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Africa’s leading oil producer, Nigeria, has split the highly disputed OPL 245 oil field into four different blocks in a new deal that involves two oil majors, Eni and Shell Plc.
Coal’s share of electricity generation in Africa’s largest economy, South Africa, fell to 68% in December 2025, its lowest monthly level on record, as solar power’s contribution rose to 15%.
International crude oil prices surged to eight month high as markets opened on Monday, following the latest escalation between the United States, Israel and Iran.
Angola’s state oil company Sonangol is seeking $4.8 billion in financing from Chinese lenders to fund the next phase of its Lobito refinery project.
Germany is seeking renewable energy and industrial partnerships with Nigeria through a delegation of small and medium-sized enterprises from its state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Angola’s state-owned oil firm, Sonangol, has reported a net profit of more than $750 million in 2025 as its oil and gas production averaged 217,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd).
Nigeria is set to begin exports of a new crude grade known as Cawthorne as part of efforts to raise production and sustain recent output gains.
Africa’s top three economies — South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria — have emerged as the leading destinations for electricity investments on the continent in 2025.
The Government of Uganda, through its national oil company Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), has secured a 20.15% shareholding in Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC).
The Nigerian government is seeking up to $5.7 billion in investments from Chinese industrial company, GCL Group, across power generation, mining and industrial manufacturing.
Ghana’s state-owned Tema Oil Refinery is carrying out a major turnaround on its 14,000 bdp residual fluid catalytic cracker (RFCC) unit, with operations expected to resume by early May.
State-owned power utility, Eskom, has begun stakeholder talks in the Eastern Cape as part of plans to implement 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of new nuclear capacity in South Africa.
Dangote refinery could be listed on the Nigerian stock exchange within five months, according to Aliko Dangote, the founder and president of the plant.
French oil major, TotalEnergies, is targeting a final investment decision in 2028 for its Mopane oil development offshore Namibia.
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed a $150 million financing agreement with Banque Misr to expand green lending and support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Egypt.
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania has launched Phase One of its $9.95 million (TZS 25.8 billion) clean cooking programme targeting 453 public institutions nationwide.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a $4.5 billion commitment to finance more than 60 clean energy projects across Africa.
Nigeria, has stopped its state-owned oil firm, NNPC Limited, from collecting and retaining oil and gas revenues, directing that all proceeds be paid into the federation account.
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.