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ECOWAS endorses $27bn Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project
Barely a month after Algeria kicked off work on its section of a proposed 4,100km long Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project involving Nigeria-Niger-Algeria, leaders of the West African sub-region have unanimously approved take-off of the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) also…
AEW 2026: Eskom, ZESCO, UETCL executives confirmed for Power Africa Today
Senior executives from some of Southern Africa’s leading power utilities and grid operators have been confirmed as speakers at the Power Africa Today conference during African Energy Week (AEW) 2026, underscoring growing efforts to strengthen transmission infrastructure, modernise electricity grids…
OPEC confirms Nigeria’s crude oil output increase by 25,000bpd in June
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has confirmed that Nigeria’s crude oil production rose by 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 1.530 million barrels per day (mbpd) in May 2026 to 1.555mbpd in June. According to the Monthly Oil Market…
Shell exits S/Africa’s downstream sector, sells off 580 feel stations to Abu Dhabi firm
British energy giant Shell has announced a deal to sell its South African downstream business, including 580 fuel stations, to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Shell said the sale, valued at about $1 billion (£21 billion), formed part of…
Nigeria woos Bombardier over establishment of aircraft service centre
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has led a delegation of private jet operators in Nigeria to engage with officials of Canadian aerospace company, Bombardier Inc., over plans to establish a major aircraft service centre in Nigeria. Keyamo…
Canal+ completes acquisition of MultiChoice
French media company Canal+ has completed its acquisition of South African broadcasting firm, MultiChoice Group, making the African pay television company a full subsidiary of the global entertainment business. In a statement confirming the development, Thursday, Mr. David Mignot, Chief…
Doku takes a bow, Angela steps in as GM Corporate Affairs at WAPCo
Sopuruchi Onwuka The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited has announced the end of the tenure of Dr. Isaac Adjei Doku in the leadership of its Corporate Affairs Division, and subsequent appointment of Mrs. Angela Yasmin Heymann as the new…
Saudi Arabia to slash oil prices, as market edges to post- COVID-19 era
Saudi Arabia is expected to slash the official selling prices of its crude loading for Asia in August, as Middle East’s crude benchmarks crashed amid the tentative reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the oil supply increase from the region….
Trump threatens 100% tariff on ‘any country that imposes digital services tax’ on U.S firms
United States President, Donald Trump, Friday, threatened to impose a 100 per cent tariff on all goods from any country that imposes a digital services tax on American companies. The U S President’s warning followed a day after European Union (EU)…
5 ECOWAS nations launch management authority for proposed $16bn Abidjan — Lagos highway project
Five member-states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), including Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin Republic, have formally launched the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor Management Authority, a regional body established to oversee the development and operation of the proposed…
