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Upstream success traps Egypt in commercial dilemma
While Egypt has laboured successfully over several years to re-establish export capabilities, the global crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has destroyed the international LNG market for the time being. With the budget under severe strain, the authorities can ill afford...
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Egypt
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Zimbabwe plans solar expansion as generation plummets
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has published a general procurement notice for the development of solar PV plants at multiple locations with combined capacity of 500MW. Zimbabwe has been planning a major renewable power procurement for some...
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Zimbabwe
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More projects affected by double blow of coronavirus and oil price
While African exploration had been recovering from the last slump, 2020 could see no more than six or seven high-impact exploration wells drilled continent-wide. Tullow Oil has declared force majeure on its development in Kenya and Kosmos Energy has tweaked its exploration...
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Africa
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Global lockdown accelerates debt crisis as governments search for solutions
With the most vulnerable debtors facing meltdown – highlighted by Zambia’s threatened default on $3bn- worth of eurobonds – international donors have been refashioning their emergency support for crisis-hit countries, as coronavirus lockdowns and commodity price slumps...
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Africa
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Zambia: Kalahari GeoEnergy poised to launch drilling
Kalahari GeoEnergy expects to drill three geothermal resource delineation slim wells and complete feasibility studies in the next ten months, provided coronavirus restrictions are eased soon. The Bweengwa River geothermal resource in the Kafue Trough west of Lusaka has about...
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Zambia
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Ashurst survey assesses energy transition investment
Lockdowns resulting from Covid-19 are sparking reflection across the world, with many institutions looking to take stock through large-scale surveys (not least African Energy, which is currently inviting responses from companies active in the commercial and industrial power...
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Africa
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Kenya: Oil marketers seek relief from sales losses
The government has turned down a request from oil marketers to adjust fuel prices to cushion their losses from sharply lower sales as drivers stay home amid the coronavirus lockdown. On 6 May, the Supply Coordination Committee, which groups 17 oil marketing companies based in...
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Kenya
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Brazzaville struggles with global impacts and domestic failings
Debt restructurings and budget cuts, and reform commitments still to be implemented: in many respects, newsflow from Republic of Congo is much as usual. However, the coronavirus lockdown and oil price slump have severely exacerbated the problems confronting President Denis...
Central Africa
Resource nationalism still central to Magufuli’s populist Tanzania
Questions of greater social equity and sustainable development, more stringent governance and controls over globalisation widely discussed in a world looking to emerge from coronavirus are all ideas that President John Magufuli has worked into Tanzania’s policy mix since...
Tanzania
Stranded oil assets a pressing issue for hydrocarbons producers
Under immense pressure from the global spread of Covid-19 and plunging oil demand, governments and IOCs must once again fine-tune their strategies to meet hostile market conditions. This may mean not only delaying upstream projects but cancelling them altogether as, in the...
Africa
Mozambique faces crises on all fronts as it waits for gas boom
The global LNG market has been undermined just when ExxonMobil was expected to reach a final investment decision on its 15.2m t/yr Rovuma LNG scheme – the biggest of three projects aiming to channel at least $50bn of foreign investment (and possibly much more) into Mozambique...
Mozambique
Events
10 September 2020 to 11 September 2020
AIX: Gas 2020
Part of the AIX: Autumn Meetings in London, the sixth annual Africa Investment Exchange: Gas...
RSA House, London
Africa
1
AIX: Grid & Storage
Part of the AIX: Autumn Meetings in London, the meeting will focus on key issues facing Africa’s...
RSA House, London
Africa
1
23 June 2020 to 24 June 2020
Ghana Oil, Gas & Energy Summit
International oil, gas and energy companies are gathering in one place at the Ghana Oil, Gas &...
Accra, Ghana
Ghana
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25 June 2020 to 26 June 2020
Botswana Mining & Energy
BME is the region’s latest international mining & energy conference and gathering of top mining...
Gaborone, Botswana
Botswana
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30 June 2020 to 01 July 2020
Côte d'Ivoire Oil, Gas & Mining Summit & Expo
Cote d’Ivoire’s robust economy is expected to deliver strong economic growth, posting one of the...
Cote d’Ivoire, Abidjan
Côte d’Ivoire
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16 August 2020 to 18 August 2020
Solar PV World Expo 2020 (PV Guangzhou)
After 11 years’ development, PV Guangzhou has successfully made itself one of the most well-known...
China Import & Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China
Africa
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31 August 2020 to 01 September 2020
The Solar & Wind Show MENA 2020
After a hugely successful launch in 2019, The Solar Show MENA, co-located with The Wind Show MENA,...
Egypt International Exhibitions Center, Cairo, Egypt
Egypt
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