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Financial close reached for 13.5MW Lower Maguduza Hydro Power Project in Eswatini

#MiningIndaba: The value of synergy between Africa's mining and automotive sectors

#MiningIndaba: The value of synergy between Africa's mining and automotive sectors

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#MiningIndaba: Mantashe classifies coal as critical mineral

#MiningIndaba: Mantashe classifies coal as critical mineral

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How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

Kenneth Engblom 15 Mar 2022

Shell stopped from selling Nigerian assets until $2bn appeal decided

Shell stopped from selling Nigerian assets until $2bn appeal decided

Camillus Eboh 15 Mar 2022

Nigeria's fuel crisis: Smaller, more flexible refineries aren't the full answer

Nigeria's fuel crisis: Smaller, more flexible refineries aren't the full answer

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi, Chukwumerije Okereke, Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke 14 Mar 2022

A Boeing 737-7BD Arik Air aeroplane is seen parked on the tarmac at the local airport in Lagos, file. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye/File Photo

Domestic flights in Nigeria disrupted due to fuel shortage

Chijioke Ohuocha 11 Mar 2022

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

Scott L. Montgomery 11 Mar 2022

EU's Global Gateway initiative to provide access to €150bn for African infrastructure development

10 Mar 2022

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Hartmut Winkler 7 Mar 2022

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Yan Anthea Zhang 4 Mar 2022

Ghana mining fund to invest $60m in 2022 expansion drive

Ghana mining fund to invest $60m in 2022 expansion drive

Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen 3 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Metals like palladium are essential in automotive manufacturing. John Angerson/Alamy

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

1 Mar 2022

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

MacDonald Dzirutwe and Estelle Shirbon 1 Mar 2022

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Stanis Bujakera 28 Feb 2022

De Beers returns diamond sights to Gaborone as travel opens up

De Beers returns diamond sights to Gaborone as travel opens up

25 Feb 2022

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

Camillus Eboh 25 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies makes large oil discovery off Namibia

TotalEnergies makes large oil discovery off Namibia

Wendell Roelf and Ron Bousso 24 Feb 2022

No need for extra OPEC+ supplies amid Iran talks, Nigeria says

No need for extra OPEC+ supplies amid Iran talks, Nigeria says

22 Feb 2022

Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant

Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant

Dawit Endeshaw 21 Feb 2022

New Rio Tinto chair to weigh CEO's future amid toxic culture crisis - sources

New Rio Tinto chair to weigh CEO's future amid toxic culture crisis - sources

Clara Denina and Helen Reid 14 Feb 2022

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

11 Feb 2022

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Wendell Roelf and Ron Bousso 8 Feb 2022

AIIM in bidding race for $2bn African renewables firm Lekela - sources

AIIM in bidding race for $2bn African renewables firm Lekela - sources

Emma Rumney and Isla Binnie 7 Feb 2022

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

7 Feb 2022

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Tife Owolabi 4 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Senegal's Regional Express Train, co-financed by the African Development Bank, was launched in December 2021.

African Development Bank to close continent's infrastructure gap

2 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

Emma Rumney 1 Feb 2022

Why SEZs will play a major role in Africa's mining industry future

Why SEZs will play a major role in Africa's mining industry future

Thibault Serlet 31 Jan 2022

Three Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

Three Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

Humphrey Malalo 27 Jan 2022

Shell hits oil and gas in Namibian offshore well

Shell hits oil and gas in Namibian offshore well

Ron Bousso and Wendell Roelf 25 Jan 2022

Dangote expects Nigeria refinery to be operational in Q3, paper reports

Dangote expects Nigeria refinery to be operational in Q3, paper reports

MacDonald Dzirutwe 24 Jan 2022

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A Boeing 737-7BD Arik Air aeroplane is seen parked on the tarmac at the local airport in Lagos, file. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye/File Photo

Domestic flights in Nigeria disrupted due to fuel shortage

Chijioke Ohuocha 11 Mar 2022

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

War in Ukraine is changing energy geopolitics

Scott L. Montgomery 11 Mar 2022

EU's Global Gateway initiative to provide access to €150bn for African infrastructure development

10 Mar 2022

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Hartmut Winkler 7 Mar 2022

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Shell, BP and ExxonMobil have done business in Russia for decades - here's why they're leaving now

