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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has committed $2.5 billion of the $4 billion senior syndicated term loan for the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, making it the single largest participant in the lending group.
South Africa hosts some of the most busiest airport in Africa. This makes it a major travel gateway on the continent. With rising jet fuel, the nation now faces a huge commerce pressure.
The Ethiopian government has announced the signing of $13.1 billion worth of investment agreements including renewable energy, mining, manufacturing, real estate, and green ammonia projects.
Air travellers in South Africa are facing higher fares as Middle East tensions push jet fuel prices up by 70%, with several domestic airlines introducing temporary surcharges.
Dangote’s entry into Ethiopia’s fertiliser market signals deeper African business integration, while challenging the status quo. With supplies largely coming from Morocco and Egypt, the company is set to face established rivals in an unfamiliar market.
South Africa’s National Treasury has said on Wednesday that it expects government debt to stabilise as planned despite rising oil prices and market volatility linked to the Middle East conflict.
Nigeria halted the issuance of import permits in the month of February for fuel as the Dangote refinery increasingly dominates domestic supply.
Kenya has said it will allocate $155 million from proceeds of its pipeline IPO to support the expansion of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.
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.
Ghana says it has paid $1.47 billion to settle longstanding energy sector debts, including funds from the World Bank’s Partial Risk Guarantee.
Nigeria’s energy sector is seeing a late-year rush of capital as major players push through acquisitions, mergers, and exit deals ahead of the close of 2025, with deep-pocket investors leaving little to chance in locking in value.
Heirs Energies has acquired a 20.07% equity stake in Seplat Energy Plc, Nigeria’s biggest indigenous oil and gas company by market valuation, in a transaction valued at about $500 million.
NNPC Limited has announced the full restoration of the Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS), following an explosion on a section of it earlier this month that disrupted supplies.
Senegal has approved its share of the capital payment for the African Energy Bank (AEB), bringing the continent closer to launching a financing institution for energy projects.
Ethiopia and Nigeria have signed the preliminary agreement for a Gas-by-Rail Economic Corridor Initiative (GBR-ECI), launching a significant project that will involve the building a 73,500-kilometre freight railway connecting 40 sub-Saharan African countries.
The Nigerian government has pledged to revive the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, by reconnecting it to the national grid after twenty-six years of inactivity.
South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, faces labour pressure as workers demand a 15% wage increase just as the company records its first profit in eight years.
Portuguese Energy Company, Galp Energia, has begun steps to resolve its ongoing tax dispute of about $300 million with Mozambique through an International Arbitration Tribunal.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in sub-Saharan Africa hit $70 billion between 2022 and 2025, with the energy sector leading the growth, a new McKinsey Global Institute report shows.
French energy firm TotalEnergies has denied claims that it failed to comply with agreements tied to the development of local communities in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province.
