Zimbabwe Pushes to Refine Its Own Lithium at Home
Zimbabwe lithium is now shipped as processed sulphate, not raw ore, after a $400m Chinese-built plant and an export ban...
June 25, 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.
Zimbabwe lithium is now shipped as processed sulphate, not raw ore, after a $400m Chinese-built plant and an export ban...
June 25, 2026
Africa Basel, a fair for contemporary African art, ran June 17 to 21, 2026 in Switzerland, putting 18 galleries before...
June 25, 2026
Blood Sisters Season 2 hits Netflix worldwide on June 5, 2026. The Nollywood thriller returns after Season 1 cracked the...
June 25, 2026
Mozambique graphite output already doubled 2026 forecasts. A $150M Chinese-built plant in Niassa processes 200,000 tonnes yearly, feeding EV battery...
June 25, 2026
East African states are weighing a 650,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery, with Aliko Dangote offering to build it but now favouring Kenya's...
June 25, 2026
DR Congo raised $1.25bn in its first-ever Eurobond, a dual-tranche deal, joining a Sub-Saharan rush back to international debt markets...
June 25, 2026
Egypt has cleared its $6.1bn energy arrears to foreign oil and gas firms, settling the debt to zero and unlocking...
June 25, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: from a governor's re-election in Nigeria to a coalition power struggle in South Africa and...
June 24, 2026
Ghana gold reserves are set to grow as the central bank asks miners to sell 30% of output, up from...
June 24, 2026