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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.

Ghana, West Africa
China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

In bidding to take control of Cardinal Resources, which is developing Ghana's Namdini gold field, China's Shandong Gold aims to compete with the world's gold industry giants, all of which have a permanent presence in West Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 09.07.2020

Congo
Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

As the end of the operating concession for the Djeno oil terminal approaches, Total is striving to ensure it retains its lead operator role and gets the right to choose its new partners.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2020

Cameroon
Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Because he authorised Sahara Energy to apply fuel prices likely to cost the Cameroonian state tens of millions of dollars in additional subsidy pay-outs, the energy minister has angered the finance minister who is supposed to find the extra funding.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2020

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved.

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2020

In Focus | Angola
General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

With accusations over the use of false documents and dual identities, the power struggle between Portugal's Ricardo Leitão Machado and his former General Electric partner Wilson Dacosta has taken on epic proportions.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 06.07.2020

Tunisia
Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Allegations that Elyès Fakhfakh was guilty of concealing a conflict of interest in the award of major waste tip management contracts have come at just the right time for the Ennahda party...as well as for the Ben Ayed brothers, who have close links with the Islamist party and whose Al Badr group is also in waste management.

Subscribers only Business 06.07.2020

Prime Minister of Tunisia Elyes Fakhfakh.

Guinea
Total to supply fuel for operations at Simandou blocks formerly owned by Beny Steinmetz

The French major Total has reportedly reached a deal with Société Minière de Boké on storing and supplying the fuel needed for operations at blocks 1 and 2 of the Simandou iron ore project.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 03.07.2020

Congo
Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

In a letter she sent to the Wing Wah Petrochemical Joint Stock Co's managing director, Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma condemns the "deplorable insalubrity" of the base camp used by Congolese nationals.

Subscribers only Energy 01.07.2020

Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Junior oil firms flocked in their hundreds to bid for one of the 57 marginal fields put up for sale by the Abuja authorities to avoid a financial debacle as the Covid-19 crisis continues.

Subscribers only Energy 01.07.2020

Libya
Malta court orders EACS to pay UAE's Fly Aviation Services €1.8m

A court in Malta has sentenced Libya's Executive Authority for Air Cargo and Special Flights (EACS), headed by Shaker Own, to cough up €1.8m to Fly Aviation Services.

Subscribers only Business 30.06.2020

Mali
MINUSMA: second Ivorian tank corps deployed to Timbuktu

A second Ivorian tank corps should be joining MINUSMA in July after training with the Ivorian Army's 43rd battalion.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.06.2020

Nigeria
Nigerian APC maker Proforce jumps aboard Deep Blue maritime security contract

Nigeria's Proforce Defence has supplied the government with light armoured vehicles to beef up security in the Niger Delta as part of the huge Deep Blue project. The deal is a concession of sorts by Israeli firm HLSI-Blue Octagon to Abuja and Nigeria's emerging defence industry.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 29.06.2020

Spotlight | Uganda
Total secures highly preferential deal on Tullow assets

Panic at the summit of the state in Kampala has resulted in a deal that is highly favourable to the oil companies. Here's what happened behind the scenes.

Subscribers only Energy 26.06.2020

A Tullow Oil drilling site in Uganda on the shore of Lake Albert, in Kigogole.

Mozambique
Could Covid-19 crisis extend World Bank aid for extractive industries?

Strategically key for bringing to fruition the oil and gas projects on which Mozambique's economic development depends, the World Bank's assistance programme could be extended on account of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subscribers only Mining 26.06.2020

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

Despite all the delays under his predecessors in launching construction works on the Inga III dam, Félix Tshisekedi is eager to embark on a much more ambitious project in Kongo Central province: the Grand Inga.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 26.06.2020

Zimbabwe
Businessman Paradzai Chakona gets go-ahead for his Chiredzi solar plant

Despite facing prosecution over his alleged involvement in a scandal involving national telecommunications operator NetOne, Paradzai Chakona has been given the green light by the Zimbabwean regulatory authority to proceed with his solar power plant in the south-east of the country.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 25.06.2020

Zimbabwean businessman Paradzai Chakona.

Mozambique
Amid accounting woes, Sasol hires PR expert to manage its reputation

Suspected of overestimating its recoverable costs, Sasol hopes its new recruit will restore its image in Maputo.

