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Mozambique
Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Rwandan security and construction firms have been flooding into Cabo Delgado looking for business opportunities following Kigali's military intervention to secure the gas-rich Mozambican province.

Subscribers only Defence 23.03.2023

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Angola has benefited enormously from oil blocks located partly in a maritime zone to which Kinshasa could lay claim, according to a confidential report financed by the World Bank and submitted to President Félix Tshisekedi's office.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2023

President of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, with President of Angola, Joao Lourenco, the 5th of February 2019.

Nigeria
ENI's hopes for smooth ride at ICSID over OPL 245 dashed by new stakeholders

Despite the Italian major's efforts to exclude them, three NGOs will now be involved in its arbitration proceedings with Nigeria, through which it hopes to prove that Abuja unfairly prevented it from developing the oil block.

Subscribers only Energy 21.03.2023

Tunisia
PSI boss Motaleb Boubakri extends business interests to Mauritania

Together with its local partner PHI Group, the Tunisian firm Pétrole Services Industriel has won a $5.5m contract to construct pipelines for Société mauritanienne des hydrocarbures.

Subscribers only Energy 20.03.2023

Spotlight | Central Africa
Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

The main foreign investors in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa are alarmed by the regional body's foreign exchange regulations, considering them to be too tough. But despite intense lobbying, a relaxation of the rules looks unlikely, the central bank having set itself ambitious objectives for foreign currency reserves.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Commodity traders 17.03.2023

Abbas Mahamat Tolli, governor of the Bank of Central African States, in Paris in 2018.

Spotlight | Namibia
ENI queues up for slice of Namibian oil and gas bonanza

After several recent discoveries by Shell and TotalEnergies, the Italian major ENI is working on all fronts with the Namibian authorities to invest in offshore permits. Asian companies also have an eye on the zone.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.03.2023

Offshore platforms anchored in the roadstead in the Walvis Bay lagoon.

Spotlight | Congo
Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

Turkish firms, led by construction group Summa, are getting back to work in Congo after a hiatus of several months due to Brazzaville's unpaid debts. Businessman Maxime Gandzion, an adviser to President Sassou, is at the heart of the rapprochement.

Free access Energy, Business 08.03.2023

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets Florent Ntsiba, Congolese Minister of State and Director of the Presidential Cabinet, on 15 February 2023 in Ankara, Turkiye.

Libya
Rome-Tripoli gas deal reawakens threat of blockades

Both Libya's oil minister and the Libyan Cities and Tribes Supreme Council believe the recent gas deal between Italy and Libya goes against the country's interests. The East-leaning council, which has filed a complaint with a court in Tripoli, has been known to create blockades in the past.

Subscribers only Energy 21.02.2023

ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi and NOC chief Farhat Bengdara with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and the head of Libya's national unity government, Abdelhamid Dabaiba, Tripoli, Libya, 28 January 2023.

Spotlight | Angola, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal
Grand Tortue, hydrogen and Angola: BP's exceptions to Africa pull-out

British major BP has abandoned almost all of its oil activities on the continent in recent years, thus underscoring its ambition to focus on natural gas and the emerging prospect of hydrogen. The firm remains present in four countries:

Free access Energy 15.02.2023

Bernard Looney, BP Chief Executive, in Cairo, Egypt, on 14 February 2022.

Ghana
How Accra and ENI, Vitol and CNOOC talks came to nothing

The government and oil operators each claim to be behind the decision to put a stop to negotiations begun over two years ago to acquire new offshore blocks in Ghana. Meanwhile, the country's oil industry is in a critical condition.

Subscribers only Energy 13.02.2023

Nigeria
Nigeria appoints new arbitrator in OPL 245 dispute

Nigeria has appointed a new arbitrator following the resignation of Kamal Hossain in December in the case pitting it against the Italian major ENI before the World Bank's dispute settlement body allowing proceedings to resume.

Subscribers only Energy 02.02.2023

DRC
Kinshasa sways between Uganda and Sudan to export its oil

The Congolese authorities are exploring the possibility of exporting the crude extracted from blocks 1 and 2 in the Graben Albertine area through a pipeline across Sudan.

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2023

Italy, North Africa, Tunisia
Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

The recent North African tour of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which concentrated on securing Italy's gas supplies from Algeria and Libya, left Italy's traditional partner, Tunisia, on the sidelines. The authorities in Tunis now fear that they could find themselves isolated on the regional energy map.

Subscribers only Energy 01.02.2023

The Tunisian segment of the Trans-Mediterranean (Transmed) pipeline, through which natural gas flows from Algeria to Italy.

Spotlight | Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI shareholders clash over Coral plans

A project to launch a second floating LNG facility on the Mozambican offshore gas field Coral is under discussion. But ExxonMobil and ENI, the two main shareholders of Area 4, are dragging their heels on making a decision.

Subscribers only Energy 31.01.2023

A British tanker loading LNG along the Coral South FLNG in northeast Mozambique.

Algeria
Sonatrach unable to make good on gas pledge to Italy

As Algeria's gas exports fall, its promise this week to deliver more to Italy looks somewhat ambitious. Last year the producer failed to send all of the additional 4 billion cubic metres it said it would.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2023

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune welcomes Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Algiers, January 23, 2023.

Spotlight | Angola
TotalEnergies, AFD and president Macron help Lourenço to keep Angola's economy stable

French entities are playing a major role in maintaining Angola's economic equilibrium. TotalEnergies is looking to revive the country's oil production and the Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) to support its agricultural sector

Subscribers only Energy 24.01.2023

French President Emmanuel Macron receiving Angola President João Lourenço at the Elysée Palace, Paris, 28 May 2018.

