
A Council That Didn’t Exist Got US$975,000 in Nigeria’s Budget
Nigeria's Budget Office let a council that never legally existed into the 2026 budget with N1.3 billion (about US$975,000) attached,...
August 27, 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.

Nigeria's Budget Office let a council that never legally existed into the 2026 budget with N1.3 billion (about US$975,000) attached,...
August 27, 2026
Mozambique approved the operating rules for its new development bank on 25 August 2026, the last step before a 32...
August 27, 2026
Malawi's NOCMA wired US$403,605 to fraudsters after forged emails changed a supplier's bank details. Two senior officials have been arrested.
August 27, 2026
Nigeria petroleum exports rose from 46,000 barrels a day in 2023 to 350,000 in the second quarter of 2026, US...
August 27, 2026
Kenya's Ruto says 13,000 Mau Forest evictees each received Sh200,000 (about US$1,550), about US$20 million in total, and the evictions...
August 27, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 26: Ramaphosa vows arrests, gunmen hit four Niger state villages, and gold miners double their...
August 26, 2026
The Tanzania vice president, Emmanuel Nchimbi, resigns on 4 September, saying he promised to step aside whenever the president wanted...
August 26, 2026
The Venus oil project in Namibia needs a decision before 2027, TotalEnergies says, warning contractor tenders will expire or cost...
August 26, 2026
Rwanda would be happy to take a stake in Aliko Dangote's US6 billion refinery planned at Lamu in Kenya, President...
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