TIES THAT BIND
Nigeria: Billionaire Indimi family torn apart by $435m dividend
Court papers reveal that two daughters of billionaire Mohammed Indimi – Ameena and Zara – claim they unknowingly signed away shares worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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INFLUENCE GAME
US lobbying: Africa braces for ‘transactional’ Trump
African leaders are racing to adjust their US approach for a wheeling-and-dealing president. Republican lobbyist Robert Stryk was hosting a victory party in Palm Beach on election night when...
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MALABO TAPE
Sex tapes and public funds: Equatorial Guinea ruling Obiang family
Hundreds of intimate videos have leaked on social media showing President Teodoro Obiang Nguema’s great-nephew, the director of Equatorial Guinea’s...
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COINING IT
Ethiopia turns to bitcoin miners to power growth and green energy
The state utility has generated $55m in less than a year from power-purchase agreements with bitcoin miners – money it intends to use to develop the grid.
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