
Gabon Gas Plant Nears US$209 Million Financing
Lenders including the IFC, the African Development Bank and a US agency have finished vetting a gas power plant near...
October 6, 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.

Lenders including the IFC, the African Development Bank and a US agency have finished vetting a gas power plant near...
October 6, 2026
Cabo Verde fuel prices rose 10.7% on 1 October, taking petrol to US$2.01 a litre, a record in regulator data...
October 6, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 6: Nigeria mourns a military plane crash that killed 32, and Kenya reports its first...
October 6, 2026
Egypt's state gas company and Chevron signed a deal on 5 October to explore the deep-water Lotus block, with at...
October 6, 2026
DR Congo's electricity regulator says it reviewed US$2.3 billion of power projects in its first 100 days, with 2.6 GW...
October 6, 2026
South Africa's petrol price rises by up to US$0.20 a litre on 7 October, taking 95 unleaded in Gauteng to...
October 5, 2026
DR Congo is strengthening electricity regulation with African Development Bank help, with a study of real power costs and draft...
October 5, 2026
Nigeria's Atiku Abubakar wants NNPC receivables of about US$8.4 billion itemised and asks whether federal contractors back President Tinubu's campaign.
October 5, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 5: Ethiopian forces enter Mekelle after Tigrayan withdrawal; four regional leaders issue a joint declaration.
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