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The host government agreement for the Lindi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, widely known as Tanzania LNG, and a production-sharing agreement (PSA) for offshore blocks 1, 2 and 4 are expected to be signed in the coming weeks.

Although Angola’s renewable energy potential is exciting some industry interest, an electricity supply industry that is based on large hydroelectric power (HEP) and gas-to-power plants to provide baseload is unlikely to be radically transformed in the coming years. Amid concern over the impact of low water levels on HEP generation, it is natural gas that will occupy most government attention.

International energy majors are investing to raise oil and gas output and developing solar plants, while others are looking to tap into Angola’s critical minerals and other resources plays. With news flow suggesting considerable activity in diverse energy-related industries, but wary of governance shortfalls, African Energy asks: is it time for investors to get excited about Angola?

The resumption of work appears to be edging closer on the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project and ExxonMobil’s nearby Rovuma LNG scheme, amid an improving security situation and indications of support from international partners. However, rising costs are overtaking security issues as a primary concern and could yet lead to further delays, writes Marc Howard.

Australian Securities Exchange-listed Invictus Energy has established the existence of light oil, gas condensate and helium at its Cabora Bassa oil and gas exploration project in Muzarabani, in northern Zimbabwe.

A first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) had arrived at Italy’s new regasification terminal in Piombino, and had begun offloading at the Tuscan facility, Eni said on 5 May. The LNG was supplied from the Damietta liquefaction plant in Egypt, which Eni now operates in a joint venture with Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (Egas).

The prospects for giga-scale renewable power projects in North Africa have never been better, leveraging off export-led green hydrogen projects and the advantages of adding cheap non-emitting capacity to already well-developed grids. But the latest figures from African Energy Live Data show that, over the next five years, North Africa will instead pour ever more natural gas into a growing fleet of open cycle plants, while relatively few wind and solar projects have firm completion dates.

High inflation and a global energy crisis are forcing a rethink on how the world might make the transition from hydrocarbons to renewable energy. Until recently, rich-world policy-makers and think tanks had been pushing to electrify global energy demand as quickly as possible and in many parts of the world a de facto moratorium on new hydrocarbon projects had taken hold. But reports of the demise of gas have been greatly exaggerated.

Zambia is to send a team of technocrats to Mozambique in May to discuss imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and power, according to energy minister Peter Kapala. The potential development of a cross-border rail line is also likely to be on the agenda.

An anticipated surge in demand for electricity in the coming years – from a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project as well as the mining sector, a new electric railway and other sources – is prompting the government to look at adding more gas-fired capacity to the grid and to push ahead with renewable energy projects, writes Marc Howard.

State-owned utility Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable (Onee) has issued a tender for the construction of a 900MW open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) power plant adjacent to Al-Wahda dam and the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline (GME). The project’s estimated cost is MD6bn ($592m).

A recent flurry of activity by outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari will help his successor Bola Tinubu to tackle key macroeconomic problems, including cutting subsidies and overhauling the exchange rate. It could pave the way for a more proactive government at a time of extreme economic and other stresses, writes Jon Marks.

Electricity industry activity is accelerating fast, driven by an old school approach to contracting, and while the revamped Supreme Council for Energy Affairs (Scea) under Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Al-Dabaiba continues to push gas-to-power projects, Libya may finally be joining the renewables party too, with signs of movement on several solar PV projects, writes John Hamilton.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has partnered with British major BP in a bid to buy 50% of Israel’s NewMed Energy, the largest shareholder in the Leviathan gas field offshore Israel. The deal was presented as a first step in a potentially broader eastern Mediterranean play.

Despite calls from some governments for sub-Saharan Africa to use its natural gas resources and build more gas-to-power plants, it is hydroelectric power that will drive the biggest growth in electricity generation in the region over the next five years, according to analysis of African Energy Live Data’s project pipeline to 2027.