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The Dangote refinery in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest and newest crude processing facility, is set to soon begin production of gasoline, potentially upending global gasoline flows. For years, Nigeria has been importing the gasoline it consumes, but the newly operational refinery is poised to turn OPEC’s largest African crude oil producer …

Namibia has ambitions to become one of the largest oil producers in Africa by 2035, with an average output of half a million barrels daily, displacing Egypt in the top five list, a government official has said. “With four floating production storage and offloading units deployed by 2035, we could …

Two decades ago, China pioneered the so-called “Angola model” wherein it provided oil-backed loans from China to Angola and other African cuntries to finance the building of roads, hydroelectric dams, railways, and other infrastructural projects. Between 2000 and 2022, Angola borrowed $45 billion from China, repaying some of it in …

Ghana has officially embarked on constructing a massive $12 billion petroleum hub, a project expected to significantly enhance the country’s position in the global oil and gas industry. Located in the southwestern city of Jomoro, the hub will include a 300,000-barrel-per-day refinery, petrochemical plants, and other related infrastructure, positioning Ghana …

China has long been building inroads into Africa, while the U.S. backs down from the region, leaving a gaping hole in the West’s influence over the “final frontier”. Now, however, we’re seeing all that soft power and oil-backed loans fizzle out as various think tanks note that China is increasingly …

Nigeria’s Dangote Group plans to list its company Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals, which runs Africa’s largest refinery, on the Nigerian stock exchange in early 2025, the group’s president Aliko Dangote said this weekend. The group also plans to list another multi-billion-dollar subsidiary, Dangote Fertiliser Limited, on the domestic stock …

Eskom, the state-owned utility of South Africa, has received government approval to keep five of its old polluting coal power plants operational for five years after the country implements a limit on plants’ emissions in 2025. Eskom’s five coal-fired power plants – Hendrina, Grootvlei, Arnot, Camden, and Kriel – exceed …

Global investment in renewables including electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps will clock in at $2 trillion in the current year, twice the amount that will go into fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency has projected. This marks the second consecutive year when …

For years, Kenya has been a leader in Africa in renewable energy’s share of its power mix. It now looks to capitalize on the booming clean technology industry and become a supply-chain partner of major economies, including the United States. Africa has abundant key energy transition minerals. It also has …

African and Western officials are concerned that the conflicts and coups in the Sahel region could spill over to the coast of West Africa, which hosts several major oil production projects and export terminals. Since 2020, there have been military coups in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, while violence from …