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KEY POINTS The rapid expansion of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has significantly reduced West Africa’s reliance on imported refined petroleum products, reshaping regional energy trade flows and shipping patterns. New …

KEY POINTS The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited NNPCL at the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging its …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s telecom operators spend hundreds of billions of naira every year keeping their networks alive on diesel. MTN Nigeria has decided it is done subsidizing that problem. The …

ECOWAS Parliament has opened a five-day meeting in Dakar to develop strategies for expanding renewable energy and rural electrification across West Africa.

TotalEnergies has resumed its $20 billion Mozambique gas project after a five-year suspension, reigniting both hopes for prosperity and frustration over unfulfilled community promises.

President Tinubu praised the REA as Nigeria inaugurated its largest solar hybrid mini-grid projects in North-Central, providing clean power to over 5,000 households.

KEY POINTS British energy giant Shell has temporarily halted its $3 billion share buyback programme as it prepares for a crucial shareholder vote related to its proposed acquisition of Canadian …

Tanzania has scrapped taxes on electric vehicles, compressed natural gas and charging equipment in its 2026/27 budget to accelerate its clean energy transition.

KEY POINTS The Johannesburg Community Action Network, Joburg CAN, has called on Eskom, the City of Johannesburg, andCity Power to urgently publish the full details of any agreement aimed at …

Nigeria’s oil minister says crude oil production has risen from 1 million to 1.8 million barrels per day and the next target is 2.5 million.