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Africa Tech Festival 2024 saw some pushback against the traditional beliefs around affordable connectivity.

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Fiyinfolu Okedare is director at Forvis Mazars in Nigeria

Big benefits of investing in Africa's upstream sector

By Fiyinfolu Okedare 6 Nov 2024

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Safaricom offers $288m smart meter system to cut Kenya Power losses

Safaricom offers $288m smart meter system to cut Kenya Power losses

Duncan Miriri 17 Sep 2021

UN council urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to restart dam talks

UN council urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to restart dam talks

Michelle Nichols 16 Sep 2021

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Libby George, Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov 16 Sep 2021

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

Shamilah Grimwood-Norley 15 Sep 2021

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Hamid Ould Ahmed 14 Sep 2021

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

14 Sep 2021

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Ayman al-Warfali, Ahmed Elumami, and Angus McDowall 13 Sep 2021

Source: ©Solovyov Andriy

ArcelorMittal invests $800m in Liberia

13 Sep 2021

Source: ©jarous

Gold miners commit to climate risk reporting

10 Sep 2021

Senegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Senegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Bate Felix 9 Sep 2021

Source: ©lotsotock

Investing in African Mining Indaba date change

8 Sep 2021

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi 8 Sep 2021

NGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

NGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

6 Sep 2021

Use of leaded petrol eliminated in 'milestone' for health and environment, UN says

Use of leaded petrol eliminated in 'milestone' for health and environment, UN says

Emma Rumney 31 Aug 2021

Source: ©bymandesigns

Egypt key energy supplier for Africa

27 Aug 2021

Source: Catoca Mining Company

Waste from Angola's Catoca diamond mine leaked into waterways last month

25 Aug 2021

Gambia says BP has agreed to pay $29,3m no-drill fee

12 Aug 2021

Source: suppled

No need to lament about the oil discovery in Namibia's Kavango Basin

NJ Ayuk 6 Aug 2021

Source: ©Phawat Khommai

UK gold miner Centamin seeks buyer for W African project

Shanima A 6 Aug 2021

Caltex rebrands to Astron Energy

4 Aug 2021

A coal beacon hill mine in Tete. Joshua Kirshner, Author provided

Mozambique's fossil fuel drive is entrenching poverty and conflict

Joshua Kirshner, Daniela Salite & Matthew Cotton 3 Aug 2021

Ghana's minister of finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, makes remarks at the Institute of International Finance's meeting entitled "G20: Compact With Africa", during the IMF and World Bank's 2017 Annual Fall Meetings, in Washington, US, 11 October, 2017. Reuters/Mike Theiler

Eyeing energy transition, Ghana plans to speed up oil exploration

30 Jul 2021

Zimbabwe finance minister Mthuli Ncube arrives to present the 2020 National Budget at Parliament Building in Harare, Zimbabwe, 14 November, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Zimbabwe sells gold refinery stake for $49m

30 Jul 2021

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president and Africa's richest woman, sits for a portrait during a Reuters interview in London, Britain, 9 January, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville

Dutch court rules against Dos Santos in oil asset case - lawyers

Noah Browning & Sergio Goncalves 28 Jul 2021

A worker drives a vehicle at Zimplats' Ngwarati Mine in Mhondoro-Ngezi, file. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Implats Zimbabwe unit plans 185MW solar power plants

27 Jul 2021

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia 22August, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

Mozambique's gas ambitions rest on distant hope of peace

Emma Rumney & David Lewis 22 Jul 2021

August #WomensMonth made possible by the Intercare Group

August #WomensMonth made possible by the Intercare Group

Bizcommunity.com 20 Jul 2021

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Jul 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 June, 2016. Reuters/Kenny Katombe

Congo's cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners

16 Jul 2021

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UN council urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to restart dam talks

UN council urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to restart dam talks

Michelle Nichols 16 Sep 2021

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Nigeria's Dangote in talks with traders for oil refinery loan

Libby George, Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov 16 Sep 2021

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

Shamilah Grimwood-Norley 15 Sep 2021

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Hamid Ould Ahmed 14 Sep 2021

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

14 Sep 2021

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports, NOC says

Ayman al-Warfali, Ahmed Elumami, and Angus McDowall 13 Sep 2021

Source: ©Solovyov Andriy

ArcelorMittal invests $800m in Liberia

13 Sep 2021

Source: ©jarous

Gold miners commit to climate risk reporting

10 Sep 2021

Senegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Senegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Bate Felix 9 Sep 2021

