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France’s TotalEnergies is one of the world’s top oil and oil products companies and is involved in every aspect of the oil chain from extraction to sales.

Africa, United States
Francis Fannon, at the vanguard of Trump's African oil diplomacy

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Mr Energy makes further inroads into Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 13.07.2020

US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Francis Fannon.

Ivory Coast
Charity begins at home for Covid-19 funds

The first payments from the funds set up to tackle the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have gone to business leaders who support the the ruling party.

Subscribers only Business 13.07.2020

Uganda
Why CNOOC passed up pre-emption option on Tullow Oil

The Chinese major CNOOC has serious doubts as to the viability of Ugandan crude exports, which explains its recent lack of investment and its decision to leave the way clear for Total.

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2020

Gabon
IFC and AfDB to stump up for Kinguélé aval dam

Having teamed up in the Asonha Energie consortium, France's Meridiam and the Fonds Gabonais d'Investissements Stratégiques are putting the finishing touches to the financial package for their 34 MW dam project.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 10.07.2020

Niger
As Niger court homes in, Aboubacar Hima uproots arms broker BRID A DEFCON to Prague

With a legal investigation now in full swing in Niger, the businessman Aboubacar Hima, aka "Petit Boubé", has relocated his military equipment brokerage firm BRID A DEFCON to the Czech Republic. This brings it closer to the Czech defence supplier DEFCON.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.07.2020

Ivory Coast
Ouattara administration looks to Perenco to improve its record in the oil sector

Franco-British oil company Perenco, which is the leading oil producer in Gabon and Cameroon, is considering extending its presence into West Africa.

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2020

Ghana, West Africa
China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

In bidding to take control of Cardinal Resources, which is developing Ghana's Namdini gold field, China's Shandong Gold aims to compete with the world's gold industry giants, all of which have a permanent presence in West Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 09.07.2020

South Africa
Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Since taking over at the helm of the South African subsidiary of the French major Total in August 2018, the Nigerian Adewale Fayemi has become the leading private sector player in South Africa's oil industry.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2020

Congo
Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

As the end of the operating concession for the Djeno oil terminal approaches, Total is striving to ensure it retains its lead operator role and gets the right to choose its new partners.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2020

Cameroon
Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Because he authorised Sahara Energy to apply fuel prices likely to cost the Cameroonian state tens of millions of dollars in additional subsidy pay-outs, the energy minister has angered the finance minister who is supposed to find the extra funding.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2020

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved.

Subscribers only Energy 07.07.2020

In Focus | Angola
General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

With accusations over the use of false documents and dual identities, the power struggle between Portugal's Ricardo Leitão Machado and his former General Electric partner Wilson Dacosta has taken on epic proportions.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 06.07.2020

Tunisia
Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Allegations that Elyès Fakhfakh was guilty of concealing a conflict of interest in the award of major waste tip management contracts have come at just the right time for the Ennahda party...as well as for the Ben Ayed brothers, who have close links with the Islamist party and whose Al Badr group is also in waste management.

Subscribers only Business 06.07.2020

Prime Minister of Tunisia Elyes Fakhfakh.

Guinea
Total to supply fuel for operations at Simandou blocks formerly owned by Beny Steinmetz

The French major Total has reportedly reached a deal with Société Minière de Boké on storing and supplying the fuel needed for operations at blocks 1 and 2 of the Simandou iron ore project.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 03.07.2020

Congo
Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

In a letter she sent to the Wing Wah Petrochemical Joint Stock Co's managing director, Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma condemns the "deplorable insalubrity" of the base camp used by Congolese nationals.

Subscribers only Energy 01.07.2020

Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Junior oil firms flocked in their hundreds to bid for one of the 57 marginal fields put up for sale by the Abuja authorities to avoid a financial debacle as the Covid-19 crisis continues.

Subscribers only Energy 01.07.2020

Libya
Malta court orders EACS to pay UAE's Fly Aviation Services €1.8m

A court in Malta has sentenced Libya's Executive Authority for Air Cargo and Special Flights (EACS), headed by Shaker Own, to cough up €1.8m to Fly Aviation Services.

