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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.

Tunisia
Bloc Démocratique MP Sofiane Makhloufi takes on job of repairing Franco-Tunisian relations

With the setting up of a parliamentary friendship group, the former journalist Sofiane Makhloufi will be trying to reactivate links with France, which have become somewhat more distant since Kais Saied came to power.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.01.2021

South Africa
French Waste Management group Séché Environnement cleans up in Southern Africa

Séché Environnement has just furthered its position in South Africa by acquiring hazardous waste expert Spill Tech, taking advantage of the absence of fellow French giants Suez and Veolia in South African waste management.

Subscribers only Business 28.01.2021

Spotlight | Angola
Why Sonangol can't shake off Trafigura

As a result of Gaspar Martins' difficulty in building a new terminal for Sonangol, the Swiss trading house Trafigura remains the only firm able to stock imported oil products in large quantities in Angola.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2021

Kenya
Katmerciler beats off OTT, TAG and IAG over APCs

The Turkish firm's clinching of a $70m contract to supply 118 armoured vehicles left its US and South African competitors for dust and, after its recent success in Uganda, marks its continued expansion in East Africa.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 27.01.2021

Algeria
Social housing windfalls for Turkey's Atlas, Ozgur and Doruk

A public housing agency has awarded a billion euros of contracts to three Turkish firms over the course of a single month. Ankara suspects one of them, Atlas Génie Civil, of belonging to a key supporter of Fethullah Gulen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan's bete noire.

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2021

Spotlight | Mayotte island, Mozambique
Total eyes Mayotte as possible rear base for Mozambique LNG

Total is hoping to set up a logistics base in Mayotte for its Mozambican offshore operations. The French island for its part is looking at the bigger picture and dreams of becoming the major's permanent rear base in the Indian Ocean.

Subscribers only Energy 26.01.2021

In Focus | Guinea
Conakry seeks to make Monaco Resources go-to firm for bauxite trade

The Guinean government, pushing pooling in the mining sector to the extreme, is seeking to impose Monaco Resources as the go-to firm for marketing bauxite produced by firms less experienced in trading. The move comes as mining companies are experimenting with sharing capacity or infrastructure, an often fraught process.

Subscribers only Mining 25.01.2021

Loading of bauxite from CBG's Sangaredi mine.

Nigeria
Abba Kyari's favourite trader thrives in wake of his death

Matrix Energy's tight connections to the powers that be in Nigeria has allowed it to play a prominent role in the country's oil trading.

Subscribers only Energy 25.01.2021

Mozambique
Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné turns up the heat on Filipe Nyusi

Cabo Delgado is now a no-go zone for Total. Its giant LNG project is on hold until Mozambique can guarantee safety in the province.

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.2021

Nigeria
Why former vice president Atiku Abubakar bailed out of Intels

A veritable money tree for the presidential candidate in 2019, Intels is no longer the force it once was since Muhammadu Buhari has been in power.

Subscribers only Energy 21.01.2021

Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar.

Mali
AfDB to take over financing of Kenié dam abandonned by IFC

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is examining a case for the financing of the 42-MW hydropower plant Kenié. The Abuja-based institution is in talks with the project developer, French power producer Eranove.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 20.01.2021

Spotlight | Africa, China
Macron and Biden want to force China to play ball on African debt

Following the explosion in African countries' public debt caused by Covid, the European Union and the United States want to force China to take part in the collective rescheduling process organised by the G20 and the Paris Club.

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2021

On December 30, 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron took part in a videoconference bringing together his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and European representatives.

Mozambique
Nyusi's private soldiers fly on Total's airline

To train Filipe Nyusi's soldiers in counter-insurgency operations, foreign service providers to the Mozambican army are travelling to Cabo Delgado with the help of Solenta, the transport company employed by Total, which operates the Afungi gas operations.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy, Business 15.01.2021

Congo
Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

Total is still set to operate the Djeno oil terminal for the next twenty years. But the terms for the extension are likely to be much harsher than what presidential advisor Denis Gokana led the French major to believe.

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2021

South Africa
Total makes development of block 11B/12B conditional on publication of Petroleum Bill

Total is taking a harder line with the South African government as it lobbies to get the country's new oil bill onto the statute books quickly.

Free access Energy 14.01.2021

Africa, France
Air France in multiple cross hairs

Air France, one of many airlines deeply affected by the pandemic, is in the government's bad books in both Congo and Togo.

Subscribers only Business 14.01.2021

Africa, Europe
Rare Earth Advisory surfs the corporate responsibility wave

In existence for barely a year, the ESG consultancy to the mining industry Rare Earth Advisory already boasts several heavyweights of the European finance sector among its clients and has been taking advantage of the increasing pressure from Brussels on European companies to ensure their mining supply chains comply with ethical standards.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2021

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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?

