
Benin Zone Plans Thermal and Solar Plants
Benin's Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone plans 225 MW of thermal power and 300 MW of solar, with a gas pipeline already...
October 23, 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.

Benin's Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone plans 225 MW of thermal power and 300 MW of solar, with a gas pipeline already...
October 23, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 23: Nigeria confirms first Ebola case and traces 44 contacts, Kenya absorbs displaced Ethiopians after...
October 23, 2026
The Libya pipeline valve was shut on 22 October, the state oil firm says, as Brent crude trades above US$114...
October 23, 2026
Angola invited Namibia on 19 October to an Angola refinery stake at Lobito; Windhoek calls any talk of investing premature.
October 23, 2026
Ivory Coast laid the first stone of the 50MW Katiola solar plant on 22 October 2026, a private project of...
October 23, 2026
Nigeria's power minister launched 544MW grid capacity at four Kano substations, but demand there tops 1,000MW and no new power...
October 23, 2026
Brent traded near US$112.4 on 22 October, about US$51 above the US$61 in Angola's 2026 budget. It is high, but...
October 22, 2026
Ghana petroleum revenue rose 52% to US$561.41 million in the first half of 2026 as crude output grew 11.7%, the...
October 22, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 22: Nigeria issues no-fly list for 46 Ebola contacts, Tanzania charges opposition figure with treason,...
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