Subscribers only Business 30.06.2020

Mali
MINUSMA: second Ivorian tank corps deployed to Timbuktu

A second Ivorian tank corps should be joining MINUSMA in July after training with the Ivorian Army's 43rd battalion.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.06.2020

Nigeria
Nigerian APC maker Proforce jumps aboard Deep Blue maritime security contract

Nigeria's Proforce Defence has supplied the government with light armoured vehicles to beef up security in the Niger Delta as part of the huge Deep Blue project. The deal is a concession of sorts by Israeli firm HLSI-Blue Octagon to Abuja and Nigeria's emerging defence industry.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 29.06.2020

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

Despite all the delays under his predecessors in launching construction works on the Inga III dam, Félix Tshisekedi is eager to embark on a much more ambitious project in Kongo Central province: the Grand Inga.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 26.06.2020

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Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

TotalEnergies

Africa, United States
Francis Fannon, at the vanguard of Trump's African oil diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Charity begins at home for Covid-19 funds

Uganda
Why CNOOC passed up pre-emption option on Tullow Oil

Gabon
IFC and AfDB to stump up for Kinguélé aval dam

Niger
As Niger court homes in, Aboubacar Hima uproots arms broker BRID A DEFCON to Prague

Ivory Coast
Ouattara administration looks to Perenco to improve its record in the oil sector

Ghana, West Africa
China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

South Africa
Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Congo
Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

Cameroon
Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

In Focus | Angola
General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

Tunisia
Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Guinea
Total to supply fuel for operations at Simandou blocks formerly owned by Beny Steinmetz

Congo
Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Libya
Malta court orders EACS to pay UAE's Fly Aviation Services €1.8m

Mali
MINUSMA: second Ivorian tank corps deployed to Timbuktu

Nigeria
Nigerian APC maker Proforce jumps aboard Deep Blue maritime security contract

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

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Morocco The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

African Union: the battle of the giants

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

TotalEnergies

Africa, United States Francis Fannon, at the vanguard of Trump's African oil diplomacy

Ivory Coast Charity begins at home for Covid-19 funds

Uganda Why CNOOC passed up pre-emption option on Tullow Oil

Gabon IFC and AfDB to stump up for Kinguélé aval dam

Niger As Niger court homes in, Aboubacar Hima uproots arms broker BRID A DEFCON to Prague

Ivory Coast Ouattara administration looks to Perenco to improve its record in the oil sector

Ghana, West Africa China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

South Africa Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Congo Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

Cameroon Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Spotlight | Mozambique Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

In Focus | Angola General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

Tunisia Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Guinea Total to supply fuel for operations at Simandou blocks formerly owned by Beny Steinmetz

Congo Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

Spotlight | Nigeria Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Libya Malta court orders EACS to pay UAE's Fly Aviation Services €1.8m

Mali MINUSMA: second Ivorian tank corps deployed to Timbuktu

Nigeria Nigerian APC maker Proforce jumps aboard Deep Blue maritime security contract

DRC Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Africa, United States
Francis Fannon, at the vanguard of Trump's African oil diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Charity begins at home for Covid-19 funds

Uganda
Why CNOOC passed up pre-emption option on Tullow Oil

Gabon
IFC and AfDB to stump up for Kinguélé aval dam

Niger
As Niger court homes in, Aboubacar Hima uproots arms broker BRID A DEFCON to Prague

Ivory Coast
Ouattara administration looks to Perenco to improve its record in the oil sector

Ghana, West Africa
China's Shandong aims to take on Barrick, Newmont and AngloGold

South Africa
Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Congo
Total works behind the scenes to keep control of Djeno terminal

Cameroon
Finance Minister Motaze ready to break with Essomba in Sahara Energy fuel price spat?

Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

In Focus | Angola
General Electric and Aenergy trade blows in turbine war

Tunisia
Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Guinea
Total to supply fuel for operations at Simandou blocks formerly owned by Beny Steinmetz

Congo
Hydrocarbons director Teresa Goma steps up pressure on Wing Wah over "catastrophic" sanitary conditions

Spotlight | Nigeria
Marginal fields: who among Buhari's buddies can help bidders win over DPR?

Libya
Malta court orders EACS to pay UAE's Fly Aviation Services €1.8m

Mali
MINUSMA: second Ivorian tank corps deployed to Timbuktu

Nigeria
Nigerian APC maker Proforce jumps aboard Deep Blue maritime security contract

DRC
Tshisekedi, Three Gorges Corp and AfDB at odds over Grand Inga