Ghana Pours State Oil Money Into Roads as Its Flagship Expressway Awaits a Contract
Ghana is spending GH¢30 billion in 2026 on the Big Push road programme, billed as Africa’s largest infrastructure drive, says...
September 13, 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 is spending GH¢30 billion in 2026 on the Big Push road programme, billed as Africa’s largest infrastructure drive, says...
September 13, 2026
Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline after drone attacks, while Houthi forces seized Mayun Island near the Bab el-Mandeb shipping...
September 13, 2026
Atiku Abubakar's production subsidy plan would discount crude for Nigerian refineries, with support tied to verified output and a fiscal...
September 13, 2026
Flutterwave is an approved digital channel for the Dangote refinery IPO, letting retail and diaspora investors buy shares online from...
September 13, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 12: Nigeria's parliament suspends all official visits to South Africa as citizens are evacuated, Pretoria
September 12, 2026
Cameroon's energy minister Essomba hosted Egypt's Karim Sherif in Yaounde on 10 September 2026 to discuss dams, hydropower and rural...
September 11, 2026
Mauritania's fuel supply tender for a six-month national contract from 3 December 2026 ends Addax Energy's near-decade monopoly; bids close...
September 11, 2026
Workers at Angola's Lobito refinery project have protested over "miserable salaries," highlighting labour tensions at the strategic 200,000-barrel-a-day
September 11, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 11: the Dangote refinery is days from offering 4.1 billion shares at 525 naira —...
September 11, 2026