A high-level delegation from the African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO), comprising CEOs and representatives of National Oil Companies (NOCs), visited the Sentuo Oil Refinery in Accra on Sunday as part of activities leading into the 7th APPO NOC CEOs Forum on Monday, 15th September 2025. The delegation, led by the Acting CEO of GNPC and...
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Kenyan School children Turn Scrap Into Wind-Powered Lamps, Lighting Up Rural Communities
Across rural Kenya, a wave of grassroots innovation is transforming how villages are lit at night. Schoolchildren are crafting wind-powered lamps from discarded items like tin cans, broken fans, bicycle parts, and old electronics ingenious creations that are changing lives one light at a time. The concept is simple yet powerful. Using a salvaged fan...
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World’s first sodium-ion portable power station unveiled, offers 1,500-watt power
Bluetti unveils the world’s first sodium-ion portable power station, built for extreme cold.Chinese energy storage and portable power system maker Bluetti has unveiled what it calls the “world’s first” sodium-ion portable power station. Called the Pioneer Na, the system will be available for purchase globally from around mid-October 2025. First unveiled at the Innovation for...
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ExxonMobil awards major Guyana vessels contract
Netherlands-based services provider Smit Lamnalco has been awarded a significant multi-year contract by US supermajor ExxonMobil to provide offshore terminal support services, including four newbuild vessels, for work in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. Smit Lamnalco, which is 100% owned by Dutch contractor Boskalis following a deal closed last year, said it will supply four...
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Dangote starts free fuel distribution Monday
The Dangote refinery will start the free fuel distribution scheme on Monday, the PUNCH reports. The Dangote Group spokesman, Anthony Chiejina, told our correspondent in a statement that the scheme would start with the South West, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Kwara, Delta, Rivers and Edo States. He added that the refinery has also dropped...
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Petroleum Hub Development Corporation Deepens Ties with Saudi Partner AHQ Group
The Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC) is strengthening its strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Abdel Hadi Abdullah AlQahtani & Sons Group of Companies (AHQ Group) following a high-level visit to Ghana by senior executives of the group. On Friday, September 12, 2025, top officials of the AHQ Group, accompanied by their local partners, the Special...
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Can $60 Billion Transform Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry?
Can $60 billion in new investments revive Nigeria’s struggling oil and gas sector? That’s the ambitious target set by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), which is seeking large-scale financing to boost crude production, expand gas development, and restore the country’s refining capacity. The plan is bold: raise crude oil output to 3 million...
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Namibia warns against export-only hydrogen model
Namibia’s National Planning Commission Director General, Kaire Mbuende, has called on African and global leaders to ensure the hydrogen economy delivers real benefits for Namibians rather than repeating the limited gains of past extractive industries.Opening the Global African Hydrogen Summit 2025 in Windhoek, Mbuende said the sector must drive industrial growth, job creation and community...
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Ghana Weighs Russian Nuclear Technology for Landmark Power Project
By Emmanuel Aboagye-WiafeGhana is intensifying efforts to develop its first nuclear power plant and is strongly considering Russia’s advanced nuclear technology as a key option. The move highlights Russia’s growing prominence as a trusted partner in Africa’s nuclear energy space, where its State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, is already constructing Egypt’s first nuclear power plant...
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Energy Ministry Urges Calm Over ECG’s Proposed 228% Tariff Hike
The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has called on Ghanaians to remain calm following the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) proposal for a 228% increase in electricity tariffs. Speaking to journalists at the launch of the Ghana Energy Awards, Deputy Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Richard Gyan-Mensah, clarified that the Public Utilities Regulatory...