Opponents of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied take part in a protest

London-based Tullow Oil’s operations in Gabon unaffected – CEO

Rahul Dhir, Chief Executive Officer of London-based Tullow Oil has told on September 13 Bloomberg the military coup that took place late August in Gabon has not affected the company’s business operations. Tullow Oil Plc’s assets in the central African nation Gabon account for around a quarter of its crude production. Tullow Oil Plc produced […]

Nigerian fintech startup raises $120M from Chinese investors

Nigerian-based fintech startup OPay has raised a $120 million Series B round backed by Chinese investors. Founded by consumer internet company Opera, OPay will use the funds to scale up in Nigeria and expand its payments product to Kenya, Ghana and South Africa, the company said in a statement. Incubated by Norwegian-based consumer internet outfit […]

Libya: Haftar forces free seized vessel with Turkish crew

Eastern Libyan forces, aligned with retired military General Khalifa Haftar, have released a vessel flying a Grenada flag with a Turkish crew seized few days ago amid tensions between eastern Libyan authorities and Ankara. The vessel arrested on Saturday off Libyan coast was allowed on Monday to resume its journey to Alexandria, Egypt, where it […]