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West Africa

Angola, Ivory Coast
Zedu appoints ambassador to Abidjan, at last

Angola’s President Jose "Zedu" Eduardo Dos Santos has taken four [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2015

Spotlight | Nigeria
Some applaud and others lament Madueke’s departure

Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in Nigeria’s recent presidential election will result in the departure a strongest card in outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan’s hand: the controversial petroleum resources minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. While some traders who became oil explorers raked in riches during [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Nigeria
Why Saipem teamed up with billionaire Aliko Dangote

The recent creation of the joint venture Saipem Dangote E&C with much fanfare between the Italian oil services concern and [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Nigeria
Funds betting on a depreciation of oil company assets

The long-awaited season for mergers & acquisitions in the oil industry has begun in Nigeria against a backdrop of falling prices.

Free access Energy 14.04.2015

Ivory Coast
CNR investing more than ever despite price collapse

The Canadian concern CNR International isn’t about to sell off its assets in Ivory Coast, despite the offshore’s lack of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Nigeria
Oil exploration at its lowest ebb in decades

The fact that oil companies operating in Nigeria have been waiting in vain since 2007 for a Petroleum Industry Bill [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Liberia
Liberia Electricity Corp on life support from European Union

The national utility is in poor shape and still depends on European aid for its survival.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Abidjan finds Accra knocking on its door

Their dispute over maritime boundaries (AEI 734) hasn’t stopped Accra and Abidjan from doing business with one another. Ghana’s energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Nigeria
EERNL puts its revenue in hock to pay off SacOil

Energy Equity Resources Norway (EERNL), the parent company of EER Nigeria, has made an arrangement with SacOil Holdings to pay back its debt.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Nigeria
Oando re-negotiates its hedging contracts

The Nigerian company is continuing to wrestle down its debts following its $1.5 billion purchase of ConocoPhillips’ assets last year.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Squabble over boundary continues, to dismay of oil companies

The first round of arbitration on the maritime boundary between [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Ivory Coast
Azonto found Rosetti Marino too expensive

Azonto Petroleum, which is now focussing on developing its lone [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Equatorial Guinea
Ophir pulls out all the stops on its R block

The junior Ophir Energy is focussing its every effort on [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Mali
AM Capital advising IPS WA on Energie du Mali

Africa Energy Intelligence's sources say the Paris investment bank AM [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Equatorial Guinea
Gunvor takes over Osborne

As part of a bankruptcy operation affecting PA Resources (AEI [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Ghana
African Development Fund backs ECG

Ghana’s government is to lend $42.9 million to Electricity Company [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2015

Mali
Roy Meade to complete Kalana study

The most urgent task for the newly named chairman of Avnel Gold Mining, Roy Meade, will be to complete the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

Burkina Faso
Christian Milau named boss of True Gold Mining

Christian Milau is to become CEO of True Gold Mining [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

Togo
Noupokou revives bidding for carbonated phosphates

Togo's mines minister Dammipi Noupokou has resurrected the tender for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

Togo
Contract for the Nayega mine

Ferrex and Togo's government reached agreement on March 30 concerning [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

Nigeria
GTI Capital bets the farm on coal

In becoming the leading stakeholder in Equatorial Mining & Exploration [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

Ivory Coast
Yaoure project starts to unfold

Amara Mining, which operates the Yaoure project, hopes to complete [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

Burkina Faso
Pan African Minerals still stalled at Tambao

Pan African Minerals is still waiting for the authorities to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

Guinea
Simandou: Rio Tinto calls for delay

Rio Tinto’s management has asked mines and geology minister Kerfalla [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

Guinea
Boffa's reserves measured

The firm Camen Resources headed by Soriba Camera (former executive [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.04.2015

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