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The European Investment Bank has launched its first international bond issue denominated in Zambian kwacha.

The African Union’s new energy arm is intended to help the continent present a more coherent message – and mobilise more resources – in the global energy fora that count, writes Jon Marks in Algiers.

AfDB: Support for BOAD; EU to fund rural electrification; Lighting Africa finalists; AFC membership, power initiative

International oil companies’ Algiers offices have instituted emergency measures to protect their staff following unattributed terrorist threats against them, setting the rumour mill into overdrive in the Algerian capital. But at the same time IOCs say they are determined that business should continue as usual, worried that a public stress on security issues could harm their already sensitive relations with the authorities.

The government has lifted the suspension of 22 advocacy groups that had spoken out about the use of state resources. The groups included members of Publish What You Pay Gabon, which has played a leading role in campaigning for the responsible management of oil and mining revenues

The 12 January confirmation of Daniel Yengo Massampu as Société Nationale d’Electricité’s chief executive keeps a professional at the operational helm of Democratic Republic of Congo’s power sector during a difficult period

Afrinvest name change; Maputo port investment; First Quantum financing; PA bond issue

AfDB – first private equity investment in Maghreb; CADF $90m for four projects; US EX-IM Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee

Malawi has become the latest country to cut off diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of the People’s Republic of China

Assessment of the effect of post-election violence on Kenyan government bonds

The World Bank Group has approved a $41.05m loan towards the financing of a planned interconnection between Ethiopia and Sudan as part of the Nile Basin Initiative. The loan to the Ethiopian government will help it finance its portion of the interconnector. The transmission line will run between the Ethiopian towns of Bahir-Dar and Metema, and up to the border with Sudan to connect the countries’ grids.

In Nairobi, regional risk mitigation specialist The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) has remained open for the political and commercial cover that it provides for trade within Africa. “We are all well and the office is open and functioning normally, as the disturbances were localised and not in the main business areas,” said chief executive officer Peter M Jones. “

A private equity fund whose biggest investor is Saudi business tycoon Prince Alwaleed is raising money to invest a total of $500m in Africa across a range of sectors, writes Nadine Marroushi. Sectors including energy and mining, financial services, retail, manufacturing and telecoms will be targeted by the new Pan-African Investment Partners II private equity fund,

Nigerian fuel marketer Oando has secured a $100m credit facility from a consortium of foreign and local banks led by Standard Chartered to finance upstream exploration plans and the construction of an oil refinery. .

Lundin Oil chairman Adolf Lundin has said he would welcome a formal inquiry by the Swedish government into his company’s operations in Sudan following a critical new report by Christian Aid reviving the controversy over the role of foreign oil companies in funding the government’s war against southern rebels.