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Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

Zambia overhauls electricity regime as sector heats up

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Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

Morocco says its integrated LNG/GTP mega-project remains on track

Following concerns that political indecision and potentially competing projects might significantly delay Morocco’s estimated $4.6bn integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-to-power (GTP) scheme, further advisory contracts will be signed soon and key decisions are...

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

Morocco

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

South Africa: Eskom chairman resigns as chaos intensifies

Public enterprises minister Lynne Brown announced late on 12 June that she had accepted the resignation of Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane as chairman of Eskom. “I would like to thank Dr Ngubane for his contribution to turning Eskom around since the load-shedding days of 2014-15...

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

South Africa

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

Libya’s NOC targets 1m barrels

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has said it expects production to reach 1m b/d by mid-July, despite the massive political, financial and security challenges that threaten to impede its ability to function normally. The corporation is currently pumping an average of 830...

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

Libya

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

Kenya: Oman Trading takes 40 percent in Hass Petroleum

Kenyan oil marketer Hass Petroleum Group has sold a 40% stake to Oman Trading International (OTI) as it seeks funds to boost its capital and strengthen its operations in east and central Africa. The transaction, the value of which was not disclosed, is subject to regulatory...

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

Kenya

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

New facility seeks to fill liquidity gap for renewables IPPs

German development bank KfW and Nairobi-based African Trade Insurance (ATI) are launching the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (RLSF), a new instrument intended to support clean energy independent power producers (IPPs) in sub-Saharan Africa by helping them to maintain...

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

Africa

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

DR Congo: Inga 3 consortia asked to merge

Facing a range of problems surrounding their bids, the two remaining consortia looking to lead construction of the Inga 3 hydroelectric dam have been asked to merge, the Kinshasa-based Agency for the Development and Promotion of Grand Inga (ADPI-RDC) said on 13 June. The two...

Issue 348 - 15 June 2017

DR Congo

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15 June 2017

AEF reflects an industry growing but in flux

The annual Africa Energy Forum (AEF) had something for all of its 2,000 delegates. It encouraged female entrepreneurs towards greater participation at all levels of the industry, heard the perennial calls for cost-reflective tariffs to help insolvent utilities balance their...

15 June 2017

Africa

01 June 2017

Nigeria struggles with regional balance amid Buhari’s mid-term crisis

As his presidency passes its second anniversary, Muhammadu Buhari is back in a London clinic, being treated for cancer. His absences, about which few facts filter officially, are causing jitters. The president had been expected to deliver a major anniversary speech on 29 May...

01 June 2017

Nigeria

18 May 2017

New-look African Union hopes to remake the continent

The new African Union Commission (AUC), installed in March, is coming to grips with a dizzying number of dossiers under new secretary-general Moussa Faki Mahamat. New commissioners like Amani Abou-Zeid, responsible for infrastructure and energy, are expected to be more...

18 May 2017

Africa

04 May 2017

Regional: How floating gas became the feedstock of choice

As hydrocarbons prices have pushed upwards after their slump, a degree of future planning has returned to the global gas market. New liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects are in prospect, led by Australia and the United States, but with a few schemes in Africa. In...

04 May 2017

Mozambique

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