
Africa Energy Bank Founded With US$5 Billion
Afreximbank and African oil producers founded the Africa Energy Bank in Abuja on 31 October with US$5 billion in authorised...
November 1, 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.

Afreximbank and African oil producers founded the Africa Energy Bank in Abuja on 31 October with US$5 billion in authorised...
November 1, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 31: DR Congo Ebola deaths pass 5,000; Ethiopia drone strikes kill 25 civilians; Nigeria claims...
October 31, 2026
Egypt nuclear plans grew on 28 October, when President Sisi asked Russia's Putin for new reactors after 2030, beyond the...
October 31, 2026
BW Energy says the Prospector 5 rig sinking delays new Gabon wells worth up to 20,000 barrels a day and...
October 31, 2026
The Benin oil export is set for 1 and 2 November: about 330,000 barrels of Sèmè crude for the Netherlands,...
October 31, 2026
US Customs released solar cells from TOYO's Ethiopian plant after a supply chain review, while a Commerce duty probe on...
October 30, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for October 30: Sudan alleges Ethiopian drone strikes killed over 400 civilians; Nigeria pushes state police by...
October 30, 2026
Oil gave Congo-Brazzaville 45% of its 2025 budget revenue, and the 2027 bill bets the same sector on US$71 a...
October 30, 2026
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on 29 October 2026 that the first 26 gas-converted city buses are running in Addis...
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