
Seven Huambo Municipalities To Join Angola’s Public Electricity Grid
Angola’s Huambo province will soon connect Alto Hama, Londuimbali, Longonjo, Chinjenje, Ucuma, Ecunha and Mungo to the national grid, with...
August 9, 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.

Angola’s Huambo province will soon connect Alto Hama, Londuimbali, Longonjo, Chinjenje, Ucuma, Ecunha and Mungo to the national grid, with...
August 9, 2026
The Nigeria Labour Congress called in August 2026 for a fundamental shake-up of the energy sector, rejecting a ₦6 trillion...
August 9, 2026
Nigerian Exchange Group CEO Temi Popoola projects the equity market could reach N230 trillion by the end of 2026, up...
August 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief August 8: two anti-gang officers killed near Johannesburg, the DA opens its election campaign, and WAFCON quarter-finals...
August 8, 2026
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, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds