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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.
Libyan Foreign Bank has filed a lawsuit in the United Kingdom High Court seeking to recover more than $100 million from Zimbabwe.
South Africa’s state-owned power utility, Eskom, has slashed electricity tariffs by 35% for two major ferrochrome producers in a move aimed at preventing operational shutdowns.
Mozambique’s president, Daniel Chapo, has hinted that ExxonMobil will restart its $30 billion Rovuma LNG project within the next 12 to 18 months.
Mozambique and TotalEnergies have formally restarted the French major’s $20 billion LNG project, nearly five years after operations were halted.
Benin to expand electricity access in underserved rural communities following the mobilisation of $2.9 million in financing for nine solar-powered mini-grids.
Standard Bank has completed a $250 million financing facility for Nigeria’s oil and gas independent, Aradel Energy Limited, to support its strategic expansion and asset acquisition plans.
Africa’s financial firm, Afreximbank, has secured a $1.75 billion syndicated receivables purchase loan for Sonangol, Angola’s state owned oil company.
The Nigeria government has issued a N501 billion bond under the Presidential Power Sector Debt Reduction Programme (PPSDRP), recording 100% subscription.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has increased the ex-gantry price of premium motor spirit to N799 per litre following the end of its festive period price support.
Nigeria’s national electricity grid has suffered another system collapse for the second time this month, cutting power supply to all 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos).
Revego Africa Energy Fund has secured R1 billion ($62 million) in new funding to expand its renewable energy investments in South Africa.
American oil giant Chevron has discovered the presence of hydrocarbons in the Nigeria’s Awodi-07 well following sucessful explortaion and appraisal.
French oil major TotalEnergies has secured a 50 year license extension with Waha Oil, a subsidiary of Libya’s National Oil Corporation NOC, to continue operating key oil fields in the country.
Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed for the first time in 2026, indicating the country’s first complete power shutdown of the year.