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TotalEnergies

France’s TotalEnergies is one of the world’s top oil and oil products companies and is involved in every aspect of the oil chain from extraction to sales.

Libya
NOC picks Oilinvest for planned $2bn pipeline

The National Oil Corp has chosen Oilinvest, a subsidiary of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund, to oversee its new mega-pipeline project in the Waha oil fields in Sirte, to the detriment of other firms from the UAE and Egypt.

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2024

Spotlight | Mozambique
Mozambique LNG: TotalEnergies decision on force majeure imminent

The level of activity at the huge gas project in Cabo Delgado province suggests that legal barriers to an official resumption of work there could soon be lifted. But the French major is facing reservations from financial backers.

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.2024

TotalEnergies CEO & Chairman Patrick Pouyanné in Paris on 8 January 2024.

Nigeria
Tinubu paves way for businessman Samuel Dossou-Aworet in sale of Shell assets

Shell's announcement of the sale of its Nigerian onshore subsidiary is a sign that President Bola Tinubu has made a break with the policies of his predecessor. The buyer, a consortium led by Samuel Dossou-Aworet, had previously failed to get presidential approval.

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.2024

Angola, DRC
Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

Robert Friedland's group managed to transport its copper via the Angolan port of Lobito late last month. It has thus won its logistical gamble and is one step ahead of its competitors.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Commodity traders 22.01.2024

Morocco
Label'Vie digs itself out of supermarket boycott hole

After calls to boycott Carrefour supermarkets in Morocco in the context of the Israel-Hamas war, the stock value of its parent company reached its lowest point since August 2021. But things are looking up.

Subscribers only Business 22.01.2024

Central African Republic, Gabon
Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

This year could see the largest airline in Central Africa start a regular service to Bangui for the first time, but that still depends on the Bangui-M'Poko International Airport meeting the required standards.

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2024

Madagascar
GIC and Africa Engineering pave way for RN1 bis upgrade

The authorities in Antananarivo are pursuing the Madagascar Road Sector Sustainability Project, with support from the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the European Investment Bank.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 18.01.2024

Spotlight | DRC
IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m

Gécamines' board of directors voted to pay a 5% bonus to the members of the committee that negotiated a $1.6bn deal with China's Tenke Fungurume Mining.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 15.01.2024

Gécamines' headquarters in Lubumbashi, DRC, on 16 January, 2021.

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis pursues informal talks with private lenders ahead of IMF visit

Despite missing a coupon payment on its $1bn eurobond in December, Ethiopia still hopes it can renegotiate with its private sector bondholders, though they have rejected a first restructuring proposal.

Subscribers only Finance 12.01.2024

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed at a session of parliament in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 28 March 2023.

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI's abandoned Zanzibari palace

Since 2017, the king of Morocco has owned a grand property in the archipelago. But despite spending several million euros on refurbishments, he has yet to actually stay there.

Subscribers only Politics 10.01.2024

Moroccan King Mohammed VI with former Tanzanian president John Magufuli, in October 2016.

Kenya
Ruto calls on Tullow Oil to build a refinery

Kenya's oil minister has approached the British oil company about the possibility of processing future crude from the Turkana fields to supply domestic consumption. However, the project promises to be complex and costly.

Subscribers only Energy 09.01.2024

Libya
ENI comes up short as battle between oil minister and NOC ensues

Italian oil major ENI's project to operate gas block NC7 in Hamada may fall through. Originally for three blocks, it began in 2019.

Subscribers only Energy 08.01.2024

Mozambique
What next for EU training mission in Cabo Delgado?

The Mozambique mission has reached the end of its mandate and is waiting for new orders from the European Council.

Subscribers only Defence 04.01.2024

Inner circles | South Africa
Nkululeko Poya seeks to take control of faltering PetroSA

PetroSA's interim chairman is trying to secure the vacant post of CEO with the support of minister Gwede Mantashe. He is counting on a handful of businessmen to help him relaunch the moribund state-owned company.

Subscribers only Energy 22.12.2023

Nigeria
TotalEnergies boss Pouyanné in Abuja to ease fears over Egina offshore field

The French oil major's flagship project has been beset by a series of setbacks in recent months, and its CEO travelled this week to Abuja to try to reassure the authorities there.

Free access Energy 21.12.2023

The CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné.

Spotlight | Guinea
Abu Dhabi and Conakry close in on armoured vehicles for bauxite deal

The Emirati firm Streit Group is finalising a major contract to supply hundreds of armoured vehicles to Guinea's armed forces. Bauxite mining counterparties could be granted as part of the payment for the vehicles.

Subscribers only Defence 20.12.2023

Guinea President Mamadi Doumbouya in Ankara, Turkey, 3 June 2023.

Niger
Without Western money, Niamey may not move ahead with Agadez power station

The project to build a hybrid power station in Agadez has faced many hurdles and has been suspended since the July coup. NIGELEC and French firm Vergnet are poised to move forward, but where will they find funding?

Subscribers only Energy 20.12.2023

Egypt
Dassault, the Egyptian army's partner of choice at EDEX defence show

French group Dassault Aviation took advantage of the Egypt Defence Expo, held in Cairo in December, to consolidate its position in the country and build trade cooperation with Egyptian securocrats.

