Heirs Energies Leads Indigenous Leadership At African Energy Week 

1 LAGOS – Heirs Energies, one of Africa’s indigenous-owned integrated energy company, is set to make a strong impact at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025, taking place from 29 September – 2 October 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. Represented by CEO...

Mikey Spice reflects on first breakthrough cover

It was 1994 and a sultry song titled Practice What You Preach topped the United States pop chart and gave Barry White a huge comeback hit. One year later, a reggae version introduced a little-known singer named Mikey Spice to dancehall fans....

EU announces $638m to support Africa’s clean energy transition

The European Union (EU) has announced a €545m ($638m) package for Africa to support electrification, modernise power grids, expand access to renewable energy,and accelerate the continent’s clean-energy transition. The funding will back projects in...

What Republic of Congo’s gold rush is leaving behind

Gold mining by the Chinese company City SARL inside the Dimonika Biosphere Reserve in the Republic of Congo has devastated 5 hectares (12 acres) of forest. Artisanal gold miners and some local community members have had to leave the area,...

Boskalis’ Blue Marlin Transporting ‘Colossal’ FPU for Congo LNG Project

Sep 29, 2025 Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has engaged its heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin to move a recently converted floating production unit (FPU) to Angola, ahead of its deployment at Congo’s first natural gas liquefaction...

European Commission pledges €545m to boost renewable energy in Africa

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a €545 million Team Europe package to accelerate Africa's clean energy transition. This announcement, made at the Global Citizen Festival, is an important milestone in the ‘Scaling Up...

Boskalis vessel carrying Congo-bound floating production unit to Angola

Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis is using one of its semi-submersible heavy-lift and transportation vessels to move a recently converted floating production unit (FPU) to Angola. Blue Marlin transporting Congo-bound FPU; Source: Boskalis...

Making it in Maine requires a robust domestic manufacturing strategy | Opinion

Whitney Waxman and Ben Waxman are co-founders of American Roots Apparel in Westbrook. The Trump administration’s push to revive American manufacturing through tariffs, as highlighted in a recent New York Times article (“Trump wants America to make...

European Commission launches €545m Initiative to Accelerate Africa’s clean energy transition

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a €545-million Team Europe package to support Africa's transition to clean energy. The announcement was made by means of a video message at the Global Citizen Festival in the context...

EU launches €545m initiative to boost clean energy in Africa

BY SAM OTUONYE The European Union (EU) has unveiled a €545 million package to scale up renewable investments in Africa. This announcement was made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General...

Heirs Energies Leads Discussion On Energy Transition At Summit

Heirs Energies, is set to make a strong impact at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025, taking place from 29 September – 2 October 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. Represented by CEO Osa Igiehon and Executive Director/CFO Sam Nwanze, Heirs Energies will...

The Century of Critical Minerals. From Copper and Lithium to the Planet’s Energy Future

“The 21st century does not belong to oil. It belongs to those who control lithium, copper, graphite and rare earths.” Oil dominated the 20th century through wars, dictatorships and corporations that shaped modern history. Today humanity enters a...

EU launches €545 million initiative to boost clean energy in Africa

The European Union (EU) has unveiled a €545 million package to scale up renewables investment in Africa. This announcement was made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, according...

CAF Champions League: We’re ready to finish the job against FC Les Aigles du Congo – Finidi George

Rivers United face a defining night in Uyo, their temporary home for continental matches as they host FC Les Aigles du Congo in the second leg of their CAF Champions League tie. After a tense 0-0 draw away in Congo, the Pride of Rivers know only...

POSH Appoints Longitude to Deliver Marine Operations Engineering for the Republic of Congo’s Nguya FLNG

The Nguya FLNG is an operational floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) export terminal, located at about 33 meters of water depth, approximately 50 kilometers offshore Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo. POSH will handle the crucial tasks of towing...

Opinion: Where United Nations fails, Trump dares to step

Historians traditionally blame the failure of the League of Nations — the post-World War I, Versailles-era dream of President Woodrow Wilson — on many things. Its membership was small (58 nations). The League's utopian rhetoric lacked commensurate...

Congo will not ‘auction’ mineral resources to the US, president says

“We will, as part of this partnership, be working in the development of the mining sectors, developing the value chain, developing infrastructure with a particular emphasis on energy,” he said. Tshisekedi said the country had signed a strategic...

Heirs Energies Showcases Indigenous Leadership at Africa Energy Week

Heirs Energies, Africa’s leading indigenous-owned integrated energy company, will champion the Africapitalism philosophy at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025, taking place from September 29 to October 2 in Cape Town, South Africa, as the continent’s...

Miningweb Weekly: De Beers in play, Angola’s surprise bid, Glencore exits Congo, and silver’s comeback

From the wilds of Idaho, mining analyst Peter Major joins Alec Hogg to unpack the week’s big mining stories. With Botswana and Angola eyeing stakes in De Beers, Anglo American suddenly has options it never expected. Glencore is pulling back from...

Eni to Enable Biofuels Production at Pavia Refinery

Eni SpA said Tuesday it had received approval from Italy's Environment and Energy Security Ministry to convert several units at the Sannazzaro de' Burgondi refinery in Pavia into a biorefinery. The refinery will continue traditional operations...