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Eskom unbundling announced as South Africa returns to load-shedding
President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his State of the Nation address on 7 February that “Eskom is in crisis and the risks it poses to South Africa are great”, a point emphasised when stage 4 load-shedding – meaning that more than 4GW was cut from the grid – was implemented a few...
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South Africa
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Somalia stresses transparency as it launches bid round
Somalia launched an offshore licensing round on 7 February, offering 15 blocks in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Galmudug, Hirshabelle, South West and Jubaland states. Its promoters hope that similar geological structures to those harbouring gas offshore Mozambique,...
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Somalia
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IMF seeks Congo debt restructuring, governance reform
Talks are under way between the government of Republic of Congo and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a potential three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme. An IMF spokesperson confirmed to African Energy that talks with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso’s...
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Central Africa
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South Africa: Kathu CSP start-up
French utility Engie has announced that its 100MW Kathu concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Northern Cape province began commercial operations on 30 January. The plant was selected as a preferred bidder in what has become known as round 3.5 of the country’s renewable...
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South Africa
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Mozambique: SPAs signed
Anadarko Petroleum and its partners in Mozambique LNG Area 1 have taken a major step towards a final investment decision (FID) with the signing of sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with CNOOC, Tokyo Gas/Centrica and Shell. The three long-term SPAs total 6.1m t/yr, bringing...
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Mozambique
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Rwanda: CNG project from Lake Kivu methane
The government signed an agreement on 1 February with Gasmeth Energy Ltd to extract and process methane gas from Lake Kivu for a compressed natural gas (CNG) project. Gasmeth plans to finance, construct and maintain a gas extraction, processing and compression project...
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Rwanda
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Corruption Perceptions Index reveals improvers and failures
The annual Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index presents a largely gloomy picture for sub-Saharan Africa, with only eight of 49 countries scoring more than 43 out of 100 on the 2018 index published on 29 January. With an average score of just 32, it is...
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Africa
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African growth under pressure as economic storm clouds gather
Updated forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) show global expansion weakening with the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) growing by an estimated 3.7% in 2018, and forecast at 3.5% in 2019 and 3.6% in 2020. The projections are downward revisions from October’...
Africa
Central Africa’s crisis of leadership hinders economic and social uplift
One region seems above all others to stubbornly buck the positive political and economic trends recorded over two decades by African Energy: it comprises the six Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l’Afrique Centrale (Cemac) countries and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC...
Central Africa
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
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02 May 2019 to 03 May 2019
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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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...
Miami
North Africa
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Diversity in Energy Summit
Diversity in Energy Summit brings together the energy industry at a world class venue in London for...
IET: Savoy place, London
Africa
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Renpower Rwanda
Key stakeholders in the sector, including representatives from the Government, International...
Kigali, Rwanda
Rwanda
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10 March 2019 to 13 March 2019
North Africa Petroleum Exhibition & Conference
NAPEC is the largest international trade fair for the oil and gas industry in Africa, dedicated to...
Oran Convention Centre, Algeria
North Africa
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