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Who's calling the shots on the mining bid?

A panel of five Angolan administration veterans will be examining the bids of the eleven companies that took part in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

The Furi's diamond project moves forward

To start production at the Furi diamond mine that sits [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

Luanda encourages local processing while streamlining raw mineral exports

Since João Lourenço's arrival in power, the Luanda authorities have [...]

Subscribers only Mining Running story - The reform of diamond mining 14.01.2020

Lourenço stages his fight against Dos Santos children

It looks like 2020 will see a spectacular series of offensives against the ex-president's family, though José Eduardo dos Santos himself and his former associates are being spared for now.

Subscribers only Politics 08.01.2020

Cobalt fallout: Total acquisitions revive Sonangol's coffers

The love story between French major Total and Angola's national oil company Sonangol continues to flourish. After their project to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

Louzolo Agostinho's new life after leading Halliburton

Halliburton's former country manager in Angola, Louzolo Agostinho, has landed on his feet in Houston, Texas, as an advisor to [...]

Free access Energy 07.01.2020

Block 2/05: Somoil's Nelson Pacavira antagonised by Amni's delays

Another meeting between Shell's trading arm, Amni International and Somoil on December 16 did little to ease the Nigerian junior's [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

With its workers on strike at Chevron and Total's blocks, Halliburton changes top management

The French managing director of Halliburton's Angolan branch, Jean-Marc Lopez, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

João da Cruz Pitra, the judge that has the dos Santos clan on edge

Judge João da Cruz Pitra, a magistrate with Luanda's Supreme [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.01.2020

João Diniz dos Santos preparing for life after Ferrangol

Although the state-owned firm in charge of all mining except [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

Luanda keen to make sure the price is right for its diamonds

Now that the public firm Sodiam only controls 20% of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.12.2019

The unstoppable rise of General Fernando Miala

The lynchpin of João Lourenço's security apparatus, General Fernando Garcia Miala, who has been running the internal intelligence services since [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.12.2019

Shareholder shake-up at Unitel

The imminent withdrawal of Brazil's Oi and Sonangol from Isabel dos Santos' Unitel could fundamentally alter the phone operator's shareholder profile.

Subscribers only Business 18.12.2019

VTB and Sberbank in battle of the Russian banks

After the Russian bank VTB failed to win the contract [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business 18.12.2019

CEIEC deploys its CCTV expertise

Omnipresent in Angola over the last decade, last week the [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.12.2019

Golden boy Mawete Kana's helicopter business takes off

As the Agence de développement Angola-France he founded in 2017 alongside French entrepreneur Hubert Bacqué is currently on standby, the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

OPEC: oil minister Azevedo forced to bend the knee

At its latest ministerial meeting in Vienna on December 6, OPEC decided to decrease production by 500,000 bpd with the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

2D survey: Total picks Morley, Ocean Infinity's made-in-Subsea 7 expert

Overseeing the 2D seismic survey of Total's Angolan blocks 32 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.12.2019

Spotlight
Lourenço's hype over copper assets works on Anglo American and Pengxin

Angolan President João Lourenço has been working hard to convince foreign firms to invest in the country's diamond sector (AMI 451) but also its copper assets and his efforts are beginning to pay off. The London and Johannesburg-based mining giant [.

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

Iron and steel giant Tosyali brightens future with diamond unit

The Turkish steel manufacturer Tosyali has signed a deal with the Angolan government to develop a diamond processing plant in the mineral-rich province of Lunda-Sul.

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

Cuango and Chitotolo drum up cash in London for diamond goals

Angolan firms Sociedade Mineira do Cuango and Sociedade Mineira do [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.12.2019

João Lourenço at heart of Vatican crisis

The visit of the Angolan president to Rome in mid-November came in the midst of a Vatican inquiry into the financial dealings of its former papal nuncio in Luanda.

