The mobile operator Inwi, third on the national market in terms of number of subscribers, has just launched a service designed for sharing 4G connection. With no contract and only available to mobile devices, the offer called “i-dar” will enable 5 mobile devices to operate on the same 4G internet plan within and outside the household, and even simultaneously. With this offer, it is clear that...

The Kibali gold mine, in North-Eastern DR Congo, continues with its operations and is in good standing to exceed the production target for 2015 set at 600,000 ounces of gold. Mark Bristow, Executive Director of Randgold Resources, made this statement on the situation of the mine in a project update, on 16 October, mentioning the good progress in terms of major investments including the...

The cocoa and coffee interprofessionnal council (CCIC) on 20 October 2015 in Milan, Italy, for the Universal Expo, organizes the “New Generation Youth Forum” to present the opportunities that Cameroon’s cocoa-coffee sector has to offer but also the objectives and benefits of its “New Generation” scheme. “Considered by international cocoa-coffee associations as one of the most...

Abdou Mani, the Nigerien Minister of Telecommunications, declared on 16 October 2015 that the State will merge the Nigerien Company of Telecommunication (SONITEL), the state operator, and it's mobile branch Sahel Com, in order to better withstand competition in the national telecom market. Actually, the two companies belonging to the State are in bad shape in terms of market share and revenues....

Kasbah Resources Ltd is making a detailed examination of an option of a small scale startup, on the basis of a modest investment, tin production in its Achmmach project located in the north of Morocco. Wayne Bramwell, Managing Director of the company which is listed on ASX, explained, in the quarterly report ending in September on this project, published on 16 October, that the approach...

Shell gets green light for exploration drilling in the Orange Basin Deep Water Licence Area, off the western part of South Africa by the Department of Environmental Affairs. The environmental authorization gives Shell permission to drill up to two offshore exploration wells in the northern part of the licence area which is about 37 290km². Shell was granted the exploration right in the...

The Ocean Rig Athena drill ship which is to be used for the appraisal and exploration drilling programme offshore Senegal has today began mobilization from Luanda, Angola. The SNE discovery made in late 2014 is to be appraised with the first two wells in the three-well drilling program, PetroleumAfrica reports. The three wells; two appraisal wells for SNE (SNE-2 and SNE- 3) plus one shelf...

The Tunisian minister of Finance Slim Chaker announced, on 16th October, that his country was considering issuing a sukuk worth one billion dinars (approximately USD 500 million) in 2016. The minister, who was speaking during a press conference on the presentation of the 2016 Finance bill, also specified that the external financing requirements of Tunisia should reach 3 billion dinars (USD 1.5...

Towards satisfying the needs of West Africa’s oil and gas, power and telecoms as well as heavy industries, Dorman Long Engineering Nigeria Ltd and Intels Nigeria Ltd have decided to form a partnership in order to launch an advanced fabrication facility based in Onne Port, South of Nigeria. Marking the first time a floating, Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) unit will have access...

Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Claudio Descalzi (photo), Eni’s Chief Executive Officer, are in talks over combined obligation to speed up the commencement of production on the Zohr field offshore Egypt, Offshore Energy Today reports. Descalzi had in September stated that it was going to require about $10 billion to bring the gas field to production. It was predicted that...