Subscribers only Defence 19.12.2023

Madagascar
Out with the old, in with the new at the French-Malagasy chamber of commerce

The unanimous election of Johanne Raharinosy to replace veteran André Beaumont at the head of the chamber ushers in a new era. A raft of young entrepreneurs have joined the board of the organisation, which is in line for a shake-up.

Subscribers only Business 19.12.2023

Ethiopia
World Bank releases $132m for Abiy's cherished electrification project

On 29 and 30 November, the World Bank awarded three lots to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's flagship ADELE project, which aims to achieve universal electrification in Ethiopia by 2025.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2023

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Senegal
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Botswana, South Africa
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TotalEnergies

Libya
NOC picks Oilinvest for planned $2bn pipeline

Spotlight | Mozambique
Mozambique LNG: TotalEnergies decision on force majeure imminent

Nigeria
Tinubu paves way for businessman Samuel Dossou-Aworet in sale of Shell assets

Angola, DRC
Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

Morocco
Label'Vie digs itself out of supermarket boycott hole

Central African Republic, Gabon
Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

Madagascar
GIC and Africa Engineering pave way for RN1 bis upgrade

Spotlight | DRC
IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis pursues informal talks with private lenders ahead of IMF visit

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI's abandoned Zanzibari palace

Kenya
Ruto calls on Tullow Oil to build a refinery

Libya
ENI comes up short as battle between oil minister and NOC ensues

Mozambique
What next for EU training mission in Cabo Delgado?

Inner circles | South Africa
Nkululeko Poya seeks to take control of faltering PetroSA

Nigeria
TotalEnergies boss Pouyanné in Abuja to ease fears over Egina offshore field

Spotlight | Guinea
Abu Dhabi and Conakry close in on armoured vehicles for bauxite deal

Niger
Without Western money, Niamey may not move ahead with Agadez power station

Egypt
Dassault, the Egyptian army's partner of choice at EDEX defence show

Madagascar
Out with the old, in with the new at the French-Malagasy chamber of commerce

Ethiopia
World Bank releases $132m for Abiy's cherished electrification project

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TotalEnergies

Libya NOC picks Oilinvest for planned $2bn pipeline

Spotlight | Mozambique Mozambique LNG: TotalEnergies decision on force majeure imminent

Nigeria Tinubu paves way for businessman Samuel Dossou-Aworet in sale of Shell assets

Angola, DRC Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

Morocco Label'Vie digs itself out of supermarket boycott hole

Central African Republic, Gabon Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

Madagascar GIC and Africa Engineering pave way for RN1 bis upgrade

Spotlight | DRC IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m

Spotlight | Ethiopia Addis pursues informal talks with private lenders ahead of IMF visit

Spotlight | Morocco Mohammed VI's abandoned Zanzibari palace

Kenya Ruto calls on Tullow Oil to build a refinery

Libya ENI comes up short as battle between oil minister and NOC ensues

Mozambique What next for EU training mission in Cabo Delgado?

Inner circles | South Africa Nkululeko Poya seeks to take control of faltering PetroSA

Nigeria TotalEnergies boss Pouyanné in Abuja to ease fears over Egina offshore field

Spotlight | Guinea Abu Dhabi and Conakry close in on armoured vehicles for bauxite deal

Niger Without Western money, Niamey may not move ahead with Agadez power station

Egypt Dassault, the Egyptian army's partner of choice at EDEX defence show

Madagascar Out with the old, in with the new at the French-Malagasy chamber of commerce

Ethiopia World Bank releases $132m for Abiy's cherished electrification project

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Libya
NOC picks Oilinvest for planned $2bn pipeline

Spotlight | Mozambique
Mozambique LNG: TotalEnergies decision on force majeure imminent

Nigeria
Tinubu paves way for businessman Samuel Dossou-Aworet in sale of Shell assets

Angola, DRC
Ivanhoe Mines in pole position on Lobito corridor railway

Morocco
Label'Vie digs itself out of supermarket boycott hole

Central African Republic, Gabon
Afrijet ponders Libreville-Bangui flights

Madagascar
GIC and Africa Engineering pave way for RN1 bis upgrade

Spotlight | DRC
IGF opposes Gécamines over mega-bonuses worth €40m

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis pursues informal talks with private lenders ahead of IMF visit

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI's abandoned Zanzibari palace

Kenya
Ruto calls on Tullow Oil to build a refinery

Libya
ENI comes up short as battle between oil minister and NOC ensues

Mozambique
What next for EU training mission in Cabo Delgado?

Inner circles | South Africa
Nkululeko Poya seeks to take control of faltering PetroSA

Nigeria
TotalEnergies boss Pouyanné in Abuja to ease fears over Egina offshore field

Spotlight | Guinea
Abu Dhabi and Conakry close in on armoured vehicles for bauxite deal

Niger
Without Western money, Niamey may not move ahead with Agadez power station

Egypt
Dassault, the Egyptian army's partner of choice at EDEX defence show

Madagascar
Out with the old, in with the new at the French-Malagasy chamber of commerce

Ethiopia
World Bank releases $132m for Abiy's cherished electrification project