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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.

Morocco
Rabat rolls out red carpet for Russian wheat

Under pressure from millers, Moroccan authorities have resumed imports of Russian wheat after a two-year virtual absence. Moscow is now the country's second-largest supplier.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 11.09.2024

Grains are loaded onto a ship at the Russian port of Rostov-on-Don on 26 July 2022

Spotlight | Kenya
Explosive report on land allocation kept under wraps by William Ruto

A multi-agency committee has issued recommendations on several thousand hectares of land in Ndabibi illegally sold in the 1990s. The document was submitted last year but has never been made public by the president. It spells bad news for many, and good news for a select few, including the head of state.

Subscribers only Politics 09.09.2024

Kenya's President William Ruto in Beijing on 5 September 2024.

Kenya, Mayotte island
Mayotte seeks to boost trade with Kenya

With the Comoros still claiming sovereignty over the fourth island of the Indian Ocean archipelago, France's 101st department is hoping to extend its economic and diplomatic influence in the region.

Free access Business, Diplomacy 09.09.2024

Central African Republic
Touadéra keeps an eye on his hydrocarbons minister nephew

Central African Republic Energy Minister Arthur Bertrand Piri is trying to sell shares in a petroleum products storage company to the Cameroonian firm Neptune Oil. The situation is being closely monitored by his uncle, President Faustin Archange Touadéra, and by Prime Minister Félix Moloua.

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.2024

Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Beijing on 5 September 2024.

Uganda
Bobi Wine's party seeks North American support

The opposition leader and his allies in the National Unity Platform have just returned from a tour of the United States and Canada, during which they mobilised political and intellectual circles and the Ugandan diaspora, against a backdrop of growing mistrust between Kampala and Western chancelleries.

Subscribers only Politics 04.09.2024

Bobi Wine at the Cinema for Peace Gala Berlin on 19 February 2024.

Mozambique
Decision on Mozambique LNG force majeure to wait for presidential outcome

Regardless of the security and financial matters, French group TotalEnergies will not lift its force majeure on the largest LNG infrastructure in Africa until at least next year, once Mozambique has a new president.

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.2024

In Focus | Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

From Dubai, a discreet Russian trading firm is making its mark in the distribution of petroleum products in West Africa. It is doing so in close collaboration with the Kremlin, which wants to circumvent sanctions and extend its influence in Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 02.09.2024

Nigeria
TotalEnergies and Amni to invest over $1bn in Ima gas

The French major has ramped up its investments in Nigeria as it focuses on the gas sector and is now preparing to start production at the Ima field co-owned by Amni International.

Subscribers only Energy 29.08.2024

Spotlight | Africa
Between Google and Meta, African Union seeks AI strategy

The AU has launched a debate on the huge challenges posed by artificial intelligence. Through its development agency, the pan-African organisation is forging partnerships with US tech giants and is working on a continental policy to cover issues such as infrastructure and data sovereignty.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.08.2024

The director of the African Union Development Agency, Nardos Bekele-Thomas (right), in New York in September 2022.

Madagascar
Public spending watchdog accuses government of secrecy over Covid-19 crisis

In a report published in early August, the Madagascar Court of Auditors claimed that President Andry Rajoelina failed to apply the recommendations it made regarding his government's handling of the Covid-19 public health crisis.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2024

Andry Rajoelina, in September 2021, at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

The oil and gas field owned by the Italian oil major is so resource-intensive that new investors are already required, just months before the launch of the second phase.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2024

Claudio Descalzi, CEO of ENI, in October 2023.

Ivory Coast
TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

The Western majors are steadily pulling out of refineries on the continent, with Ivory Coast the latest to experience this, much to the government's chagrin.

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2024

Presidents Alassane Ouattara and Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris in November 2023.

Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

The UN peacekeeping mission's supplier Tristar is struggling to import its products.

Subscribers only Mining 23.08.2024

Kenya
Brewer EABL manages its foreign currency risk

The Kenyan brewery recently cleared its outstanding foreign currency overdrafts.

Subscribers only Business 22.08.2024

Senegal
Diomaye Faye turns to Petronas after BP's Yakaar-Teranga gas exit

The Senegalese government is looking for a new partner for the vast Yakaar-Teranga gas field, and the Malaysian multinational is high on its shortlist.

Subscribers only Energy 21.08.2024

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Services provider Golar LNG has floating liquefied natural gas technology that could prove to be a strategic asset for the British-French major, one of the largest operators in central Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 02.08.2024

The LNG tanker Golar Celsius in the port of Rotterdam in May 2021.

