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TotalEnergies and Chevron Push for Faster Permits, Better Seismic Data Across Africa

TotalEnergies and Chevron Push for Faster Permits, Better Seismic Data Across Africa

At the Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025 conference in Cape Town, industry leaders, including those from TotalEnergies and Chevron, called for major improvements in how oil and gas exploration is managed across Africa. Their key demands centered on...

Owner:  Non-transparent
Chinese mining in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

Chinese mining in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

Issue Brief October 6, 2025 • 8:30 am ET Print this page Chinese mining in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts By Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, Richard Asante, Joseph Asunka, Joshua Eisenman, Fancies Egu Lansana, Sanusha...

Owner:  Atlantic Council of the U.S. (Non-profit)
UNDP: Africa’s young innovators are ready —  but governments must act on AI
Chinese demand for timber and wildlife in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

Chinese demand for timber and wildlife in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

Issue Brief October 6, 2025 • 8:30 am ET Print this page Chinese demand for timber and wildlife in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts By Ebagnerin Jérôme Tondoh, Roland Balgah, Caroline Costello, Moses Fayiah, Jean-Luc...

Owner:  Atlantic Council of the U.S. (Non-profit)
Alake charges African countries to use minerals for industrialisation 

Alake charges African countries to use minerals for industrialisation 

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development and chairman of the African Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG), Dr Dele Alake, has made a case for a bold new vision to transform Africa from a raw minerals supplier to a global hub for mineral processing,...

Owner:  Salisu Umar, Zainab Suleiman Okino & Ibrahim Sheme
Anglo American's InvestFest 2025 | Building entrepreneurial resilience across Southern Africa
US, China scramble for Africa as fresh battle for economic expansion begins

US, China scramble for Africa as fresh battle for economic expansion begins

America’s new Africa focus On Tuesday, October 7, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will convene a hearing pointedly titled “Combatting the People’s Republic of China’s illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive behaviour in the...

Owner:  Leonard Stiegeler
Wetility to launch One Bill offering as a holistically managed total energy service

Wetility to launch One Bill offering as a holistically managed total energy service

Solar technology company Wetility has provided a preview of its One Bill offering, which it describes as a comprehensive energy management system designed to increase solar adoption in South Africa. One Bill, which is officially being launched on...

Owner:  Creamer Family
The Second Coming: Can Africa’s Returning Presidents Deliver on Voters’ Hopes?

The Second Coming: Can Africa’s Returning Presidents Deliver on Voters’ Hopes?

Across Africa, a political trend is quietly but steadily reshaping the leadership landscape — the return of former presidents to power. From Ghana and Malawi to the Republic of Congo and beyond, the phenomenon of “second-chance presidencies” is...

Owner:  Rodney D. Sieh
Mindware Solidifies East Africa Presence With Strategic Vendor Partnerships

Mindware Solidifies East Africa Presence With Strategic Vendor Partnerships

Mindware has announced new strategic partnerships with global technology leaders Forcepoint, Citrix, Ubiquity, Everfox, and Eaton. These alliances expand Mindware’s East Africa footprint, enabling organisations to access cutting-edge solutions in...

Owner:  Zarks Media

Morocco Boosts Russian Oil Imports Despite Sanctions

Morocco increased its imports of Russian petroleum products in August, defying ongoing Western sanctions on Russian energy exports, according to a report from Moroccan outlet Hespress. In total, African nations imported about 994,000 tons of...

Owner:  Arezki Daoud
PSC extension in hand: Farm-out and drilling plans moving forward for African oil & gas block
Chinese clean tech creates new global energy system
Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer. Its citizens eye a different future.

Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer. Its citizens eye a different future.

Tasiu Umar had a problem. The power in his cellphone repair shop was constantly going out. The clanking, wheezing generators he used as a stopgap guzzled fuel and constantly broke down, gnawing into his profits. “I spent more time fixing the...

Owner:  First Church of Christ, Scientist
Government committed to saving South Africa’s vultures

Government committed to saving South Africa’s vultures

With the severe population declines of vultures over the past three decades, government has reaffirmed its commitment to ensure that vulture conservation remains a national priority. According to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the...

Owner:  Blue Sky Publications Ltd
Crypto’s meteoric rise could make or break Africa

Crypto’s meteoric rise could make or break Africa

Opinion by: Ure Utah, technical advisor to Nigeria’s minister of innovation With the value of digital currencies surging close to $4 trillion, the world is rushing to cash in. While Elon Musk’s Dogecoin (DOGE) and the US president’s Official Trump...

Owner:  Non-transparent
Nigerian-American billionaire Ogunlesi eyes mega energy, aviation, port investments in Africa

Nigerian-American billionaire Ogunlesi eyes mega energy, aviation, port investments in Africa

Speaking to journalists after the closed-door meeting, Ogunlesi praised the sweeping policy changes under Tinubu’s administration, including the removal of subsidies, tax reforms, and the revival of a refinery that is already exporting aviation...

Owner:  Leonard Stiegeler
Dangote Refinery Applauds President Tinubu, Security Chiefs, and Ministers for Preventing Oil Workers’ Disruption
Fears of Massive Battery Fires Spark Opposition to Energy Storage Projects

Fears of Massive Battery Fires Spark Opposition to Energy Storage Projects

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Pres More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids around the U.S. to store power that can be discharged in times of high demand. But as more energy storage is added,...

Owner:  Stephen A. Schwarzman

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