Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa met President Donald Trump at the White House on 17 September. Trump offered fulsome support, saying “our relationship has never been stronger than it is right now”. The talks focused on security and trade...
Tribal allegiance: Some 190 Bahraini tribes and families issued statements condemning Qatar and stressing their allegiance to King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, in a co-ordinated campaign that began after Qatar’s Al Jazeera Media Network aired a...
Economic Development Board (EDB) board member Khalid Humaidan has been promoted to become its new chief executive. Humaidan is a former head of global markets Middle East and Africa at BNP Paribas and also sits on the board of Bahrain Mumtalakat...
A meeting of foreign ministers from the League of Arab States was held in Cairo on 10 September, under the chairmanship of Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed Ali Hakeem. In his opening speech, Hakeem urged support for the new Sudanese government and...
The Agence Sénégalaise d’Electrification Rurale invites expressions of interest by 10 October from consultants to assist with the planning, procurement and supervision of a rural electrification project to supply 177 villages with mini solar PV...
BP and Kosmos Energy plan to acquire a 3D seismic survey over Block 13 in Q4. Kosmos told African Energy work was scheduled to begin in late November or early December. The survey will cover approximately 6,800km2.BP and Kosmos were awarded...
The World Bank has approved $125m in funding for the Third Energy Sector Development Policy Operation (DPO). The loan is the third and final part of a $375m programme aimed at supporting the energy sector objectives in Rwanda’s National Strategy...
The WAPP-North Core Project Management Unit is seeking prequalification bids by 21 October for three tenders relating to the West African Power Pool North Core project. The project involves the construction of a 330kV transmission network...
Impact investment facility the Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI) has agreed a $5m subordinated junior loan for pay-as-you-go solar company PEG Africa. PEG currently operates in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal with around 400,000...
French energy giant Engie claims to have become the market leader in off-grid solar in Africa following the acquisition of Germany’s Mobisol. When the transaction closes, which is expected in October, Mobisol will join solar home system company...
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