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Business

hands on the money

DRC: ex-president Joseph Kabila’s attempt to buy Congolese banks

"Kwanza Capital": the name might not speak to most Congolese. But according to the American NGO The Sentry, co-founded by actor George Clooney, ... this company is at the heart of an attempt led by the Kabila clan to take control of several Congolese banks between 2013 and 2017, when Joseph Kabila was still president of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Tech cold war

Huawei’s African business could be hurt by US blacklisting

As the US-China trade war drags on, it is having global repercussions. It could damage telecoms company Huawei's activities in Africa. ...

corruption hound

Who is Fabio de Pasquale, prosecutor in the OPL 245 case?

The OPL 245 case is not the first time that Fabio de Pasquale, the energetic Milan-based prosecutor, is taking on the Italian state-owned oil ... company Eni and its top officials.

Article 3/3 of "How Dan Etete’s billion-dollar deal ended up in court"

Grains of truth

Nigeria’s obsession with rice and the bottomless subsidy pit

Nigeria's government is still pursuing the line that its rice self-sufficiency programme is a success, despite startling evidence to the ... contrary.

Calm before the storm

Kenya’s shilling management is flirting with disaster

Many emerging market currencies have had a wild ride over the last year, yet Kenya's shilling has remained largely stable. ...

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Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Cornering the market

The bill’s on Nigerian index trackers as MTN shares march higher

The political context of MTN's listing by introduction of its Nigerian business, and the mechanical daily increases of 10% in the share price, ... should set alarm bells ringing.

Monday, 20 May 2019

Looking for a holiday from Airbnb?

Cape Town worries about proposed limits on Airbnb

Cape Town is one the jewels of South Africa's tourism industry renowned for its iconic landmarks, but now there is fear that proposed legislation ... curtailing Airbnb will hurt the lucrative sector.

Slowing engine

What happens to Africa if China gets old before it gets rich?

Growth projections for Africa often rest on the unspoken assumption that Chinese growth will continue to be strong enough to underpin investment ... in the continent as well as demand for its raw materials. What happens if that assumption turns out to be false?

dirty money

OPL 245’s webs of influence

How three Nigerian heads of state and an oil minister fed the corrupt networks behind the billion-dollar OPL 245 court case. ...

Article 2/3 of "How Dan Etete’s billion-dollar deal ended up in court"

Friday, 17 May 2019

Shiny scams

High-profile gold scam hurts Kenya’s UAE ties and highlights wider legal problems

A scam that caused a diplomatic hiccup between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has triggered the latest in a series of gold-related ... investigations in Nairobi.

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