Gabon is taking a decisive step in controlling its energy resources with the finalization of the acquisition of Assala Energy by the Gabon Oil Company (GOC), according to an announcement from the Carlyle group on June 21. The transaction, which ends months of negotiations and international rivalries, underlines the country’s commitment to strengthening its control...

Gabon is taking a decisive step in controlling its energy resources with the finalization of the acquisition of Assala Energy by the Gabon Oil Company (GOC), according to an announcement from the Carlyle group on June 21. The transaction, which ends months of negotiations and international rivalries, underlines the country’s commitment to strengthening its control...

The Afreximbank 2024 Annual Meetings and the 3rd Africa -Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum took place from June 12 to 15, 2024 in Nassau, Bahamas. During these events, Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President of Afreximbank, in charge of the Intra-African Trade and Export Development Bank signed with Jean Paterne Megne Ekoga, Vice President of the States Development...

The Minister of Industrial Development and Private Sector Promotion, Antoine Nicéphore Fylla Saint-Eudes, signed, on June 21 in Brazzaville, protocols of intent with three industrial companies established in Congo, with a view to supporting them in developing and diversify their activities. The three companies are Dangoté Cement, LGRP, specializing in the processing of plastic objects,...

Another qualitative leap from Camtel to consolidate its network infrastructure. After the agreement to hand over the 812 km of optical fiber, initially belonging to Eneo Cameroon (signed on Monday May 30, 2023 with Minette Libom Li Likeng, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications), Camtel has just signed, on June 19, 2024, a framework agreement with Cameroon...

According to data provided by the Banana Association of Cameroon, this figure represents a third of CDC sales shortly before the Anglophone crisis. In detail, the 10,255 tonnes of bananas exported between January and April 2024 show a downward trend if we rely on the 33,731 tonnes of bananas exported at the end of 2016....

Departing from Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa port last April, the two quay gantry cranes (STS) and five park gantry cranes (RTG) were received on June 3 at the port of Owendo. Equipped with the latest automation technologies, this new equipment will allow Owendo container terminal (OCT) to take a big step forward in port exports. They...

In a strategic approach for the development of port infrastructure, the Autonomous Port of Douala (PAD) signed a framework cooperation agreement with the Support Council for the Realization of Partnership Contracts (CARPA). This collaboration aims to strengthen and expand the capacities of the port of Douala-Bonabéri, an economic hub for Cameroon and the sub-region. May...

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank Group, today unveiled an ambitious five-point programme to attract much-needed private sector investment to accelerate Africa’s economic transformation and meet the challenges of a host of interlocking global crises. Addressing the Governors’ Dialogue, a keynote event of the Bank’s Annual Meetings, Adesina on Tuesday called...