22 h. ago $250bn African Pensions Fund To Address Gap In Oil & Gas Sector

The critical funding challenges facing oil and gas companies in Africa can be partially offset if the continent’s $250 billion pension fund assets are deployed to finance essential oil and gas projects. African leaders have also been urged to recapitalise the region’s over 1,000 financial institutions and national development banks to ensure their funds are […]

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48 h. ago NCDMB Urges Africa Oil Producers To Promote Manufacturing In Support Of SME Growth

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has challenged oil-producing countries in Africa to prioritise the manufacturing ecosystem as deliberate steps to create skills that will support the transformation of the oil and gas industry. By doing so, they would help local industries develop competencies that will, in turn expand their local content strategies. […]

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59 h. ago Heirs Energies To Share Africa’s Success Story At Namibia Oil & Gas Conference

As Namibia emerges as Africa’s next major oil frontier, Heirs Energies CEO, Osa Igiehon, will take center stage at the Namibia Oil & Gas Conference (NOGC) 2025 to share the blueprint for building world-class African energy companies. Igiehon will headline the session – “The Making of an African Independent” – on 14 August, bringing hard-won […]

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5 d. ago ExxonMobil To Provide Investment Insights In Nigeria’s Deepwater Frontier At 2025 AEW

ExxonMobil, is set to underscore its long-term commitment to Africa’s burgeoning energy sector and with specific commitments in Nigeria’s deep water frontiers. The company will give the highlights at the highly anticipated 2025 African Energy Week (AEW) conference in Cape Town. Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, remains a cornerstone of ExxonMobil’s West African operations. The […]

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6 d. ago If Nigeria Was Working, I Wouldn’t Have Controlled Diesel Market – Otedola

One of Africa’s most prominent businessmen and oil magnates, Femi Otedola, has revealed that his dominance of Nigeria’s diesel market was not driven by sheer ambition, but by necessity and an urgent response to the deep dysfunction within the country’s infrastructure and energy systems. In his yet-to-be published memoir, “Making It Big”, Otedola explained that […]

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1 week ago Nigeria’s energy trilemma: A defining test of economic maturity

Despite being Africa’s leading oil producer, Nigeria continues to grapple with a painful paradox, abundant  on the one hand and read more Nigeria’s energy trilemma: A defining test of economic maturity

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3 w. ago Terminal trains 500 entrepreneurs in Rivers as unemployment soars

As unemployment threatens livelihoods in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta, the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), operated by APM Terminals Nigeria, read more Terminal trains 500 entrepreneurs in Rivers as unemployment soars

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