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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.

Spotlight | Mozambique
Viability of SADC force in Cabo Delgado in doubt

Deployed since 2021 in the Mozambican province, the regional force is in serious financial difficulties according to an internal report seen by Africa Intelligence.

Subscribers only Defence 19.05.2023

A military convoy of South Africa National Defence Forces (SANDF), part of the SAMIM, in the Maringanha district in Pemba on 5 August 2021.

Tanzania
AD Ports, Adani and DP World vie for Dar port contract

By July, the Tanzanian authorities are due to announce which companies have won the double tender call to run the country's biggest port. Several major players are in the running.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.05.2023

View of the Dar es Salaam Port in Tanzania on 9 April 2020.

Spotlight | Namibia, South Africa
Namibia eclipses South Africa as TotalEnergies, Shell and ENI hone in on new El Dorado

Namibian offshore, now seen as a new frontier for exploration after TotalEnergies and Shell's discoveries there, is whetting many appetites. South Africa in contrast is struggling in the shadow of the burgeoning new giant.

Subscribers only Energy 17.05.2023

Ivory Coast
Former football star Drogba heads into fish business

Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast footballer Didier Drogba has approached Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi to discuss setting up a fish factory in the country's Sassandra region.

Subscribers only Business 17.05.2023

Didier Drogba arriving for the UEFA Champions League 2020-21 group stage draw in Geneva, Switzerland, 01 October 2020.

Spotlight | DRC, Tanzania, Uganda
Tshisekedi wants slice of planned Ugandan crude oil pipeline pie, TotalEnergies sceptical

The president of DRC is pushing for his country to have a stake in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) through which Uganda's plans to export via Tanzania, despite the fact no crude oil has been discovered on the Congolese side of Lake Albert.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics, Diplomacy 16.05.2023

President of Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi shakes hands with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe, Uganda, on the 9th of November 2019.

DRC
World Bank puts pressure on Kinshasa

Three projects funded by the World Bank to the tune of a billion dollars face possible interruption. The international institution is unhappy with DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi's decision to dissolve the country's social fund and replace it with a new entity.

Subscribers only Politics 16.05.2023

Algeria
EIB negotiates with Algiers to kick-start stalled Medusa submarine cable project

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is in talks with the Algerian authorities to get the Medusa project back on track. The submarine fibre optic cable system, due to come into service in 2024, will be the longest in the Mediterranean.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 16.05.2023

DRC
Secret details of SADC's decision to send troops to eastern DR Congo

Africa Intelligence has had access to a confidential document of the Southern African Development Community that details the thinking behind the decision, taken during the summit of the organisation's Troika on 8 May, to send a regional force to eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Defence 15.05.2023

Libya
Emirati ADNOC gets into Ghadames basin game

National Oil Corp continues to look for foreign investments and is in discussions with three industry giants over the exploration of oil and gas fields in the Ghadames Basin. They include Emirati ADNOC, a further sign of the recent financial interest Abu Dhabi has for Libya.

Subscribers only Energy 08.05.2023

Egypt
Sudan war deals fresh blow to struggling Egyptian economy

The risk of disrupted food supplies from Sudan has sparked fears of further price hikes in Egypt, while Cairo's exports to its southern neighbour, its third-biggest market in Africa, may also be badly hit.

Subscribers only Business 08.05.2023

Algeria
Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

Algeria has been apprehensively following debates in France on an insecticide ban that would have prevented it from importing French wheat, upon which it has become more dependent since the war in Ukraine and the drought at home.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 05.05.2023

A grain ship being loaded in the port of La Rochelle, France.

Tunisia
SONEDE awards major contracts to boost water supplies

After several years of drought, Tunisia is racing against the clock to upgrade its drinking water supply network.

Subscribers only Business 04.05.2023

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies quietly prepares for resumption of Mozambique LNG

The French major is discreetly preparing to resume developing the Mozambique LNG mega-complex in the troubled Cabo Delgado province.

Subscribers only Energy 03.05.2023

The Managing Director of TotalEnergies in Mozambique, Maxime Rabilloud, and the Group's CEO, Patrick Pouyanné.

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara attempts to bridge the divide with Laurent Gbagbo

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has decided to name Abidjan's fourth bridge after the country's former president, Laurent Gbagbo. A proposal to this effect is to be presented at the next Council of Ministers.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 03.05.2023

Abidjan's fourth bridge, pictured in March 2023.

Angola
Odebrecht returns to mining infrastructure after five-year absence

Brazilian construction group Odebrecht has made its return to Angola with the signature of a series of major new contracts. In so doing, it has demonstrated its resilience after having been one of the main groups charged under the Lava-Jato anti-corruption programme.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 02.05.2023

Sudan
Who are Hemeti's generals in Darfur?

While there are some signs that the Sudanese army is getting the upper hand against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, the conflict in Darfur is intensifying. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the RSF leader, has placed trusted men in charge of its units in the vast region.

Subscribers only Defence 02.05.2023

Commander of the Rapid Support Forces Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, in South Darfur State, in September 2017.

Spotlight | Ghana
Norway's Kjell Inge Rokke, hobbled by Accra, fails to launch Pecan development

Ghana's promising Pecan offshore oilfield is unlikely to be developed any time soon, despite the keen interest of one of Norway's richest men. The impasse may be due to Accra's apparently negative business attitude.

