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AFRICA Issue dated 12/05/2021

Total's renewable energy drive overlooks Africa entirely

On the continent, Total is only present in solar energy in South Africa. © Total

Though one-fifth of Total's hydrocarbon production comes from Sub-Saharan Africa, it has almost no plans for investing in non-fossil fuels there. [...] (366 words)

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Who is TotalEnergies' new Mr Africa?

The French major is preparing to shake up its corporate hierarchy by appointing an African to the post of Africa director of its exploration and production branch for the first time. [...]

Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné. © Aurelien Morissard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Spotlight AFRICA 20/05/2021

Total execs jockey for firm's number two job

The eight seats on Total's executive committee represent the Holy Grail for the French oil major's top executives. Various contenders are currently jockeying for the exploration and production position - equivalent to the CEO's right-hand man - that is due to become available by 2022. [...]

BURKINA FASO 19/05/2021

World Bank wants to raise $450m from private sector to fund solar projects

At Ouagadougou's request, the World Bank is putting the final touches on a solar development project with thee underlying aim to reduce Burkina Faso's fossil fuel bill and energy dependence on Ivory Coast and Ghana. [...]

Stéphane Michel, head of the exploration/production division of Total in the Maghreb and the Middle East. © YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU/Reuters

NORTH AFRICA 10/11/2020

Total: Stéphane Michel, current head of the Middle East and North Africa for Total, vies for CEO

A serious contender for being the next boss of Total, Stéphane Michel will soon leave behind his role with North Africa and the Middle East, peppered with complications, to move one step closer to his goal. [...]

AFRICA 04/02/2020

Patrick Pouyanné lays pressure thick on Total MENA VP Stéphane Michel

Things are beginning to heat up for Stéphane Michel, vice president of Total's activities in the Middle East and North [...]

LIBYA 28/05/2019

Total's ever-growing unease over Waha affair

Khalifa Haftar's siege of Tripoli could not have come at a worse time for Total, which, after many twists and turns, had finally managed to reach a deal with the government. [...]

NOC president Mustafa Sannala is under heavy political pressure regarding the Waha/Total dossier. © Reuters

Spotlight LIBYA 22/05/2018

Waha: Total hesitating between playing good cop or bad cop against NOC

Ever since the legal department of the National Oil Corp (NOC) was pressured by the government to order its own chairman Mustafa Sanalla to block Total's $450 million purchase of Marathon Oil's shares in the Waha concessions (currently at 350,000 [. [...]

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