
Ghana Oil Output Up 30%, Minister Says
Ghana oil output is up about 30% this year, Energy Minister John Jinapor says, after five years of decline and...
October 15, 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.

Ghana oil output is up about 30% this year, Energy Minister John Jinapor says, after five years of decline and...
October 15, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 14: Kabila leads new DR Congo military front; Algeria arrests 61 Moroccans; Sudan probes deadly...
October 14, 2026
Kenya Pipeline dividend: profit rose 13% to US$89 million in the year to June, and the board proposed a US$46...
October 14, 2026
Nigeria's Dangote refinery posted a US$4.73 billion profit in nine months on US$22.48 billion in sales, up 144%. Its share...
October 14, 2026
Shell has agreed to sell Shell Nigeria Gas, its domestic gas distribution unit serving over 130 industrial customers, to local...
October 13, 2026
Nigeria's 13 percent derivation fund for oil-producing states is a constitutional minimum, not a ceiling, and Bayelsa Governor Douye Diri...
October 13, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 13: IMF raises Nigeria's growth forecast to 4.2% while military pensioners protest in Abuja and...
October 13, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 12: anti-immigrant arson in South Africa, Nigeria petrol price anger, Ethiopia foreign banking bids.
October 12, 2026
Gabon reshuffle: President Oligui Nguema drops 5 ministers and names 8 on Sunday, replacing the energy minister but keeping oil,...
October 12, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds