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Plants are displayed at the booth of American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

$1.3bn Exxon Nigeria asset sale could be approvedCamillus Eboh and Isaac Anyaogu

Nigeria suffered 46 grid collapses between 2017 and 2023

Nigeria suffers 5th grid collapse of 2024

By Isaac Anyaogu 15 Apr 2024

Shell joins international sell-off of Nigeria onshore oil and gas holdings

By Ron Bousso 17 Jan 2024

Electric cars might not yet be green, but we should buy them anyway

Electric cars might not yet be green, but we should buy them anyway

Ranald Boydell 3 Dec 2019

AfDB approves $210m in financing for Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project

AfDB approves $210m in financing for Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project

2 Dec 2019

It's time to negotiate a better future for African energy

João Marques 26 Nov 2019

Rodwyn Peterson, head of litigation Chibesakunda & Co, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Zambia

Can AfCFTA solve Africa's energy challenge?

Rodwyn Peterson 22 Nov 2019

Smart cities embrace 4IR

Smart cities embrace 4IR

19 Nov 2019

Demonising African oil & gas is not constructive for energy transition

Demonising African oil & gas is not constructive for energy transition

NJ Ayuk 18 Nov 2019

Illicit mining is carried out on lands sold by traditional rulers. Wikimedia Commons

Ghana's traditional and state powers must collaborate to halt illegal mining

James Boafo 13 Nov 2019

LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

8 Nov 2019

Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo

#AOW2019: Facing the challenges

7 Nov 2019

Gwede Mantashe, SA minister of minerals and energy

#AOW2019: Mantashe calls for gas investment

Nicci Botha 6 Nov 2019

Africa's oil & gas industry poised for further growth

Africa's oil & gas industry poised for further growth

4 Nov 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equitorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons

Kosmos strikes oil in Equatorial Guinea

4 Nov 2019

Senegal on the cusp of LNG boom

29 Oct 2019

Minister of Innovation and Technology of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Getahun Mekuria Kuma.and Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev,

Ethiopia and Russia sign peaceful atomic energy deal

24 Oct 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equatorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons and Sergey Gorkov, director general and chairman of the board of Rosge

Equatorial Guinea signs exploration MoU with Rosgeo

23 Oct 2019

Sherif Andrawes, BDO’s global head of natural resources

What's going to shake up the mining industry by 2030?

23 Oct 2019

Klipheuwel Wind Farm

Wind power is far more than just energy

17 Oct 2019

#AOP2019: Free market capitalism will work best for Africa

Nicci Botha 11 Oct 2019

Gabriel Obiang Lima

#AOP2019: Africa must be unapologetic about oil & gas

Nicci Botha 9 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Frameworks to investor interest in Africa's renewable energy

1 Oct 2019

Lifting the lid on Ghana's illegal small-scale mining problem

Gabriel Botchwey & Gordon Crawford 26 Sep 2019

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Daniel Johnson 19 Sep 2019

Oil and gas is the lifeblood of Nigeria’s economy. Wikimedia Commons

Explainer: how Nigeria got hit with a $9.6bn judgement debt in London

Oludara Akanmidu 11 Sep 2019

Gabon on track to increase oil production

Gabon on track to increase oil production

30 Aug 2019

Area 4, Rovuma Basin, Mozambique

Oil & gas set to be the backbone of African growth

28 Aug 2019

African LNG market to attract $103bn in 2019

African LNG market to attract $103bn in 2019

26 Aug 2019

Robert Lucian Crusitu/Shutterstock

Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

Rizwan Nawaz & Adel Sharif 23 Aug 2019

Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

Alfred Oteng-Yeboah 22 Aug 2019

Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

21 Aug 2019

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Electric cars might not yet be green, but we should buy them anyway

Electric cars might not yet be green, but we should buy them anyway

Ranald Boydell 3 Dec 2019

AfDB approves $210m in financing for Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project

AfDB approves $210m in financing for Nigeria Transmission Expansion Project

2 Dec 2019

It's time to negotiate a better future for African energy

João Marques 26 Nov 2019

Rodwyn Peterson, head of litigation Chibesakunda & Co, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Zambia

Can AfCFTA solve Africa's energy challenge?

