
Ethiopia’s New Blue Nile Dams Rattle Egypt
Ethiopia plans 3 new Blue Nile dams—Karadobi, Mandaya, Beko Abo—adding 5,700 MW at $10.5B total, deepening Egypt's existential water crisis...
June 27, 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.

Ethiopia plans 3 new Blue Nile dams—Karadobi, Mandaya, Beko Abo—adding 5,700 MW at $10.5B total, deepening Egypt's existential water crisis...
June 27, 2026
Africa sovereignty tested in one week: SACU's $420B relaunch, Kenya courts expel US Ebola facility, and FATF grey-lists 6 economies...
June 26, 2026
Angola's privatisation drive puts Unitel, the national airline and a 30% Sonangol stake up for sale as it tries to...
June 26, 2026
South Africa's green hydrogen push centres on a $5.8 billion Coega green-ammonia plant, promising 20,000 jobs and exports to Asia...
June 26, 2026
Gulf ports in Africa are multiplying as DP World and AD Ports expand from Senegal to the Congo, turning the...
June 26, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: the continent drew lines at its own edges — South Africa hosted the world's oldest...
June 26, 2026
The Zambia Lobito copper railway would send Copperbelt metal west to Angola's coast, backed by US and Western finance to...
June 26, 2026
The Kenya US critical minerals deal would let Kenya refine rare earths at home, with the 62-billion-dollar Mrima Hill site...
June 26, 2026
Africa is building end-to-end vaccine plants and secured $62M to develop 11 African vaccine candidates covering 8 diseases—ending pandemic-era last-in-line...
June 26, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds