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Mauritania/Senegal: FID for cross-border gas project
BP and Kosmos Energy on 21 December announced a final investment decision for Phase 1 of the groundbreaking Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project. Kosmos said the decision was made with BP and the two state oil companies, Petrosen and Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures et...
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Mauritania, Senegal
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Angola to raise power tariffs following IMF accord
Angola has published an action plan for the energy and water sectors covering the period 2018-2022. The plan aims to raise total installed capacity to 7.5GW in 2022 from 6.4GW in 2018 by expanding the role of gas and renewables, mainly solar. Tariff increases are planned in...
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Angola
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Tanzania: Magufuli pursues Nyererian dreams with Rufiji hydro project
The Tanzanian government on 12 December signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Egypt’s Arab Contractors Company and Elsewedy Electric to build the 2,115MW Rufiji hydroelectric power project in Stiegler’s Gorge. Located within the Selous Game Reserve...
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Tanzania
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New protest shuts in Libyan oil field
On 17 December, National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared force majeure at the 315,000 b/d Sharara oil field, which is operated by the Akakus Oil Operations joint venture and co-owned by NOC, Spain’s Repsol, France’s Total, Austria’s OMV and Norway’s Equinor. It had declared...
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Libya
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Côte d’Ivoire politics end Tanoh’s term as energy minister
The sacking of petroleum, energy and renewable energy minister Thierry Tanoh, formally announced on 10 December, was not unexpected. Tanoh had been in conflict with powerful players, notably influential presidential adviser and former minister Adama Toungara, over a planned...
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Côte d’Ivoire
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Ghana: Bridge Power construction
Denham Capital’s Endeavor Energy announced on 13 December that construction has begun on the 202MW first stage of the Bridge Power thermal power project in Tema. Project company Early Power Ltd is majority owned by Endeavor alongside GE and Ghanaian fuel company Sage Trading...
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Ghana
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Old debts complicate Sudan’s fresh start
Talks to remove Sudan from the list of US State Sponsors of Terrorism continue, but rapprochement has accelerated since ex-president Barack Obama’s surprise parting decision to reduce sanctions. Sudan can expect increased business with the west, as well as its Arab/Islamic...
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Sudan
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Kabila seeks to maintain business as usual in DR Congo
Elections on 23 December are unlikely to deliver the change Democratic Republic of Congo so badly needs. The outlook is deteriorating as polling day approaches, following deaths at rallies in support of opposition candidate Martin Fayulu, and an apparently deliberate fire in...
DR Congo
Nigeria’s bitter contest between ailing incumbent and veteran ‘big man’
It says something for the political climate – and the power of social media – that Reuters on 2 December ran a story headlined: “Nigeria’s Buhari denies dying and being replaced by lookalike.” It quoted President Muhammadu Buhari telling diaspora Nigerians in Poland, where he...
Nigeria
Transmission ‘the next big deal’ as financiers assess prospects
The number of big multilateral financing facilities being put in place for electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) projects across Africa points to a recognition that, after decades when installing generation capacity was the central preoccupation of governments...
Africa
The future beckons as details of storage are gradually refined
Find ways to store the electricity generated from solar, wind and other renewables, and these technologies may cease to be ‘intermittent’ sources of power – a game-changer that is expected to transform Africa’s electricity supply industry in the next decade or two. “Storage...
Africa
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Africa Investment Exchange: Gas
AIX: Gas brings upstream and LNG players together with investors, senior officials, and power...
RSA House, London
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
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28 January 2019 to 29 January 2019
Middle East and North Africa Energy
Capacity, Investment and Regional Dynamics
Current economic prospects for energy producers and...
Chatham House, London
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31 January 2019 to 01 February 2019
3rd Annual Power Tech Africa
The conference focuses on identifying the potential of renewable sources in the Sub-Saharan Regions...
Villa Rosa Kempinski, Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya
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06 February 2019 to 07 February 2019
Morocco Oil & Gas Summit
Under the auspices of The National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), IN-VR Oil & Gas is...
Radisson Blu Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco
Morocco
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19 February 2019 to 20 February 2019
The Solar Show MENA
According to the International Energy Agency, by 2021 renewable capacity in the MENA region will...
The Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo, Egypt
Egypt
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19 February 2019 to 20 February 2019
Africa Energy Indaba
The Africa Energy Indaba Conference will discuss, debate and seek solutions to enable adequate...
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
South Africa
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25 February 2019 to 27 February 2019
Powering Africa: Summit
The 5th Powering Africa: Summit (PAS) will take place for the first time in Miami from the 25-27th...
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