
OPEC+ Pumps More Oil, Testing Africa’s Petro-States
OPEC production increase: 188,000 bpd more from August, the fifth straight hike - pressure on the oil prices Nigeria, Angola...
July 6, 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.

OPEC production increase: 188,000 bpd more from August, the fifth straight hike - pressure on the oil prices Nigeria, Angola...
July 6, 2026
Dangote Tanzania plans took shape on June 29: a new port, a 2,000 MW power plant and a urea fertiliser...
July 6, 2026
The Vodacom Safaricom deal closed on June 30: $2.1 billion gives the South African group 55% of East Africa's most...
July 5, 2026
The Unitel IPO roadshow starts this week: Angola will float 15% of the telecom giant seized from Isabel dos Santos...
July 5, 2026
The South Africa wealth tax debate is settled for now: Finance Minister Godongwana rejected an annual levy on the richest...
July 5, 2026
Tongaat Hulett's new owner Robert Gumede plans to turn sugarcane into electricity, ethanol and industrial gas to save the 134-year-old...
July 5, 2026
The International African Arts Festival marks its 55th year on July 3-5, 2026 at Brooklyn's Lincoln Terrace Park with music,...
July 5, 2026
From Cape Verde's near-miracle to Germany's collapse and America's unlikely joy, one World Cup has become the emotional weather of...
July 4, 2026
Nigeria joins the IEA as the first OPEC member to do so, giving Africa's largest oil producer a seat at...
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