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Africa, France
France's EDF charges on with off-grid plans

The French electric utility company EDF has solicited the European Investment Bank (EIB) for $60m to help develop its off-grid projects in Africa. [...]

Published on 27/01/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Dutch development agency FMO and the African Development Bank have opened an investigation into the financing of the Sendou power station by a group of promoters led by Stockholm-based businessman Louis Claude Norland Suzor. The two institutions have invested over $110 million in the power station with little to show for it.

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Lilongwe seeks faster progress on Mpatamanga dam

The Malawian government is gearing up for the final phase of the ambitious Mpatamanga (350 MW) hydroelectric project.

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France's IED to study biomass plant projects

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Commisimpex Affair: As they battle it out in French courts, Hojeij and Sassou hold secret talks in Beirut

Engaged in extensive foreclosure operations in Paris, Lebanese entrepreneur Mohsen Hojeij, who is seeking to recover €1.2bn from Congo, is holding very hush-hush talks with the president's office.

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Beijing's helping hand in restarting dormant Langer Heinrich uranium mine

At a standstill since 2018 pending a recovery in the uranium market, operations at the Langer Heinrich mine are set to resume earlier than planned thanks to its Chinese partners.

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Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved.

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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?

Africa, France
France's EDF charges on with off-grid plans

In Focus | Senegal
Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Malawi
Lilongwe seeks faster progress on Mpatamanga dam

Ivory Coast
France's IED to study biomass plant projects

Congo
Commisimpex Affair: As they battle it out in French courts, Hojeij and Sassou hold secret talks in Beirut

Namibia
Beijing's helping hand in restarting dormant Langer Heinrich uranium mine

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG