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Oil & gas 27/05/2022

Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

The Portuguese company is in need of a quick source of cash to finance its colossal project in Brazil and wants to pull out of Mozambique as well as Angola. [...]

Diplomacy Defence 26/05/2022

Foreign Legion lends helping hand to EU training mission in Mozambique

Après avoir déployé en début d'année ses premiers détachements d'instruction au profit de l'armée mozambicaine, l'armée française est en train d'accélérer en mettant à disposition de nouveaux formateurs dans le cadre de l'EUTM-Mozambique. [...]

Mining 24/05/2022

American cannabis entrepreneurs and Congolese politician track down gold together

The president of a DRC minor opposition party, Christian Malanga, and two Americans working in the medicinal cannabis sector, have become partners in a mining venture. [...]

Business Defence 20/05/2022

Under-resourced army rents over 100 vehicles from UAE manufacturer MLS

Mozambique: Involved in the 'pacification' of the troubled province of Cabo Delgado, the Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique (FADM) have just received between 100 and 150 military trucks to help transport troops. [...]

Oil & gas 13/05/2022

TotalEnergies presents its Cabo Delgado gas plans to Japanese and Indian partners

French oil company TotalEnergies is on the verge of announcing its return to the province of Cabo Delgado. Now its partners have to be informed, and prepared. [...]

Mining 13/05/2022

MRG Metals reignites uranium ambitions in Zambezia province Free

Maputo, seeking to profit from rising uranium prices, hopes that a new project involving Australia's MRG Metals, the first in Mozambique for almost a decade, will herald a new wave of investment in the nuclear fuel. [...]

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Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The development of Cabo Delgado province's vast gas resources has brought with it the emergence of an armed insurgency, one that is yet to be clearly defined but is already impinging on Total and ExxonMobil's operations there. [...]

Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. © AI

Running story Politics

Southern Africa: the tough path towards quitting coal

The whole region of southern Africa, and especially South Africa, remains extremely dependent on coal mines, despite protests from environmentalists and pressure from the West in the form of billion-dollar subsidised plans to speed up the coal phase-out. [...]

The Duvha coal-fired power plant, owned by state-owned utility Eskom, in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga province, South Africa, on June 3, 2021. © Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

SpotlightOil & gas 06/05/2022

African business as usual for Djaparidze, Potanin, Mikhelson, the oligarchs spared EU and US sanctions

Alexander Djaparidze, Vladimir Potanin and Leonid Mikhelson are among the few Russian oligarchs who escaped the EU and US sanctions that targeted dozens of their peers. This allows them to continue their activities on the continent. [...]

Alexander Djaparidze (Eurasia Drilling), Vladimir Potanine (Nornickel) and Leonid Mikhelson (Novatek). © Roscongress/Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Mining 06/05/2022

Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Having been run by a management committee for two years, Vedanta's zinc subsidiary is looking for a new CEO to support its strategy to increase production. [...]

Diplomacy 05/05/2022

Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

Neglected since the outset of the Bolsonaro era, Brazil's diplomatic apparatus on the African continent is undergoing a complete overhaul with a reassigning of senior officials to the country's key embassies in southern Africa. [...]

Oil & gas 28/04/2022

TotalEnergies to clarify local content goals for Cabo Delgado

There is considerable local interest in future services contract opportunities for the development of Cabo Delgado's liquefied natural gas reserves. The question now is who could apply and in what area. [...]

Mining 27/04/2022

Joao Lameiras, local partner in UraMin's gold mining drive

Operating mainly in the booming lithium sector in Zimbabwe, the company Premier African Minerals, led by one of the founders of UraMin, is pushing ahead with its gold project in northern Mozambique in partnership with a local consultant. [...]

Business Road and rail 20/04/2022

Six years after being abandoned, Maputo's Bus Rapid Transit project is up and running again

The Mozambican authorities are once again planning a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, high-capacity buses using dedicated lanes, in the capital Maputo. [...]

SpotlightOil & gas 19/04/2022

Benedict Peters' Aiteo takes a tumble in bid for Mozambique oil

Nigerian businessman Benedict Peters is struggling to establish himself in oil and mining on the continent. He has just been turned down in Mozambique. [...]

Oil & gas 14/04/2022

Mozambique LNG: TotalEnergies' subcontractors eagerly awaiting end of force majeure

French major TotalEnergies and its partners are meeting more and more often to discuss resuming activities on Mozambique LNG. A specific date should be given soon. [...]

