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Undeterred ExxonMobil pushes forward with Mozambique LNG projectWendell Roelf and Manuel Mucari

Plants are displayed at the booth of American multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

$1.3bn Exxon Nigeria asset sale could be approved

By Camillus Eboh and Isaac Anyaogu 3 May 2024

Tororo Solar North Limited, is a special purpose vehicle company (SPV) established to develop, build, operate and maintain a 10MW Photovoltaic Power Plant in Eastern Uganda.

Red Rocket secures funding for Virginia Solar project

2 May 2024

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Fred McBagonluri 5 May 2017

Zelda la Grange. Image source:

2017 African Utility Week Industry Awards finalists announced

2 May 2017

Abraham Cambridge, founder of The Sun Exchange

Powering Africa through blockchain crowdfunding

Abraham Cambridge 25 Apr 2017

Dan Etete, Nigeria's former minister of petroleum resources

Two oil giants could face trial in Italy over Nigerian deal

Jan-Philipp Scholz 20 Apr 2017

Dr Kojo Busia, acting coordinator: AMDC

Shifting paradigms will live up to the African Mining Vision

19 Apr 2017

Kagera River. Source: wikipedia

80mw power project to benefit three countries

Alvar Mwakyusa 18 Apr 2017

Source: NDTV.com

Seeking more bids, Sierra Leone delays sale of huge diamond

12 Apr 2017

Geodata portal will help East African development

Geodata portal will help East African development

5 Apr 2017

Companies that inspire in Africa are highlighted

Companies that inspire in Africa are highlighted

4 Apr 2017

Innovation will light up Africa

Innovation will light up Africa

30 Mar 2017

Namibia shines like a diamond

Namibia shines like a diamond

Bruce Cleaver 29 Mar 2017

African shifts towards small-scale power generation

African shifts towards small-scale power generation

28 Mar 2017

Solar technology applied in an ingenious way

Solar technology applied in an ingenious way

27 Mar 2017

Partnership to secure private investment in renewables

Partnership to secure private investment in renewables

22 Mar 2017

Stephen du Preez

Is industrial IT the next wave for Africa?

Stephen du Preez 15 Mar 2017

African mining needs an industrial revolution

African mining needs an industrial revolution

14 Mar 2017

Two solar plants on the cards for Burkina Faso

10 Mar 2017

Future Energy to address Africa's power potential

Future Energy to address Africa's power potential

24 Feb 2017

Dr Kandeh Yumkella, UN under-secretary-general and former special representative of the secretary-general and CEO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), won the Lifetime Achievement Award last year.

New categories added to African Utility Week Industry Awards

20 Feb 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

16 Feb 2017

Oil attacks in 2016 cost Nigeria up to $100bn: minister

Oil attacks in 2016 cost Nigeria up to $100bn: minister

16 Feb 2017

Mining doesn't benefit African communities, AMI says

Mining doesn't benefit African communities, AMI says

8 Feb 2017

Switch your radar on

Switch your radar on

Danette Breitenbach 3 Feb 2017

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Agathe Maupin and Mercy Mwanikah Ojoyi 23 Jan 2017

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Tsakane Ngoepe and Tine Henriksen 11 Jan 2017

WAIPEC Steering Committee

Steering committee selected for WAIPEC

22 Dec 2016

#BestofBiz 2016: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2016: Energy & Mining

12 Dec 2016

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Fola Esan 6 Dec 2016

The world's largest powerships are helping to electrify Africa

The world's largest powerships are helping to electrify Africa

28 Nov 2016

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

11 Nov 2016

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Zelda la Grange. Image source:

