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Faced with a shortage of bids, Lourenço is forced to deal with dos Santos-era executives

Angolan companies with sufficient funds to develop blocks remain few and far between. As such the Angolan administration must make do with bids from firms with strong ties to the former regime. [...]

Published on 27/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Hilton secures site for first Angola hotel but still faces hurdles

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MTI Energy, Brite's Oil, Intank: the newcomer foreign firms in Angolan onshore

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BP staff prepare for forced exit ahead of ENI merger

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Lourenço's drive for greater regional influence begins to pay off

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Chevron, GE and John Deere take lead in moving US interests post-oil

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Museveni left alone with Total and CNOOC following closure of second licensing round

Following the closure of its call for bids for six new oil exploration blocks, the Ugandan government is despondent. No major group has come forward apart from Total and CNOOC, which are already active in Uganda.

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Covid-19 throws up roadblock to Museveni's bidding round

Uganda's minister of petroleum Mary Goretti Kitutu is preparing to postpone her oil bidding round for the third time. Initially [...]

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Angola
Faced with a shortage of bids, Lourenço is forced to deal with dos Santos-era executives

Angola
Hilton secures site for first Angola hotel but still faces hurdles

Angola
MTI Energy, Brite's Oil, Intank: the newcomer foreign firms in Angolan onshore

Angola
BP staff prepare for forced exit ahead of ENI merger

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's drive for greater regional influence begins to pay off

Angola
Chevron, GE and John Deere take lead in moving US interests post-oil

Uganda
Museveni left alone with Total and CNOOC following closure of second licensing round

Uganda
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