Guinea Signs Mining Convention With State-Owned Nimba Mining Company
Guinea signed a mining convention with state-owned Nimba Mining Company on 6 August, with Glencore as offtaker. A structural headwind...
August 8, 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.
Guinea signed a mining convention with state-owned Nimba Mining Company on 6 August, with Glencore as offtaker. A structural headwind...
August 8, 2026
Femi Otedola has lifted his stake in First HoldCo, parent of First Bank of Nigeria, to 25.87 percent and says...
August 8, 2026
South Africa is pivoting into the African single market as its Mercosur trade deal hands Latin America a direct tariff...
August 8, 2026
Angola’s inflation could fall to about 9.1 percent in the coming month, marking single-digit territory for the first time since...
August 8, 2026
Heineken posted first-half revenue of €17.6 billion, about US$20.3 billion, with South Africa a standout as Windhoek and Sol volumes...
August 8, 2026
Tinubu says the whole of NNPC will be listed. But he named no date for the NNPC listing, and the...
August 8, 2026
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is reviving the drive for an East African Community political federation, a bloc of eight nations...
August 8, 2026
Saudi Arabia is widely reported to be bankrolling arms supplies that have strengthened Sudan’s army, with Pakistan-made Mohafiz-V armoured vehicles...
August 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 7: Nigeria commits to listing its state oil company, Angola nears single-digit inflation, South African...
August 7, 2026