Running story Oil & gas

Southern Africa progresses towards the start of gas production

As a future gas production zone, South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia carry the hopes of the super-majors Total, ENI and ExxonMobil. They represent a new opportunity for investors as Africa's traditional oil and gas-producing countries are increasingly struggling to maintain production. [...]

The Rovuma LNG project, in Mozambique. © ENI

Mining 08/04/2022

President Nyusi's brother expands mining interests in Nampula province

Cosme Jacinto Nyusi, President Filipe Nyusi's little-known brother, is quietly expanding his mining investments in the rich subsoil of northern Mozambique. [...]

Oil & gas 01/04/2022

TotalEnergies fired up to return to Cabo Delgado

The French oil giant is poised to resume its activities in the troubled Cabo Delgado province, where it intends to revive the construction of its LNG plant. [...]

Oil & gas 31/03/2022

TotalEnergies' bidders wary of Kigali's influence Free

Mindful that Rwandan forces rescued the French major's LNG project in Cabo Delgado, its would-be subcontractors are more and more worried about a competitor from Kigali. [...]

Mining 30/03/2022

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

The Ugandan president was counting on DR Congo's entry into the East African Community to boost Congolese gold exports to his country. But US sanctions on Kampala's biggest gold refinery may dash those hopes. [...]

Yoweri Museveni. © Twitter @KagutaMuseveni

Inner circles Politics 25/03/2022

Frelimo's decisive September political commission key for Nyusi

Mozambique's ruling party will be holding its next congress, a key moment in the country's political calendar, this September. How this shapes the party's powerful political commission will have a huge impact on President Filipe Nyusi's future and the choice of his successor for the 2024 presidential election. [...]

Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi. © @FRELIMO_/Twitter

Oil & gas 25/03/2022

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Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

Foreign Legion lends helping hand to EU training mission in Mozambique

American cannabis entrepreneurs and Congolese politician track down gold together

Under-resourced army rents over 100 vehicles from UAE manufacturer MLS

TotalEnergies presents its Cabo Delgado gas plans to Japanese and Indian partners

MRG Metals reignites uranium ambitions in Zambezia province Free

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Southern Africa: the tough path towards quitting coal

African business as usual for Djaparidze, Potanin, Mikhelson, the oligarchs spared EU and US sanctions

Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

TotalEnergies to clarify local content goals for Cabo Delgado

Joao Lameiras, local partner in UraMin's gold mining drive

Six years after being abandoned, Maputo's Bus Rapid Transit project is up and running again

Benedict Peters' Aiteo takes a tumble in bid for Mozambique oil

Mozambique LNG: TotalEnergies' subcontractors eagerly awaiting end of force majeure

Southern Africa progresses towards the start of gas production

President Nyusi's brother expands mining interests in Nampula province

TotalEnergies fired up to return to Cabo Delgado

TotalEnergies' bidders wary of Kigali's influence Free

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

Frelimo's decisive September political commission key for Nyusi

UK Export Finance's $1.15bn Mozambique LNG loan under fire

Volunteers forced to wait before joining International Ukrainian Legion

Russia sanctions accelerate Airbus and Boeing's hunt for African titanium

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Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

Foreign Legion lends helping hand to EU training mission in Mozambique

American cannabis entrepreneurs and Congolese politician track down gold together

Under-resourced army rents over 100 vehicles from UAE manufacturer MLS

TotalEnergies presents its Cabo Delgado gas plans to Japanese and Indian partners

MRG Metals reignites uranium ambitions in Zambezia province Free

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Southern Africa: the tough path towards quitting coal

African business as usual for Djaparidze, Potanin, Mikhelson, the oligarchs spared EU and US sanctions

Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

TotalEnergies to clarify local content goals for Cabo Delgado

Joao Lameiras, local partner in UraMin's gold mining drive

Six years after being abandoned, Maputo's Bus Rapid Transit project is up and running again

Benedict Peters' Aiteo takes a tumble in bid for Mozambique oil

Mozambique LNG: TotalEnergies' subcontractors eagerly awaiting end of force majeure

Southern Africa progresses towards the start of gas production

President Nyusi's brother expands mining interests in Nampula province

TotalEnergies fired up to return to Cabo Delgado

TotalEnergies' bidders wary of Kigali's influence Free

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

Frelimo's decisive September political commission key for Nyusi

UK Export Finance's $1.15bn Mozambique LNG loan under fire

Volunteers forced to wait before joining International Ukrainian Legion

Russia sanctions accelerate Airbus and Boeing's hunt for African titanium

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