INTO AFRICA June 2018 Edition – Renewed Optimism: African Real Estate

INTO AFRICA June 2018 Edition – Renewed Optimism: African Real Estate

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) –Welcome to the June 2018 edition of INTO AFRICA, a publication with fresh insight into Africa’s emerging capital markets. This month’s edition, titled: Renewed Optimism: African Real Estate, examines the opportunities as well the challenges in the African real estate markets. Africa’s continuing economic and social development is encouraging investors to expand their portfolios in the continent and the yearning for long-term investment has drawn increased numbers of international investors…

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MRPDA Amendment Bill: Key Amendments for the South African Oil and Gas Industry

MRPDA Amendment Bill: Key Amendments for the South African Oil and Gas Industry

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The principal South African upstream oil and gas legislation, the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 28 of 2002 (MPRDA), has been in flux since 2013 when the first draft the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill, 15 of 2015 (the Bill) was published. On 16 December 2015, following the Bill’s passage through the South African National Assembly (the lower house of Parliament), the President exercised the power…

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Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector: Regulations and Incentives

Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector: Regulations and Incentives

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Nigeria is currently facing significant challenges in its petroleum industry because of the volatility of oil prices1, pipeline vandalism and illegal refining. It is clear that the country must reduce its reliance on crude oil income by developing its midstream and downstream sectors and leveraging on its natural gas reserves. The existing petroleum regulatory framework however discourages investment in the sector and has proved to lack the requisite comprehensiveness…

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Mozambique Oil and Gas: Regulations and Opportunities

Mozambique Oil and Gas: Regulations and Opportunities

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Mozambique has being recently placed among the global major players in the oil & gas sector. This new position is due to significant natural gas discoveries in the country’s northern Rovuma Basin. Despite having activity in the hydrocarbons sector for many decades, just in 2012 these massive offshore started to transform Mozambique’s reality. They added ambitious expectations to the country to become a key player in the LNG global…

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Gabon 2018 Hydrocarbons Law Reform: Appetite for New Incentive

Gabon 2018 Hydrocarbons Law Reform: Appetite for New Incentive

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Gabon is a Central African country based in the Gulf of Guinea, located on the Atlantic side of the African continent and crossed by the equator. Gabon became independent in 1960 and has since developed a stable and peaceful environment attracting major international investors for, in particular, oil and gas, mines, forests, agro-industry which remain the main sources of revenue for Gabon. Gabon is among the top five crude…

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Angola’s Oil and Gas Sector: Regulation and Law Insight

Angola’s Oil and Gas Sector: Regulation and Law Insight

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Angola holds almost 9.5 billion barrels of proved crude oil reserves and 308.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves, according to the latest estimates from the 2017 Annual Statistical Bulletin of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Angola is the second-largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, behind Nigeria. In the oil and natural gas industry, the focus is on inter alia ensuring the “Angolanisation” of upstream activities;…

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African Oil and Gas: Overview, Trends and Prospects

African Oil and Gas: Overview, Trends and Prospects

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – In a world where ‘easy oil’ is a thing of the past, Africa is popping up on the agenda for many energy players. Not only does it offer a frontier exploration playground, it also represents a growth market where players can make a difference. New countries all over Africa are being explored for hydrocarbons, and some of them are proving to be resource rich. Mauritania and Senegal are good…

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