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Ghana

ENI's boss flies to Cairo after sealing deals on Sankofa

The Italian major finally awarded all of the development contracts before Ghana’s presidential election in December and the arrival of new business chiefs in Accra.

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.2017

Boakye Agyarko, the new leader's oil man

Boakye Agyarko, who was nominated as Ghana’s new energy minister is an old hand in politics. An economist by training, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.2017

Norway’s Hoegh to work for Quantum Power on LNG project

Although it set up a division specializing in barges for [...]

Subscribers only Energy 17.01.2017

New president already faces grumbles from oil importers

Senyo Hosi, chairman of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.2017

IFC still likes Ghana’s oil scene

Already bankrolling numerous projects in Ghana’s oil and gas sector, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.01.2017

Question mark over Cardinal Resources project at Namdini

Despite its upbeat attitude, it's hard for Cardinal Resources to develop its gold project at Namdini.

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

Serigne Drame’s push for wider worker rights

In Dakar in late November, the Senegalese magistrate Serigne Assane Drame spelled out his first recommendations aimed at establishing a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

France trains African troops

Following commando operations by French Special Forces in the Sahel-Saharan Strip and recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, Mali and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2016

New president has some energy promises to keep

Ghana's new president, Nana Akufo-Addo, who was elected on Dec. [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.12.2016

BCEAO puts pressure on international banks

The BCEAO has asked foreign banks operating within the West [...]

Subscribers only Business 30.11.2016

Blue Oil Energy, a discreet broker out to conquer the continent

A brand new oil brokerage company, Blue Oil Energy, which is based in London and on the highly posh Quai [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.2016

Adama Toungara in fight with Accra in Hamburg over maritime border

Exasperated by a lack of information from Ghana about exploration in a maritime zone claimed by Abidjan and Accra, Ivory [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.11.2016

Tullow cuts sharply into next year’s exploration budget for Africa

Even if Tullow Oil’s creditors have offered it a new [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2016

Will DLA Piper help in getting Sankofa off ground?

While DLA Piper advised Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2016

Endeavour wants to grow as big as Randgold

The group is to summon its shareholders next month to unveil its new strategy that's both ambitious and costly. Here's a preview.