Ikeoluwa Juliana Ogungbangbe

Nigeria’s Solewant Group showcased pipe coating, steel fabrication and energy training innovations at OTC Houston 2026 before 25,000 industry professionals.

KEY POINTS Zimbabwe’s state power utility is making a bold promise. Load shedding will be over by December 2026. That is the commitment Zesa Group CEO Cletus Nyachowe put on …

Sahara Group managing director Kola Adesina will headline a national summit on decarbonizing Nigeria’s oil and gas sector through regulatory reform and private investment.

Aliko Dangote says he prefers Kenya’s Mombasa port over Tanzania’s Tanga for his proposed $17 billion East African refinery, citing deeper infrastructure and a bigger economy.

Aliko Dangote has held talks with the CEO of Norway’s $1.9 trillion sovereign wealth fund over a potential partnership targeting African energy and agriculture.

Nigeria has signed a deal with two Chinese firms to revive its refineries after spending $25 billion on repairs that left the facilities largely broken.

Eskom has extended its nuclear site review deadline by three weeks, but critics say 2,700 pages of documentation makes meaningful public input impossible.

Renewable energy stakeholders say Nigeria must generate at least 100 gigawatts of electricity to achieve real industrialization and long-term economic growth.

Most Zambians support solar and wind energy investment but oppose privatizing ZESCO, even as load shedding stretches to 21 hours a day.

Kenya and France have signed 11 cooperation agreements covering rail, ports, energy and digital infrastructure as Presidents Ruto and Macron met in Nairobi.