The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, will hold this year’s entrepreneurs’ summit in Abuja. TEF’s gathering, which is in its fifth year is set to take place July 26 – 27 in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja with the participation of entrepreneurs from 54 countries. The event is […]
The Central African Republic (CAR) is resisting Russian pressure to replace the Wagner Group with the Kremlin’s newly formed Africa Corps, amid demands for cash payments rather than the mineral-for-security model that has long defined the partnership. According to senior officials in Bangui, Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister made several visits this year urging CAR to […]
The Guinean Government has taken control of the telecommunications operator Areeba Guinea, previously owned by the South African group MTN. This move asserts Guinea’s sovereignty over its telecommunications sector, but the real challenge will be revitalising an operator that has fallen behind in modernizing its infrastructure. MTN Guinea had a 21% market share in the […]
