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Spotlight | West Africa
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana have launched ambitious projects and made bold statements in their bids to become West Africa's next "energy hub". Those efforts, however, are a long way from unseating dominant Nigeria. [...]

Published on 02/01/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 5 minutes Clotilde Ravel

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Senegal BP passes on Yakaar-Teranga discovery to Kosmos

Spotlight | Ghana How Springfield became ENI's worst nightmare

Ivory Coast, Nigeria MRS boss Dantata fails to convince Paris court in dispute with Petroci over Corlay

Spotlight | Senegal The €150m battle to secure Senegal's seas

Senegal Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Spotlight | Nigeria Crude oil theft: who are the tycoons at the heart of the investigation?

Spotlight | Senegal Senegal gears up for first Woodside oil and BP gas

Spotlight | Ghana ENI and Accra on brink of divorce

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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?

Spotlight | West Africa
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Senegal
Airbus keen on Grand Tortue aerial surveillance contract

Namibia
Embassies in SADC member countries to favour Riyadh's economic growth

Ivory Coast
Ouattara banks on ENI's Baleine field to plug deficit

Senegal
BP passes on Yakaar-Teranga discovery to Kosmos

Spotlight | Ghana
How Springfield became ENI's worst nightmare

Ivory Coast, Nigeria
MRS boss Dantata fails to convince Paris court in dispute with Petroci over Corlay

Spotlight | Senegal
The €150m battle to secure Senegal's seas

Senegal
Teranga security group boosts its board with French five-star general and former diplomat

Spotlight | Nigeria
Crude oil theft: who are the tycoons at the heart of the investigation?

Spotlight | Senegal
Senegal gears up for first Woodside oil and BP gas

Spotlight | Ghana
ENI and Accra on brink of divorce

Ghana
Tema LNG backer behind mysterious Dutch company Ecow-Gas

Ivory Coast
Total said to be backing out of Abidjan LNG import terminal