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Central Africa

Congo, DRC
Customer Becomes Rival

Chronically in debt to Congo-Kinshasa’s Societe Nationale d’Electricite (SNEL) which supplies it power from the Inga dam, Congo-Brazzaville is trying [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2001

Chad
Has Concorp Tossed in Towel?

The Concorp group whose boss, Jar El Nabi, is introduced everywhere in Ndjamena as president Idriss Deby’s ?Sudanese cousin,? was [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.11.2001

DRC
Operators in Red Tape Tangle

The Australian firm Anvil Mining seems in the best position to shortly kick off mining projects that were put on [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2001

DRC
Melkior Seeks Funding for Kabolela

The Canadian junior Melkior Resources has been cheered by a favorable finding concerning resources on its Kabolela sulpher deposit in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2001

DRC
Mike O’Sullivan

Anvil Mining has named Mike O’Sullivan as its project manager to get its Dikulushi silver and copper project in Democratic [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2001

DRC
Jean-Louis Tasinda

The head of the trade union group at Gecamines, Jean-Louis Tasinda, is spearheading a campaign against a government project to [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2001

DRC
Lumumba Panel Accuses Union Miniere

A Belgian parliamentary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the murder [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.11.2001

Congo
Inquiry in "Deep Offshore"

France's TotalFinaElf is negotiating with both Angola and Congo-B on actively participating in exploiting giant fields containing over 1 billion [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2001

Congo
IMF to Audit SNPC

At Africa Energy Intelligence reported in early August (AEI 304), the International Monetary Fund is going to audit the accounts [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2001

Gabon
Jean-Baptiste Bikalou

With "a little help from his friends," Jean-Baptiste Bikalou launched a gas distribution and oil products company in Gabon in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2001

Congo
Buyers line up for SNE

Several companies have displayed an interest in the resumption of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.11.2001

Burundi
Mathias Hitimana

The new energy and mines minister in the transitional government set up on Oct. 31, Mathias Hitimana, stands out from [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.11.2001

DRC
Monga Yumba

Appointed the new head of Congo’s state-owned mining group Gecamines in late August, Monga Yumba was arrested on Oct. 22 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.11.2001

Burundi
New Minister to Tackle Nickel Issue

Mathias Hitimana, the new energy and mines minister in the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.11.2001

Congo
Mining Industry Deregulation

The authorities in Brazzaville have introduced new mining legislation following [...]

Subscribers only Mining 06.11.2001

Cameroon, Chad | SNH
Oil on the Chad Border ?

Officials from Cameroon’s Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) realized they are experiencing good times this year that may not come [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.10.2001

Gabon
Gabon: Find Oil at Any Price

Faced with a significant drop in its oil revenue (AEI 306-303), Gabon is pulling out all the stops to raise [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.10.2001

Cameroon
John Cukson

David Conway , the president of Pecten Cameroon , which has been 80% owned by Shell since 1998, will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.10.2001

Congo | AGIP
Exploration in Congo-B

The second-ranking producer in Congo-Brazzaville after TotalFinaElf , Agip will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.10.2001

Chad
EU Backs Doba-Kribi Project

Under its new 2001-2007 cooperation program that it has just [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.10.2001

DRC
Wissam Ahmed Abbas Saleh

The Federation Congolaise des Diamantaires (FECODI) has protested sharply over the presence of Wissam Ahmed Abbas Saleh , a Lebanese-born [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.10.2001

DRC
George Forrest Files Suit

The former chairman of Gecamines's board who was suspended in [...]

Subscribers only Mining 23.10.2001

Angola, Nigeria | CHEVRONTEXACO
A Super Major in Angola and Nigeria

The merger between Chevron and Texaco that became effective on Oct. 10 has turned the new ChevronTexaco company into the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2001

Chad
Chad: Probe Into Pipeline Plan

As Africa Energy Intelligence anticipated in its last issue (307), the World Bank’s management of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline is going [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2001

Congo
Any Takers for SNE?

The privatization of Congo's Societe Nationale d'Electricite (SNE) and the Societe Nationale de Distribution de l'Eau (SNDE) has bounced back [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2001

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