Nigeria’s Gas Fund Says Public Capital Pulled In 2.4 Times as Much Private Money
Nigeria's MDGIF says it used public capital to attract about 2.4 times as much private gas investment across 31 projects...
September 25, 2026From Nigeria’s oil and Mozambique’s and Tanzania’s gas to South Africa’s grid crisis and the solar boom spreading across the continent, energy is where Africa’s growth and its great-power bargaining both play out. The Rio Times covers the oil and LNG deals, refineries, power projects and the transition finance reshaping how the continent fuels itself – with an eye on the capital flows and parallels linking Africa to Latin America’s own energy story. This hub collects our Africa energy coverage for investors and analysts.
Nigeria's MDGIF says it used public capital to attract about 2.4 times as much private gas investment across 31 projects...
September 25, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for 25 September 2026: Antananarivo marks a revolt it no longer trusts as the activists who toppled...
September 25, 2026
Algeria explained: who runs Africa’s largest country, how gas for Europe helps fund a US$132 billion budget, why the dinar...
September 25, 2026
Angola explained: MPLA rule since 1975, Lourenço's 2027 exit, oil near 1 million barrels a day, US$72 billion of debt...
September 25, 2026
France will send troops to guard Yanbu, the Saudi Red Sea oil port that lets crude bypass a largely shut...
September 25, 2026
Landlocked Ethiopia, home to 135 million people, broke ground on a US$660 million pipeline from Djibouti that should cut fuel...
September 25, 2026
Brent crude tops US$106 as Iran warns its war could reach the Indian Ocean. Brent prices most of the world's...
September 24, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for 24 September 2026: Morocco's governing coalition loses seats but keeps power on the lowest turnout since...
September 24, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for 23 September 2026: Tigray forces take Mekelle airport and Ethiopian Airlines pulls out of three northern...
September 23, 2026