For business leaders, Nairobi is hard to ignore this week: Macron is hosting a major summit alongside Kenyan President William Ruto, with many African presidents also in attendance. However, Macron’s push into Anglophone Africa – focused on artificial intelligence, energy and space – will be a French solo effort rather than the planned trio with Germany and India.
By Arne Schütte and Lucia Weiß
Serap Güler, minister of state at the German Federal Foreign Office, is in Côte d’Ivoire and Togo from May 10–13. While regional security is her primary focus, Güler also intends to raise other topics.
By David Renke
A report by two NGOs concludes that Africa’s oil and gas industry is not contributing to the continent’s development. The authors identify five industry characteristics they say are responsible.
By Arne Schütte
Officials from Nigeria and Germany will meet for intergovernmental talks in Abuja on Wednesday. Ahead of the meeting, the German business community hosted a forum in Lagos.
By David Renke
Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province is home to one of Africa’s largest energy projects – in an area plagued by terrorism. The European Union is expected to end its funding for the Rwandan troops deployed there to help secure the region. The question now is what comes next.
By Evangelista Sie
The engineering firm Gauff operates in several African countries and receives financial support from KfW IPEX-Bank. Gauff Managing Director Stefan Tavares Bollow and Thorsten Metz, director of KfW IPEX-Bank’s office in Johannesburg, explain how the company holds its own against Chinese competitors – and why it also relies in part on cooperation.
By Andreas Sieren
François Bitouzet, managing director of the Paris-based startup conference VivaTech, is calling for a new understanding of innovation in Africa. He says it differs significantly from the European approach – and that Europe could learn from it.
By François Bitouzet
