Weekly summary report : Eastern and southern Africa

Power Brokers and their Connections

Published this week in the EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA section IN FOCUS  KENYA   03/05/2021    Kenyatta wants to be crowned African single market champion before he leaves office     With just a year to go to the end of his term, Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is worrying about the legacy he will leave behind him. Well away from the battles being fought over his succession, the Kenyan president is working to build a legend around himself as the father of African free trade.  [...]  SPOTLIGHT   RUNNING STORY   SUDAN   06/05/2021    Paris conference gives Hamdok two days to win over creditors   Sudan's top lenders are due in the French capital on 17 May to decide whether to relieve Khartoum's debt.  [...]  MADAGASCAR   07/05/2021    Madagascar ordered to pay €6.9m to de Sutter brothers   The World Bank's court of arbitration has brought to an end a 12-year legal battle by finding in favour of Peter and Kristof de Sutter following the destruction of their Polo Garments Majunga textile plant in 2009. The judges have ruled that the Madagascan authorities did not take sufficient steps to protect the Belgian company's investment.  [...]      MOZAMBIQUE   07/05/2021    Chinese businessman Wu Tao takes over reins of Sino-Moz Parque Industrial   The boss of Africa Great Wall has inherited the Chinese-Mozambican industrial park project, which will be in a position to compete with AFECC's special economic zone.  [...]      MADAGASCAR   06/05/2021    Prime Minister Ntsay seeks fresh start in US   Andry Rajoelina's prime minister, who has been thinking of resigning for several months, is considering becoming a diplomat in Washington or at UN headquarters in New York.  [...]      SUDAN   05/05/2021    Burhan and Hemeti questioned over Khartoum massacre   Generals Abdel Fatah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo are being questioned about the chain of command on 3 June 2019 when armed forces opened fire on protestors and at least 127 people were killed.  [...]      SOMALIA   05/05/2021    Amid political crisis, AU yet to name special envoy   The African Union decided last week to appoint an emissary to Somalia to lift the country out of its political impasse and pave the way for elections by the end of the year.  [...]      KENYA   05/05/2021    John Ngumi seeks to crown himself king of Kenyan logistics   The former banker, now head of the parastatal Industrial & Commercial Development Corp (ICDC), is lobbying the Treasury and the president's office to take control of Kenya's ports, railways, and pipelines.  [...]      MADAGASCAR   04/05/2021    Sipromad's big cigarette sales catch tax authority's attention   A recent tax audit of Ylias Akbaraly's Sipromad highlighted the group's strong tobacco sales and that these had been undervalued for three years in a row.  [...]      SOUTH SUDAN   04/05/2021    Barnaba Marial, Kiir's new yes man   The key presidential affairs ministerial portfolio has been given to Barnaba Marial Benjamin, one of President Salva Kiir's staunchest loyalists. He partly owes his plum post to a pair of powerful patrons, who may well call in the favour down the line.  [...]      RUNNING STORY   MOZAMBIQUE   03/05/2021    Ejected from Cabo Delgado, Lionel Dyck keeps a foothold in Mozambique   Mozambique has not renewed its contract with the Dyck Advisory Group, which provided air support to the Mozambican police. However, its boss Lionel Dyck is keeping his men on standby in the vast network of Mozambican parks, and also in Beira.  [...]      SEYCHELLES   03/05/2021    Chrystold Chetty, chairman of the Seychelles Revenue Commission, has his work set out for him OIL & GAS  RUNNING STORY   MOZAMBIQUE   06/05/2021    Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG   Total is walking on eggshells with the Mozambican authorities, wanting to both draw lessons from the close of its LNG facility build and stand firm on the terms of its return.  [...]      RUNNING STORY   MOZAMBIQUE   05/05/2021    TechnipFMC leaves ENI in the lurch on Coral FLNG   The French-US oil services giant has decided to follow the general retreat from Mozambique's Cabo Delgado region begun by Total.  [...] MINING SECTOR  SOUTH AFRICA   FRANCE   06/05/2021    French tech uses South African mining hurdles to muscle way in   The body promoting French companies overseas Business France is hoping to land contracts for frontier tech firms with South African miners who have yet to use much advanced technology in the operations. But it will have to tread carefully.  [...]      MALAWI   06/05/2021    Lotus Resources explores rare earths while waiting for uranium boom   Yellowcake prices are anticipated to take off within the next twelve months or so. In preparation, and to win over the financial markets, the Australian junior is taking a detour via rare earth minerals.  [...] Discover our subscription offers

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