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Afreximbank, the 'oil companies' bank', refuses to give up on black gold

Afreximbank president and chairman, Benedict Okey Oramah. © Jennifer Graylock/Sipa USA/Reuters

Afreximbank is being pressured by its Western partners to move away from financing fossil fuel projects. The pan-African lender is nevertheless working on the creation of a new bank entirely dedicated to the sector, even if the plan faces many obstacles. [...]

Published on 22/03/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

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Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization, in Cairo, on 14 February 2022.

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Africa Energy Bank calls on services of consultancy firms PwC and BrandComms

The secretary general of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization has hired several companies to help with the new pan-African bank, including PwC, which is working on a future strategy.

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Benedict Okey Oramah, President of Afreximbank, on 14 December 2022, in Washington, DC, USA.

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Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

Competing African energy and hydrocarbons conferences were held a week apart in Cape Town in October. The rival entities, the Hyve Group, which organises Africa Oil Week, and the African Energy Chamber lobbyists who run Africa Energy Week, are in a no-holds-barred battle for supremacy.

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South African Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe (here at Africa Oil Week) attended both conferences.

Spotlight | Africa
Afreximbank, Standard Bank and French banks among last financiers of hydrocarbons in Africa

More and more banks, caught between the hammer of oil companies and the anvil of NGOs, are turning their backs on fossil fuel projects in Africa. Only a handful are still showing support for the sector.

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Museveni's team forced to curb downstream goals

The government is struggling to garner enough enthusiasm from private sector partners to finance its ambitious refinery and storage projects.

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Inner circles | Angola
Sovereign fund dream team, unloved by Lourenço, fights for survival

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From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Africa
Afreximbank, the 'oil companies' bank', refuses to give up on black gold

Spotlight | West Africa
Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

Nigeria
Africa Energy Bank calls on services of consultancy firms PwC and BrandComms

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Africa Energy Bank looks as far as Caracas for new HQ

Egypt
Afreximbank inks $32m move to Cairo's New Administrative Capital

South Africa
Africa's Oil Week and Energy Week battle it out in Cape Town

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Afreximbank, Standard Bank and French banks among last financiers of hydrocarbons in Africa

Uganda
Museveni's team forced to curb downstream goals

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Sovereign fund dream team, unloved by Lourenço, fights for survival