Gabon: US is developing an economic and security assistance package to try to prevent China from setting up a military base in the central African country La Namibie veut se positionner au 5ème rang des producteurs africains de pétrole d’ici une décennie Africa: China remains the foreign power with the greatest positive influence on the African continent ahead of the United Kingdom Africa: Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to provide more than $50 billion over three years to African countries and create one million jobs on the continent Nigeria: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has announced a USD 1.3 billion recovery plan to stimulate the country’s economy Liberia: $117 million to finance integrated interventions against HIV, tuberculosis, strengthening of resilient health systems, covid-19 and malaria Nigeria wants to reduce the number of unconnected Nigerians in rural areas from 61% to 20% by 2027 Nigeria: NIGCOMSAT, the Nigerian national satellite operator, is seeking international collaborators and investors for its project to deploy two new telecommunications satellites Kenya’s first smartphone assembly plant is running at full capacity, with 1.5 million devices produced since its opening Kenya: 34,000 biogas systems will be installed in the west and centre of the country, providing 170,000 farmers with clean cooking solutions by the end of 2028.