Algeria's Energy Future was launched at a half-day round-table seminar at Chatham House, London, on Wednesday 6 April.
The report was presented at the seminar by its lead authors, Jon Marks and John Hamilton, and critically assessed by Algerian and international experts. Read more
The African Energy Atlas has established itself as an indispensable resource for energy industry professionals.
The 2011 edition features more than 45 maps and charts drawn with expert care by journalist cartographer David Burles. Read more
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A detailed and frank analysis of Libya’s energy sector
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Strategic ruse or humiliating defeat? Nigerian government gives ground over fuel subsidies
Government reformists and international economists agree that scrapping subsidies is essential if Nigeria is to have more cost-reflective pricing and bite into the rents that have enriched a well-connected few, but the reality that change is a political risk has been underlined by the controversial decision to raise petrol prices, leading to protests and strikes that have tested the government’s resolve, writes David Slater more
NNPC taps $1.5bn loan, but PPMC payment concerns persist
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has secured a medium-term $1.5bn commercial bank loan, raising hopes that the multi-billion dollar payments backlog at its Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) fuel-importing arm is being addressed. Some PPMC outstandings for oil product imports now stretch back almost two years, and crude-for-product swaps entered into with several oil traders – which generate no cash to pay older debts – may have exacerbated the problem. more
Ghana: 'Expropriation' claim over Tema
Presented by Ghanaian officials as a triumph for local investment and efforts to boost power supply, the launch of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT)’s 126MW CENIT Thermal Power Plant project threatens to undermine investor confidence and could lead to a spat with the UK government, which has otherwise been talking up Ghana’s prospects. more
East Africa: Onshore drilling tests Africa’s eastern promise
After East Africa’s offshore gas finds hit the headlines, results from onshore drilling in Puntland and Kenya could further boost expectations in a variety of unproven plays stretching from Djibouti to Zambia. Markets are eager for news, but seasoned geologists are urging caution, writes Adrian J Browne more
Ugandan government runs out of options as subsidy costs overwhelm its calculations
A government move to cut the subsidy it pays to keep electricity prices low for domestic and industrial consumers has fed into new fears of civil unrest and underlined the burden of paying for imported diesel until the Bujagali IPP eventually comes on stream, write Adrian J Browne and Jon Marks more
COP17 climate talks open a handful of new financing initiatives
Global reactions to the 12-day UN climate negotiations in Durban were mixed, but there were glimmers of hope from the event for Africa’s energy industry, writes Kevin Godier more
Tanzania: Tariffs rise to cover soaring power costs
The energy regulator has approved a tariff increase averaging 40.29% following a request by Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (Tanesco) for a 155% rise to cover the high cost of emergency power. more
Angola: Kwanza Basin licensing, pre-salt discovery
Sonangol has signed agreements with a list of mostly majors for nine offshore blocks in the Kwanza Basin, where it hopes to emulate Brazil’s pre-salt success. The company has announced a first pre-salt discovery on the Maersk Oil-operated Block 23, while Cobalt International Energy says the results of the Cameia-1 well on Block 21 are “very encouraging”. more
Kabila helps himself to DRC election and short-term business gains
Another year and thoughts turn to the potentials – be they 39GW, 44GW or 50GW – of the Congo River’s Inga hydroelectric resource, or of oil plays in the Albertine Graben, where Tullow Oil’s Ugandan field on the other side of the lacustrine border will come on stream this year. Democratic Republic of Congo, as ever, dazzles with its resource-fuelled potential and dismays at the way its politicians and their cronies jockey for power and profits while the mass of the population struggle to cope with the basic realities of living in DRC. With President Joseph Kabila Kabange reinstalled in office to little fanfare – Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was the only head of state who travelled to his inauguration – the extent that governance shortfalls continue to weigh on DRC is only too apparent. more
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