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West Africa

Ghana
IFC, Jubilee’s Fairy Godmother

The private investment arm of the World Bank is pretty well everywhere when it comes to financing the huge Jubilee [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Guinea
Koreans Knock on Door

A South Korean businessman recently made an offer to the mines minis try to explore four oil blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Liberia
Scramble for Last Licenses

A discovery by Anadarko in neighboring Sierra Leone has ignited something of an oil rush in Liberia. Eight companies are fighting over the last five available blocks in the country’s offshore.

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Nigeria
Henin's Secret Trip to Seal Deal

The managing director of France's Maurel & Prom, Jean-Francois Henin, hastened to Nigeria to negotiate rights on the company's fields with NNPC.

Free access Energy 16.03.2010

Nigeria
LNG Japan Bets on Goodluck

A month following the appointment of Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria’s acting president, LNG Japan has unveiled plans to invest in his native region.

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Nigeria
PHCN

Nigeria's energy minister, Lanre Babalola, has promised to set aside [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Squabble Over Boundary

Ivory Coast’s newly-appointed mines and energy minister, Augustin Komoe, found [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Nigeria
A Key Panel Set Up

Basil Omiyi, a former managing director of RoyalDutch/Shell in Nigeria, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Guinea
New Snub to Hyperdynamics

The chief executive of the Texas-based oil company Hyperdynamics, Ray [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Nigeria
Alphin Puts Lock on OML46

Specializing in financing marginal field development, the Swiss firm Alphin [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Nigeria
BNP Paribas

Before negotiating the acquisition of a stake by the French [...]

Subscribers only Energy 16.03.2010

Niger
Make-Over in View for Mining Conventions?

The mining sector in Niger faces uncertainty following the coup perpetrated on February 18 by the military junta led by [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Burkina Faso
Semafo Revises Resources Up By 55%

Benoît La Salle, the chairman of Semafo (SMF), was smiling broadly during the Mining Indaba, in Cape Town in early [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Senegal
Top Names to Feature at First SIM

Senegal has decided to wheel out the big guns for the launch of the Salon International des Mines (SIM Senegal), [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Ivory Coast
Augustin Komoé Kouadio

On February 23Augustin Komoé Kouadio was appointed minister for mines and energy in Guillaume Soro’s government, replacing Léon Emmanuel Monnet. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Burkina Faso
Alain Georges Nébié

Sanu Ressources Burkina, a subsidiary of the Vancouver-based Canadian company Sanu Resources, has appointed Alain Georges Nébié as its new [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Senegal
Dakar, 12-15/04

The Méridien Président hotel in Dakar will host the Salon International des Mines (SIM) on April 12 to 15 2010. [...]

Free access Mining 09.03.2010

Niger
Niamey, 10-12/05

Minepec, the conference-exhibition on mining and oil potential in Niger, will be held in Niamey from May 10 to 12 [...]

Free access Mining 09.03.2010

Guinea
Guinea Revokes Permits

Guinea's minister for mines on March 1 revoked Mitsubishi's research [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Ivory Coast
Taurian Stops Work in Ivory Coast

The new minister for mines in Ivory Coast, Augustin Komoé, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Ghana
Iduapriem Gold Mine Halted in Ghana

The AngloGold Ashanti group halted operations at end-February at the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.03.2010

Mauritania
New Plants by Year’s End

According to our sources, executives from Empower., an affiliate of Britain’s Globeleq, signed a contract with Mauritanian prime minister Moulaye [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria
Nuhu Ribadu

The former head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EECC) during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo, Nuhu Ribadu could [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria | Abuja
Yves Louis Darricarrere

Yves Louis Darricarrere, the director for exploration and production at [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

Nigeria | The Hague
Ledum Mitee

Ledum Mitee, president of the Niger Delta Technical Committee (NDTC) [...]

Subscribers only Energy 02.03.2010

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West Africa

Ghana
IFC, Jubilee’s Fairy Godmother

Guinea
Koreans Knock on Door

Liberia
Scramble for Last Licenses

Nigeria
Henin's Secret Trip to Seal Deal

Nigeria
LNG Japan Bets on Goodluck

Nigeria
PHCN

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Squabble Over Boundary

Nigeria
A Key Panel Set Up

Guinea
New Snub to Hyperdynamics

Nigeria
Alphin Puts Lock on OML46

Nigeria
BNP Paribas

Niger
Make-Over in View for Mining Conventions?

Burkina Faso
Semafo Revises Resources Up By 55%

Senegal
Top Names to Feature at First SIM

Ivory Coast
Augustin Komoé Kouadio

Burkina Faso
Alain Georges Nébié

Senegal
Dakar, 12-15/04

Niger
Niamey, 10-12/05

Guinea
Guinea Revokes Permits

Ivory Coast
Taurian Stops Work in Ivory Coast

Ghana
Iduapriem Gold Mine Halted in Ghana

Mauritania
New Plants by Year’s End

Nigeria
Nuhu Ribadu

Nigeria | Abuja
Yves Louis Darricarrere

Nigeria | The Hague
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Savannah Energy

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West Africa

Ghana IFC, Jubilee’s Fairy Godmother

Guinea Koreans Knock on Door

Liberia Scramble for Last Licenses

Nigeria Henin's Secret Trip to Seal Deal

Nigeria LNG Japan Bets on Goodluck

Nigeria PHCN

Ghana, Ivory Coast Squabble Over Boundary

Nigeria A Key Panel Set Up

Guinea New Snub to Hyperdynamics

Nigeria Alphin Puts Lock on OML46

Nigeria BNP Paribas

Niger Make-Over in View for Mining Conventions?

Burkina Faso Semafo Revises Resources Up By 55%

Senegal Top Names to Feature at First SIM

Ivory Coast Augustin Komoé Kouadio

Burkina Faso Alain Georges Nébié

Senegal Dakar, 12-15/04

Niger Niamey, 10-12/05

Guinea Guinea Revokes Permits

Ivory Coast Taurian Stops Work in Ivory Coast

Ghana Iduapriem Gold Mine Halted in Ghana

Mauritania New Plants by Year’s End

Nigeria Nuhu Ribadu

Nigeria | Abuja Yves Louis Darricarrere

Nigeria | The Hague Ledum Mitee

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Ghana
IFC, Jubilee’s Fairy Godmother

Guinea
Koreans Knock on Door

Liberia
Scramble for Last Licenses

Nigeria
Henin's Secret Trip to Seal Deal

Nigeria
LNG Japan Bets on Goodluck

Nigeria
PHCN

Ghana, Ivory Coast
Squabble Over Boundary

Nigeria
A Key Panel Set Up

Guinea
New Snub to Hyperdynamics

Nigeria
Alphin Puts Lock on OML46

Nigeria
BNP Paribas

Niger
Make-Over in View for Mining Conventions?

Burkina Faso
Semafo Revises Resources Up By 55%

Senegal
Top Names to Feature at First SIM

Ivory Coast
Augustin Komoé Kouadio

Burkina Faso
Alain Georges Nébié

Senegal
Dakar, 12-15/04

Niger
Niamey, 10-12/05

Guinea
Guinea Revokes Permits

Ivory Coast
Taurian Stops Work in Ivory Coast

Ghana
Iduapriem Gold Mine Halted in Ghana

Mauritania
New Plants by Year’s End

Nigeria
Nuhu Ribadu

Nigeria | Abuja
Yves Louis Darricarrere

Nigeria | The Hague
Ledum Mitee