral commission data showed Martin Fayulu had Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidency stolen from him in the 23 December poll won by Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo. Ex-president Joseph Kabila Kabange’s candidate Emmanuel Shadary gained only 23.8% of the...
DR Congo
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