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Tunisia
Bloc Démocratique MP Sofiane Makhloufi takes on job of repairing Franco-Tunisian relations

South Africa
French Waste Management group Séché Environnement cleans up in Southern Africa

Spotlight | Angola
Why Sonangol can't shake off Trafigura

Kenya
Katmerciler beats off OTT, TAG and IAG over APCs

Algeria
Social housing windfalls for Turkey's Atlas, Ozgur and Doruk

Spotlight | Mayotte island, Mozambique
Total eyes Mayotte as possible rear base for Mozambique LNG

In Focus | Guinea
Conakry seeks to make Monaco Resources go-to firm for bauxite trade

Nigeria
Abba Kyari's favourite trader thrives in wake of his death

Mozambique
Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné turns up the heat on Filipe Nyusi

Nigeria
Why former vice president Atiku Abubakar bailed out of Intels

Mali
AfDB to take over financing of Kenié dam abandonned by IFC

Spotlight | Africa, China
Macron and Biden want to force China to play ball on African debt

Mozambique
Nyusi's private soldiers fly on Total's airline

Congo
Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

South Africa
Total makes development of block 11B/12B conditional on publication of Petroleum Bill

Africa, France
Air France in multiple cross hairs

Africa, Europe
Rare Earth Advisory surfs the corporate responsibility wave

Spotlight | Uganda
Days ahead of poll, Museveni refines his future oil squad

Gabon
OPEC quotas: Libreville's oil cartel snub leaves output almost unscathed

Mozambique
Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

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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?

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

TotalEnergies

Tunisia Bloc Démocratique MP Sofiane Makhloufi takes on job of repairing Franco-Tunisian relations

South Africa French Waste Management group Séché Environnement cleans up in Southern Africa

Spotlight | Angola Why Sonangol can't shake off Trafigura

Kenya Katmerciler beats off OTT, TAG and IAG over APCs

Algeria Social housing windfalls for Turkey's Atlas, Ozgur and Doruk

Spotlight | Mayotte island, Mozambique Total eyes Mayotte as possible rear base for Mozambique LNG

In Focus | Guinea Conakry seeks to make Monaco Resources go-to firm for bauxite trade

Nigeria Abba Kyari's favourite trader thrives in wake of his death

Mozambique Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné turns up the heat on Filipe Nyusi

Nigeria Why former vice president Atiku Abubakar bailed out of Intels

Mali AfDB to take over financing of Kenié dam abandonned by IFC

Spotlight | Africa, China Macron and Biden want to force China to play ball on African debt

Mozambique Nyusi's private soldiers fly on Total's airline

Congo Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

South Africa Total makes development of block 11B/12B conditional on publication of Petroleum Bill

Africa, France Air France in multiple cross hairs

Africa, Europe Rare Earth Advisory surfs the corporate responsibility wave

Spotlight | Uganda Days ahead of poll, Museveni refines his future oil squad

Gabon OPEC quotas: Libreville's oil cartel snub leaves output almost unscathed

Mozambique Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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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?

Tunisia
Bloc Démocratique MP Sofiane Makhloufi takes on job of repairing Franco-Tunisian relations

South Africa
French Waste Management group Séché Environnement cleans up in Southern Africa

Spotlight | Angola
Why Sonangol can't shake off Trafigura

Kenya
Katmerciler beats off OTT, TAG and IAG over APCs

Algeria
Social housing windfalls for Turkey's Atlas, Ozgur and Doruk

Spotlight | Mayotte island, Mozambique
Total eyes Mayotte as possible rear base for Mozambique LNG

In Focus | Guinea
Conakry seeks to make Monaco Resources go-to firm for bauxite trade

Nigeria
Abba Kyari's favourite trader thrives in wake of his death

Mozambique
Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné turns up the heat on Filipe Nyusi

Nigeria
Why former vice president Atiku Abubakar bailed out of Intels

Mali
AfDB to take over financing of Kenié dam abandonned by IFC

Spotlight | Africa, China
Macron and Biden want to force China to play ball on African debt

Mozambique
Nyusi's private soldiers fly on Total's airline

Congo
Denis Gokana puts a spoke in Total's wheels at Djeno terminal

South Africa
Total makes development of block 11B/12B conditional on publication of Petroleum Bill

Africa, France
Air France in multiple cross hairs

Africa, Europe
Rare Earth Advisory surfs the corporate responsibility wave

Spotlight | Uganda
Days ahead of poll, Museveni refines his future oil squad

Gabon
OPEC quotas: Libreville's oil cartel snub leaves output almost unscathed

Mozambique
Total sends top security team for urgent talks with Maputo