Energy

Egypt
Cairo raises its voice to defend its eastern Libyan turf against Ankara

Egypt's spy chief went to Benghazi on 12 October to try to dissuade the Haftar clan from getting closer to Turkish companies amid Ankara's growing economic offensive.

Guinea
Conakry turns to French bank Natixis to finance 'Côtière' power line

Guinea has asked Natixis to submit a financing offer for a project to supply electricity to the northwest of the country, a major bauxite mining area where a range of foreign and domestic mining firms are active.

Senegal
Dakar to join gas 'OPEC'

Senegal is set to be inducted as an observer member of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) tomorrow at its ministerial council meeting in Cairo.

Guinea, Tunisia, UAE
Businessman Sam Zormati arrested in Dubai

Franco-Tunisian businessman Sam Zormati, an entrepreneur with a strong presence in Africa, was arrested at Dubai airport in early October at the request of the Guinean judiciary.

The New Guard
Cameroon, Morocco, Mauritania and CAR

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

CameroonJoel Sikam, an entrepreneur working to boost Younde-Paris trade

MoroccoRachid Ennassiri, an energetic energy transition ministry adviser.

MauritaniaSidi-Mohamed Dhaker, the Central Bank's youth asset.

Central African RepublicMartine Kessy Ekomo-Soignet, the voice of young people in CAR.

Ivory Coast
KPMG's Jean-Luc Ruelle to probe Petroci's missing butane

Ivory Coast's leading importer and distributor of cooking gas somehow lost track of several thousand tonnes of its stock earlier this year. One of the word's top auditing firms is now on the case.

Senegal
Dakar studies pipeline from GTA gas field to onshore power station

Senegal is studying the possibility of linking the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim offshore LNG project to a power station in Saint-Louis via a pipeline. It has launched a call for expressions of interest from local and foreign companies.

Gabon
Social storm grows for Port-Gentil private security providers

The primary security providers protecting the oil infrastructure in Port-Gentil have been rocked by unrest within their ranks, and the situation is beginning to worry their clients.

Tanzania
Samia Suhulu Hassan keen for Qatari investment

The Tanzanian president is trying to put the Magufuli era and its private sector woes behind the country. She has been sending gestures to reassure its Qatari partners about investing, starting with its gas sector.

Africa, South Africa
Russians Lukoil and TMK hunt for African contracts in Cape Town

Many representatives from Russia attended the 28th edition of Africa Oil Week in Cape Town, South Africa.

Guinea
Bpifrance moves further into Guinea

The public investment bank is working with the transitional authorities to advance several projects, including the supply of a system to secure the country's airspace, designed by the defense giant Thales.

Equatorial Guinea
Government's efforts to stop ExxonMobil leaving undermined by incident on Zafiro production unit

Equatorial Guinea is trying to stop the American major leaving the country but the deteriorating state of the floating production unit serving its biggest oil field has complicated its position.