Rodwyn Peterson 22 Nov 2019

Smart cities embrace 4IR

Smart cities embrace 4IR

19 Nov 2019

Demonising African oil & gas is not constructive for energy transition

Demonising African oil & gas is not constructive for energy transition

NJ Ayuk 18 Nov 2019

Illicit mining is carried out on lands sold by traditional rulers. Wikimedia Commons

Ghana's traditional and state powers must collaborate to halt illegal mining

James Boafo 13 Nov 2019

LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

LE South Africa introduces oil-spill-eating enzyme technology

8 Nov 2019

Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo

#AOW2019: Facing the challenges

7 Nov 2019

Gwede Mantashe, SA minister of minerals and energy

#AOW2019: Mantashe calls for gas investment

Nicci Botha 6 Nov 2019

Africa's oil & gas industry poised for further growth

Africa's oil & gas industry poised for further growth

4 Nov 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equitorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons

Kosmos strikes oil in Equatorial Guinea

4 Nov 2019

Senegal on the cusp of LNG boom

29 Oct 2019

Minister of Innovation and Technology of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Getahun Mekuria Kuma.and Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev,

Ethiopia and Russia sign peaceful atomic energy deal

24 Oct 2019

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Equatorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons and Sergey Gorkov, director general and chairman of the board of Rosge

Equatorial Guinea signs exploration MoU with Rosgeo

23 Oct 2019

Sherif Andrawes, BDO’s global head of natural resources

What's going to shake up the mining industry by 2030?

23 Oct 2019

Klipheuwel Wind Farm

Wind power is far more than just energy

17 Oct 2019

#AOP2019: Free market capitalism will work best for Africa

Nicci Botha 11 Oct 2019

Gabriel Obiang Lima

#AOP2019: Africa must be unapologetic about oil & gas

Nicci Botha 9 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Frameworks to investor interest in Africa's renewable energy

1 Oct 2019

Lifting the lid on Ghana's illegal small-scale mining problem

Gabriel Botchwey & Gordon Crawford 26 Sep 2019

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Daniel Johnson 19 Sep 2019

Oil and gas is the lifeblood of Nigeria’s economy. Wikimedia Commons

Explainer: how Nigeria got hit with a $9.6bn judgement debt in London

Oludara Akanmidu 11 Sep 2019

Gabon on track to increase oil production

Gabon on track to increase oil production

30 Aug 2019

Area 4, Rovuma Basin, Mozambique

Oil & gas set to be the backbone of African growth

28 Aug 2019

African LNG market to attract $103bn in 2019

African LNG market to attract $103bn in 2019

26 Aug 2019

Robert Lucian Crusitu/Shutterstock

Fossil fuel extraction could be contributing to climate change by heating Earth from within

Rizwan Nawaz & Adel Sharif 23 Aug 2019

Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

Ghana's pact with China to explore bauxite threatens a unique forest

Alfred Oteng-Yeboah 22 Aug 2019

Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

Equatorial Guinea to build West Africa's first LNG storage and regas plant

21 Aug 2019

Greater Tortue Ahmeyim LNG development. Photo credit: BP

Senegal on the cusp of an energy renaissance

Sebastian Wagner 8 Aug 2019

Cotonou, capital of Benin

Benin bolsters West African LNG market

Mickael Vogel 7 Aug 2019

Electricity pylon. Wikimedia Commons

Lessons to be learnt from Ghana's excess electricity shambles

Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie 5 Aug 2019

The atmospheric tower destined to the Dangote Refinery in Nigeria. Image: The Gaurdian, Nigeria

Jobs and revenue: The potential of downstream development in Africa

5 Aug 2019

An artisanal mine. Fairphone/Flickr

The way that minerals are mined affects conflict in eastern Congo

Marijke Verpoorten, Nik Stroop & Peter van der Windt 30 Jul 2019

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World's largest single-site solar project begins commercial operations

World's largest single-site solar project begins commercial operations

12 Jul 2019

Africa's energy landscape transitions to base load-capable renewables

11 Jun 2019

3 trends energising Africa's power sectors

Paul Grota 11 Jun 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zambian President Edgar Lungu meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in 2018. EPA-EFE/Alexei NikolskySputnik/Kremlin Pool

Russia in Africa: can it offer an alternative to the US and China?

János Besenyo 3 Jun 2019