Algeria
Algiers rules out economic reprisals against France

The Algerian government is bracing for renewed tensions with former colonial power France after recalling ambassador Saïd Moussi from Paris but is keen for them not to spill over into the economy.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 02.08.2024

Morocco
Rabat mulls Moscow alliance to meet grain needs

After Morocco's dire wheat harvest last season, the country is looking to boost its grain trade with the Russians. For the first time, this year Russia became one of the kingdom's top three wheat suppliers, a trend likely to continue in the coming years.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 01.08.2024

Ethiopia
$500m World Bank-funded energy access project flounders

More than three years after the launch of a project in Ethiopia to improve access to electricity, sector professionals are beginning to lose patience. Several tenders have had to be re-run, and access to funding is proving difficult in an already gloomy economic climate.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 30.07.2024

Nigeria
TotalEnergies negotiates gas price before committing to new investments

TotalEnergies’ signing on 20 June of a final investment decision worth $550m for the Ubeta gas field in Nigeria would not have been possible without another agreement, signed a few weeks earlier.

Subscribers only Energy 29.07.2024

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Morocco
Rabat rolls out red carpet for Russian wheat

Spotlight | Kenya
Explosive report on land allocation kept under wraps by William Ruto

Kenya, Mayotte island
Mayotte seeks to boost trade with Kenya

Central African Republic
Touadéra keeps an eye on his hydrocarbons minister nephew

Uganda
Bobi Wine's party seeks North American support

Mozambique
Decision on Mozambique LNG force majeure to wait for presidential outcome

In Focus | Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Nigeria
TotalEnergies and Amni to invest over $1bn in Ima gas

Spotlight | Africa
Between Google and Meta, African Union seeks AI strategy

Madagascar
Public spending watchdog accuses government of secrecy over Covid-19 crisis

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

Ivory Coast
TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

Kenya
Brewer EABL manages its foreign currency risk

Senegal
Diomaye Faye turns to Petronas after BP's Yakaar-Teranga gas exit

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Algeria
Algiers rules out economic reprisals against France

Morocco
Rabat mulls Moscow alliance to meet grain needs

Ethiopia
$500m World Bank-funded energy access project flounders

Nigeria
TotalEnergies negotiates gas price before committing to new investments

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

TotalEnergies

Morocco Rabat rolls out red carpet for Russian wheat

Spotlight | Kenya Explosive report on land allocation kept under wraps by William Ruto

Kenya, Mayotte island Mayotte seeks to boost trade with Kenya

Central African Republic Touadéra keeps an eye on his hydrocarbons minister nephew

Uganda Bobi Wine's party seeks North American support

Mozambique Decision on Mozambique LNG force majeure to wait for presidential outcome

In Focus | Mali, Senegal, Togo The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Nigeria TotalEnergies and Amni to invest over $1bn in Ima gas

Spotlight | Africa Between Google and Meta, African Union seeks AI strategy

Madagascar Public spending watchdog accuses government of secrecy over Covid-19 crisis

Spotlight | Ivory Coast ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

Ivory Coast TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

Central African Republic Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

Kenya Brewer EABL manages its foreign currency risk

Senegal Diomaye Faye turns to Petronas after BP's Yakaar-Teranga gas exit

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Algeria Algiers rules out economic reprisals against France

Morocco Rabat mulls Moscow alliance to meet grain needs

Ethiopia $500m World Bank-funded energy access project flounders

Nigeria TotalEnergies negotiates gas price before committing to new investments

Refine your search

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?

Morocco
Rabat rolls out red carpet for Russian wheat

Spotlight | Kenya
Explosive report on land allocation kept under wraps by William Ruto

Kenya, Mayotte island
Mayotte seeks to boost trade with Kenya

Central African Republic
Touadéra keeps an eye on his hydrocarbons minister nephew

Uganda
Bobi Wine's party seeks North American support

Mozambique
Decision on Mozambique LNG force majeure to wait for presidential outcome

In Focus | Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Nigeria
TotalEnergies and Amni to invest over $1bn in Ima gas

Spotlight | Africa
Between Google and Meta, African Union seeks AI strategy

Madagascar
Public spending watchdog accuses government of secrecy over Covid-19 crisis

Spotlight | Ivory Coast
ENI forced to seek Gulf partners for mammoth Baleine project

Ivory Coast
TotalEnergies follows Shell's lead in exiting Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage

Central African Republic
Fuel shortage forces MINUSCA to curb travel

Kenya
Brewer EABL manages its foreign currency risk

Senegal
Diomaye Faye turns to Petronas after BP's Yakaar-Teranga gas exit

Spotlight | Cameroon, Congo
Perenco sees an opportunity in Norwegian firm Golar

Algeria
Algiers rules out economic reprisals against France

Morocco
Rabat mulls Moscow alliance to meet grain needs

Ethiopia
$500m World Bank-funded energy access project flounders

Nigeria
TotalEnergies negotiates gas price before committing to new investments