
Nigeria’s Aradel Triples Profit as Oil Majors Retreat
Aradel Holdings profit surged 192% to $552M in 2025 as total assets hit $7.2B, filling the gap left by Shell...
June 21, 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.

Aradel Holdings profit surged 192% to $552M in 2025 as total assets hit $7.2B, filling the gap left by Shell...
June 21, 2026
Kenya is close to a critical minerals deal with the US requiring rare earths processed inside Kenya, not exported raw...
June 20, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: from Ghana and Ivory Coast aligning cocoa prices to fifteen nations uniting against illegal fishing...
June 19, 2026
A split-screen week in Africa: a former Nigerian oil minister was cleared in London while Zimbabwe's parliament voted to extend...
June 19, 2026
Femi Otedola has raised his First HoldCo stake to 20.42% after a N45 billion ($32.8m) placement, deepening his grip on...
June 19, 2026
Hassanein Hiridjee's Axian raised a 170-million-euro EBRD telecom loan and $60 million for renewables, funding African infrastructure with global capital.
June 19, 2026
Tanzania is pushing to sign the host agreement for its $42 billion LNG project by mid-2026, a deal led by...
June 19, 2026
African artists dominate the 2026 BET Awards field, with Burna Boy, Wizkid, Asake, Tems and Tyla nominated ahead of the...
June 19, 2026
Johann Rupert has crossed $20 billion on the Bloomberg index, the second African after Aliko Dangote, lifted by Richemont and...
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