Although their Malaysian counterparts followed in the footsteps of state-owned Petronas in investing in Africa years ago, Indonesian groups have preferred up to now to put their money into Asia rather than in Africa or the Middle East.
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The US Army’s future command in Africa, Africom, will be headed by general William Ward. Presently the deputy chief of [...]
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After several months of wrangling over the conditions in which Algerian gas carried to Spain by the Medgas pipeline can [...]
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Ivory Coast energy minister Leon Emmanuel Monnet travelled to Seoul last week to sign a memorandum of understanding with his [...]
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Congolese president Denis Sassou N’Guesso travelled to Namibia between July 17-19 to meet with his Namibian counterpart, Hifikepunye Pohamba, and [...]
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The secretary-general of South Africa’s Communist Party, Blade Nzimande, called for the nationalization of Sasol during the movement’s congress last [...]
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After going back on a number of his predecessor’s decisions, and notably the privatization of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna [...]
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During a meeting with the World Bank this week Guinea’s government could announce it is putting offshore concessions on the auction block.
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After joining forces with the nephew of Nigeria's new president, the British oil concern Afren plans to work with the husband of a future minister in Umaru Yar'Adua's government.
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Now holding the finance portfolio as well as the oil brief, colonel Sylvan Ndoutingai, nephew of Central African Republic’s president, finds himself negotiating all oil accords.
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Africa Energy Intelligence has obtained the report of Sudan’s National Petroleum Commission which recommended that White Nile be booted out of block B in southern Sudan.
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After awarding acreage in the Ogaden region, Ethiopia’s oil ministry wants to auction off licenses on the plateau in central Ethiopia.
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In addition to China’s CNOOC, an Indian firm has won a concession in Somalia.
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Transnet and the well-connected black group iPayipi are fighting it out to replace the old 12 inch pipeline between Durban and Johannesburg.
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The operators of the Kudu gas field are now thinking [...]
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Caught up in a highly ambitious program to develop the [...]
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Harbin Power is presently building a second, 100 MW section of the Al Jaily power plant some 50 km to [...]
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Addis Ababa has approached the EU for finance for the third section of the Gilgel Gibe power plant.
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Already the operator of two power plants in Uganda, Britain’s Aggreko is poised to install a third.
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The KPLC has contracted Spain’s Grupo Montreal to help put its distribution system back into top working order.
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Already highly active in Africa's oil sector, the mutual fund Fidelity International has launched a Fidelity Emerging Europe, Middle East [...]
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Specializing in investigations concerning Africa's oil industry, the U.S. Senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations has sent a subpoena to ERHC, [...]
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The London-based South African investor Brian Myerson last week floated an equity fund he owns, PME African Infrastructure Opportunities, on [...]
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On July 17, the World Bank’s board of directors approved a project involving a loan of USD 93 million that [...]
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A sponsor of the British junior Equator Exploration since it was founded, Sam Jonah, former president of the AngloGold Ashanti [...]
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Chief of the oil and gas department of the International Finance Corp., the private investment arm of the World Bank, [...]
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Headed by Tony Henshaw, who recently negotiated Centrica’s debut on the Nigerian market, Exile Resources has just named Seyi Ajibola [...]
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Already an adviser on international operations to the junior Energulf as well as to the GXT Technology seismics concern, Bill [...]
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The International Quality & Productivity Center is organizing the 6th Acquisition and Divestiture in Oil & Gas: West Africa Summit [...]
Global Pacific & Partners and Africa Upstream 2007 are organizing a week-long conference on the African oil sector at the [...]
Already active in Mali, Sonatrach International Petroleum Exploration & Production [...]
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The Angolan Parliament last week gave the Angolan government a [...]
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Nigeria’s new president, Umaru Yar’Adua, is expected to appoint his [...]
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While waiting to be able to sell its African assets, [...]
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After spending two years in Tokyo, the British national Rebecca [...]
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A partner of Britain's International Power in a project to [...]
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