Yan Anthea Zhang 4 Mar 2022

Ghana mining fund to invest $60m in 2022 expansion drive

Ghana mining fund to invest $60m in 2022 expansion drive

Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen 3 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Metals like palladium are essential in automotive manufacturing. John Angerson/Alamy

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: 'Africa must define its own just energy transition' - Mantashe

1 Mar 2022

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

MacDonald Dzirutwe and Estelle Shirbon 1 Mar 2022

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire

Stanis Bujakera 28 Feb 2022

De Beers returns diamond sights to Gaborone as travel opens up

De Beers returns diamond sights to Gaborone as travel opens up

25 Feb 2022

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

Camillus Eboh 25 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies makes large oil discovery off Namibia

TotalEnergies makes large oil discovery off Namibia

Wendell Roelf and Ron Bousso 24 Feb 2022

No need for extra OPEC+ supplies amid Iran talks, Nigeria says

No need for extra OPEC+ supplies amid Iran talks, Nigeria says

22 Feb 2022

Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant

Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant

Dawit Endeshaw 21 Feb 2022

New Rio Tinto chair to weigh CEO's future amid toxic culture crisis - sources

New Rio Tinto chair to weigh CEO's future amid toxic culture crisis - sources

Clara Denina and Helen Reid 14 Feb 2022

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

Nigeria's Oando says it did not import substandard gasoline

11 Feb 2022

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Namibia aims for first-ever oil output by 2026 after Shell discovery

Wendell Roelf and Ron Bousso 8 Feb 2022

AIIM in bidding race for $2bn African renewables firm Lekela - sources

AIIM in bidding race for $2bn African renewables firm Lekela - sources

Emma Rumney and Isla Binnie 7 Feb 2022

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

Exploded Nigerian oil storage vessel had up to 60,000 barrels before incident

7 Feb 2022

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Oil vessel Trinity Spirit explodes off coast of Nigeria

Tife Owolabi 4 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Senegal's Regional Express Train, co-financed by the African Development Bank, was launched in December 2021.

African Development Bank to close continent's infrastructure gap

2 Feb 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

TotalEnergies aims to restart $20bn Mozambique LNG project in 2022

Emma Rumney 1 Feb 2022

Why SEZs will play a major role in Africa's mining industry future

Why SEZs will play a major role in Africa's mining industry future

Thibault Serlet 31 Jan 2022

Three Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

Three Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

Humphrey Malalo 27 Jan 2022

Shell hits oil and gas in Namibian offshore well

Shell hits oil and gas in Namibian offshore well

Ron Bousso and Wendell Roelf 25 Jan 2022

Dangote expects Nigeria refinery to be operational in Q3, paper reports

Dangote expects Nigeria refinery to be operational in Q3, paper reports

MacDonald Dzirutwe 24 Jan 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

9 Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

9 Kenya Power executives charged over national blackout

19 Jan 2022

Source: ©African Energy Indaba A panel discussion at the 2020 Africa Energy Indaba

2022 Africa Energy Indaba to focus on energy solutions

13 Jan 2022

Source: © Image supplied. An aerial site view of the Enel Green Power’s (EGP) Ngonye solar plant

A first for sub-Saharan Africa: Zambia's sun-tracking solar panels

13 Jan 2022

Source: ©Glencore Coal in wash plant

Cerrejón joint venture sale completed

12 Jan 2022

Source: © kodda

Nigeria shuts 504MW power plant after gas line vandalised

11 Jan 2022

Source: ©Kabanga Nickel Kabanga Nickel framework signing ceremony, Bukoba, Tanzania. Chris Showalter (CEO) and Chris von Christierson (vice-chairman),19 January 2021

BHP invests $40m into Kabanga Nickel in Tanzania

10 Jan 2022

Morocco picks Mohammedia for potential floating gas facility

Morocco picks Mohammedia for potential floating gas facility

Ahmed Eljechtimi 4 Jan 2022

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The Islamic Development Bank injects $252.5m into Pakistan's vital projects

3 Jan 2022

WEC Projects to use natural processes at Botswana mine sewage treatment facility

WEC Projects to use natural processes at Botswana mine sewage treatment facility

30 Dec 2021

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Rescuers work to retrieve bodies at collapsed Sudanese gold mine

29 Dec 2021

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China's Huayou buys lithium mine in Zimbabwe for $422m

MacDonald Dzirutwe and Tom Daly 23 Dec 2021

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Shell declares force majeure on Nigerian Forcados crude

Fikayo Owoeye 23 Dec 2021