Subscribers only Politics 04.12.2019

Lourenço makes great show of marginal fields to woo Chevron-BP

Angolan president João Lourenço is continuing to promote the merits of the country's marginal fields to bring back oil firms [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.12.2019

LNG/VAT: Lourenço's tax gift to Chevron, ENI, BP and Total

The new 14% value added tax (VAT) that took effect in Angola on October 1 will not apply to the gas sector.

Subscribers only Energy 03.12.2019

In Focus
Battle rages over Swiss oil refinery removal plan

Angola's Cabinda mega refinery project, which was hatched as a way of ending the embarrassing petrol shortages which regularly paralyse Africa's second biggest oil producer, has attracted all the major international operators, thanks to the financial and oil supply guarantees offered by President João Lourenço.

Subscribers only Energy 02.12.2019

The Tamoil refinery in Collombey, Switzerland

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Angola

Who's calling the shots on the mining bid?

The Furi's diamond project moves forward

Luanda encourages local processing while streamlining raw mineral exports

Lourenço stages his fight against Dos Santos children

Cobalt fallout: Total acquisitions revive Sonangol's coffers

Louzolo Agostinho's new life after leading Halliburton

Block 2/05: Somoil's Nelson Pacavira antagonised by Amni's delays

With its workers on strike at Chevron and Total's blocks, Halliburton changes top management

João da Cruz Pitra, the judge that has the dos Santos clan on edge

João Diniz dos Santos preparing for life after Ferrangol

Luanda keen to make sure the price is right for its diamonds

The unstoppable rise of General Fernando Miala

Shareholder shake-up at Unitel

VTB and Sberbank in battle of the Russian banks

CEIEC deploys its CCTV expertise

Golden boy Mawete Kana's helicopter business takes off

OPEC: oil minister Azevedo forced to bend the knee

2D survey: Total picks Morley, Ocean Infinity's made-in-Subsea 7 expert

Spotlight
Lourenço's hype over copper assets works on Anglo American and Pengxin

Iron and steel giant Tosyali brightens future with diamond unit

Cuango and Chitotolo drum up cash in London for diamond goals

João Lourenço at heart of Vatican crisis

Lourenço makes great show of marginal fields to woo Chevron-BP

LNG/VAT: Lourenço's tax gift to Chevron, ENI, BP and Total

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Battle rages over Swiss oil refinery removal plan

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Angola

Who's calling the shots on the mining bid?

The Furi's diamond project moves forward

Luanda encourages local processing while streamlining raw mineral exports

Lourenço stages his fight against Dos Santos children

Cobalt fallout: Total acquisitions revive Sonangol's coffers

Louzolo Agostinho's new life after leading Halliburton

Block 2/05: Somoil's Nelson Pacavira antagonised by Amni's delays

With its workers on strike at Chevron and Total's blocks, Halliburton changes top management

João da Cruz Pitra, the judge that has the dos Santos clan on edge

João Diniz dos Santos preparing for life after Ferrangol

Luanda keen to make sure the price is right for its diamonds

The unstoppable rise of General Fernando Miala

Shareholder shake-up at Unitel

VTB and Sberbank in battle of the Russian banks

CEIEC deploys its CCTV expertise

Golden boy Mawete Kana's helicopter business takes off

OPEC: oil minister Azevedo forced to bend the knee

2D survey: Total picks Morley, Ocean Infinity's made-in-Subsea 7 expert

Spotlight Lourenço's hype over copper assets works on Anglo American and Pengxin

Iron and steel giant Tosyali brightens future with diamond unit

Cuango and Chitotolo drum up cash in London for diamond goals

João Lourenço at heart of Vatican crisis

Lourenço makes great show of marginal fields to woo Chevron-BP

LNG/VAT: Lourenço's tax gift to Chevron, ENI, BP and Total

In Focus Battle rages over Swiss oil refinery removal plan

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Spotlight
Lourenço's hype over copper assets works on Anglo American and Pengxin

In Focus
Battle rages over Swiss oil refinery removal plan