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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.

Subscribers only Energy 10.02.2021

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Obiang and Bongo compete for Saudi funds

Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang and his Gabonese counterpart Ali Bongo, in 2019. © Présidence de la République gabonaise

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.02.2021

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.

Subscribers only Energy 08.02.2021

Strikes expose Bongo regime's shortcomings

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

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2021

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

Consultant Aron Shaviv, in 2015. © Shaviv Strategy and Campaigns/YouTube

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2021

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.

Subscribers only Mining 26.01.2021

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.

Subscribers only Energy 20.01.2021

AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

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.

Free access Infrastructure, Business 19.01.2021

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.

Subscribers only Energy 18.01.2021

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

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.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 15.01.2021

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.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.01.2021

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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.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2021

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.

Subscribers only Energy 11.01.2021

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.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.01.2021

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.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 05.01.2021

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.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 23.12.2020

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.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 22.12.2020

In search of Vaalco's million-dollar decommissioning fund for Etame Marin

Gabonese authorities have asked oil companies to repatriate the money necessary for decommissioning their facilities. Some firms, namely Vaalco, have followed orders. Others have not.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2020

Bonus scheme changes create dissent in the ranks at the economy ministry

Nicole Janine Roboty, who replaced economy minister Jean-Marie Ogandaga on 9 December, has inherited an explosive situation among staff at the ministry's various department. Tax and customs staff are in battle mode after having had their bonuses indexed on the amount of money they recover for the state.

Subscribers only Politics 11.12.2020

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Gabon

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

Spotlight
Obiang and Bongo compete for Saudi funds

Assala learns from Shell's export mistakes at Gamba terminal

Strikes expose Bongo regime's shortcomings

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

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

Zenith loses Gabonese trump card Boumbendjé, sees Mberi alliance falter

AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

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

The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

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

Spotlight
Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon

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

Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

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

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

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

In search of Vaalco's million-dollar decommissioning fund for Etame Marin

Bonus scheme changes create dissent in the ranks at the economy ministry

Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

Alex-Bernard Bongo sidelined as state digital agency focusses on privatisation

A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

Marathon Oil yet to pay Tchicuate block fine in full

Oil minister Massassa settles scores with ex-GOC boss Engandji

Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

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Gabon

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

Spotlight Obiang and Bongo compete for Saudi funds

Assala learns from Shell's export mistakes at Gamba terminal

Strikes expose Bongo regime's shortcomings

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

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

Zenith loses Gabonese trump card Boumbendjé, sees Mberi alliance falter

AfDB gives scathing review of ECCAS efficacy

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

The untold story of Augusta's prefinancing

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

Spotlight Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon

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

Lawyers and consultants flock to Brazzaville in search of infrastructure projects

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

Jeantet opens new 'green' OHADA desk

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

In search of Vaalco's million-dollar decommissioning fund for Etame Marin

Bonus scheme changes create dissent in the ranks at the economy ministry

Mini-reshuffle fails to bury hatchet between Massassa and Obamba

Alex-Bernard Bongo sidelined as state digital agency focusses on privatisation

A second Bongo heir enters the presidency

Marathon Oil yet to pay Tchicuate block fine in full

Oil minister Massassa settles scores with ex-GOC boss Engandji

Bongo and Obiang get BEAC to give in to oil firms

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Obiang and Bongo compete for Saudi funds

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Trafigura's grand slam in Congo and Gabon