QatarEnergy shuns Nigerian oil | Société Générale sheds African banks | Libya: new blood at TotalEnergies

Palace Secrets: Ouattara; Tshisekedi; Amadou Ba; Déby

Thursday 2 May Read this issue     Spotlight | Nigeria QatarEnergy not drawn to Nigeria despite Tinubu visit   The company headed by the gas-rich emirate's energy minister is put off by the business climate in the Niger Delta, where Western majors have been scaling down for a decade.   Subscribers only | Energy     The Continent     Palace Intrigues Ivory Coast Ouattara sponsors African journalism award ceremony   DRC Tshisekedi offers Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella signed copy of his book   Senegal Amadou Ba's stay in Paris   Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby to publish new autobiography   Subscribers only | Politics     Central Africa     Central African Republic Orange and telecoms minister at odds over digital banking reform   Orange's Central African Republic branch is in turmoil. The government, which instated a 1% tax on all digital transactions, accuses Orange of increasing its banking commissions without proper authorisation. Its finance director was questioned at the interior ministry last week.   Subscribers only | Politics, Business     West Africa     Africa Société Générale to dispose of more subsidiaries in Africa     The bank headed by Slawomir Krupa - which needs to improve its profitability - has decided to leave Tunisia, Cameroon and Ghana. It has asked the investment bank Lazard to find buyers for these African subsidiaries.   Subscribers only | Finance     Eastern Africa and the Horn     Kenya Agri-food giant Del Monte seeks out-of-court settlement over allegations of violence   The company has spoken with representatives of villagers living near its farm in Kenya - who accuse its security guards of acts of violence - in the hope of reaching an out-of-court settlement. The compensation they may ask could be in the tens of millions of dollars.   Subscribers only | Business     North Africa     Libya TotalEnergies plans to push strategic projects with new Libya boss Pedro Ribeiro's nomination as the French major's new boss in Libya comes as the firm is resuming negotiations for the strategic Waha oil field.   Subscribers only | Energy       Morocco Oracle and Huawei battle for the favours of Maroc Telecom     US tech giant Oracle, which has been present in Morocco since the signing of the Abraham Accords, is looking to speed up its growth there. But it has to contend with competition from China's Huawei, which, despite being under US sanctions, maintains a strong presence in the kingdom.   Subscribers only | Business

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