Growth is expected to pick up to 2.3 percent this year on the strength of a continuing recovery in the oil sector and the regaining of momentum in agriculture following a good harvest.

the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2018 and 2050. Most of this growth comes from countries that are not in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and this growth is focused in regions where strong economic growth is driving demand, particularly in Asia.

the Governments of the Russian Federation and of the Republic of Uganda signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Nigeria lost about 22 million barrels of its crude oil production to theft in the first half of this year, Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said

Nigeria's oil production hovered around 2.2 million b/d in the first week of August, compared with around 1.92 million b/d a year ago.

China's CNOOC will get a 55.6% stake in the Sinapa and Esperanca licenses from Sweden’s Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB, whose interest will be reduced to 23.03%, FAR said in a statement on Tuesday. It did not disclose financial details.

сотрудничество России и Конго в сфере энергетики является очень перспективным направлением двустороннего партнерства двух стран.

On the May 16, 2019, in Moscow, the roadmap for establishing Russian-Rwanda cooperation in the peaceful uses of atomic energy was signed.

Заместитель Министра энергетики Российской Федерации Павел Сорокин провел переговоры с Генеральным секретарем Министерства иностранных дел Республики Конго Сиприаном Сильвестром Маминой, а также с генеральным директором Конголезской национальной нефтяной компании (SNPC) Мэксаном Раулем Омингой.

Exxon Mobil recently held talks on the sale of a suite of oil and gas fields in Nigeria as the company focuses on new developments in U.S. shale and Guyana, industry and banking sources told Reuters.

Nigeria’s economy is recovering. Real GDP increased by 1.9 percent in 2018, up from 0.8 percent in 2017, on the back of improvements in manufacturing and services, supported by spillovers from higher oil prices, ongoing convergence in exchange rates and strides to improve the business environment.

Tanzania plans to negotiate terms for developing a $30 billion liquefied natural gas project with companies between April and September, the Energy Ministry said.

Annual meeting for decision-makers in Africa’s energy community launches new brand identity to better represent core values of innovation, integrity and stakeholder collaboration

The 5th Powering Africa: Summit (PAS) will take place for the first time in Miami from the 25-27th February 2019.

REUTERS - Nigeria has ordered foreign oil and gas companies to pay nearly $20 billion in taxes it says are owed to local states, industry and government sources said, in a move that could deter investment in Africa’s largest economy.