Ikeoluwa Juliana Ogungbangbe

Ghana is cutting fuel taxes within a week as the Iran conflict pushes petrol prices up 15 percent and diesel up 19 percent nationwide.

The World Bank wants Nigeria to reinstate petrol import licenses, warning that Dangote Refinery’s market dominance threatens competition and consumer protection.

Oando Plc is raising $750 million to drill up to 100 wells, a campaign its CEO says could triple the company’s oil production.

Tanzania lawmakers are pushing for fuel tax cuts and bigger storage reserves as the Middle East crisis drives pump prices sharply higher nationwide.

Guinea-Bissau has appointed an experienced water and resources engineer as its new Natural Resources Minister as offshore exploration activity accelerates in the MSGBC basin.

A Kenyan activist has filed a court petition seeking the suspension of Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi over a Ksh4.8 billion substandard fuel import scandal.

Namibia has secured Norwegian technical support for its oil sector while President Nandi-Ndaitwah presses parliament to pass a critical petroleum amendment bill.

KEY POINTS South Africa has a new solar milestone, and it sits on 347 hectares of Limpopo ground. Voltalia has fully commissioned the Bolobedu Solar Plant in Limpopo. The 148-megawatt …

Ghana and Mozambique walked out of the Africa Energies Summit over discrimination. The African Energy Chamber wants Nigeria and Senegal to do the same.

Liberia’s electricity demand has surged to 143 megawatts but generation has not kept pace, forcing the country into load shedding and regional imports.