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Central Africa

Cameroon
Vitol Versus Glencore

A month ago Glencore acquired a concession in Cameroon’s Rio Del Rey. In mid-August, its rival Vitol followed suit.

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2009

Angola, DRC
Okay for Cabinda-Soyo Line

Africa Energy Intelligence understands that Congo-K oil minister Rene Isekemenga succeeded in early August in getting the government to adopt [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2009

Central Africa
Wider Game for Kivu Methane

Despite tension arising out of two wars in Congo, the energy ministers of Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi have launched a joint project to extract methane from Lake Kivu.

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2009

Burundi, Congo, Rwanda
Two Dams Planned for Ruzizi

An in-house study by the regional organization for the Great Lakes has taken stock of developments concerning hydro power dams on the Ruzizi.

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2009

Cameroon
Henry, Samuelson & Co

Headed by Feh Henry Baaboh, the Cameroon firm Henry, Samuelson [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2009

DRC
Senate Report Alleges "Large-Scale Fraud"

September promises to be stormy in the Congolese Senate as it debates the report by a Commission of Enquiry into [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.07.2009

DRC
Rail Key to Katanga Mining Boom

A recovery in mining activity in Katanga could be jeopardised by the inadequacy of means of transport, a Commission of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 28.07.2009

Spotlight | Cameroon
Yaounde Champing at the Bit

While most of the oil nations in the Gulf of Guinea are multiplying discoveries and Ghana is ready to join the region’s club of producer countries, Cameroon has seen its production fall little by little to hover for some years [.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2009

Congo
ENI Continues Heavy Flaring

In 2006, the British oil company Burren, which held a stake on the M'boundi field operated by Maurel & Prom [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2009

Congo | Brazzaville
Fresh Find for Murphy

The American concern Murphy Oil has just made a second [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2009

DRC
Vulture Fund FG Hemisphere’s New Offensive

The vulture fund FG Hemisphere (AMI N°195) is now targeting mining companies. On July 7, the Congolese tax authority, the [...]

Free access Mining 14.07.2009

Central African Republic
Areva’s local contacts for Bakouma Uranium

Why change a winning team ? A delegation from Areva that travelled to the Central African Republic from July 7 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.07.2009

DRC
CAMEC Reaches Off-Take Deal

Central African Mining & Exploration Co (CAMEC) finally reached an off-take agreement in early July after long discussions with the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.07.2009

Cameroon
Cecilia Enohmbi Saleh

The Canadian company Geovic mining, which operates the Nkamounacobalt, nickel and manganese project in Cameroon, is brushing up its humanitarian [...]

Subscribers only Mining 14.07.2009

Cameroon
Ngakou Michael Tomdio

In a new and sweeping cabinet shuffle, Cameroon president Paul Biya has named a technocrat to the energy and water [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2009

Angola, DRC
Softer Tone on Border Spat

After issuing a string of provocative statements concerning its border [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2009

Chad
Deby Wants His Refinery

Like his counterpart in Niger, Chad president Idriss Deby has [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2009

DRC
Crescent Consultants

Engaged in a legal dispute with Canada’s MagEnergy group (AEI [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2009

Cameroon, Chad | Yaounde/N’Djamena
Mamadou Lamine Loum

Mamadou Lamine Loum, former Senegalese prime minister, wound up his [...]

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2009

Congo
DMC Mining Partners with Pointe Noire

DMC Mining is moving ahead with the infrastructure phase of the Mayoko iron project at the same time as pursuing [...]