Angola Large hydrocarbon deposit discovered off Angolan coast Luanda – A large hydrocarbon deposit has been discovered off the shore of Angola’s capital Luanda at a site... Read more 8 Nov, 2022
Business South Africa will need $500 billion to reach net zero: World Bank Johannesburg – South Africa, one of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, will require at least half-a-trillion dollars to... Read more 2 Nov, 2022
Algeria Algeria signs $600 million gas deals with Italian firms Algiers – Algeria’s national petrochemicals firm Sonatrach said on Thursday it had signed deals worth around $600 million with... Read more 28 Oct, 2022
Business South Africa to swallow part of Eskom’s debt to keep it afloat Pretoria – South Africa’s treasury vowed on Wednesday to take over more than half of Eskom’s multi-billion-dollar debt to... Read more 27 Oct, 2022
Countries Will Africa’s metals boom suffer the same curse as oil? Moanda – Mechanical diggers are hard at work in the bleak landscape of the Moanda open-cast mine in Gabon,... Read more 26 Oct, 2022
World Singapore targets net zero by 2050, eyes hydrogen power Singapore – Singapore announced on Tuesday it aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, giving a firm date for... Read more 25 Oct, 2022
Business EU and Morocco sign green energy deal Rabat – The European Union and Morocco on Tuesday signed a “green partnership” deal they hope will bolster cooperation... Read more 19 Oct, 2022
Business Senegal not giving up on oil and gas Saint-Louis – The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis,... Read more 17 Oct, 2022
World France’s Macron seeks German ‘solidarity’ on energy Paris – French President Emmanuel Macron called on Germany on Sunday to show European “solidarity” over soaring energy prices, warning... Read more 17 Oct, 2022
Countries Africa’s longest oil pipeline takes shape in Niger Gaya – Chinese and Nigerien workers haul giant steel pipes over mounds of earth as heavily armed soldiers keep... Read more 14 Oct, 2022