IVORY COAST : Oil minister Coulibaly installs loyal ally at helm of Petroci
The Ivorian minister of mines, oil and energy Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly is continuing to strengthen his grip on the strategically...
Month : May 2023
NIGERIA : Tinubu manoeuvres to install Godswill Akpabio in top Senate job
With just a month to go to the inauguration of Nigeria’s 10th National Assembly on 13 June, the race is on for the posts of...
IVORY COAST : Former football star Drogba heads into fish business
The former Ivorian international footballer Didier Drogba is back in business. Drogba, who played for Chelsea and Marseille, approached Ivory...
NIGERIA : Paris becomes battleground for rival Nigerian bankers
Where will Zenith Bank chairman Jim Ovia and United Bank for Africa (UBA) chairman Tony Elumelu choose to break proverbial...
SOUTH AFRICA/NAMIBIA : Namibia eclipses South Africa as TotalEnergies, Shell and ENI hone in on new El Dorado
TotalEnergies will be busy over the next few months in Namibia. The French major is still drilling its Venus-1A appraisal well (PEL 56), which is...
AFRICA : Denis Sassou Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Félix Tshisekedi and Azali Assoumani
Congo: Sassou Nguesso holds discreet talks with Chadian opposition’s Succès MasraNo official communication was released about the meeting, but in...
WEST AFRICA/BURKINA FASO : President Traore pampers miner Iamgold
The Canadian gold miner IamGold, which owns the Essakane gold mine in northeastern Burkina Faso, owes the country duties dating...
LIBERIA : US Department of State attempts to mediate between ArcelorMittal and HPX
The US Department of State quietly gathered the senior management of the global steel giant ArcelorMittal, which is active in...
GHANA : Behind the scenes of GNPC’s Saltpond decommissioning
The metal silhouette of the oil rig known as Mr Louie will soon disappear completely from the view of residents...
DRC/UGANDA/TANZANIA : Tshisekedi wants slice of planned Ugandan crude oil pipeline pie, TotalEnergies sceptical
DRC has embarked on a series of meetings with the parties involved in the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in a hope of...
