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Guinea: Doumbouya’s junta dissolves the FNDC opposition coalition

The FNDC organised protests against a third term for then president Alpha Condé and today is a fervent proponent of a rapid return to constitutional ... order. Guinea’s leading opposition coalition is engaged in a tough fight with the transitional government by continuing to maintain its calls to demonstrate.

Just the essentials

Mali: Under Putin, Russia strengthens relations with Goïta regime, promising military supplies

According to a Kremlin statement, President Vladimir Putin discussed food, fuel, and fertiliser supplies with Mali's leader Assimi Goïta ... yesterday.

complex negotiation

Telecel faces double hurdle in planned Vodafone Ghana acquisition deal

Following a failed attempt to exit Ghana in 2021, Vodafone is again hoping to offload its assets in the West African country, having agreed on ... terms with Telecel Group. However, Ghana's regulator, the National Communications Authority, has turned down the companies’ request to seal the deal.

Gas developments

Congo-Brazzaville, a major focus of Eni’s plan to move away from Russian gas

Developing renewable energies, structuring an agricultural sector, biorefinery...In Congo-Brazzaville, Claudio Descalzi, CEO of the Italian multinational ... oil and gas company Eni, gave substance to the Congolese gas export project, which will be implemented in 2023.

friends again?

Egypt looks to Somalia’s Mohamud for strategic ally against Turkey and Ethiopia

As Turkey’s presence continues to expand across Africa, Egypt sees in Somalia an important partner to counter Ankara’s military and strategic ... presence. It’s also a means a halt to what Cairo deems as a jihadist expansion and securing of the coveted Red Sea trade routes.

CUTTING THE CHORD

South African streaming services threaten Multichoice premium base

Aggressive investment in local content, pricing, and new entrants in over-the-top (OTT) services – like Netflix – are driving a dramatic ... shift among premium customers, posing a threat to pay-TV providers like Multichoice, according to analysts.

cross country assimilation

Morocco: Why Mohammed VI is dusting off Jewish institutions

For the third time in almost a century, the bodies representing the Kingdom’s Jewish community are being reorganised. This decision was made ... in response to the obsolete existing legislation as well as the new diplomatic context.

Guinea: Doumbouya’s junta dissolves the FNDC opposition coalition

complex negotiation

Telecel faces double hurdle in planned Vodafone Ghana acquisition deal

friends again?

Egypt looks to Somalia’s Mohamud for strategic ally against Turkey and Ethiopia

disappearing act

Guinea: Doumbouya’s junta dissolves the FNDC opposition coalition

complex negotiation

Telecel faces double hurdle in planned Vodafone Ghana acquisition deal

friends again?

Egypt looks to Somalia’s Mohamud for strategic ally against Turkey and Ethiopia

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Rescue mission

Gabon: 10 things to know about BGFI’s Henri-Claude Oyima, the boss of bosses (once again)

The president of Central Africa's largest banking group, BGFI Group's Henri-Claude Oyima, was appointed head of Gabon’s employers' confederation ... on 2 August. At 65, Oyima is charged with restoring credibility to an institution recently shaken by a rebellion against his predecessor.

Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Timipre Sylva stands near a bus powered by compressed natural gas in Abuja

Refuelling Options

Nigeria’s Bridport aims to trigger quantum leap in gas use as diesel costs soar

Surging diesel prices in Nigeria mean the time is right for industrial and transportation energy users to switch to gas, Bridport Energy CEO ... Jamal Akinade tells The Africa Report.

Religion card

Nigeria 2023: Muslim ticket banks on Christian campaign manager to pull in votes

Haemorrhaging support from Nigerian Christians after he chose a Muslim northerner as his running mate, 2023 presidential candidate Bola Tinubu ... has appointed the Christian governor of Plateau State in central Nigeria as his campaign manager to help turn his fortunes around. Can Simon Lalong reverse the tide?

too young

Nigeria: Author, playwright and filmmaker Biyi Bandele dies at 54

Nigerian author, playwright and filmmaker, Biyi Bandele, passed away suddenly on Sunday 7 August in Lagos, at 54. Director of the film adaptation ... of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ and the upcoming September 2022 movie based on Wole Soyinka’s ‘Death and the King’s Horseman’ titled ‘Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman’, Bandele was a frontline name in the Nigerian film industry.

Conquest of Sovereignty

Lakhdar Bentobbal: An insider’s view of Algeria’s FLN

The historian Daho Djerbal has published the second volume of the memoirs of Lakhdar Bentobbal, subtitled "The Conquest of Sovereignty". A remarkable ... work based on accounts that the Algerian independence activist gave to the author between 1980 and 1986.

Boosting Orange

Orange Côte d’Ivoire to go public soon

After giving the green light to sell nearly 10% of its stake in Orange CI, the Ivorian government is giving a boost to Orange’s IPO project. ...

Taking a gamble

Mali: Back on the financial market of UMOA

Mali’s Treasury is launching a CFAF 270bn loan on 9 August, one month after the Ecowas economic and financial sanctions were lifted. But what ... are its chances of success?

Vodacom's headquarters in Midrand, South Africa. © Photographer: Nadine Hutton/Bloomberg via Getty Images

fibre first

Vodacom: Fibre optic internet will transform revenue, says CEO

The Vodacom Group, which is transitioning from a traditional telco to a tech company, views fibre optic internet as the next frontier to be conquered ... in South Africa and the rest of the continent, says Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub.

Seeing green

Ghana: Can the government be trusted to protect Accra’s forest from private development?

Ghana's commitment to protecting the capital's only urban forest is under fresh scrutiny after a dead forestry official's leaked will revealed ... that he had acquired whole acres of it for himself.

polling hitches

Kenya 2022: Elections marred by low-voter turnout, technology failure, bribery

After the polls in one of Kenya’s most competitive elections ended on Tuesday evening, the focus now shifts to counting the presidential votes. ... Who between William Ruto and Raila Odinga will win the coveted prize?

Follow the Leader

Western banks’ fossil-fuel finance gives South African lenders a free ride

The financing of fossil fuel projects by Western banks is giving South African lenders free reign to fund the development of the continent’s ... oil, gas and coal reserves.

Make it count

Counting starts in Kenya’s 9 August general elections pitting Ruto against Odinga

Polls have closed across Kenya and counting has now begun in a tight presidential poll between the main candidates – deputy president William ... Ruto and former prime minister Raila Odinga.

cyberspace control

Kenya, Uganda, Zambia… Internet shutdowns (or not) during polls

Across the continent, internet blackouts have serious implications during elections, which prevent citizens from making informed decisions and ... impede electoral participation. Today, as Kenyan voters go to the polls, we take a look at the growing trend in the past year during elections.

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