Africa
Nigeria has begun exporting locally-manufactured solar panels to Ghana, marking a milestone in energy industrialisation, trade, and clean ambitions.
At the global energy conference ADIPEC, Nigeria’s petroleum minister Ekperikpe Ekpo controversially pushed back against a phase-out of fossil fuels, saying the country is committed to an “energy mix.”
Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has said that Senegal will halt gas imports in 2026, to save $227 million annually, boost electricity for low-income households, and utilise new domestic offshore gas.
The Republic of Congo sealed a $23bn oil & gas deal with Wing Wah to expand the Banga Kayo, Holmoni, and Cayo fields.
Civil society groups are challenging Shell’s NCUD offshore project, warning that South Africa may be overstating gas as an energy lifeline and locking itself into costly fossil fuel dependence.
Ghana has issued Africa’s first bilateral carbon credits through a cookstove project with Switzerland while raising concerns over transparency, fossil fuel dependence, and the integrity of international offsets.
Angola’s first dedicated offshore gas well, Gajajeira-01, has been hailed as marking a historic shift from oil dependence to natural gas, but experts warn over the use of gas as a transition fuel.
Ghana’s latest offshore oil discovery promises economic gains and greater energy security — but raises fresh concerns about delaying its clean energy transition and locking in long-term fossil fuel dependence.
SBM Offshore will exit Equatorial Guinea after divesting its stake in FPSO Aseng to state-owned GEPetrol, marking a shift towards African energy sovereignty amid global transition pressures.
A $3bn Afreximbank oil financing programme boosts African refining capacity and energy independence, but raises concerns over the continent’s alignment with global climate goals and energy transition efforts.
Nigeria is scaling up natural gas production as a low-carbon transition fuel, NNPC’s GCEO says, targeting $60 billion investment by 2030.
Nigeria’s Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline has crossed the River Niger, marking a major milestone toward industrialisation, regional energy access, and internal gas distribution, officials said on Tuesday at NOG Energy Week.
The African Development Bank has launched a $56 million funding facility at COP29 to drive climate adaptation and mitigation projects across Africa’s low-income nations.
Critics say blaming the fires on militancy masks another problem plaguing Niger Delta communities: the safety risks of ageing oil and gas facilities.
New research spotlights how the EACOP project is bringing a host of financial and security risks to tens of thousands of women in Uganda who have been displaced by the pipeline.
Once-fertile farmlands of the Niger Delta, that have supported families for decades, have turned barren due to oil pollution, say locals.
Shell’s decision to end nearly nine decades of operations in the Niger Delta has sparked concern over accountability for environmental damage in Nigeria.
Gas flaring, routinely carried out by companies producing oil in Nigeria, poses a significant hazard to the health of those exposed to it, especially children.