In Algeria, telecom operators Mobilis, Djezzy and Ooredoo can from now market 4G services on mobile. On September 25, 2016, the government published to this end a decree “approving the licence for the establishment and operation of fourth generation (4G) public telecom network on mobile”. Each operator will have two types of wilayas – priority and secondary – in which to launch the...

BMR Group has signed a $5.2 million financing agreement with African Compass International, a South African group focused on mining exploration, energy and agro-industry, to develop its Kabwe project in Zambia. The firm said it would inject $4.2 million in its Kabwe plant and $1 million to satisfy the consideration payable to exercise the option agreement with Bushbuck Resources...

The European Union will provide €200 million to Egypt to support its power sector, said Reinhold Brender, deputy director of EU’s delegation in Egypt. The official revealed that part of these funds was used to develop new power capacities, knowingly the El-Zayt 200 MW wind park. The organization also got involved in a €500 mln project to install power sub-stations and...

Senegal’s President, Macky Sall has congratulated on Sept 15, his “brother Ali Bongo Ondimba” for being re-elected for another 7-year term at the end of Gabon, a statement from the Senegalese presidency revealed. “On behalf of the people of Senegal and personally, I would like to congratulate you wholeheartedly and wish you success in your service to your nation and your people,” the...

Israel’s parliament (Knesset) has signed a deal with Dolphinus Holdings for the importation of gas from Israel to Egypt for 3 years with an option to renew the contract for another two years. This is coming almost a week after Dolphinus Holdings and TAQA Arabia have requested for licences from Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) to import natural gas for the private sector in Egypt and...

The African Development Bank on Monday said the proposed oil pipelines in Kenya and Uganda to transport crude from the port to fields, have offered a great opportunity for private investors who are eager to improve their portfolio in East Africa’s energy industry. “Nobody has ever, ever lost money financing pipelines. If there is oil flowing, it’s generally viable,” Gabriel Negatu...

Dutch firm Gigawatt Global has signed with the government of Liberia a memorandum of understanding for the financing and construction of a 10 MW solar power plant in Monrovia, the capital. According to the MoU, the European firm is to provide the government, via the Liberia Electricity Company (LEC), a roadmap for the infrastructure and technical and financial feasibility studies for the...

Kenya has postponed all exploration activities in the 42,000 km² offshore exploration area of the Indian Ocean, where Eni has been prospecting for hydrocarbons. This area which contains offshore exploration blocks L-21, L-23 and L-24 has been a subject of dispute with Somalia. The three blocks located in the deep and ultra-deep sections of the Lamu basin were awarded to Eni in 2012 together...

Determined to recover the lands from their ancestors back in the 1700s, Mauritian inheritors formed a group represented by Danielle Tancrel, Didier Kisnorbo and Raymonde Bisset to denounce their situation which so far has been ignored by the government. “The crime has been recognized by the Commission for Truth and Justice: Mauritian families have been dispossessed from their lands in the...

Denouncing the abandoning of the Ouargla industrial zone in Algeria, its residents are calling unto the government to take care of the region which used to be home of many prospering companies like Enaditex, Etrapmo, Onaco and Enafroid. According to website Algerie patriotique, the people of Ouargla are doing everything to get the government’s attention. What is left of this industrial area,...