The Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 has emerged as a major platform for AfricaRice to deepen engagement with governments, investors and development partners as the continent intensifies efforts to transform its rice sector and strengthen food security. Led by its…
FG Finalises N729bn Power Bond to Clear Genco Debt, Sets Tougher Reform Agenda
The Federal Government has formally concluded the financing arrangements for the N728.9 billion Series 2 power sector bond, taking its total debt-settlement issuances to about N1.23 trillion in nine months as it moves to restore liquidity and investor confidence across…
Africa Gas & LNG Summit 2026 to Put Investment, Local Content and Gas-to-Industry at the Centre of Maputo Talks
Africa’s next phase of gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) development will come under scrutiny in Maputo in November, as governments, energy companies, investors and industry experts converge for the Africa Gas & LNG Summit (AfGLNG) 2026. The three-day summit,…
Nigeria Targets 600Tcf Gas Reserves, 12Bcf/d Production by 2030 as NNPC Activates Gas Master Plan
The Nigerian government has targeted triple increase in its validated natural gas reserves and a substantial rise in production by 2030 as NNPC Ltd. activates its Gas Master Plan (GMP) to position the country as a major global gas hub.…
Dangote Refinery IPO: Global Leaders Rally Behind Plan to Democratise Africa’s Industrial Wealth
L-R: President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo Olu; and representative of the President of Rwanda and Chief Executive Officer, Rwanda Development Board, Jean Guy Afrika, during the 2026 ADF Africa Diaspora Leadership Programme…
$60bn Gas Investment Drive: Minister, Investors, Industry Leaders Converge at Gas Investment Forum, 2026
Nigeria’s push to unlock an estimated $60 billion in new gas investment by 2030 will come under the spotlight in Lagos this month as government officials, regulators, investors, financiers and energy industry leaders converge for the Gas Investment Forum 2026.…
Africa’s $200bn Annual Energy Investment Gap Opens Huge Opportunity for Global Investors – Falade
Africa needs more than $200 billion in energy investment every year by 2030 to close its infrastructure and energy-access gaps, presenting one of the world’s largest emerging investment opportunities, the Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG), Adegbite Falade,…
AOW 2026: Africa Must Turn Energy Transition From ‘Poverty to Prosperity’ – Mahama
Ghanaian President John Mahama has challenged African governments and investors to reject an energy transition model that could deepen energy poverty and economic hardship, insisting that the continent’s transition must be designed around industrialisation, job creation, energy security and shared…
Africa’s 600m Electricity Gap Makes Continent Central to Global Energy Security – Tegbe
Africa is not a peripheral player in the global energy-security debate but a decisive force shaping the future of energy geopolitics, Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has declared. Tegbe made the assertion in a keynote address at the opening…
FG Declares War on ₦120bn Power Theft Ravaging Lagos–Ogun Industrial Belt
Nigeria’s Federal Government has opened an urgent investigation into a electricity theft scheme along the Ikorodu–Sagamu industrial corridor, after new monitoring data revealed that up to 100 megawatts of power, enough to light a mid-sized city, is vanishing from the…
