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Diplomacy 04/03/2021

Libreville and Accra win right to vie for UN Secruity Council seat

Although the Congolese president and current African Union chairperson, Félix [...]

Politics 25/02/2021

The imam behind the ambassador to Riyadh's appointment

Guy Ibrahim Membourou, Gabon's new ambassador to Saudi Arabia. ©Facebook/Ibrahim Membourou

Diplomacy 24/02/2021

Ali Bongo sends his former tutor to the Vatican

The head of state is a practising Muslim but has always been at pains to show he cares about the other religions in his country. The latest display of this diplomatic-spiritual prudence was the appointment of a Frenchman, who was one of his tutors in the 1970s, to represent Gabon at the Holy See. [...]

Oil & gas 24/02/2021

Nigerian minister Sylva scolds defiant African OPEC members

Equatorial Guinea's Hydrocarbons Minister Gabriel Obiang Lima and OPEC envoy Timipre Sylva, 18 February 2021. ©Ministry of Mines and Hidrocarbons of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea/Twitter

Diplomacy 22/02/2021

Tshisekedi tries to muscle his way onto UN Security Council

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi. ©Ting Shen/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Oil & gas 19/02/2021

Total Gabon and Perenco struggle to finalise handover of Cap Lopez terminal

The two oil companies are hoping to rapidly finalise the sale of the Cap Lopez terminal via which most of Gabon's output transits, but there are several obstacles on the path ahead. [...]

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Politics 11/02/2021

From Libreville to Brazzaville, nobody trusts Omar Denis Jr Bongo

Already ostracised by Gabon's presidential family, Ali Bongo's half-brother and Denis Sassou Nguesso's grandson Omar Denis Jr Bongo also has to deal with the mistrust, or even outright hostility, of people close to Congo's president. [...]

Oil & gas 10/02/2021

Behind the scenes of Panoro Energy's purchase of Tullow Oil blocks

Scandanavian juinor Panoro Energy is growing its portfolio of African licences, making the most of pandemic bargains. [...]

Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang and his Gabonese counterpart Ali Bongo, in 2019.

Spotlight Diplomacy 09/02/2021

Obiang and Bongo compete for Saudi funds

Covid oil blues prompt Malabo and Libreville's ruling families to seek help from the Gulf. [...]

Oil & gas 08/02/2021

Assala learns from Shell's export mistakes at Gamba terminal

The Carlyle-financed junior Assala Energy is determined to avoid export interruptions. This is how it plans to go about it. [...]

Politics 05/02/2021

Strikes expose Bongo regime's shortcomings

Industrial action over back pay by two companies sheds harsh light on the government's failings. [...]

An ExxonMobil FPSO off the coast Nigeria.

Running story Oil & gas

The oil companies' quiet retreat from the Gulf of Guinea

Long considered an oil Eldorado thanks to the presence within the region of Africa's two leading oil producers, Nigeria and Angola, the Gulf of Guinea is declining. The inexorable rundown in its output -few if any new discoveries have been made recently in Gabon, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea - and the fall in oil prices brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic have speeded up the retreat from the region in which the oil majors have been engaged for some years already. [...]

Mining 27/01/2021

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

To secure the licence, in the last days of the Trump administration, that allows him to conduct business for one year despite being subject to sanctions, the mining tycoon Dan Gerlter called on a new team of consultants. [...]

Mining 26/01/2021

Mohammed VI's mining arm Managem weighs options for path forward in Gabon

As it updates the feasibility study for its Gabonese gold project Etéké, the Moroccan miner Managem is also considering whether to continue with the project or look for an exploration partner. [...]

Oil & gas 20/01/2021

Zenith loses Gabonese trump card Boumbendjé, sees Mberi alliance falter

The Canadian company has been pulling out all the stops in Congo to get its Tilapia license renewed. But while it has been focused on this priority, its plans in Gabon are faltering. [...]

Business Infrastructures 19/01/2021

AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy Free

The African Development Bank has published a brutal assessment of way the Economic Community of Central African States, its partner on numerous infrastructure projects, is being run. [...]

Gabonese lawyer Vivien Amos Péa (right) with Sylvia and Ali Bongo.

Oil & gas 18/01/2021

Paris law firm Betto recruits a former Addax executive close to the Bongos

Arbitration specialist Betto Perben Pradel Filhol, keen to develop its activities in Africa, is bringing experts in Gabonese politics into its team. [...]

Business Oil & gas 15/01/2021

The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

Although it abruptly ended its off-take contract with Augusta in mid-2020, the Gabonese refinery has continued to reimburse the $250m prefinancing loan the trading house had secured for the country with Mauritius Commercial Bank in 2017. [...]

Business Power 14/01/2021

Masen and IsBD scout out investors for Dominique Auroy's power plant

The Tahiti-based entrepreneur Dominique Auroy is pulling out all the stops to find new partners and get his project for a hydroelectric plant in Gabon back on track. He is being helped by Morocco's sustainable energy agency and Islamic Development Bank. [...]

Spotlight Oil & gas 13/01/2021

Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon

Trafigura, which recorded gross profit of $6.8bn in 2020, has consolidated its position in Gabon and in particular in Congo, where the giant trading group is now a key player in both the lifting of crude and in the importation of petroleum products. [...]

Oil & gas 11/01/2021

OPEC quotas: Libreville's oil cartel snub leaves output almost unscathed

Libreville's decision to flout OPEC quotas confounded predictions of a sharp drop in production but failed to stem a fall in revenue. [...]

Business Infrastructures 08/01/2021

Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

Initially scheduled to take place in Brussels and then Paris, the CEMAC round table on public-private partnerships has finally taken place in Brazzaville, attracting a veritable horde of lawyers specialising in this domain. [...]

Politics Banks 05/01/2021

BGFI boss Henri-Claude Oyima's 'club' format a mixed success

After successfully setting up banking pools in Libreville and Brazzaville to help their governments settle their debt with suppliers, the BGFI chief executive is facing management issues within the bank syndicate he set up in Congo. [...]

Business Mining 23/12/2020

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

Green energy will be the theme of the first two seminars organised by Jeantet's brand new OHADA desk. [...]

Business Power 22/12/2020

Struggling in Tahiti, Omar Bongo's former business partner seeks a comeback in Gabon

Dominique Auroy's interests in Gabon have taken a hit since Ali Bongo came to power, succeeding his late father, with whom Auroy was involved in various projects. Now the Tahiti-based entrepreneur sees hydropower as a way to get back into business in the country. [...]

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