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Bosch celebrates 120 years in SA with renewed focus on local innovation and growth

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#WomensMonth | First woman to lead Engen’s Langlaagte is fuelled up to break more barriers

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Secunda CTL is a synthetic fuel plant owned by Sasol at Secunda, Mpumalanga. It uses coal liquefaction to produce petroleum-like synthetic crude oil. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

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CrossBoundary secures $40m to build solar and battery power for African businesses

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BHP and JSE join forces to boost African mining exploration

16 Apr 2026

UJ’s Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka warns of "mineral colonisation" in Africa

UJ’s Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka warns of "mineral colonisation" in Africa

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#AfricaEnergyIndaba: Africa’s mineral wealth at the centre of the global energy transition

#AfricaEnergyIndaba: Africa’s mineral wealth at the centre of the global energy transition

4 Mar 2026

Apple faces new lawsuit over Congo conflict minerals

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila and David Lewis 27 Nov 2025

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Patrice Motsepe announces Harmony Gold's "huge investment"

Colleen Goko and Nqobile Dludla 20 Nov 2025

Women walk past a Mozambique soldier inside a camp for the internally displaced in the town of Quitunda, Mozambique, 22 September 2021. Image credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner/File Photo

Locals angry over TotalEnergies' enclave model in Mozambique

Nellie Peyton 14 Nov 2025

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Botswana and Angola contend for control of De Beers

7 Nov 2025

Chevron sets its sights on West Africa for oil exploration

Wendell Roelf 4 Nov 2025

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Mozambique deliberates TotalEnergies' LNG project

Wendell Roelf 31 Oct 2025

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Harmony Gold and others lose mining permits in Mali

30 Oct 2025

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Guns, gangs and gold: The battle for Zambia’s riches

Charles Mafa, James Beluchi and Caleb Likomeno 22 Oct 2025

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QatarEnergy gets 27% interest in North Cleopatra block from Shell

7 Oct 2025

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#AEW2025 Awards: Meet all the winners

2 Oct 2025

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ExxonMobil seeks security guarantees for massive Mozambique LNG project

30 Sep 2025

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Fuel market relief as Nigeria's Dangote refinery resumes naira sales

29 Sep 2025

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US peace deal doesn't mean Congo minerals up for grabs

Doyinsola Oladipo 23 Sep 2025

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Congo shakes up global cobalt supply with export quotas

22 Sep 2025

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African countries unite to boost petroleum investment

Isaac Anyaogu 19 Sep 2025

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The Zambian minister, the mysterious businesswoman and illegal mining

Charles Mafa and Beverly Subeti 15 Sep 2025

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Ethiopia’s mega dam has taken 14 years to build: what it means for the Nile’s 11 river states and why it’s so controversial

John Mukum Mbaku 12 Sep 2025

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Can Africa's critical minerals power the next industrial boom?

26 Aug 2025

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Diamond discovery: De Beers unearths new kimberlite field in Angola

13 Aug 2025

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Ex-Shell exec to lead Dangote's refinery amid expansion drive

4 Aug 2025

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Submissions open for 10th African Power & Energy Elites

31 Jul 2025

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Rolls-Royce's new Johannesburg hub to boost power systems support

18 Jun 2025

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How to prepare for the inevitability of contractual disputes and project delays

Kirsten Wolmarans 9 Jun 2025

Eni bets on agribusiness in Africa to expand biofuel production

Eni bets on agribusiness in Africa to expand biofuel production

Francesca Landini 1 Jun 2023

How droughts are impacting the global energy mix and energy security

How droughts are impacting the global energy mix and energy security

Irene Lauro 4 Nov 2022

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