Senegal
Macky Sall's oil joker, Mansour Elimane Kane

The New Guard
Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, DRC, Ethiopia, Libya

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

SenegalMamadou Fall Kane, presidential oil adviser, branches out into mining

Guinea-BissauSaico Umaro Embaló, the president's nephew and Turkey envoy

DR CongoArthur Omar Kayumba, Tshisekedi's Grand Inga irritant

EthiopiaWintana Shimelis, in charge of the UK's Diageo in Addis

LibyaAhmed al-Sharkasi, the PM's low-key advisor

Senegal
Local content nightmare haunts Macky Sall and Petrosen

The local content bill application decrees are on the path to becoming an enduring headache for the Senegalese president.

Mauritania, Senegal
Tortue gas trading: BP gets Ghazouani and Sall to yield at last

An ultimate marathon leg of talks ended in a deal, settling the final question marks for the development of Tortue. Here's how they reached this point.

Senegal
Petrosen funding: behind the secenes of oil minister's talks with Woodside

According to our sources, the Senegalese minister of petroleum Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé travelled to Perth, Australia, last week to meet [...]

Senegal
AfDB follows suit from WB to inject cash into oil industry

Senegal is flush with financing from several sources to help [...]

Senegal
BP already preparing next deal on Yakaar and Tortue

The British major is working to convince president Macky Sall to launch other gas fields as soon as possible.

Senegal
World Bank puts BP, Kosmos Energy, Woodside and Cairn under its watch

BP, Kosmos Energy, Woodside Energy and Cairn Energy will soon [...]

Senegal
GES-Petrogaz urgently seeking petroleum auditor

The unit responsible for implementing and managing projects within Senegal's [...]

Senegal
Mouhamadou Makhtar Cisse, cuts figure as oil minister with little power

After stepping in as the minister of petroleum and energy in April, Mouhamadou Makhtar Cisse, may find himself busy with [...]

Ivory Coast
Khady Dior Ndiaye, Kosmos' first country manager

While it has been in possession of five offshore blocks in partnership with BP since 2017, Kosmos Energy has only [...]

Senegal
BP and Woodside to abide by new local content code

Adopted by the council of ministers last week, Senegal's new [...]

Spotlight | Mauritania, Senegal
The behind-the-scenes politics that have been torturing the Tortue deal

As we revealed (AEI 828), the path is finally clear for Mauritania and Senegal to take their final investment decision (FID) on the giant trans-border gas field Tortue. Nevertheless, the many political stumbling blocks along the way forced the block [.

Senegal
Woodside-Sangomar: PoD green light in doubt for 2018 year-end

Australian firm Woodside Energy submitted its plan of development (PoD) [...]

Senegal
Minister Mansour Kane urgently seeks consultants for key negotiations

To be quick on the draw for future talks over [...]

Senegal
Dakar seeks expert to fine-tune Tortue tax with BP

Tax and legal advisors have been asked to submit applications [...]

Mauritania, Senegal
BP/Kosmos frustrated with M.Sall over Tortue tax terms

The Senegalese state is blocking certain provisions that the oil firms demand to have.

Senegal
Petrosen boss Mamadou Faye picks Schlumberger

Several weeks ago, Senegalese State firm Petrosen named Franco-American services concern, Schlumberger as the successful bidder for a technical consultancy [...]

Senegal
Why the world bank is backing oil ministry

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Senegalese state-run firm Petrosen is [...]

Mauritania, Senegal
Deal or no deal on Tortue gas?

The negotiations between Senegal and Mauritania to unitise the development of the giant Tortue gas field that straddles the border [...]

Senegal
How Timis is trying to play off ExxonMobil against Kosmos

The last African issue that ExxonMobil’s CEO, Rex Tillerson, dealt with before his nomination to the post of Secretary of State in the Trump administration on Dec. 12 happened to concern Senegal.

Senegal
President's oil advisers in seemingly perpetual motion

Senegal president Macky Sall’s adviser on oil questions, Mamadou Fall [...]

Senegal
President Sall's hidden oil asset: Mamadou Kane

Senegalese president Macky Sall, who once attended the Institut Francais du Petrole, hasn’t an official adviser as yet. However, his [...]

Senegal
Sall personally takes oil sector in hand

Senegalese president Mackey Sall has been prompted by the discovery [...]