Africa Matters

Africa energy lobby decries funding discrimination

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) is protesting what it sees as discrimination by Western lenders in supporting the continent’s oil and gas projects, with owners and investors forced to suspend development plans, or into alternative local sourcing. Nj Ayuk, the chamber’s executive chairman, told The EastAfrican that by refusing to bankroll Africa’s oil and gas projects, with a direct…

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Uganda expects to secure $5bln oil pipeline funding early 2023

In February, TotalEnergies and its partner China National Offshore Oil Corporation signed a final investment decision with Uganda and Tanzania to kick-start investments worth more than $10 billion to produce and export Uganda’s crude Uganda’s national oil company (UNOC) expects to secure the funding for a $5 billion crude pipeline that the European Union is opposed to, by early…

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EU seeks to delay Uganda’s oil pipeline works

The vote by a majority of the EU Parliament came hours after Uganda’s MPs had labeled an earlier move to block the project as racist and imperialistic. The European Union (EU) lawmakers yesterday voted by a majority of 334 to pass the resolution that seeks to compel Uganda, Tanzania and the Total Energies SE to delay development of the…

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Is Tanzania becoming East Africa’s best investment destination?

Summary Investment in Tanzania brings a much wider scale of benefits to the economy especially after the government reshuffled the investment sector Tanzania is one of the most attractive investment destinations LNG is one of Tanzania’s hot investment pockets Tanzania-Uganda are now oil economy partners Tanzania is one of the most attractive places for investors in Africa including East…

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