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Rwanda

Donors slow to step forward

ContourGlobal appears to be finding it hard to raise the money it needs to develop a program to extract methane from Lake Kivu.

Subscribers only Energy 08.03.2011

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France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

A former tobacco magnate in Africa, Vincent Bollore had the bright idea to drop that business some time back to return to what was once a core business: shipping. In the space of a few years, the French businessman succeeded [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.02.2011

Can Lake Kivu’s methane be followed by oil?

Experts from Congo-K's oil ministry were in Gisenyi in Rwanda [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2011

ADB loan for ContourGlobal

Already backed by the Dutch overseas development bank FMO and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2011

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Cleaning up African politics

Is the African Union just a tad out of touch? While young people, who make up the vast majority of the population in Africa, have been demonstrating in the streets of Tunis, Algiers and Cairo, on January 28 Obiang Nguema [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.02.2011

New Lease on Life for Sinelac?

The three governments that hold stakes in Sinelac, which operates Ruzizi, have vowed to regularly pay their bills. That promises to inject fresh money into the company.

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.2011

Michael Byriabarema

A lot of attention has focused on Michael Byriabarema, head of the Rwanda Geology and Mines Authority, in recent weeks [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.02.2011

STEG Forges a Promising Tie

Tunisia’s STEG is positioning itself on Rwanda’s electricity market just as donors are coming through with a number of major loans.

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

Donors Look at Micro Power

A major conference of donors to developing countries in Brussels [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.12.2010

Kavernel Media gives political pointers to Patasse

Ange Felix Patasse, "AFP", the former president who is standing [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.11.2010

Giuseppe Ciccarelli

Italian engineer Giuseppe Ciccarelli is fast becoming a man to be reckoned with in central Africa. Advising the juniors Caprikat [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

Rutongo Mines Certify Origins of Goods

Rutongo Mines, which owns a cassiterite mine in the Rutongo district of Rwanda, will be the first company to benefit [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.09.2010

Kagame Tests Lake Kivu Waters

One of the projects to extract methane from Lake Kivu is indirectly controlled by the president's party, according to former companions of Paul Kagame.

Subscribers only Energy 14.09.2010

US Regulations Put Pressure on Government

President Barack Obama's promulgation of the Dodd-Franck Wall Street Reform [...]

Subscribers only Mining 24.08.2010

Two in Boat for Lake Kivu

According to our sources, a delegation from Congo-K was in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.07.2010

Ruzizi 3 Well on Track

This year will prove decisive for financing the Ruzizi 3 power plant and management of the three dams on the river of the same name.

Subscribers only Energy 13.07.2010

ContourGlobal’s Equipment Starts Arriving on Lake Kivu

The firm set up by the U.S. group ContourGlobal in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.07.2010

Contour’s Bankers

The U.S. group ContourGlobal is in the process of borrowing [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.07.2010

Little Headway on Kivu’s Methane

Projects by private companies to extract methane from Lake Kivu have been dogged by problems and the government is producing less than expected.

Subscribers only Energy 29.06.2010

EIB Backs Interconnection

The EU-Africa Infrastructures Trust Fund managed by the European Investment [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.06.2010

Moses Wetangula

Moses Wetangula, the Kenyan foreign minister, held talks on June [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.06.2010

How Total Forges Ahead

The French major has assigned a few executives to beef up its assets in Central Africa.

Free access Energy 01.06.2010

Granovsky Leads Severstal Iron Play

Severstal is continuing to flesh out its iron assets in central Africa. Behind the drive is Boris Granovsky, the man [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.05.2010

Albert Butare

Former energy ministers in Africa don’t usually stay unemployed for long. Albert Butare, Rwanda’s energy minister until a cabinet reshuffle [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.2010

Tandem for Kivu’s Methane

According to our sources, Rwanda and Congo-K are to set [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.04.2010

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Rwanda

Donors slow to step forward

Spotlight
France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Can Lake Kivu’s methane be followed by oil?

ADB loan for ContourGlobal

Spotlight
Cleaning up African politics

New Lease on Life for Sinelac?

Michael Byriabarema

STEG Forges a Promising Tie

Donors Look at Micro Power

Kavernel Media gives political pointers to Patasse

Giuseppe Ciccarelli

Rutongo Mines Certify Origins of Goods

Kagame Tests Lake Kivu Waters

US Regulations Put Pressure on Government

Two in Boat for Lake Kivu

Ruzizi 3 Well on Track

ContourGlobal’s Equipment Starts Arriving on Lake Kivu

Contour’s Bankers

Little Headway on Kivu’s Methane

EIB Backs Interconnection

Moses Wetangula

How Total Forges Ahead

Granovsky Leads Severstal Iron Play

Albert Butare

Tandem for Kivu’s Methane

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Rwanda

Donors slow to step forward

Spotlight France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

Can Lake Kivu’s methane be followed by oil?

ADB loan for ContourGlobal

Spotlight Cleaning up African politics

New Lease on Life for Sinelac?

Michael Byriabarema

STEG Forges a Promising Tie

Donors Look at Micro Power

Kavernel Media gives political pointers to Patasse

Giuseppe Ciccarelli

Rutongo Mines Certify Origins of Goods

Kagame Tests Lake Kivu Waters

US Regulations Put Pressure on Government

Two in Boat for Lake Kivu

Ruzizi 3 Well on Track

ContourGlobal’s Equipment Starts Arriving on Lake Kivu

Contour’s Bankers

Little Headway on Kivu’s Methane

EIB Backs Interconnection

Moses Wetangula

How Total Forges Ahead

Granovsky Leads Severstal Iron Play

Albert Butare

Tandem for Kivu’s Methane

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France’s Bollore on a lucky streak

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Cleaning up African politics