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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 | Morocco
A truckload of problems for Compagnie Minière de Touissit

In recent weeks, the Luc Gérard Nyafé-led mining company has faced social unrest, a management takeover by an outside consultant, and controversy over shipments of lead concentrate to an unknown client.

Subscribers only Mining 28.03.2024

Vehicles navigate their way along a narrow road leading to the village of Tighza, Morocco.

Spotlight | Kenya
Anti-graft bodies fume over failure to prosecute bigwigs close to government

Kenya's anti-corruption agencies are irked by the chief prosecutor's decisions to drop legal proceedings into people close to the government. Having received no satisfactory explanation from President William Ruto, they are turning to parliamentarians for help.

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2024

Cameroon
Boeing and Pratt & Whitney guilty of negligence in fatal 1984 plane fire

Boeing and Pratt & Whitney were sentenced to pay major damages for a 30 August 1984 fire on a plane belonging to state-owned Cameroon Airlines.

Subscribers only Business 21.03.2024

In Focus | DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Africa Intelligence has seen a series of confidential documents revealing a dispute between Dan Gertler and his former Congolese lawyer. This complex file reveals the financial arrangements put in place by the Israeli billionaire to deal with US sanctions.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining 20.03.2024

Dan Gertler addresses the Congolese people on 16 November 2020.

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis hopes new economic roadmap will help it clinch IMF deal

The 31 March deadline set by the Paris Club for the suspension of Ethiopia's debt servicing is fast approaching. But a number of sticking points still stand in the way of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

Subscribers only Finance 19.03.2024

Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed at the United Nations Environment Assembly, in Nairobi on 29 February 2024.

Nigeria
ExxonMobil mulls floating unit for Owowo offshore

The US major is considering using an FPSO at the Owowo field, but Nigeria's increasingly stringent local content requirements could hobble this option.

Subscribers only Energy 15.03.2024

Nigeria
Sandesara brothers' Sterling Oil boosts holdings in Nigerian onshore

One of Nigeria's largest independent oil companies is about to acquire the OML 26 oil field, taking advantage of the withdrawal of First Hydrocarbon Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy 14.03.2024

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Uganda
Russia looks for new ways to import African coffee

For logistical and financial reasons, Russian coffee importers increasingly have to use intermediaries to get round Western sanctions, while Moscow is trying to open doors in producer countries such as Uganda and Ethiopia.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 13.03.2024

A Moscow branch of Stars Coffee, a chain that has taken over Starbucks outlets

Central African Republic
Energy minister Piri thwarts Rochefort International's revival plans

The Paris-based investment bank is struggling to revive TotalEnergies' former subsidiary in the Central African Republic. The energy ministry has decided to go with a single fuel supplier, Cameroon's Neptune Oil, to the detriment of the distributor's margins.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 13.03.2024

Kenya
Ruto deploys civil service boss to defuse tax row

The Kenya Revenue Authority doesn't have enough money to reimburse all overcharged state agencies. Felix Koskei is on the case.

Subscribers only Finance 12.03.2024

DRC
Oil blocks: deal struck with study bankroller under threat

Congolese Oil Minister Didier Budimbu has accused Emirati firm ClayHall Group of not paying the full sums agreed to pre-finance an assessment study of the DRC's sedimentary basins.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 08.03.2024

Madagascar
Karana business barons drag out dispute in courts

Africa Intelligence lifts the lid on the simmering dispute between the powerful boss of Ocean Trade Co, Moustafa Hiridjee, and the businessman Moustapha Ameraly Radjan.

Subscribers only Business 08.03.2024

Kenya
Failing Uchumi supermarkets pay to keep United Bank for Africa sweet

The financially troubled Uchumi supermarket chain is undergoing a safeguard procedure to pay its creditors. The Ruto administration tried to step in itself, but United Bank for Africa has gone it alone and secured an advantageous arrangement with the company.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 08.03.2024

Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF MP Scott Pedzai Sakupwanya tightens grip on Zimbabwe gold industry

Sakupwanya, a freshly-elected MP for the ruling party and owner of the Redwing mine, sold almost half of the gold produced in Zimbabwe in 2023.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders 06.03.2024

Libya
Paris Appeals Court suspends seizures requested by Gaddafi's ex-PR man

The French court granted NOC's request to cancel the seizures within its subsidiary Mabruk Oil Operations, despite decisions handed down in May 2021 in favour of Sami Jallouli and Saïd Ajil.

Subscribers only Business 28.02.2024

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies pleads with US EXIM Bank to release promised Mozambique LNG funding

The French major's senior management team, led by Patrick Pouyanné, is having nightmares over the financing of the two gas liquefaction trains it is having built on the Afungi Peninsula plant. Some lenders, including the US's EXIM Bank, still fear that security issues could endanger the colossal €20bn project.

