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Critical Minerals Africa (CMA) 2024 to Explore Lobito Corridor’s Role in Streamlining Mineral Trade

The Lobito Corridor serves as a blueprint for attracting fresh investments to advance infrastructure and mining developments

Multinational commodity trader Trafigura and Kamoa-Kakula entered a long-term agreement with the Lobito Atlantic Railway consortium to transport critical minerals via the Lobito corridor in February 2024. In addition, Canadian mining firm Ivanhoe Mines made its inaugural copper shipment from the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the DRC via the corridor,…

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Positioning the Lobito Corridor as a Model for Foreign Investment

The upcoming Invest in African Energy forum in Paris seeks to establish new avenues for African energy project finance, with the $2.3-billion Lobito Corridor serving as a potential model

In February this year the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation announced new financing in support of the Lobito Corridor – a transnational 1,300-km railway line linking Angola’s Port of Lobito with southern DRC and north-western Zambia. The U.S. and its partners – which include the European Commission, African Development Bank…

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Seeks to Unlock Estimated 5 Billion Barrels of Oil

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is committed to developing its prospective hydrocarbon resources, to be promoted at the Invest in African Energy forum in Paris

With 180 million barrels of proven oil reserves – and up to 5 billion of estimated oil reserves – the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is embarking on an extensive exploration campaign to harness its resources for enhanced energy security and GDP growth. As the country intensifies upstream activities,…

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Central Africa: A Dynamic Hub for Innovation and Investment

At the Invest in African Energy 2024 forum in Paris, Central Africa’s energy hotspots will showcase its most transformative projects, inviting global participation

Central Africa holds some of Africa’s leading frontier markets for hydrocarbon exploration, featuring underexplored acreage, coupled with substantial proven oil and gas reserves. Along with emerging renewable developments and significant needs for enhanced power generation and distribution, the region features investment opportunities across its energy value chain. The upcoming Invest…

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Top 4 Highlights from the Invest in African Energy (IAE) Forum in Paris 2023

The first edition of Invest in African Energy laid the foundation for enhanced European-African cooperation, ahead of the second edition taking place next May

The first edition of Invest in African Energy (IAE) in Paris, organized last June, successfully catalyzed European interest in Africa’s burgeoning energy sector. The forum united thought leaders, government officials, key stakeholders and industry representatives from both continents and came on the heels of three European receptions that took place…

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Hydrocarbons Minister to Speak at Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2023

Representing a frontier oil and gas market, the Democratic Republic of the Congo stands to learn a great deal from its regional neighbor Angola

Energy Capital & Power (EnergyCapitalPower.com) is pleased to announce the participation of Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga, Minister of Hydrocarbons of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as a keynote speaker at the 2023 edition of the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) conference and exhibition (https://apo-opa.info/46A1Zl3). Scheduled to take place in Luanda…

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Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Develop Joint Oil Refinery and Storage Facilities

The two African oil producers inked a critical Memorandum of Understanding during the opening ceremony of the Angola Oil & Gas 2022 Conference & Exhibition

Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Hydrocarbons signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday at the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2022 Conference & Exhibition (http://bit.ly/3UyBCpP), to develop existing synergies across their respective upstream, downstream, energy infrastructure and logistics sectors.…

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Hydrocarbons Minister H.E. Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga to Speak at MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2022

The Congo represents a powerful potential advisor and ally to the likes of Mauritania and Senegal as they line up $9 billion in trailblazing hydrocarbons megadevelopments for first production next year

With West Africa’s foremost energy forum, MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power (https://bit.ly/3a4fuRb) less than two weeks away, Energy, Capital & Power (https://EnergyCapitalPower.com/} is proud to announce that H.E. Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga, Minister of Hydrocarbons for the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been confirmed as speaker. Holding estimated reserves of 5 billion…

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Central Africa Boosts Participation at USAEF 2021: Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, DRC and Equatorial Guinea Confirm Ministerial Delegations

The two-day event will promote partnership, investment and licensing opportunities in selected African nations to U.S. operators, finance firms and service providers

Ministerial delegations from Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are confirmed to participate in the first-ever U.S.-Africa Energy Forum (USAEF) 2021 (December 9-10; Houston, Texas); The central African region is endowed with substantial deposits of bauxite, cobalt, platinum-group metals and strategic minerals…

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Africa Oil & Power Launches DRC Investment Report, Aligns with Upcoming Summit

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to Africa’s most prolific hydropower potential, along with vast quantities of minerals, precious metals and hydrocarbons

Africa Oil & Power (AOP) (http://www.AfricaOilandPower.com/) launched the Africa Energy Series Special Report: DRC 2020 as the country’s premier, sector-specific report outlining key areas of investment across the domestic energy value chain; The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is home to Africa’s most prolific hydropower potential, along with vast…