🌍 IMF warns Horn of Africa faces energy crisis risk
Three oil tankers recently discharged cargo at Djibouti's port, a routine logistical event that would ordinarily pass unnoticed. Yet the International...
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🇿🇦 South Africa fights to save its apartheid-era steel mills
South Africa's steel industry stands at a critical inflection point. The nation's largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal South Africa, operates aging produ...
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🇰🇪 Kenya petrol cover drops to 16 days amid Middle East crisis
Kenya's petroleum reserves have fallen to a critically low 16-day supply, triggering fresh concerns about energy security across East Africa and signa...
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🇳🇬 Flexible financing and hybrid systems driving Nigeria’s
Nigeria's energy crisis has become a catalyst for renewable energy innovation, and the opportunity is increasingly visible to European investors seeki...
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🇪🇬 Egypt Secures International Climate Funding for Green
Egypt has secured a landmark package of international climate financing aimed at accelerating its transition toward green hydrogen production and rene...
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🇰🇪 Kenya: Energy executives step down amid fuel manipulation
Kenya's energy sector has been rocked by a major corruption scandal involving five senior executives arrested for allegedly manipulating an emergency ...
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🇰🇪 Petroleum PS, KPC and EPRA bosses resign amid fuel shortage
Kenya's energy sector has been rocked by a major governance crisis as three senior officials—the Petroleum Principal Secretary, Kenya Petroleum Compan...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria’s crude oil production rises to 1.84 million bpd
Nigeria's crude oil production jumped dramatically to 1.84 million barrels per day (bpd) in March 2026, representing a robust 40.5% month-on-month inc...
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🇰🇪 Kenya: DCI Arrests Top Energy Officials Over Fuel Supply
Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has escalated its anti-corruption mandate by arresting senior energy sector officials on suspicio...
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🇰🇪 Kenya: Fuel Prices Set to Rise in May Dependent On Global
Kenya's fuel prices are poised for a significant increase in May, marking another inflationary pressure point in East Africa's largest economy. The an...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria’s oil output rebounds to 1.84mbpd as Edun commends
Nigeria has achieved a significant production milestone, reaching 1.84 million barrels per day (mbpd), marking a tangible recovery in Africa's largest...
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🇳🇬 PENGASSAN shuts down Seplat Energy operations in Nigeria
Nigeria's oil and gas sector faces renewed operational disruption as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has...
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🇰🇪 Clean cooking start-up files for insolvency after clash
** The insolvency filing of a prominent clean cooking start-up operating across East Africa represents a watershed moment for European impact investo...
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🇰🇪 DCI arrests top energy officials over fuel supply probe
Kenya's energy sector has been thrust into acute uncertainty following the arrest of four senior officials by the Directorate of Criminal Investigatio...
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🇳🇬 JMG Targets Nigeria's Solar Energy Market Gap
Nigeria's chronic electricity deficit—affecting over 90 million people without reliable grid access—has created a $10+ billion addressable market for ...
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🇿🇦 More Than 1,000 Fuel Stations Run Dry As Easter Travel
South Africa's fuel distribution network faced a critical stress test this week as more than 1,000 petrol stations ran dry ahead of the Easter holiday...
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🇳🇬 How Dangote-led fuel price war hit TotalEnergies
The emergence of Aliko Dangote's integrated petroleum refinery in Nigeria has catalyzed a structural shift in West African energy markets—one with dir...
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🇲🇿 Mozambique: Frelimo Demands Measures to Deal With Fuel
Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party has escalated pressure on the government to implement emergency measures addressing an acute fuel shortage that thre...
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🇳🇬 Adelabu’s power lines as laundry lines, by Azu Ishiekwene
Nigeria is experiencing a perfect storm of infrastructure failure at precisely the moment when demand is highest. As temperatures across the country's...
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🇳🇬 Like water corporations, DISCOs might soon be irrelevant
Nigeria's electricity distribution companies—the so-called DISCOs that have dominated power delivery since the 2013 sector privatization—face an exist...
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