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Ethiopia turns to PPPs for ambitious power expansion
Ethiopia’s plans to attract more foreign capital into its power industry took a step forward in late October as the government announced 14 projects that it wants to build and run as public-private partnerships (PPPs). The plan to attract private finance for the planned...
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Ethiopia
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Subsidy reforms and deregulation open new Egypt power market
A number of large-scale gas and renewables projects are expected to advance towards financial close in the coming 12 months, offering power at very low prices. At the same time, a multitude of relatively small-scale projects are close to agreeing power purchase agreements (...
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Egypt
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Algeria makes its peace with IOCs, as Ould Kaddour takes control
The late October Algeria Future Energy Summit, held in Algiers, provided the platform for Sonatrach chairman and chief executive (PDG) Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour to register his control over the hydrocarbons sector and the national company’s closer relations with international...
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Algeria
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Morocco: Oil and gas exploration in disputed Western Sahara back under the spotlight
A campaign group based in Galway and London has filed a complaint with the Irish government claiming that San Leon Energy is in breach of the guidelines for multinational enterprises set out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) due to its...
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Morocco
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Morocco contends with Samir refinery closure fall-out on several fronts
The Casablanca commercial court is moving ahead with the liquidation of Mohammedia-based refinery company Société Anonyme Marocaine de l’Industrie du Raffinage (Samir) as legal actions continue on several fronts, including two arbitrations in the Washington-based...
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Morocco
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Mozambique’s vision of LNG-fuelled prosperity faces challenges
There are grounds for optimism that Mozambique’s planned $30bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project could provide a foundation for the ailing economy’s resurgence. Mozambique’s exports could plug a mid-2020s global LNG supply gap, and Portuguese gas distributor Galp’s...
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Mozambique
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Simandou contract lapse underlines Guinea government’s problems
Amid a deteriorating political situation, President Alpha Condé’s government has been counting on a $20bn Chinese infrastructure investment-for-minerals package, linked to Simandou and other projects, to herald a better future ahead of elections in 2020. But Rio Tinto’s late...
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Guinea
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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
Emerging C&I energy market builds trust and raises finance
A significant market is emerging across the continent for renewables-based commercial and industrial (C&I) energy projects. In all but a handful of markets, the talk is of a potential that will soon be measured in gigawatts, rather than the usual dozens (at most) of...
Africa
Local content for power projects comes under scrutiny
Local content provision has long been a hot topic in the oil and gas industry, but many delegates at the 3-4 October Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi event were surprised at how far the issue could generate controversy and block support for electricity projects. Several...
Africa
Energy reforms offer little cheer ahead of Nigeria’s election
The newsflow from Nigeria is, as ever, hectic: political alliances are shifting as President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress splits and the People’s Democratic Party, written off only one election cycle ago, draws back power-brokers; finance minister Kemi Adeosun...
Nigeria
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19 November 2018 to 22 November 2018
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
23 - 26 April 2018, Dubai
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21 November 2018 to 22 November 2018
Annual Ghana Summit
The Ghana Summit is the largest oil and gas Exhibition in Accra, and the most senior gathering of...
AICC, Accra, Ghana
Ghana
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Big Five Board Awards
The Big Five Board Awards offer an unrivalled evening of networking for Africa's leading oil and...
Royal Institution, Mayfair, London
Africa
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Zimbabwe Mining Investment Conference London 2018
The Forum is a high level Mining & Energy Investment Conference promoting investment...
Le Meridien Piccadilly Hotel, London
Zimbabwe
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26 November 2018 to 27 November 2018
2nd Africa Oil & Gas Local Content Conference & Exhibition
With the aim of promoting local content in the 18-member oil and gas producing countries, Luanda...
EPIC SANA Luanda Hotel, Luanda, Angola
Africa
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Renpower Botswana
The 2nd Botswana Renewable, Power Infrastructure & Energy Efficiency Investors Conference 2018 ...
Grand Palm, Gaborone
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11 December 2018 to 12 December 2018
EnergyWeek South Africa
This meeting is a platform to explore South Africa’s aspirations to build an energy hub for gas...
Cape Town, South Africa
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