Dangote Gambia Push: $2 Billion for Solar and Fuel
The Dangote Gambia pledge: $2 billion for a 250 MW solar plant and a fuel storage terminal, President Barrow says...
July 11, 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 Dangote Gambia pledge: $2 billion for a 250 MW solar plant and a fuel storage terminal, President Barrow says...
July 11, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief July 10 — Egypt's World Cup joy meets South Africa's migrant crisis, Cameroon's health rumours, and tense...
July 10, 2026
Oando profit reached N204.8 billion in 2025 on a 32% production jump, the first full year running the Nigerian oilfields...
July 10, 2026
Varun Beverages Kenya entry: the Indian PepsiCo bottler is buying DFIL Kenya's dairy, juice and water business for $32 million,...
July 10, 2026
The Ebola economic impact could push 985,000 Congolese into poverty, erase 55,000 jobs and cost African economies up to $3.6...
July 10, 2026
Kenya capital markets regulator CMA licensed 13 firms and schemes and 26 sub-funds, adding a Shariah-compliant REIT manager and payroll-based...
July 9, 2026
A Johannesburg court cleared Patrice Motsepe’s ARC in a $195 million graphite dispute with US-linked Pula, which now hinges on...
July 9, 2026
Nigeria’s first floating LNG plant signed a 15-year deal for 200 million cubic feet of gas a day from NNPC...
July 9, 2026
Dangote Kenya refinery confirmed: Lamu will host a 700,000-barrel-a-day plant costing up to $17 billion, with soil tests and engineering...
July 9, 2026