2017 African Utility Week Industry Awards finalists announced

2 May 2017

Abraham Cambridge, founder of The Sun Exchange

Powering Africa through blockchain crowdfunding

Abraham Cambridge 25 Apr 2017

Dan Etete, Nigeria's former minister of petroleum resources

Two oil giants could face trial in Italy over Nigerian deal

Jan-Philipp Scholz 20 Apr 2017

Dr Kojo Busia, acting coordinator: AMDC

Shifting paradigms will live up to the African Mining Vision

19 Apr 2017

Kagera River. Source: wikipedia

80mw power project to benefit three countries

Alvar Mwakyusa 18 Apr 2017

Source: NDTV.com

Seeking more bids, Sierra Leone delays sale of huge diamond

12 Apr 2017

Geodata portal will help East African development

Geodata portal will help East African development

5 Apr 2017

Companies that inspire in Africa are highlighted

Companies that inspire in Africa are highlighted

4 Apr 2017

Innovation will light up Africa

Innovation will light up Africa

30 Mar 2017

Namibia shines like a diamond

Namibia shines like a diamond

Bruce Cleaver 29 Mar 2017

African shifts towards small-scale power generation

African shifts towards small-scale power generation

28 Mar 2017

Solar technology applied in an ingenious way

Solar technology applied in an ingenious way

27 Mar 2017

Partnership to secure private investment in renewables

Partnership to secure private investment in renewables

22 Mar 2017

Stephen du Preez

Is industrial IT the next wave for Africa?

Stephen du Preez 15 Mar 2017

African mining needs an industrial revolution

African mining needs an industrial revolution

14 Mar 2017

Two solar plants on the cards for Burkina Faso

10 Mar 2017

Future Energy to address Africa's power potential

Future Energy to address Africa's power potential

24 Feb 2017

Dr Kandeh Yumkella, UN under-secretary-general and former special representative of the secretary-general and CEO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All), won the Lifetime Achievement Award last year.

New categories added to African Utility Week Industry Awards

20 Feb 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

16 Feb 2017

Oil attacks in 2016 cost Nigeria up to $100bn: minister

Oil attacks in 2016 cost Nigeria up to $100bn: minister

16 Feb 2017

Mining doesn't benefit African communities, AMI says

Mining doesn't benefit African communities, AMI says

8 Feb 2017

Switch your radar on

Switch your radar on

Danette Breitenbach 3 Feb 2017

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Agathe Maupin and Mercy Mwanikah Ojoyi 23 Jan 2017

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Tsakane Ngoepe and Tine Henriksen 11 Jan 2017

WAIPEC Steering Committee

Steering committee selected for WAIPEC

22 Dec 2016

#BestofBiz 2016: Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2016: Energy & Mining

12 Dec 2016

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Fola Esan 6 Dec 2016

The world's largest powerships are helping to electrify Africa

The world's largest powerships are helping to electrify Africa

28 Nov 2016

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

ASEAN market seeks to increase bilateral trade with Africa

11 Nov 2016

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

Developing agricultural and energy security in rural Africa

28 Oct 2016

Logistics the lifeblood of trade in Africa

Logistics the lifeblood of trade in Africa

Bizcommunity.com 14 Oct 2016

Intricacies of large-scale mining projects can't be rushed

Intricacies of large-scale mining projects can't be rushed

13 Oct 2016

Navigate Bizcommunity to where the business is

Navigate Bizcommunity to where the business is

Bizcommunity.com 7 Oct 2016

#makethefuture campaign highlights cleaner energy innovations

30 Sep 2016

Algeria urges OPEC decision to stabilise oil price

Algeria urges OPEC decision to stabilise oil price

26 Sep 2016

Libya oil chief fears 'financial collapse' unless exports rise

Libya oil chief fears 'financial collapse' unless exports rise

23 Sep 2016

Paul Muhato, Managing Director of Engen in Tanzania shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Tanzania.

Engen Tanzania pledges support for disaster recovery

22 Sep 2016

Big business opportunities ahead for Africa - McKinsey

16 Sep 2016

- Prospectors pan for gold at a gold mine on a cocoa farm near Bouafle, Ivory Coast in March. A gold rush in the Ivory Coast and Ghana threatens cocoa production in the two nations, which account for 60 percent of the world's supply of cocoa. Luc Gnago / Reuters

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers seek gold in face of drought

5 Sep 2016

Resolve, SJS Energy partnership to optimise fuel industry supply chain

Resolve, SJS Energy partnership to optimise fuel industry supply chain

5 Sep 2016