Features | - Part 136

Quickest Growing Fossil Fuel Cuts Costs as Green Threat Rises

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The natural gas industry is on a mission to prove it can keep up with the green energy industry, whose price reductions are starting to become a competitive threat to fossil fuels. Gas and oil producers have slashed overheads by a third since 2014 and are finding deeper reductions harder to come by, according to energy consultants Wood Mackenzie. That’s spurring them to rewrite supply contracts, build mobile liquefied natural gas terminals and…

Buhari Faces United Opposition Challenge in Nigerian Vote

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari rode to power three years ago on the back of a broad coalition determined to oust the ruling party. Now the West African nation’s opposition parties are planning to use the same maneuver to defeat him in February’s general elections. The People’s Democratic Party, which held power for 16 years until its 2015 defeat, signed an agreement with 38 other opposition groups to form the Coalition of…

Once Bitter Foes, Ethiopia, Eritrea Promise `Bridge of Love’

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ADDIS ABABA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a declaration of peace and agreed to re-establish key economic links after an unprecedented summit between the Horn of Africa nations’ leaders that marked the end of almost two decades of strife. The announcements by an Eritrean official and the Ethiopian state-owned broadcaster Fana followed Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s visit to the Eritrean capital, Asmara, on Sunday for talks with President Isaias Afwerki and their decision to…

Nigeria’s Lawmakers to Probe State Oil Company Over Remittances

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria’s House of Representatives will investigate the state-owned oil company for allegedly not sending enough funds to the government. The lower chamber voted to start a probe after a motion on Tuesday from Nicholas Ossai, a member of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party and the chairman of the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges. There’s an “urgent need” to investigate Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.’s “under-remittances” to the so-called Federation Account,…

Western Monitors’ Return Kindles Hope for Free Zimbabwe Vote

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HARARE (Capital Markets in Africa) – An influx of Western observers is giving Zimbabweans some hope that this month’s elections won’t be a repeat of the tainted contests held during former President Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule. While Zimbabwe’s past three elections were marred by allegations of rigging, violence and intimidation, new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has welcomed the return of monitors from Western nations whose governments were more critical of Mugabe than teams from African countries. He’s vowed that the…

McKinsey’s Sneader Says South Africa’s Eskom Was Overcharged

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – McKinsey & Co. has apologized to South Africa again over how business was handled with state-owned Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., saying it overcharged the utility and was slow to admit wrongdoing. The consulting firm admitted in October to failing to follow its own procedures while doing business with the power company when it worked alongside Trillian Capital Partners Pty Ltd., a business linked to the Gupta family. McKinsey reached a settlement last week…

Islamist Militants Focus of Macron-Buhari Talks in Nigeria

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – French President Emmanuel Macron discussed ways to intensify the battle against Islamist militants in West Africa during talks with Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria’s fight against the nine-year-old Boko Haram insurgency in the far northeast has left more than 20,000 people dead and forced millions to flee their homes. In the semi-arid Sahel region south of the Sahara desert, France has deployed 4,000 troops in its Barkhane mission that’s hunting down Islamist…

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