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How BNP snubbed Addax Petroleum

While it had been selected by the Chinese oil firm to sell its African assets, the French bank has opted to pull out of the process. Here's why.

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2018

Vaalco buys Radoff's silence to save Etame concession

To avoid further complicating the ongoing negotiations to renew its Etame Marin concession, Texan Vaalco has struck a deal with outspoken shareholder Bradley Radoff.

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2018

Vaalco tries to allay employees' fears

Vaalco's management has been in talks over the sale of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.02.2018

Vecturis lays out plan to evacuate manganese on the double

To boost the volumes of manganese extracted to the east of the country, the operator of the trans-Gabonese railroad has a battle plan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 13.02.2018

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The case that is giving Maixent Accrombessi nightmares

Still influential behind the scenes in Libreville (WAN 768), Ali Bongo's former chief of staff, Maixent Accrombessi, has been fighting a French judicial investigation for over two years, which is threatening his assets, his networks and even his reputation. Since [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.02.2018

Laccruche Alihanga's growing influence at the palace

The 38-year-old Brice Laccruche Alihanga, who is Ali Bongo's chief of staff and head of his political committee within the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.02.2018

Ali Bongo reconfigures his sub-regional alliances

The August 2016 presidential election in Gabon prompted the isolation [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.02.2018

Sogara: Augusta wins decisive combat against Rosneft

The contract for straight-run fuel oil produced by the Gabonese refinery, once shared, is now in the hands of a single trader.

Subscribers only Energy 06.02.2018

Vaalco's shot at swapping oil sales for Etame extension

The American firm is attempting to win favours with the government by allowing Libreville to directly sell its share of production.

Subscribers only Energy 06.02.2018

Services company
Dussafu: senior meeting between minister Houangni and BW Energy

A large Gabonese delegation led by oil minister Pascal Houangni [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.02.2018

Ministry politely receives Kosmos Energy but promises nothing

With its continued healthy appetite for new fields, American junior [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.02.2018

Maixent Accrombessi and his wife are questioned by magistrates in Paris

Ali Bongo's former chief of staff Maixent Accrombessi, now his special high representative, was given a long grilling in Paris [...]

Subscribers only 01.02.2018

Kagame and Magufuli launch railway for 3Ts and nickel

Tanzania will extend its railway line connecting Dar es Salaam and Isaka to reach Kigali, offering an unhoped-for opening for Rwandan and Burundian miners.

Free access Infrastructure, Mining 30.01.2018

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Beijing does the spade work and Paris cleans up!

Underpinned by Eximbank, its formidable financial spearhead, China is increasingly making its presence felt in west and central Africa, a region where France already has extensive business interests. Beijing is now expanding beyond the ‘captive' energy and raw material markets [.

Subscribers only Business 24.01.2018

Ali Bongo's efforts to isolate Jean Ping

The foreign travel ban on the former AU head is part of a strategy to progressively sideline him in the run-up to the legislative elections.

Subscribers only Politics 24.01.2018

The Pozzo Di Borgo residence is targeted by opposition leaders… and private creditors!

Kontinental has seized assets of the property firm that manages this Parisian townhouse owned by Gabon. Unfortunately, the firm is already being pursued by another creditor… An investigation.

Subscribers only Business 24.01.2018

Liban Soleman set to become head of the ANPI

The 32-year-old Liban Soleman, who has been the coordinator of [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.01.2018

Michel Kiki Mbou is champing at the bit

Appointed at a cabinet meeting on 27 October as the [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.01.2018

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Another DGH boss falls victim to Perenco-Total deal

When Perenco bought several of Total's offshore assets in Gabon in May 2017, the transaction came with a cut to the Gabonese State' share of production. Africa Energy Intelligence examines an affair that has cost the head of hydrocarbons his [.