Nigeria
ICSID case ENI vs. Nigeria over OPL 245 stalled once again

Kamal Hossein, the arbitrator named by Nigeria in the 'Malabu' case between ENI and the state, announced his dismissal to the tribunal in December.

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2023

Mozambique
South Africa's WBHO reaps first TotalEnergies LNG contracts

While the award processes for the oil giant's gas project continue to be being repeatedly delayed, some service contracts have finally been awarded in a signal that the works suspended in 2020 may be about to resume.

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2023

Mozambique
Nyusi chooses top diplomat to take charge of relations with Ramaphosa

Mozambique's complex relations with neighbouring South Africa are to be supervised in future by Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas, one of the Mozambican foreign ministry's most experienced diplomats. She will take up her duties in Pretoria in the next few weeks.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.01.2023

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) is welcomed by Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi in Maputo, Mozambique, 17 March 2018.

In Focus | Saudi Arabia, South Africa
Energy lobbyist NJ Ayuk smooths relations between Pretoria and Riyadh

South Africa has never been one of Saudi Arabia's trade priorities, except for armaments. But energy matters and rare metals seem to have sparked a paradigm shift. The kingdom is now conducting a charm offensive in the country and promising major investments.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 09.01.2023

The Cameroonian NJ Ayuk, champion of African oil, plays matchmaker between Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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Mozambique
Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Nigeria
ENI's hopes for smooth ride at ICSID over OPL 245 dashed by new stakeholders

Tunisia
PSI boss Motaleb Boubakri extends business interests to Mauritania

Spotlight | Central Africa
Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Spotlight | Namibia
ENI queues up for slice of Namibian oil and gas bonanza

Spotlight | Congo
Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

Libya
Rome-Tripoli gas deal reawakens threat of blockades

Spotlight | Angola, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal
Grand Tortue, hydrogen and Angola: BP's exceptions to Africa pull-out

Ghana
How Accra and ENI, Vitol and CNOOC talks came to nothing

Nigeria
Nigeria appoints new arbitrator in OPL 245 dispute

DRC
Kinshasa sways between Uganda and Sudan to export its oil

Italy, North Africa, Tunisia
Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

Spotlight | Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI shareholders clash over Coral plans

Algeria
Sonatrach unable to make good on gas pledge to Italy

Spotlight | Angola
TotalEnergies, AFD and president Macron help Lourenço to keep Angola's economy stable

Nigeria
ICSID case ENI vs. Nigeria over OPL 245 stalled once again

Mozambique
South Africa's WBHO reaps first TotalEnergies LNG contracts

Mozambique
Nyusi chooses top diplomat to take charge of relations with Ramaphosa

In Focus | Saudi Arabia, South Africa
Energy lobbyist NJ Ayuk smooths relations between Pretoria and Riyadh

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Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

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Mozambique Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Angola, DRC Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Nigeria ENI's hopes for smooth ride at ICSID over OPL 245 dashed by new stakeholders

Tunisia PSI boss Motaleb Boubakri extends business interests to Mauritania

Spotlight | Central Africa Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Spotlight | Namibia ENI queues up for slice of Namibian oil and gas bonanza

Spotlight | Congo Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

Libya Rome-Tripoli gas deal reawakens threat of blockades

Spotlight | Angola, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal Grand Tortue, hydrogen and Angola: BP's exceptions to Africa pull-out

Ghana How Accra and ENI, Vitol and CNOOC talks came to nothing

Nigeria Nigeria appoints new arbitrator in OPL 245 dispute

DRC Kinshasa sways between Uganda and Sudan to export its oil

Italy, North Africa, Tunisia Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

Spotlight | Mozambique ExxonMobil and ENI shareholders clash over Coral plans

Algeria Sonatrach unable to make good on gas pledge to Italy

Spotlight | Angola TotalEnergies, AFD and president Macron help Lourenço to keep Angola's economy stable

Nigeria ICSID case ENI vs. Nigeria over OPL 245 stalled once again

Mozambique South Africa's WBHO reaps first TotalEnergies LNG contracts

Mozambique Nyusi chooses top diplomat to take charge of relations with Ramaphosa

In Focus | Saudi Arabia, South Africa Energy lobbyist NJ Ayuk smooths relations between Pretoria and Riyadh

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Mozambique
Rwandan businesses pour into Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Nigeria
ENI's hopes for smooth ride at ICSID over OPL 245 dashed by new stakeholders

Tunisia
PSI boss Motaleb Boubakri extends business interests to Mauritania

Spotlight | Central Africa
Pressure mounts on CEMAC to relax foreign exchange rules

Spotlight | Namibia
ENI queues up for slice of Namibian oil and gas bonanza

Spotlight | Congo
Turkish firms make major comeback in Brazzaville

Libya
Rome-Tripoli gas deal reawakens threat of blockades

Spotlight | Angola, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal
Grand Tortue, hydrogen and Angola: BP's exceptions to Africa pull-out

Ghana
How Accra and ENI, Vitol and CNOOC talks came to nothing

Nigeria
Nigeria appoints new arbitrator in OPL 245 dispute

DRC
Kinshasa sways between Uganda and Sudan to export its oil

Italy, North Africa, Tunisia
Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

Spotlight | Mozambique
ExxonMobil and ENI shareholders clash over Coral plans

Algeria
Sonatrach unable to make good on gas pledge to Italy

Spotlight | Angola
TotalEnergies, AFD and president Macron help Lourenço to keep Angola's economy stable

Nigeria
ICSID case ENI vs. Nigeria over OPL 245 stalled once again

Mozambique
South Africa's WBHO reaps first TotalEnergies LNG contracts

Mozambique
Nyusi chooses top diplomat to take charge of relations with Ramaphosa

In Focus | Saudi Arabia, South Africa
Energy lobbyist NJ Ayuk smooths relations between Pretoria and Riyadh