Congo’s Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso presented the National Energy Pact at the African Development Bank Assemblies, a $2 billion-plus programme targeting 3,000 MW of electricity capacity short-term and 10,000 …
Emmanuella Ekanga
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Three weeks after his appointment, Congo’s Hydrocarbons Minister Stève Simplice Onanga laid out seven priorities, from data sovereignty to local content and gas.
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Stev Simplice Onanga has officially taken over as Congo-Brazzaville’s Minister of Hydrocarbons, inheriting a sector producing 300,000 barrels per day with an ambitious target of 700,000 by 2030.
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TotalEnergies has found roughly 100 million barrels off Congo-Brazzaville’s Moho permit, tapping existing offshore infrastructure for a low-cost, fast-track development.
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Brazzaville Focus: A frank sector status update Speaking on the TV program “30 jours pour convaincre en toute transparence,” Congo-Brazzaville’s Minister of Energy and Hydraulics, Emile Ouosso, laid out a …
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Congo LNG Phase 2 Raises Output to 3 Mtpa The flare of first gas through the brand-new Nguya floating LNG vessel this week signals the official start of Phase 2 …
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Washington-Brazzaville Energy Dialogue The Republic of Congo and the United States are quietly deepening a relationship that has already shaped the country’s oil era. On 25 November 2025, Hydrocarbons Minister …
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Head of State Switches On Power in Ewo A brief cheer rippled through the crowd as President Denis Sassou Nguesso pressed a symbolic green button outside the freshly painted control …
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Energy Poverty Clouds AfCFTA Promise Speaking before energy investors convened in Addis Ababa for the G20 Africa Energy Investment Forum, Nardos Bekele-Thomas delivered an unvarnished message: energy poverty, not tariffs …
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Africa’s G20 Moment and the Johannesburg Gathering South Africa’s turn to chair the G20 in 2025 has opened an unusual diplomatic channel for the continent’s energy ambitions. Ahead of that …