With ambitious plans to increase Nigeria’s oil output, indigenous energy company Platform Petroleum Chairman Dumo Lulu-Briggs recently announced that he is looking to invest as much as $1 billion in […]
By Ana Hajduka, founder and CEO of Africa GreenCo (www.AfricaGreenCo.com). As Africa’s energy sector deregulates, exciting opportunities open up for financial innovation to benefit consumers. Private-sector buyers and traders can
Africa needs transparent and fair-trade practices for a just energy transition, said Antonio Pedro, Deputy Executive Secretary United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at an African Consultative Webinar on
Burundi’s largest electricity substation, a 160 megavolts facility in Rubirizi, financed by the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the European Union, will increase the country’s electricity-connected population by 7
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org). French oil and gas supermajor TotalEnergies announced in May that the company intends to invest $600 million in the Republic of
Following Galp’s hydrocarbon discoveries in the Mopane Structure in the offshore Orange Basin earlier this year – estimated to hold at least 10 billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent
Angola’s national concessionaire and regulator the National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) is preparing to launch a 2025 licensing round – offering ten blocks for exploration in the Kwanza
With the Africa Energy Bank recently signed into implementation by the African Petroleum Producers Organization and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa is poised to bridge its infrastructure funding gap and
Global technology company SLB will lead a workshop ahead of the Angola Oil&Gas (AOG) conference this October (2-3). Taking place during the pre-conference program on October 1, the workshop will
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $10 million junior equity investment in the KawiSafi (www.KawiSafi.com) II Fund to help local businesses create