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Côte d’Ivoire: Why ENI’s discovery is a game-changer for West Africa

In 2023, ENI wants to start operating in the baleine offshore field, which it only discovered three months ago. It intends to rely on its experience ... in Ghana and the good Ivorian infrastructure that already exists.

business boost

Africa: Expanding access to trade finance is necessary for SMEs

When it comes to enhancing access to trade finance for African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), current challenges call for innovative ... solutions.

Speeding ahead

DRC is ‘moving in the right direction’ says World Bank’s Hafez Ghanem

The World Bank, which is satisfied with the progress that the DRC has made in terms of governance and economic reforms, plans to accelerate its ... financing projects, its vice-president, Hafez Ghanem, tells The Africa Report.

Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler in June 2012

150 million reasons

DRC: How the Congolese state is taking on Dan Gertler in court

The Congolese government has filed a request for arbitration against the Israeli tycoon, hoping to get two oil contracts cancelled and $150m ... in compensation. We obtained a copy of the document.

Extending an Olive Branch

Nigeria: Could amnesty for Nnamdi Kanu end Biafra agitations in the southeast?

Despite facing terrorism charges, Nnamdi Kanu, who leads Nigeria’s most powerful secessionist groups, is now being considered for amnesty by ... President Muhammadu Buhari. But can this end the agitations?

President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan

Breaking the Deadlock

Tanzania’s new political will can overcome LNG development roadblock

The November resumption of talks between Tanzania’s government and multinational corporates, on plans to develop the country’s $30bn liquefied ... natural gas (LNG) reserves, has triggered optimism that progress may finally be in sight.

Ethiopians receive supplies at the Um-Rakoba camp on the Sudan-Ethiopia border

sour harvest

Sudan: Ethiopia accused of attack near border, killing Sudanese soldiers

Several Sudanese soldiers have been killed in renewed fighting with Ethiopia in the disputed Al Fashaqa region, in what could mark the start ... of an escalation of tensions in the Horn.

DRC: How the Congolese state is taking on Dan Gertler in court

Extending an Olive Branch

Nigeria: Could amnesty for Nnamdi Kanu end Biafra agitations in the southeast?

Breaking the Deadlock

Tanzania’s new political will can overcome LNG development roadblock

150 million reasons

DRC: How the Congolese state is taking on Dan Gertler in court

Extending an Olive Branch

Nigeria: Could amnesty for Nnamdi Kanu end Biafra agitations in the southeast?

Breaking the Deadlock

Tanzania’s new political will can overcome LNG development roadblock

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cautiously friendly

Libya: When Algeria reluctantly granted refuge to the Gaddafi family

Almost 10 years ago, Saif al-Islam - Muammar Gaddafi's son, who recently announced that he will be running for president in Libya’s upcoming ... election - was arrested in southern Libya. At the same time, his family eventually found refuge in Algeria.

Man holds up his latest M-Pesa mobile money transaction for the photographer at an open air market in Kibera in Kenya's capital Nairobi

Distress of Debt

Kenya: The cycle of mobile app loans is costing the youth its health and finances

With a debt already close to 70% of its GDP, the IMF projects that Kenya plans to borrow $12.4bn from foreign sources by June 2022. This, at ... a time when the country is at a high risk of debt distress and subject to zero limits on non-concessional borrowing. But the distress is also having a cause and effect on its population.

innovative solutions

Kenya: From tender documents in containers to a digital procurement market

Scale, a Kenyan digital startup, is aiming to disrupt all aspects of procurement in Kenya and across the African continent by offering innovative ... solutions to suppliers, public procurement entities, private companies and even banks.

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climate action

Joining Hands for our Beloved Africa

Growing up in the remote village of Maitengwe in Botswana, I never imagined I would one day lead critical multilateral conversations on global ... development, in a world struck by a pandemic, a worsening climate crisis and mired in recurrent conflicts.

A Muslim Brotherhood member shouts slogans in front of riot police during a demonstration protesting the government's decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo

The Clampdown

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: What’s happened to the Islamist group after being banned?

After Egypt’s revolution in 2011, the first elections installed Mohamed Morsi - a member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), who won the elections ... through his Freedom and Justice party - as president. The coup that ended his tenure on 14 August 2013 was followed by a deadly uprising of MB supporters known as the Rabaa Massacre. The uprising killed hundreds. Nine years later, some members and affiliates who survived the massacre believe the Muslim Brotherhood is no longer relevant. Is this true?

deforestation woes

Ghana post-COP26: ‘Action not words’ will make the difference say environmental groups

Ghana has joined other world leaders to commit to ending deforestation by 2030 at the recent United Nations global climate change conference, ... COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, but why are environmental groups unimpressed back home?

Construction workers at the Dangote Oil Refinery

blueprint

Nigeria: A schematic outline of the Dangote Refinery

Africa largest industrial project today is the Dangote 650,000 barrel per day refinery based on the Lekki Peninsula east of Lagos. ...

Top 10

Chad: 10 things to know about former president Weddeye, Mahamat Itno’s mediator

Chad’s former president Goukouni Weddeye is heading the committee in charge of promoting increased understanding between the transitional government ... and rebel groups. Here are 10 things to know about Weddeye.

Setting the Tone

Polisario Front ups the ante in Western Sahara conflict

After the recent deaths of three Algerian nationals in the disputed territory, the Polisario Front has vowed to step up its fighting and announced ... plans to carry out attacks in Morocco. An inside look at why the separatist group is issuing new threats.

Data Driven

South Africa: JSE targets Asia information services to spur growth, says CEO

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is targeting information services in southeast Asia as it seeks to attract investment into South African ... securities, CEO Leila Fourie tells The Africa Report.

Natural Gas Bonanza

Renergen helium reserves can bolster South Africa’s energy transition, says CEO

A major increase in estimated helium and methane reserves held by Renergen in South Africa sent the shares soaring in Johannesburg and Australia ... at the start of this month.

Heads of state at IATC line up for a photo on 15 November 2021 (Photo: Xolisa Philip)

ON THE MONEY

South Africa: IATF nearly hits $40bn target as fair ends in Durban

Tapped at the last-minute to host the continent’s leading trade fair, Durban has risen to the occasion and exceeded targets, according to the ... Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2021 organisers.

TRANSIT TALES

AU’s failure to ratify African passport protocol stalls free movement for citizens

"When I go around Africa, I don’t need a visa. I take my African passport and I go,” says Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the former African Union ... (AU) Commission chairperson who spearheaded the flagship Agenda 2063.

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