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Cautious optimism as Angola brings in wide-ranging energy reforms
There has been material progress reforming Angola’s opaque and nepotistic energy sector over the past year. Considerable work has gone into crafting new power sector regulations, and there have been notable changes to upstream licensing and the role of state oil and gas giant...
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Angola
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Power-rich Egypt changes gear
On 17 July, Egypt recorded the highest consumption of electricity in its history during the strongest heatwave in 20 years. A Ministry of Electricity spokesperson said peak load at 8pm was 32GW while available power at that time was 44.8GW. With a comfortable reserve margin...
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Egypt
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New approach to mini-grid finance as CrossBoundary closes first deal
CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA) has announced a debut transaction that will see 60 mini-grids providing power to 34,000 rural households and businesses developed in Tanzania. The deal is the first project financing for a mini-grid, according to CBEA, part of the...
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Tanzania
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Nigeria petrol deals highlight weaknesses
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded direct sale-direct purchase (DSDP) contracts to 15 consortia grouping more than 30 energy companies, oil traders and politically well-connected Nigerian partners. The contracts are effectively a swaps arrangement...
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Nigeria
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Congo-B defies sceptics to get IMF deal
President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s debt-stressed administration has finally obtained a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) facility, worth nearly $449m, despite criticism that Brazzaville has not provided sufficient detail of parallel rescheduling deals for arrears contracted...
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Central Africa
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Algeria: Political concerns dampen upstream mood
Key upstream partners are making bullish noises about their Algerian operations, but a call by judicial authorities to reopen investigations into historic accusations of malfeasance at state energy giant Sonatrach threatens to undermine confidence (see View). Italian major...
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Algeria
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Angola: Sonangol earnings rise but production sinks
Reforming the oil and gas sector to attract investment and increase production has been a central priority of João Lourenço’s presidency. State oil and gas firm Sonangol boosted its earnings in 2018, fired by higher oil and gas export prices but serious problems face the...
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Angola
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Algeria’s justice is transitional but opaque politics seem permanent
The Algerian national football team’s first Africa Cup of Nations victory for 27 years fed a renewed sense of national pride, which has soared since 22 February following anti-government protests that led to president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s resignation and have maintained...
Algeria
Moroccan pivot to Africa highlights limits and opportunities
Royal Air Maroc’s daily flight from Casablanca to Conakry is packed as Guineans return home and business travellers arrive, including Moroccans meeting King Mohammed VI’s call to expand the kingdom’s commercial footprint south of the Sahara. The airline’s expansion to make...
Morocco
Zimbabwe talks the talk, but severe challenges remain
Zimbabwe provided one of the most impressive delegations to the 2019 Africa Energy Forum, where new energy and power development minister Fortune Chasi explained how a government committed to reform was working hard to reach its target of 11GW electricity generation capacity...
Zimbabwe
Sudanese standoff highlights shifts in geostrategic balance
The standoff between Sudan’s diffuse opposition movement and the military junta that replaced President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir in mid-April has deepened as both sides – each in their own way deeply divided – dig in. This could pose major problems for Africa and a creaking...
Sudan
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02 October 2019 to 03 October 2019
Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi
Power & Renewables Executive Briefing
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Nairobi
Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Zambia
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13 November 2019 to 14 November 2019
Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables
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RSA House, London
Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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16 September 2019 to 18 September 2019
EPC Contracts for Energy Industry
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Singapore, Johannesburg
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17 September 2019 to 18 September 2019
Future Energy East Africa
Future Energy East Africa is the largest and longest running regional power conference and...
KICC, Nairobi, Kenya
East Africa
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18 September 2019 to 20 September 2019
West African Power & Energy Co-operation Conference
The 2019 conference is the inaugural meeting, the first of a series of investor meetings that will...
Hotel King Fahd Palace
West Africa
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24 September 2019 to 26 September 2019
Power Nigeria
Power Nigeria exists to serve the power generation and electricity transmission and distribution...
Landmark Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria
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02 October 2019 to 03 October 2019
Africa Investment Exchange: Nairobi
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East Africa
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