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Progress on Kenyan geothermal
Progress is being made at three long-delayed 35MW geothermal projects at Menengai. Most advanced is Quantum Power East Africa’s scheme, which is close to reaching financial close, with financing from the African Development Bank being finalised. Orpower TwentyTwo’s project is...
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Kenya
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Bold reforms required for new Zimbabwe
While President Emmerson Mnangagwa has worked hard to attract investment through his “Zimbabwe is open for business” campaign, critics say his government has offered no significant economic reforms besides the annulment in April of a controversial 2008 law requiring foreigners...
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Zimbabwe
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Nigeria: First convictions in OPL 245 case
An Italian court has sentenced two middlemen to four years in prison for their role in Royal Dutch Shell and Eni’s 2011 acquisition of OPL 245. Emeka Obi and Gianluca Di Nardo had opted for a fast-track trial, while a larger trial including Royal Dutch Shell, Eni and 13 other...
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Nigeria
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Liberia: EITI suspension
The board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) decided on 4 September to suspend Liberia for failing to publish its EITI report for the year to June 2016 by the 1 July 2018 deadline. The government had asked to extend the deadline, but the board declined,...
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Liberia
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African leaders line up to acknowledge China’s status
It is a measure of its rise to prominence that China is the prism through which other nations now define their relations with Africa. This is the product of decades of energetic diplomacy and China’s willingness to provide unprecedented levels of finance, infrastructure...
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Africa
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Niger: Chinese financing for export pipeline
The government of Niger has announced a framework agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for a $4bn export pipeline to transport crude oil to the international market. Petroleum minister Foumakoye Gado, who secured the agreement at the Forum on China-Africa...
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Niger
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CDC: New directors add diversity to the board
UK development finance institution CDC Group has appointed two new non-executive directors, Lusaka-based African Risk Capacity Insurance chief executive Dolika Banda and Lagos-based Africa Finance Corporation Andrew Alli. The appointments reflect CDC’s efforts to diversify its...
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Africa
Consultancy
Events
14 November 2018 to 15 November 2018
Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables
RSA House, London
Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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07 November 2018 to 08 November 2018
Unlocking Solar Capital Africa
Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre, Kigali
Rwanda
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