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From offshore fields to cotton fields, behind the scenes of ENI's biofuel plan

Engaged in a major conversion of its refineries to biofuels, Italian hydrocarbon giant ENI wants to provide this global industry with fuel supplies from non-oil-producing African countries such as Benin and Rwanda, as well as from the key oil-producing countries such as Congo, Angola and Mozambique. [...]

Published on 24/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Alassane Ouattara
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Giuseppe Ricci
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Patrice Talon
Paul Kagame
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West Africa
How Bamako is exporting cotton despite ECOWAS sanctions

Mali has once again become Africa's leading cotton producer and the Malian military junta is pulling out all the stops to sell this precious resource on the global markets, taking advantage of the high prices.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 26.05.2022

The 2019 cotton harvest in Mali, near Diaramana.

South Africa
South African refineries dwindle as operators BP, Shell, Total and Sasol pull out

South Africa has only one oil refinery left in operation and even that could close within a year following the string of cancelled projects and accidents on out-dated facilities.

Subscribers only Energy 21.02.2022

Cameroon
Wheat price hike threatens to spark mill war

In the midst of a wheat price boom, prominent entrepreneur and head of Cameroon employers' federation, Célestin Tawamba, has shut down his La Pasta flour mill in an attempt to obtain a tax break on imported cereals and to try to change the regulated price of flour.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 15.02.2022

President of the Groupement inter-patronal du Cameroun Célestin Tawamba.

Africa
Generational succession at Rubis could take it out of Africa

The petroleum products trading and distribution company Rubis is gearing up for the succession of its co-founders, Gilles Gobin and Jacques Riou, as their children, including Clarisse Gobin Swiecznik, enter the scene. However, the transfer of power is taking place at the same time as a strategic reorganisation and a move into development in hydrogen and photovoltaic energy, in which the African subsidiaries, until now the driving force of the group, have been barely included.

Subscribers only 10.02.2022

Clarisse Gobin Swiecznik, deputy managing director of the Rubis Group.

Inner circles | Africa, Rwanda
How Kigali is exporting its military expertise across Africa

By participating in Mozambican operations, the Rwandan army, already busy in the Central African Republic and South Sudan, has become one of Kigali's key exports. President Paul Kagame relies on a structure geared to external operations, and on allies beyond Africa.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 10.12.2021

Rwandan Chief of Staff Jean-Bosco Kazura is currently holding a series of meetings with African chiefs of staff (photo from 2013).

Ivory Coast
Eni's secret plans for Baleine

Following the discovery, announced in September, of the Baleine deposit, Eni has been in touch with the Ivorian government to ensure both parties see eye to eye on the site's development. The Italian major intends to move full steam ahead so as to rapidly reach the plateau phase, much to the delight of President Ouattara.

Subscribers only Energy 12.11.2021

Africa
Shell, ExxonMobil, Sasol step up for Covid vaccines and spy opportunity

Oil companies, convinced that the hydrocarbon sector's recovery, particularly in Africa, will go hand in hand with vaccination, are helping out with inoculation programmes. Some are investing in the lucrative market for storing vaccines.

Subscribers only Energy 29.03.2021

Benin, Ivory Coast
Election high and business low, Patrice Talon's bitter-sweet week

His side may have claimed victory in last week's municipal elections, the Beninese president is not all smiles: he just missed out on a huge agricultural supply contract in Ivory Coast, where his group has lost its main lobbyist.

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Africa
From offshore fields to cotton fields, behind the scenes of ENI's biofuel plan

West Africa
How Bamako is exporting cotton despite ECOWAS sanctions

South Africa
South African refineries dwindle as operators BP, Shell, Total and Sasol pull out

Cameroon
Wheat price hike threatens to spark mill war

Africa
Generational succession at Rubis could take it out of Africa

Inner circles | Africa, Rwanda
How Kigali is exporting its military expertise across Africa

Ivory Coast
Eni's secret plans for Baleine

Africa
Shell, ExxonMobil, Sasol step up for Covid vaccines and spy opportunity

Benin, Ivory Coast
Election high and business low, Patrice Talon's bitter-sweet week