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General Electric (GE) has been awarded a 25-year service agreement for West African Energy (WAE)’s 300MW Cap des Biches combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Dakar.

BP has awarded Allseas the contract to complete the subsea pipelay scope for its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, after previous contractor McDermott International was reportedly unable to complete its planned work on the project.

Published October 2023, this graphic consists of a series of charts illustrating key economic, debt and climate change indicators.

Reports of a surprise deal by the government to acquire Petronas’s oil and gas portfolio in partnership with a little-known American outfit have reinforced concerns about South Sudan’s governance. Juba has backtracked on its initial claims about a $3bn oil and infrastructure deal that would have replaced the previously announced Petronas-Savannah deal, but investors are likely to be ever more nervous, writes James Gavin.

As President William Samoei Ruto celebrated his first year in State House on 13 September, he has been able to bask in the global leadership opportunity offered by Kenya’s role in crafting an unprecedented African policy approach to the climate crisis ahead of COP28 in Dubai.

Exports of lithium have begun from a number of recently-developed processing plants – many operated by Chinese companies – as Zimbabwe looks to better exploit its large resources of a vital energy transition mineral. However, recent figures show overall production has been declining this year, writes Tonderayi Mukeredzi.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has requested invitations for the supply and installation of a solar photovoltaic plant to serve its regional office in Centurion, Gauteng.

Bowleven is weighing up a possible equity injection at a “very substantial discount” to its share price, as it looks to shore up its balance sheet, the London AIM-listed company said.

The government plans to unveil an implementation plan for the $8.5bn Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) at the COP28 climate summit, which is due to take place in Dubai in November/December.

While Ghana remains hamstrung by enormous debts, there are tentative signs the economy may be turning a corner as Ghanaian politicians limber up for an election year. As debt restructuring deals continue to be hammered out with independent power producers and other creditors, there are grounds for cautious optimism, even if deep structural issues have yet to be addressed, writes Marc Howard.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has requested expressions of interest for consultants to advise on Senegal’s $2.7bn Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

Ghana’s improving economic indicators have provided some much-needed relief for the embattled New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, which is now at the tail-end of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s constitutionally allowed two terms.

The installation of the reactor core at the first unit of the Dabaa nuclear plant on 6 October confirms the project as an anchor of Cairo’s political and financial alliance with Moscow for the next 50 years. It is a step which will have a more meaningful impact than Egypt’s recently agreed membership of the enlarged Brics alliance, writes John Hamilton.

Sonelgaz-Energies Renouvelables (S-EnR), the renewables arm of state-owned utility Société Nationale de l'Electricité et du Gaz (Sonelgaz) has opened financial bids for its much-anticipated project to install 2GW of solar power.

Revised October 2023, this one page PDF collects together a range of charts illustrating key economic and energy industry data for Ghana.