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Diageo opens tax dialogue with African states as it targets premium growth

“We are in discussions with a number of governments to look at what would constitute a...

Ghana: Will VP Bawumia be the NPP’s first Muslim flag bearer?

On the morning of 16 June, Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia made the long-expected declaration to contest...

Nigeria: Tinubu snubs EU proposals but key is ‘lessons learnt’

Analysts say this is an indication of the government not taking an objective look at criticism...

Outgoing EU Ambassador to Ethiopia Markussen: ‘Africa needs improved economy’

When the Danish diplomat started her three-year stint as the European Union’s ambassador to the African...

Nigeria’s Interswitch in talks with Equity Bank over DRC entry

Discussions about following the bank into the DRC are at an “early stage”, Elegbe says.  ...

How Wagner, Prigozhin teamed up with the CAR’s diamond mafia

– Along with gold, coffee and timber, diamonds are a major source of Wagner’s funding in the CAR. The profits could amount to several...

Algeria: MAK separatists hire DC lobbyist

The Paris-based Mouvement pour l’Autodétermination de la Kabylie (MAK) has enlisted the services of Elisabeth Myers,...

In DRC, can the opposition and polls body reach a compromise?

For more than four hours on Friday, 30 June, in a suite on the 21st floor...

Nigerian elections: which voter type are you?

The election also revealed three strains of campaigners outdoing each other in zealotry, each with their...

Meet Seyi Tinubu, Nigeria’s most powerful ‘youth’

Still in high school when his father became Lagos State governor in 1999, the younger Tinubu’s...

South Africa: Transnet looks to rest of Africa for collaborative relationships

“When it comes to freight and logistics, Transnet is not the big brother of the continent...

Glencore launches in-house lobbying as US targets cobalt operations in DRC

Swiss commodity trading and mining company Glencore has set up a one-man influence mission in the...

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