
The Kenya Pipeline IPO Cleared. Foreign Buyers Took 0.15% of Their Slice
The Kenya Pipeline IPO raised Sh112bn, but Uganda and 13 state pension funds supplied Sh95.8bn while foreigners bought Sh32.7m of...
September 1, 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.

The Kenya Pipeline IPO raised Sh112bn, but Uganda and 13 state pension funds supplied Sh95.8bn while foreigners bought Sh32.7m of...
September 1, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 1: Niger's junta survives a Russian-backed mutiny, Ethiopia moves toward an executive presidency.
September 1, 2026
Abu Dhabi's ePointZero is buying 90% of Azura Power, the 752MW pan-African generator founded by Phillip Ihenacho's Amaya Capital, which...
September 1, 2026
Alberto Almeida de Sousa's Etu Energias is buying Chevron's stakes in Angola Blocks 14 and 14K for US$260 million, displacing...
September 1, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 31: Algeria mourns twelve wildfire dead and orders the death penalty for arson, Kenya’s airport...
August 31, 2026
Tanzania's vice president Emmanuel Nchimbi quit after 296 days. A weekly that reported he was resisting pressure to go had...
August 31, 2026
Kenya Pipeline Rescued: The revelation: Kenya's government pressured cash-rich state firms to buy into the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) initial...
August 31, 2026
Libya ’ Rival: Libya · POLITICS Libya's rival camps have signed a UN-brokered electoral framework that promises national elections within...
August 31, 2026
The bill: South African fuel importers have paid at least R56.3 billion (about US$3.5 billion) extra for fuel since the...
August 31, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds