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Madagascar
Grumbling oil companies

A director of TotalFinaElf went to Antanarivo this week to present his company's grievances to the Malagasy authorities. [...]

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Mali
TWO IDA LOANS APPROVED

The World Bank has announced approval by the International Development Association (IDA) of a $23 million loan that had been [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.05.1996

Madagascar
GOVERNMENT PLANS SELL-OFF

The opening of Madagascar's electricity sector to "private capital" has been underscored in a so-called "outline document for economic policy" [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.1995

Spotlight | Kenya
KENYA POWER SECTOR'S CAUTIOUS ADVANCE

The Kenyan government and the Kenya Power & Lighting Corporation (KPLC) unveiled their energy projects, loan requirements and the reforms they've already undertaken during a conference with donors on Sept. 11-12 in Paris. But no fresh funds were offered and [.

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.1995

Morocco
IMPORTS MONOPOLY TO END

With the government poised to privatize the country's two refineries at the end of this year, draft legislation putting an [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.06.1995

Spotlight | Madagascar
BID TO REVIVE EXPLORATION

Madagascar intends to open all of its sedimentary zones to oil and gas exploration this year with a revised legislative framework allowing for production sharing accords for the first time instead of the so-called "participation" agreements which prevailed under the [.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.1995

Madagascar
LOAN FOR ENERGIE II HELD UP

The International Development Association has put off endorsing a loan it was to offer with other donors for Madagascar's project [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.1995

Spotlight | Madagascar
1995 A KEY YEAR

The first invitations to tender are expected to be issued in 1995 for Madagascar's electricity project dubbed "Energie II" while new impetus has been given to reforms in the oil sector although investment in the refinery branch has been shelved.

Subscribers only Energy 23.11.1994

Spotlight | Kenya
FREE MARKET BLUES

The companies that distribute oil products in Kenya are facing a choice in the short term of either squeezing their profit margins, not to say accepting losses, or resigning themselves to ushering in the new free market era with a [.

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.1994

Kenya
OIL MARKET LIBERALIZATION STILL HANGING

Just a day after president Daniel Arap Moi had announced [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.09.1994

Spotlight | Nigeria
ENDGAME FOR ABACHA?

The Abacha regime's dismissal of the bosses and boards of all state-run companies on August 26 is a clear reflection of its mounting concern over its apparent incapacity to counter the movement in favor of civilian government which has taken [.

Subscribers only Energy 31.08.1994

Zambia
PROJECTS AND STOP-GAP MEASURES

The Zambia Electricity Supply Co. (ZESCO) has started eyeing the Batoka Gorge project with Zimbabwe on the Zambesi river again [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.06.1994

South Africa
SASOL BARGAINING IN BRAZIL

Sasol's relations with Brazil are not limited to sponsoring the Jordan formula 1 racing car piloted by the new national [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.06.1994

Spotlight | Madagascar
FRESH WOES

Facilities at the Malagasy electricity company Jyrama and Solima's oil refinery at Toamasina figure among installations that suffered from cyclone Geralda that barrelled destructively across the island between Feb.2-4 two weeks after an earlier cyclone, Daisy, had struck Madagascar.

Subscribers only Energy 16.02.1994

Kenya
LIBERALIZATION ON FAST TRACK?

Controls on oil product prices could be lifted sooner than in mid-1994, the date that was given in June when [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.12.1993

Madagascar
ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Although the new Malagasy government has barely taken office after being appointed in late August, the country's programme to liberalize [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.09.1993

Spotlight | Madagascar
ECONOMIC DEADLINE

The transition towards a third republic in Madagascar, has kicked off with the electoral victory of Albert Zafy in the presidential may well turn out to be none too smooth from an economic point of view, given that the country's [.

Subscribers only 20.02.1993

Spotlight | Madagascar
ELF'S STRATEGY

The Malagasy government has adopted a decree liberalizing the distribution of oil products and putting an end to Solima's monopoly. Other moves to privatize the oil branch will follow. The privatization has been under discussion since 1990 with the World [.

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.1993

Kenya
OPPOSITION'S ECONOMY PLAN

With the aid of the German liberal foundation, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, and in collaboration with the Kenyan opposition parties (FORD, [...]

Subscribers only 12.12.1992

Spotlight | France
TOTAL GROUP "DECONTROLLED"

To what extent will the reduction in French government control over Total influence the group's investment decisions in Africa or its choices between Africa and the other regions where it operates? The government's powers over Total are destined to wane [.