Subscribers only Energy 01.05.2023

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Russia, Brazil and China are the most sought-after assignments for Angolan defence attachés, but Africa has the largest number of these posts. Luanda also has several defence attachés in Europe who facilitate military training cooperation programmes and arms deals.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.04.2023

President of Angola João Lourenço at a military ceremony in Moscow in 2019.

Spotlight | Niger
The hunt for Areva's lost 'uraniumgate' millions from Niamey to Lagos

Investigations into the wealth management company Helin International have revealed details of the beneficiaries of operations by the French state-owned nuclear firm Areva in Niger in 2011. US authorities have identified a regular contractor of the US State Department, which appears to be at the heart of the Areva affair.

Subscribers only Business 27.04.2023

The Kennedy bridge at dusk in Niamey in September 2013.

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

Samsung was one of three companies bidding for the contract to build a polypropylene plant in Arzew in Algeria but escalating costs have forced it to withdraw its bid.

Subscribers only Business 26.04.2023

A polypropylene complex is set to be contructed next to the liquefied petroleum gas refinery in Arzew, pictured here on 30 July 2007.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

TotalEnergies

Spotlight | Mozambique
Viability of SADC force in Cabo Delgado in doubt

Tanzania
AD Ports, Adani and DP World vie for Dar port contract

Spotlight | Namibia, South Africa
Namibia eclipses South Africa as TotalEnergies, Shell and ENI hone in on new El Dorado

Ivory Coast
Former football star Drogba heads into fish business

Spotlight | DRC, Tanzania, Uganda
Tshisekedi wants slice of planned Ugandan crude oil pipeline pie, TotalEnergies sceptical

DRC
World Bank puts pressure on Kinshasa

Algeria
EIB negotiates with Algiers to kick-start stalled Medusa submarine cable project

DRC
Secret details of SADC's decision to send troops to eastern DR Congo

Libya
Emirati ADNOC gets into Ghadames basin game

Egypt
Sudan war deals fresh blow to struggling Egyptian economy

Algeria
Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

Tunisia
SONEDE awards major contracts to boost water supplies

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies quietly prepares for resumption of Mozambique LNG

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara attempts to bridge the divide with Laurent Gbagbo

Angola
Odebrecht returns to mining infrastructure after five-year absence

Sudan
Who are Hemeti's generals in Darfur?

Spotlight | Ghana
Norway's Kjell Inge Rokke, hobbled by Accra, fails to launch Pecan development

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Spotlight | Niger
The hunt for Areva's lost 'uraniumgate' millions from Niamey to Lagos

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

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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?

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

TotalEnergies

Spotlight | Mozambique Viability of SADC force in Cabo Delgado in doubt

Tanzania AD Ports, Adani and DP World vie for Dar port contract

Spotlight | Namibia, South Africa Namibia eclipses South Africa as TotalEnergies, Shell and ENI hone in on new El Dorado

Ivory Coast Former football star Drogba heads into fish business

Spotlight | DRC, Tanzania, Uganda Tshisekedi wants slice of planned Ugandan crude oil pipeline pie, TotalEnergies sceptical

DRC World Bank puts pressure on Kinshasa

Algeria EIB negotiates with Algiers to kick-start stalled Medusa submarine cable project

DRC Secret details of SADC's decision to send troops to eastern DR Congo

Libya Emirati ADNOC gets into Ghadames basin game

Egypt Sudan war deals fresh blow to struggling Egyptian economy

Algeria Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

Tunisia SONEDE awards major contracts to boost water supplies

Spotlight | Mozambique TotalEnergies quietly prepares for resumption of Mozambique LNG

Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara attempts to bridge the divide with Laurent Gbagbo

Angola Odebrecht returns to mining infrastructure after five-year absence

Sudan Who are Hemeti's generals in Darfur?

Spotlight | Ghana Norway's Kjell Inge Rokke, hobbled by Accra, fails to launch Pecan development

Inner circles | Angola Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Spotlight | Niger The hunt for Areva's lost 'uraniumgate' millions from Niamey to Lagos

Algeria Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant

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About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

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?

Spotlight | Mozambique
Viability of SADC force in Cabo Delgado in doubt

Tanzania
AD Ports, Adani and DP World vie for Dar port contract

Spotlight | Namibia, South Africa
Namibia eclipses South Africa as TotalEnergies, Shell and ENI hone in on new El Dorado

Ivory Coast
Former football star Drogba heads into fish business

Spotlight | DRC, Tanzania, Uganda
Tshisekedi wants slice of planned Ugandan crude oil pipeline pie, TotalEnergies sceptical

DRC
World Bank puts pressure on Kinshasa

Algeria
EIB negotiates with Algiers to kick-start stalled Medusa submarine cable project

DRC
Secret details of SADC's decision to send troops to eastern DR Congo

Libya
Emirati ADNOC gets into Ghadames basin game

Egypt
Sudan war deals fresh blow to struggling Egyptian economy

Algeria
Ukraine war and drought force Algiers' hand on French wheat imports

Tunisia
SONEDE awards major contracts to boost water supplies

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies quietly prepares for resumption of Mozambique LNG

Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara attempts to bridge the divide with Laurent Gbagbo

Angola
Odebrecht returns to mining infrastructure after five-year absence

Sudan
Who are Hemeti's generals in Darfur?

Spotlight | Ghana
Norway's Kjell Inge Rokke, hobbled by Accra, fails to launch Pecan development

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Spotlight | Niger
The hunt for Areva's lost 'uraniumgate' millions from Niamey to Lagos

Algeria
Samsung drops bid for contract to build TotalEnergies/Sonatrach polypropylene plant