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2020

Morocco
ConocoPhillips first to acquire exploration permit on continent since Covid outbreak

In mid-June Melissa Coleman, who is ConocoPhillips' head of exploration for Africa, Europe and Middel East, an old hand at negotiating deals in Africa, signed a prospecting licence with the head of Office national des hydrocarbures et des mines (ONHYM), the former energy minister Amina Benkhadra.

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2020

Spotlight | Nigeria
How China's Norinco has been kitting out Nigerian Army

The Chinese defence giant Norinco is preparing to deliver new heavy equipment to the Nigerian Army, adding to the avalanche of Chinese military equipment paid for by special funds and sent to Nigeria over the past few years.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 24.06.2020

One of the third-generation VT4 battle tanks delivered by Chinese defence giant Norinco to the Nigerian Army.

Tunisia
TFBank tries to reassure France's banking watchdog but still needs fresh capital

The Paris-based, state-owned Tunisian bank is overhauling its management structure and its anti-fraud procedures in an attempt to meet the concerns of France's prudential control authority but still needs to find €19m to comply with legal capital adequacy ratios.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 24.06.2020

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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

Ghana, West Africa
China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

Congo
Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

Cameroon
Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

In Focus | Angola
General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

Tunisia
Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Guinea
Total to supply fuel for operations at Simandou blocks formerly owned by Beny Steinmetz

Congo
Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Libya
Malta court orders EACS to pay UAE's Fly Aviation Services €1.8m

Mali
MINUSMA: second Ivorian tank corps deployed to Timbuktu

Nigeria
Nigerian APC maker Proforce jumps aboard Deep Blue maritime security contract

Spotlight | Uganda
Total secures highly preferential deal on Tullow assets

Mozambique
Could Covid-19 crisis extend World Bank aid for extractive industries?

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

Zimbabwe
Businessman Paradzai Chakona gets go-ahead for his Chiredzi solar plant

Mozambique
Amid accounting woes, Sasol hires PR expert to manage its reputation

Morocco
ConocoPhillips first to acquire exploration permit on continent since Covid outbreak

Spotlight | Nigeria
How China's Norinco has been kitting out Nigerian Army

Tunisia
TFBank tries to reassure France's banking watchdog but still needs fresh capital

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Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

TotalEnergies

Ghana, West Africa China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

Congo Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

Cameroon Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Spotlight | Mozambique Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

In Focus | Angola General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

Tunisia Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Guinea Total to supply fuel for operations at Simandou blocks formerly owned by Beny Steinmetz

Congo Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

Spotlight | Nigeria Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Libya Malta court orders EACS to pay UAE's Fly Aviation Services €1.8m

Mali MINUSMA: second Ivorian tank corps deployed to Timbuktu

Nigeria Nigerian APC maker Proforce jumps aboard Deep Blue maritime security contract

Spotlight | Uganda Total secures highly preferential deal on Tullow assets

Mozambique Could Covid-19 crisis extend World Bank aid for extractive industries?

DRC Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

Zimbabwe Businessman Paradzai Chakona gets go-ahead for his Chiredzi solar plant

Mozambique Amid accounting woes, Sasol hires PR expert to manage its reputation

Morocco ConocoPhillips first to acquire exploration permit on continent since Covid outbreak

Spotlight | Nigeria How China's Norinco has been kitting out Nigerian Army

Tunisia TFBank tries to reassure France's banking watchdog but still needs fresh capital

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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?

Ghana, West Africa
China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

Congo
Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

Cameroon
Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

In Focus | Angola
General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

Tunisia
Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Guinea
Total to supply fuel for operations at Simandou blocks formerly owned by Beny Steinmetz

Congo
Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Libya
Malta court orders EACS to pay UAE's Fly Aviation Services €1.8m

Mali
MINUSMA: second Ivorian tank corps deployed to Timbuktu

Nigeria
Nigerian APC maker Proforce jumps aboard Deep Blue maritime security contract

Spotlight | Uganda
Total secures highly preferential deal on Tullow assets

Mozambique
Could Covid-19 crisis extend World Bank aid for extractive industries?

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

Zimbabwe
Businessman Paradzai Chakona gets go-ahead for his Chiredzi solar plant

Mozambique
Amid accounting woes, Sasol hires PR expert to manage its reputation

Morocco
ConocoPhillips first to acquire exploration permit on continent since Covid outbreak

Spotlight | Nigeria
How China's Norinco has been kitting out Nigerian Army

Tunisia
TFBank tries to reassure France's banking watchdog but still needs fresh capital