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.1992

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Senegal
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Mali
TWO IDA LOANS APPROVED

Madagascar
GOVERNMENT PLANS SELL-OFF

Spotlight | Kenya
KENYA POWER SECTOR'S CAUTIOUS ADVANCE

Morocco
IMPORTS MONOPOLY TO END

Spotlight | Madagascar
BID TO REVIVE EXPLORATION

Madagascar
LOAN FOR ENERGIE II HELD UP

Spotlight | Madagascar
1995 A KEY YEAR

Spotlight | Kenya
FREE MARKET BLUES

Kenya
OIL MARKET LIBERALIZATION STILL HANGING

Spotlight | Nigeria
ENDGAME FOR ABACHA?

Zambia
PROJECTS AND STOP-GAP MEASURES

South Africa
SASOL BARGAINING IN BRAZIL

Spotlight | Madagascar
FRESH WOES

Kenya
LIBERALIZATION ON FAST TRACK?

Madagascar
ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Spotlight | Madagascar
ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Spotlight | Madagascar
ELF'S STRATEGY

Kenya
OPPOSITION'S ECONOMY PLAN

Spotlight | France
TOTAL GROUP "DECONTROLLED"

Mali
IMPORT CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

Ethiopia
FULL AID FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN

Spotlight | Zambia
REBOUND

Madagascar
OIL SECTOR PRIVATISATIONS

Spotlight | Madagascar
TURMOIL

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Mali TWO IDA LOANS APPROVED

Madagascar GOVERNMENT PLANS SELL-OFF

Spotlight | Kenya KENYA POWER SECTOR'S CAUTIOUS ADVANCE

Morocco IMPORTS MONOPOLY TO END

Spotlight | Madagascar BID TO REVIVE EXPLORATION

Madagascar LOAN FOR ENERGIE II HELD UP

Spotlight | Madagascar 1995 A KEY YEAR

Spotlight | Kenya FREE MARKET BLUES

Kenya OIL MARKET LIBERALIZATION STILL HANGING

Spotlight | Nigeria ENDGAME FOR ABACHA?

Zambia PROJECTS AND STOP-GAP MEASURES

South Africa SASOL BARGAINING IN BRAZIL

Spotlight | Madagascar FRESH WOES

Kenya LIBERALIZATION ON FAST TRACK?

Madagascar ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Spotlight | Madagascar ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Spotlight | Madagascar ELF'S STRATEGY

Kenya OPPOSITION'S ECONOMY PLAN

Spotlight | France TOTAL GROUP "DECONTROLLED"

Mali IMPORT CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

Ethiopia FULL AID FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN

Spotlight | Zambia REBOUND

Madagascar OIL SECTOR PRIVATISATIONS

Spotlight | Madagascar TURMOIL

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Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Madagascar
Grumbling oil companies

Mali
TWO IDA LOANS APPROVED

Madagascar
GOVERNMENT PLANS SELL-OFF

Spotlight | Kenya
KENYA POWER SECTOR'S CAUTIOUS ADVANCE

Morocco
IMPORTS MONOPOLY TO END

Spotlight | Madagascar
BID TO REVIVE EXPLORATION

Madagascar
LOAN FOR ENERGIE II HELD UP

Spotlight | Madagascar
1995 A KEY YEAR

Spotlight | Kenya
FREE MARKET BLUES

Kenya
OIL MARKET LIBERALIZATION STILL HANGING

Spotlight | Nigeria
ENDGAME FOR ABACHA?

Zambia
PROJECTS AND STOP-GAP MEASURES

South Africa
SASOL BARGAINING IN BRAZIL

Spotlight | Madagascar
FRESH WOES

Kenya
LIBERALIZATION ON FAST TRACK?

Madagascar
ACCORD WITH WORLD BANK

Spotlight | Madagascar
ECONOMIC DEADLINE

Spotlight | Madagascar
ELF'S STRATEGY

Kenya
OPPOSITION'S ECONOMY PLAN

Spotlight | France
TOTAL GROUP "DECONTROLLED"

Mali
IMPORT CONTROLS TO BE LIFTED

Ethiopia
FULL AID FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN

Spotlight | Zambia
REBOUND

Madagascar
OIL SECTOR PRIVATISATIONS

Spotlight | Madagascar
TURMOIL