The consortium EDF-SFI-RIO Tinto, Eneo and the government of Cameroon signed on November 3, 2015, in Yaoundé, a framework agreement defining the general requirements for the implementation of the Natchigal dam into the national power grid. The dam which is to have a production capacity of 420 MW is to be built in the central part of Cameroon. Valued to 660 billion FCFA, 40% of the funding will...

The promotional tour of the Kinshasa International Forum started in October 2015 in Brussels by a press conference, continued in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). KINFOR16 Steering Committee, represented by Africa Rise (Belgium), , The Job Factory (DRC), the belgo-congolese-luxembourgian Chamber of Commerce (DRC) and the DRC national Chamber of...

The East African Power, a local energy firm has announced entering into a joint venture with its Canadian counterpart Afritech Energy to set up four hydropower plants in Bihongora, Karambo II, Gatare-Sebeya and Muregeya. Two out of the four projects namely Bihongora Hydropower and the Karambo II Hydropower Project are situated on the Bihongora River in Kanama Sector and the Karambo River in...

Eni has discovered more gas offshore Congo, in the Nkala Marine prospect. According to the company, the discovery is situated in the Marine XII block and is expected to have a potential of 250 to 350 million boe in place. During the production test, the well provided over 300,000 SCM/d of gas and associated condensates. The well, drilled in a water depth of 38 meters, encountered a major gas...

As a way of supporting the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import operations in Ghana, Golar LNG Ltd has today agreed to provide West African Gas Limited (WAGL) with Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) services. The WAGL is a joint venture between the subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Sahara Energy Resource Ltd with 60% and 40% respectively. The...

Eni and Sonangol have today announced that they have agreed to finalize the assessment of a gas field project aimed at generating up to 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of electricity for Angola. The two companies declared this in a statement issued following a meeting in Rome with the chairman of Sonangol, Francisco de Lemos Maria, and Eni's Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi. The statement further...

Wentworth Resources and its JV partner Maurel et Prom, have reported the commencement of gas deliveries to the new transnational pipeline in Dar es Salaam. Towards achieving a way to generate power in Dar es Salam, the production facilities at Madimba, and the Kinyerezi Gas Receiving Facility are now operational and the gas produced from the Mnazi Bay field is presently being used at the...

Eni has discovered more gas offshore Congo, in the Nkala Marine prospect. According to the company, the discovery is situated in the Marine XII block and is expected to have a potential of 250 to 350 million boe in place. During the production test, the well provided over 300,000 SCM/d of gas and associated condensates. The well, drilled in a water depth of 38 meters, encountered a major gas...

In Burkina Faso, the media have now received the subsidy of FCFA 350 million for the coverage of the presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for this 29 November 2015. The announcement was made in a communiqué published on 3 November by the Superior Council of Communication (CSC). The sharing of this fund had started on 16 September 2015. But the operation was interrupted following...

The Mozambican banana sector is now terrorised as TR4, a particularly deadly strain of the Panama disease has reappeared in two banana plantations in the country. The disease which is affecting the Cavendish (a variety mainly grown on the industrial scale) could lead to major disturbance in the sector on a global scale. For Mozambique, this would represent a major economic catastrophe, the...