In Zambia, Engen Petroleum on Thursay announced the building of a new pipeline connecting the Engen depot in Lusaka to the government facility. “As Engen, our priority is to supply Lusaka as well as Southern Province and Eastern Province – particularly the capital, Chipata, which accounts for a large portion of Engen’s total fuel demand,” Jean-Blaise Ollomo, Managing Director of Engen...

In Ghana, Tullow Oil and its partners on the Jubilee field witnessed a 102,600 bpd production from the field in 2015. A steady rate of gas was reached after the commissioning of the onshore gas processing plant in March 2015, averaging 90 Mmscfpd in Q4 of 2015. Tullow, predicts the field’s average production for this year to be about 101,000 bpd gross, indicating the effect of a two week...

In Ghana, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has commenced operations ahead of the planned April 2016 target. TOR was shut down in April 2015 as a result of a major fault in the regenerative unit located in the Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) plant, high arrears and the inability to acquire letters of credits. Situated in Tema about 24 km east of Accra, the refinery currently received 3...

Joint venture partners on the Aje shallow-water field, have announced that first oil from the field which was estimated to take place by the end of last month, is now expected by the end of March. The partners had formerly planned December 2015 for the commencement of production, but the objective was missed. According to Panoro Energy, final works has been concluded on the Floating Production,...

In Tanzania, Solo Oil on Thursday announced that it has increased its interest in the Kiliwani North Development Licence to 10%. The company had an initial interest of 6.175% in the licence and is to pay Aminex $2.16 million to increase the interest by 3.825% to 10%. A Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) was signed with the Tanzanian Petroleum development Corporation (TDPC) in early January and...

This year, Togo will adopt drip irrigation as its main irrigation system. According to the website Republic of Togo, government keeps investing in the modernization of its agriculture by using a system that uses less water and fertilizer and which thus seems to be the most appropriate for a country that happens to record low rainfall. This website adds that this decision follows the provision...

At the beginning of February, Zambian subsidiary of Lafarge commissioned at its Ndola plant, a new plug and grind plant. It is to produce 100,000 tons of cement per year thus bringing the overall capacity of the plant to 500,000 tons. It is a portable cement grinding plant whose components have been imported so that remaining construction works include just construction of foundations and...

Africa will soon have its own version of the famous American TV show “Lip Sync Battle” produced by the Viacom Inc group. The show was launched in April 2015 and was well received by public. Exported across the globe, the show revolves around a song contest between celebrities. One of the show’s stakeholders is the famous rapper LL Cool J. It was him even who via social networks announced...

ONATEL or Office National des Télécommunications (National Office for Telecommunications), Burkinabe subsidiary of Moroccan telecom group Maroc Telecom, announced it has generated a net profit of 25.27 billion CFA ($43.3 million) for the 2015 fiscal year, this despite the various socio-political troubles the West African nation experienced during the year. This performance was paired with an...

Chad’s president, IdrissDebyItno, who was just chosen by his party to run for the upcoming elections on April 10th, promised on February 10th to reinstate the limit on number of presidential terms. “Reintroducing term limit in the Constitution should be done for it is the vitality of our young democracy that is at stake here,” he said during the presentation of his political agenda a day...