Source: ©lotsotock

Investing in African Mining Indaba date change

8 Sep 2021

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi 8 Sep 2021

NGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

NGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

6 Sep 2021

Use of leaded petrol eliminated in 'milestone' for health and environment, UN says

Use of leaded petrol eliminated in 'milestone' for health and environment, UN says

Emma Rumney 31 Aug 2021

Source: ©bymandesigns

Egypt key energy supplier for Africa

27 Aug 2021

Source: Catoca Mining Company

Waste from Angola's Catoca diamond mine leaked into waterways last month

25 Aug 2021

Gambia says BP has agreed to pay $29,3m no-drill fee

12 Aug 2021

Source: suppled

No need to lament about the oil discovery in Namibia's Kavango Basin

NJ Ayuk 6 Aug 2021

Source: ©Phawat Khommai

UK gold miner Centamin seeks buyer for W African project

Shanima A 6 Aug 2021

Caltex rebrands to Astron Energy

4 Aug 2021

A coal beacon hill mine in Tete. Joshua Kirshner, Author provided

Mozambique's fossil fuel drive is entrenching poverty and conflict

Joshua Kirshner, Daniela Salite & Matthew Cotton 3 Aug 2021

Ghana's minister of finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, makes remarks at the Institute of International Finance's meeting entitled "G20: Compact With Africa", during the IMF and World Bank's 2017 Annual Fall Meetings, in Washington, US, 11 October, 2017. Reuters/Mike Theiler

Eyeing energy transition, Ghana plans to speed up oil exploration

30 Jul 2021

Zimbabwe finance minister Mthuli Ncube arrives to present the 2020 National Budget at Parliament Building in Harare, Zimbabwe, 14 November, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Zimbabwe sells gold refinery stake for $49m

30 Jul 2021

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president and Africa's richest woman, sits for a portrait during a Reuters interview in London, Britain, 9 January, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville

Dutch court rules against Dos Santos in oil asset case - lawyers

Noah Browning & Sergio Goncalves 28 Jul 2021

A worker drives a vehicle at Zimplats' Ngwarati Mine in Mhondoro-Ngezi, file. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

Implats Zimbabwe unit plans 185MW solar power plants

27 Jul 2021

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia 22August, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

Mozambique's gas ambitions rest on distant hope of peace

Emma Rumney & David Lewis 22 Jul 2021

August #WomensMonth made possible by the Intercare Group

August #WomensMonth made possible by the Intercare Group

Bizcommunity.com 20 Jul 2021

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Jul 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 June, 2016. Reuters/Kenny Katombe

Congo's cobalt monopoly to set price floor for artisanal miners

16 Jul 2021

A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria 18 September, 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde//File Photo

Factbox: Nigeria's oil overhaul faces last battles over fuel, northern drilling

15 Jul 2021

Source: ©Peter Titmuss

Botswana begins first iron ore mining project

14 Jul 2021

Artisanal miners work at a cobalt mine-pit in Tulwizembe, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 November, 2015. Reuters/Kenny Katombe/File Photo

Congo likely to start artisanal cobalt buying

Pratima Desai & Helen Reid 13 Jul 2021

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Tunisia pushing UN action on Ethiopia dam, Ethiopia opposed

Michelle Nichols 8 Jul 2021

Sandfire's T3 Motheo Mine. Source: Sandfire

Australia's Sandfire gets go-ahead to build Botswana copper mine

8 Jul 2021

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

UN urges Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to recommit to dam talks

Doyinsola Oladipo 7 Jul 2021

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Egypt notified that Ethiopia has resumed filling of giant dam

Momen Saeed Atallah, Omar Fahmy and Nafisa Eltahir 6 Jul 2021

A solar plant is seen in Uyayna, north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 10, 2018. Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser

Botswana issues licence for first large scale solar power plant

6 Jul 2021

A woman walks over pipelines crisscrossing Ogoniland in Rivers State, Nigeria September 18, 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde//File Photo

Nigerian lawmakers pass historic oil overhaul bill

Libby George & Camillus Eboh 2 Jul 2021

UN Security Council to meet on Ethiopia dam

UN Security Council to meet on Ethiopia dam

Michelle Nichols 2 Jul 2021