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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.

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

Conquest of Sovereignty

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

Boosting Orange

Orange Côte d’Ivoire to go public soon

Religion card

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

Conquest of Sovereignty

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

Boosting Orange

Orange Côte d’Ivoire to go public soon

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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.

Critic to defender

Nigeria: Keyamo, who sued Lagos assembly for absolving Tinubu of forgery, becomes his spokesman

Nigerian presidential candidate Bola Tinubu has appointed Festus Keyamo, who once sued the Lagos State house of assembly for clearing the then ... governor on allegations of certificate forgery, as spokesman for his campaign.

bashfully bullish?

Ethiopia: With peace talks approaching, will the economy bounce back?

Once hailed as the economic miracle of Africa, Ethiopia is reeling from the pandemic and more so from the Tigray civil war. The cost of rebuilding ... health centres, government offices and other infrastructure is likely to be billions of dollars, but will the prospect of peace help steer the economy back on track?

An employee of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission arranges ballot boxes and election material at a tallying centre in Eldoret

tallying process

Kenya 2022: Why Kenyans must wait before results are announced

22.1 million Kenyan voters are expected to head to their voting stations to choose who their leaders for the next five years will be. However, ... Kenyans will have to wait nearly a week to find out who will be the winner of this highly anticipated election due to the strict legal regime of the tallying process. We break down the process and voting technicalities.

Bank expansion

DRC: Following in Equity’s footsteps, KCB Group is moving into the Congolese market

Determined to exploit new development opportunities, Kenya’s KCB Group wants to consolidate its presence in DRC by purchasing Trust Merchant ... Bank (TMB).

National dialogue agreement

Chad: Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno signs an agreement with rebel groups

Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno signed an agreement with 40 rebel groups on Monday in Qatar to launch a national dialogue on 20 August in ... N'Djamena.

last-minute mishaps

Kenya 2022: IEBC suspends voting for elective positions in 4 areas

As voting kicked-off across Kenya on Tuesday morning, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) already encountered problems ... after suspending elections for four elective positions in certain counties.

veto power

Nigeria’s oil regulator overrules Presidency on $1.28bn Seplat/Mobil deal

Nigeria’s Presidency and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission have disagreed over the $1.283bn sale and purchase transaction ... between Seplat Energies and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited.

Back to the Future

Meritus seeks funding for Lake Tanganyika’s New African Queen

Dubai-based Meritus Development is seeking to raise up to $58m for two east African logistics projects including a floating containerised port ... on Lake Tanganyika, CEO Andrew Lemon tells The Africa Report.

Africa First

Blinken unveils four-pronged US strategy for Africa

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has unveiled a long-awaited strategy for Africa that “reframes the region’s importance to US national ... security interests.”

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