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2018

Pura Vida in deep introspection to dodge crisis

To start 2018 out on the right foot after a lengthy difficult spell (AEI 777), Australian junior Pura Vida Energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2018

Bernardin Assoumou takes over from Massassa in DGH

By firing Paul Massassa from his post as managing director of Direction generale des hydrocarbures (DGH), the council of ministers [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.01.2018

Ali Bongo's PDG beset by internal divisions

In an indication of the schisms around the president, the ruling party is struggling for unity in the run-up to the legislative elections.

Subscribers only Politics 10.01.2018

Guy Nzouba Ndama distances himself from Jean Ping

On 10 January, the 71-year-old founder and president of the opposition party Les Democrates, Guy Nzouba Ndama (aka ‘Moukombo'), is [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.01.2018

Accrombessi undeterred by ill-health

Having become a behind-the-scenes adviser to Ali Bongo after experiencing [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.01.2018

Cobalt braces itself for bankruptcy

The debt-ridden American firm has armed itself with a battalion of advisors specialised in bankruptcy and restructuring.

Subscribers only Energy 09.01.2018

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How BNP snubbed Addax Petroleum

Vaalco buys Radoff's silence to save Etame concession

Vaalco tries to allay employees' fears

Vecturis lays out plan to evacuate manganese on the double

Spotlight
The case that is giving Maixent Accrombessi nightmares

Laccruche Alihanga's growing influence at the palace

Ali Bongo reconfigures his sub-regional alliances

Sogara: Augusta wins decisive combat against Rosneft

Vaalco's shot at swapping oil sales for Etame extension

Services company
Dussafu: senior meeting between minister Houangni and BW Energy

Ministry politely receives Kosmos Energy but promises nothing

Maixent Accrombessi and his wife are questioned by magistrates in Paris

Kagame and Magufuli launch railway for 3Ts and nickel

Spotlight
Beijing does the spade work and Paris cleans up!

Ali Bongo's efforts to isolate Jean Ping

The Pozzo Di Borgo residence is targeted by opposition leaders… and private creditors!

Liban Soleman set to become head of the ANPI

Michel Kiki Mbou is champing at the bit

Spotlight
Another DGH boss falls victim to Perenco-Total deal

Pura Vida in deep introspection to dodge crisis

Bernardin Assoumou takes over from Massassa in DGH

Ali Bongo's PDG beset by internal divisions

Guy Nzouba Ndama distances himself from Jean Ping

Accrombessi undeterred by ill-health

Cobalt braces itself for bankruptcy

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How BNP snubbed Addax Petroleum

Vaalco buys Radoff's silence to save Etame concession

Vaalco tries to allay employees' fears

Vecturis lays out plan to evacuate manganese on the double

Spotlight The case that is giving Maixent Accrombessi nightmares

Laccruche Alihanga's growing influence at the palace

Ali Bongo reconfigures his sub-regional alliances

Sogara: Augusta wins decisive combat against Rosneft

Vaalco's shot at swapping oil sales for Etame extension

Services company Dussafu: senior meeting between minister Houangni and BW Energy

Ministry politely receives Kosmos Energy but promises nothing

Maixent Accrombessi and his wife are questioned by magistrates in Paris

Kagame and Magufuli launch railway for 3Ts and nickel

Spotlight Beijing does the spade work and Paris cleans up!

Ali Bongo's efforts to isolate Jean Ping

The Pozzo Di Borgo residence is targeted by opposition leaders… and private creditors!

Liban Soleman set to become head of the ANPI

Michel Kiki Mbou is champing at the bit

Spotlight Another DGH boss falls victim to Perenco-Total deal

Pura Vida in deep introspection to dodge crisis

Bernardin Assoumou takes over from Massassa in DGH

Ali Bongo's PDG beset by internal divisions

Guy Nzouba Ndama distances himself from Jean Ping

Accrombessi undeterred by ill-health

Cobalt braces itself for bankruptcy

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The case that is giving Maixent Accrombessi nightmares

Services company
Dussafu: senior meeting between minister Houangni and BW Energy

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Beijing does the spade work and Paris cleans up!

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Another DGH boss falls victim to Perenco-Total deal