No More Bananas For Alison
A $37.5 million 15-storey apartment block, comprising of 18 flats and six penthouses, located in Banana Island – a gated community housing some of wealthiest in Nigeria – belonging to former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was in office between 2011 and 2015, has been permanently seized by the Nigerian government on the orders of a judge at the federal high court in the commercial capital Lagos. Read more here: http://www.msn.com/en-za/news/africa/nigeria-to-permanently-seize-ex-oil-ministers-dollar375-million-property/ar-AApHi3V
We’ve Got The Power
Dr Kofi Koduah Sarpong, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), advised the Ghanaian government recently to substitute other forms of power generation with natural gas to ensure cheap supply of electricity for the nation, during a panel discussion at the 2017 Ghana Economic Forum (GEF) in Accra. Read more here: https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2017/08/08/natural-gas-is-key-to-addressing-ghanas-energy-needs-gnpc/
As A Big Boy That You Are
Africa's largest open-access liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import and storage terminal, was launched on Tuesday in South Africa, by Sunrise Energy, an energy infrastructure company, which will advance the country’s oil and gas sector. Read more here: https://www.esi-africa.com/news/lpg-terminal-to-advance-south-african-oil-gas-sector/
No Dulling Boys!
The Association of Tanzania Oil and Gas Service providers (Atogs) has called a meeting of stakeholders on September 11 and 12 in Dar es Salaam, mobilizing its members to take advantage of the attendant opportunities, in the wake of the Hoima-Tanga pipeline project recently inaugurated in partnership by its president and the president of Uganda, so they can get a fair share of the multibillion dollar deal. Read more here: http://uncova.com/tanzania-tanzania-ready-to-take-up-pipeline-contracts
Talk Is Cheap
Businesses in Malawi have accused the government of little action in backing its talk to resolve the energy supply issue that has heightened and now threatens economic gains acquired so far. Read more here: http://mwnation.com/government-fire-energy/
Trekking To Save East Africa
An energy efficiency consultancy team spent three days trekking over 43 miles across the Lake District and completed a 70km hike to raise funds that will tackle the ongoing drought in Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, brought about by climate change along with civil conflicts. Read more here: http://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/community/energy-experts-conquer-lake-district-peaks-tackle-severe-east-african-drought-74535/