Subscribers only Energy 26.02.2024

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné in Paris on 8 January 2024.

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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 | Morocco
A truckload of problems for Compagnie Minière de Touissit

Spotlight | Kenya
Anti-graft bodies fume over failure to prosecute bigwigs close to government

Cameroon
Boeing and Pratt & Whitney guilty of negligence in fatal 1984 plane fire

In Focus | DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis hopes new economic roadmap will help it clinch IMF deal

Nigeria
ExxonMobil mulls floating unit for Owowo offshore

Nigeria
Sandesara brothers' Sterling Oil boosts holdings in Nigerian onshore

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Uganda
Russia looks for new ways to import African coffee

Central African Republic
Energy minister Piri thwarts Rochefort International's revival plans

Kenya
Ruto deploys civil service boss to defuse tax row

DRC
Oil blocks: deal struck with study bankroller under threat

Madagascar
Karana business barons drag out dispute in courts

Kenya
Failing Uchumi supermarkets pay to keep United Bank for Africa sweet

Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF MP Scott Pedzai Sakupwanya tightens grip on Zimbabwe gold industry

Libya
Paris Appeals Court suspends seizures requested by Gaddafi's ex-PR man

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies pleads with US EXIM Bank to release promised Mozambique LNG funding

Tunisia
Kaïs Saïed launches Tunisia-Italy electricity interconnection project

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema promotes private office director to board of strategic investment fund

Angola
Agro-food giant Carrinho looks to expand abroad

Central African Republic
PM lashes out at energy minister Piri

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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?

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

TotalEnergies

Spotlight | Morocco A truckload of problems for Compagnie Minière de Touissit

Spotlight | Kenya Anti-graft bodies fume over failure to prosecute bigwigs close to government

Cameroon Boeing and Pratt & Whitney guilty of negligence in fatal 1984 plane fire

In Focus | DRC Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Ethiopia Addis hopes new economic roadmap will help it clinch IMF deal

Nigeria ExxonMobil mulls floating unit for Owowo offshore

Nigeria Sandesara brothers' Sterling Oil boosts holdings in Nigerian onshore

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Uganda Russia looks for new ways to import African coffee

Central African Republic Energy minister Piri thwarts Rochefort International's revival plans

Kenya Ruto deploys civil service boss to defuse tax row

DRC Oil blocks: deal struck with study bankroller under threat

Madagascar Karana business barons drag out dispute in courts

Kenya Failing Uchumi supermarkets pay to keep United Bank for Africa sweet

Zimbabwe Zanu-PF MP Scott Pedzai Sakupwanya tightens grip on Zimbabwe gold industry

Libya Paris Appeals Court suspends seizures requested by Gaddafi's ex-PR man

Spotlight | Mozambique TotalEnergies pleads with US EXIM Bank to release promised Mozambique LNG funding

Tunisia Kaïs Saïed launches Tunisia-Italy electricity interconnection project

Gabon Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema promotes private office director to board of strategic investment fund

Angola Agro-food giant Carrinho looks to expand abroad

Central African Republic PM lashes out at energy minister Piri

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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 | Morocco
A truckload of problems for Compagnie Minière de Touissit

Spotlight | Kenya
Anti-graft bodies fume over failure to prosecute bigwigs close to government

Cameroon
Boeing and Pratt & Whitney guilty of negligence in fatal 1984 plane fire

In Focus | DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Addis hopes new economic roadmap will help it clinch IMF deal

Nigeria
ExxonMobil mulls floating unit for Owowo offshore

Nigeria
Sandesara brothers' Sterling Oil boosts holdings in Nigerian onshore

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Uganda
Russia looks for new ways to import African coffee

Central African Republic
Energy minister Piri thwarts Rochefort International's revival plans

Kenya
Ruto deploys civil service boss to defuse tax row

DRC
Oil blocks: deal struck with study bankroller under threat

Madagascar
Karana business barons drag out dispute in courts

Kenya
Failing Uchumi supermarkets pay to keep United Bank for Africa sweet

Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF MP Scott Pedzai Sakupwanya tightens grip on Zimbabwe gold industry

Libya
Paris Appeals Court suspends seizures requested by Gaddafi's ex-PR man

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies pleads with US EXIM Bank to release promised Mozambique LNG funding

Tunisia
Kaïs Saïed launches Tunisia-Italy electricity interconnection project

Gabon
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema promotes private office director to board of strategic investment fund

Angola
Agro-food giant Carrinho looks to expand abroad

Central African Republic
PM lashes out at energy minister Piri