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Electricity traders in South Africa have called on the government to publish a clear timeline and define the final structure for the separation of the transmission business from Eskom.
Kenya is seeking KSh 23.1 billion ($179 million) in taxes from Tullow Oil following a dispute over the company’s exit from the country’s upstream sector.
Dangote has sealed a $400 million equipment agreement with China’s Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group to accelerate expansion of its oil refinery towards a planned 1.4 million barrels per day (bdp).
Italian energy company Eni has discovered up to 5.0 trillion cubic feet of gas and 450 million barrels of condensate in a new offshore block in Ivory Coast.
Vitol is backing a consortium planning to develop a $3 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and gas-fired power plant at the Port of Durban in South Africa, a company spokesperson confirmed.
Azule and its partners in Angola have confirmed a new offshore oil discovery estimated at 500 million barrels in an offshore block, providing fresh resource potential as the country works to steady crude production.
Dangote refinery has restored its crude distillation unit, CDU, to full capacity of 650,000 bdp after a maintenance shutdown, as it prepares to restart its fuel producing residual fluid catalytic cracker (RFCC).
South Africa has announced plans to establish a fully independent, state-owned transmission company that will operate separately from Eskom.
Nigeria’s independent energy firm, Aieto, has been awarded an exploration licence in a Libyan oil block following the close of the country’s 2025 upstream bid round.
Libya has awarded exploration licenses to American oil giant Chevron and a consortium of Spain’s Repsol and Turkey’s TOPC on Wednesday, in the country’s first licensing round since 2007.
The government of Ghana has announced plans to commence Phase 1 of the nearly $1 billion Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam Project, signalling a renewed effort to advance the long-delayed power infrastructure project.
Tanzania has launched one of Africa’s largest compressed natural gas (CNG) hubs as it steps up efforts to shift transport and energy use toward cleaner alternatives.
Mozambique’s 450-megawatt Central Termica de Temane (CTT) station, a planned gas-fired power plant, has been delayed until 2027 after rising construction costs.
NNPC Limited has opened talks with a Chinese petrochemical firm over its four refineries as it seeks to revive the moribund plants that have operated at loss for years.
Tunisia has awarded French renewable energy company Voltalia a contract to develop a 132-megawatt solar power project to boost electricity supply in the country.
Morocco has put plans for a new natural gas pipeline on hold after its finance ministry blocked the tender over budgetary and regulatory concerns.
Nigerian lawmaker Orji Kalu’s firm, Swiber Africa, has signed a deal with China’s GCL Group, an integrated energy company, to develop multiple energy projects in Nigeria, including hydropower stations and lithium processing facilities.
Egypt is expanding its electricity grid while continuing efforts to curb power theft after authorities recorded electricity losses of 4.6 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) over the past year.
Dangote Group has expanded gas supply agreements with units of state-owned oil firm, NNPC Limited, as it seeks to secure fuel for refinery and industrial expansion programmes
A Trafigura-backed initiative is preparing to invest more than $1 billion in four carbon removal projects across central and southern Africa as part of a long term plan to restore degraded woodlands.