Namibia

CAPANDA TO BE COMPLETED; DELAY FOR EPUPA

Construction of the Capanda dam that was interrupted in 1992 [...]

EU AND SADC TALK

Representatives from the eleven-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union met in Lilongwe last week to remove [...]

BRUSSELS TO HEAD SOUTH

Belgium foreign trade minister Robert Urbain wound up a tour of the Republic of South Africa last week with a [...]

EIB LOAN FOR WINDHOEK NETWORK

The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently awarded Namibia an 8.1 [...]

SASOL TENDER CONFIRMED

Sasol's tender for a floating rig for its well planned [...]

OPEC FUND TAKES PART IN FINESSE

The Opec Fund for International Developmewnt has approved a small [...]

JEAN MARC ROCHEREAU DE LA SABLIERE

The head of the French foreign ministry's Africa Desk wants [...]

Following the agreement signed last year to set up African [...]

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MINING IN SADC: GETTING THE BALL ROLLING

Investment totalling over $200 million was pledged during a Mining Forum staged jointly in Lusaka between Sept. 7-9 by the European Union and the Southern Africa Development Conference (SADC). That could appear modest in view of how far sub-Saharan Africa [.

SASOL STARTS LOOKING ANEW FOR RIG

Sasol now expects to start its first well in Block [...]

The first-ever summit of the Common Market of East and [...]

SASOL PLANS TO START DRILLING WITH NEDDRILL 1 IN SIX MONTHS

While the possibility of a farm-out agreement on Block 2012 [...]

RANGER OIL CHARTERING RIG

Ranger Oil is negotiating a contract with Odfjell Drilling for [...]

SIGNS OF A REGIONAL PEACE FORCE

After two days of debate in Arusha (Tanzania) in a conference organized by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), defence [...]

SHELL SEEKS SEMI SUB

Shell has put out a tender for a semi-submersible rig [...]

NORSK HYDRO AND SASOL DRILLING OPTIONS STILL OPEN

Oil service circles believe that Norsk Hydro is planning to [...]

POOLING REGIONAL ELECTRICITY

Although progress continues with building an interconnection of the electricity grids of southern African countries, South Africa's state-owned electricity utility [...]

JULIUS NYERERE

The former Tanzanian head of state (1961-1985) told the South [...]

The Southern Africa Development Community's Mining Coordinating Unit and the [...]