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About 80 people gathered in Rosebank to protest against Standard Bank and TotalEnergies’ investment in fossil fuels. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro

Climate Change

Climate protesters demand reparations from Standard Bank for fossil fuel investments

Kimberly Mutandiro 20 Aug 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

NGO considers appealing Shell's oil project approval

16 Jul 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Angola discovers offshore gas in first gas-specific exploration well

14 Jul 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Shell gets go-ahead to drill off SA's west coast

11 Jul 2025

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Taxation & Regulation

#BizTrends2025: America's path to ‘liquid gold’: Trump reveals new tariffs and national energy strategy

Katja Hamilton 21 Jan 2025

Energy

Shell joins international sell-off of Nigeria onshore oil and gas holdings

Ron Bousso 17 Jan 2024

Branding

Why Dunkin' and Lego rebrands succeeded - but X missed the mark

Matthew Pittman 11 Aug 2023

Offshore drilling platforms (rear) stand together at a dock yard near Singapore port. 2015. Source: Reuters/Tim Wimborne

Coal, Oil & Gas

Oil giants drill deep as profits trump climate concerns

Ron Bousso and Nerijus Adomaitis 4 Jul 2023

SA circles back to shale gas as power crisis drags

Energy

SA circles back to shale gas as power crisis drags

Wendell Roelf 19 May 2023

Congo in discussions with Uganda over use of crude pipeline

Coal, Oil & Gas

Congo in discussions with Uganda over use of crude pipeline

Elias Biryabarema and Sonia Rolley 11 May 2023

Coal, Oil & Gas

Battle over plan for offshore drilling between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas rages on

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

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Energy

South Africa opening up on- and offshore licensing rounds

28 Dec 2022

Standard Bank to stop financing for new coal, oil power plants

Coal, Oil & Gas

Standard Bank to stop financing for new coal, oil power plants

Emma Rumney 16 Mar 2022

Namibia to licence production near Okavango Delta if Canadian firm finds oil

Coal, Oil & Gas

Namibia to licence production near Okavango Delta if Canadian firm finds oil

Wendell Roelf 10 Nov 2021

Ghana's minister of finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, makes remarks at the Institute of International Finance's meeting entitled "G20: Compact With Africa", during the IMF and World Bank's 2017 Annual Fall Meetings, in Washington, US, 11 October, 2017. Reuters/Mike Theiler

Coal, Oil & Gas

Eyeing energy transition, Ghana plans to speed up oil exploration

30 Jul 2021

Investment titans continue to get serious about ESG

Sustainability

Investment titans continue to get serious about ESG

4 Jun 2020

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory. Daniel Irungu/EPA

Coal, Oil & Gas

Western countries take sides in Kenya's maritime row with Somalia

Patrick Muthengi Maluki 5 Nov 2019

Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, Somalia's minister of petroleum and mineral resources

Coal, Oil & Gas

Somalia open for business, says petroleum minister

21 Oct 2019

Lake Turkana Wind Power turbines. LTW

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

How Kenya's mega wind power project is hurting communities

Zoe Cormack 3 Sep 2019

Gabon on track to increase oil production

Coal, Oil & Gas

Gabon on track to increase oil production

30 Aug 2019

Jean-Marc Thystère-Tchicaya, minister of hydrocarbons of the Republic of Congo

Coal, Oil & Gas

Oil discovery a game-changer for Congo

16 Aug 2019

SA's marine protection increases

Environmental Law

SA's marine protection increases

29 May 2019

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Food Security

Nigeria's depleting fish stocks may pose a threat to regional security

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 13 Dec 2018

Cabinet approves Marine Protected Areas

Environmental Law

Cabinet approves Marine Protected Areas

26 Oct 2018

Kenya is ill-prepared for the environmental, health and safety impacts that accompany oil production. Signature Message/Shutterstock

Mining

What Kenya needs to do to better protect those working in the oil sector

Melba K Wasunna 25 Oct 2018

Lydur Skulason/Flickr

Energy

What Kenya can do to ensure local people benefit from its oil industry

Melba K Wasunna 10 Oct 2018

Zanzibar Red Colobus, endemic to Tanzania. Image by by Hasin Shakur, GFDL 1.2,

Environment & Natural Resources

The fate of unique species in Tanzania's coastal forests hangs in the balance

Neil Burgess 12 Sep 2018

Payatas dumpsite, Metro Manila, Philippines. Image by Kounos, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Environment & Natural Resources

Here are the top 10 battles for environmental justice from around the world

Julie Snorek 5 Jun 2018

How Nigeria is wasting its rich water resources

Food, Water & Energy Security

How Nigeria is wasting its rich water resources

Nelson Odume and Andrew Slaughter 6 Sep 2017

Losses loom in Kenya's stalled crude export plan

Energy

Losses loom in Kenya's stalled crude export plan

Edwin Okoth 3 Jul 2017

Markets & Investment

Rapid growth in size, profitability for Tradehold

30 May 2017

Bolaji Osunsanya

Energy

Nigerian gas sector could fix the country's economy

29 Jun 2016

[BizTrends 2016] The African ICT landscape: five trends to watch in 2016

Trends

[BizTrends 2016] The African ICT landscape: five trends to watch in 2016

Gareth Mellon 18 Jan 2016

Stockholm syndrome: A cautionary tale of desperate consumers and despicable brands

Branding

Stockholm syndrome: A cautionary tale of desperate consumers and despicable brands

Matthew Edwards 26 Nov 2015

Oil confirmed under Africa's oldest wildlife park Virunga: DRC govt

Mining

Oil confirmed under Africa's oldest wildlife park Virunga: DRC govt

13 Nov 2015

Have oil companies learnt anything from the Niger Delta crisis?

ESG & Sustainability

Have oil companies learnt anything from the Niger Delta crisis?

Jeremy Lind 7 Sep 2015

British oil company investigated for corruption in Somalia

Mining Resources

British oil company investigated for corruption in Somalia

6 Aug 2015

Tanzanian parliament passes petroleum bill

Mining Resources

Tanzanian parliament passes petroleum bill

7 Jul 2015

Concerns about cyber threats against critical infrastructure

Cybersecurity

Concerns about cyber threats against critical infrastructure

10 Apr 2015

Gorillas vs oil: DR Congo seeking way to explore at Virunga park

Environment & Natural Resources

Gorillas vs oil: DR Congo seeking way to explore at Virunga park

16 Mar 2015

Norway signs up to EU greenhouse gas targets

Climate Change

Norway signs up to EU greenhouse gas targets

5 Feb 2015

Legal regime governing Kenya's oil and gas sector

Corporate & Commercial Law

Legal regime governing Kenya's oil and gas sector

Beatrice Nyabira and Judy Muigai 11 Jun 2014

SA a 'hot country' for shale gas production

Mining Resources

SA a 'hot country' for shale gas production

12 Mar 2014

Chinese money for Ghana's natural resources: The real cost

Mining Resources

Chinese money for Ghana's natural resources: The real cost

Samuel Teye-Larbi Amanor 6 Sep 2013

No room to let jobs in

Marine Engineering

No room to let jobs in

11 Nov 2012

Greenpeace calls for 'urgent action' on Senegalese marine life death

Fishing

Greenpeace calls for 'urgent action' on Senegalese marine life death

9 Nov 2012

Media

Banda engages media over border dispute with Tanzania

Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi 17 Aug 2012

Hospitality

Protea driving expansion into Africa

10 Jul 2012

Fuel & Energy

Piracy hurts oil exploration off Africa's east coast

29 Jun 2012

Shipping

Somali piracy hits African countries' GDP

17 Apr 2012