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VAALCO Energy Scales Up African Operations, Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Platinum Partner
MENAFN
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July 4, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 4, 2025/APO Group/ -- U.S. oil and gas company VAALCO Energy has begun refurbishing its FPSO facility at the Baobab field in Block CI-40, offshore Ivory Coast. The modernization is...
Non-oil exports jump 78% amid data gap concerns
Punch
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July 4, 2025
Nigeria’s non-oil export value in the first quarter of 2025 was N3.17tn, extending an upward streak since Q4 2023. Stakeholders laud this performance, but they are bothered that data gaps continue to plague the sector’s assessment and tame the...
What is BRICS and why does it matter?
Deutsche Welle
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July 3, 2025
Leaders of the world's fast-growing BRICS economies gather in Rio de Janeiro this weekend, promising to strengthen trade and technology exchange within the bloc in the shadow of US President Donald Trump's tariff threat. Brazilian President Luiz...
Trinidad and Tobago nationals to pay an extra US$250 for US visa
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 8, 2025
News Sean Douglas 11 Minutes Ago The US Embassy in Port of Spain. FILE PHOTO - TT nationals, along with other "aliens" under US immigration law, will soon have to pay an extra US$250 (roughly $1,750) on top of their visa fee of US$185, to enter...
AEC Reaffirms Support for WAES 2025 Delegation Heads to Aberdeen
Business Ghana
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Ahead of WAES 2025, NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, AEC, will visit Aberdeen on July 11 to deliver a keynote on African energy opportunities for the UK supply chain. The African Energy Chamber (AEC) – the leading voice of Africa’s energy industry –...
Trump's Travel Ban Will Not Make Americans Safer
Reason Magazine
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July 1, 2025
President Donald Trump recently banned travel and immigration to the United States for nationals of a dozen countries, insisting that this would protect the U.S. from terrorists and criminals. The ban applies to Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the...
Full List Of Countries Tinubu Has Travelled To Since 2023
Naija News
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July 4, 2025
However, the frequency and perceived cost of these travels have drawn criticism from opposition voices and concerned Nigerians, especially against the backdrop of rising economic hardship at home. Naija News understands that among the most vocal...
CEMAC Zone’s Regulatory Vacuum Slows Fintech Growth in Digital Assets
Business in Cameroon
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June 27, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - Cryptocurrencies and exchange platforms are booming across Anglophone Africa. Yet, the CEMAC zone which includes Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, and the Central African Republic lags far behind. The main...
Donald Trump humiliated as Africa says, ‘keep your America, we’ll keep our continent’
Daily Express
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July 7, 2025
Donald Trump's sweeping travel ban on countries in Africa has been dismissed with a critic telling the US President he can keep America and Africans will keep their continent. Mr Trump's ban applies to citizens from countries around the world,...
CPC commemorates Chocolate Day with interschool competition
Ghana News Agency
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July 4, 2025
By Laudia Sawer, Tema, July 04, GNA – The Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) has observed this year’s World Chocolate Day with a maiden ‘Alltime Inter-School Competition’ to create awareness of the importance of cocoa to the total health of humans....
Jefferies Maintains a Buy on Kosmos Energy (KOS)
Yahoo Finance
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July 7, 2025
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) is one of the 13 Stocks Under $5 With High Upside Potential. On June 29, Jefferies analyst Mark Wilson maintained a Buy rating on Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS) and set a price target of £2.70. Is Kosmos Energy Ltd....
Harambee Stars to warm up for 2024 CHAN in Arusha
NTV Kenya
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Harambee Stars to warm up for 2024 CHAN in Arusha After naming a 30-man provisional squad for the delayed 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN), Kenya has now shifted its focus to preparing for the 19-team tournament reserved for players plying...
Czech musician set to perform in Kent detained, sent back to Prague
Akron Beacon Journal - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skula has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
LETTER: Israel’s global role in repression
BusinessLIVE
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Benji Shulman’s response (“Author overlooks Iran threat”, July 2) to my letter is not only hypocritical, it’s historically blind. As a cheerleader for a state committing genocide in Gaza, he ignores Israel’s long, well-documented global role in...
Czech musician set to perform in Ohio detained, sent back to Prague
The Daily Record - Ohio
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Jaroslav Skuta said he was detained for several hours before being denied entry into the U.S. Skuta, 35, attended Kent State University on a scholarship in 2019. Skuta has returned to northern Ohio several times to perform. A Czech clarinetist...
Ghana’s gold exports surge
Zawya
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Ghana is capitalising on its gold exports to drive economic growth, with revenues increasing to $11.6bn in 2024 - a 52.6% increase from the $7.6bn recorded in 2023. Gold exports accounted for 57% of the country’s total export revenue, solidifying...
Navigating Multipolarity: Africa’s Path to Sovereignty
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
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By Christopher Zambakari, In the heart of Africa, a revolution is unfolding. Not one of military violence, but one of recognition and changing perspectives. As the world shifts toward multipolarity, the continent dubbed at the beginning of the...
Ghana sound Banyana Banyana warning – We’re not favourites, but we can surprise everyone
IOL
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South Africa's national women’s team, Banyana Banyana, will begin their quest to defend their WAFCON crown in their opening match against Ghana’s Black Queens on Monday at the impressive 35 000-seater Honour Stadium in Rabat. Currently ranked 54th...
African Energy Chamber (AEC) Reaffirms Support For West African Energy Summit (WAES) 2025 Delegation Heads To Aberdeen
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The African Energy Chamber (AEC) ( ) – the leading voice of Africa's energy industry – is proud to reaffirm its support for the West African Energy Summit (WAES), scheduled for November 18-19, 2025, in Aberdeen, Scotland. In...
How New Regional Pipeline Deals Are Driving Africa's Energy Future
MENAFN
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June 27, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Three significant developments in Africa's energy landscape made headlines this past month: the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) reached 60% completion, the Republic of Congo finalized a pipeline cooperation agreement...