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Nigeria, Rwanda
TotalEnergies CEO Pouyanné heads off on African mission

Patrick Pouyanné (left) and Paul Kagame in Monte Carlo, Monaco, May 2022. © Mark Thompson/Getty Images Europe/AFP

After a stop in Qatar, where he will try to increase the French oil and gas group's share of the North Field gas output, Patrick Pouyanné is to speak at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali before heading to Abuja. [...]

Published on 13/05/2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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