Kenya has taken a step towards becoming an energy exporter following the launch of a pilot project aiming to capitalise on the country’s oil resources, with further efforts under way to prepare for full production.
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Articles & Analysis | Energy sector reform ensures transparency in Tanzania from The Report: Tanzania 2018
The regulatory framework for the energy sector in Tanzania is evolving rapidly. However, the sheer volume of changes has left many investors struggling to ensure compliance, and recent laws and regulations create potential conflicts with previously struck production-sharing agreements (PSAs). In addition to the Petroleum Law of 2015, which...
Articles & Analysis | Tanzania enacts reforms to make extractive industries beneficial for local communities from The Report: Tanzania 2018
As the fourth-largest gold producer in Africa and the world’s only source of tanzanite, Tanzania is a major mining destination in the region. It has nine large-scale mines that produce silver, copper, diamonds and coal, as well as major untapped deposits of graphite, uranium and other minerals.
Articles & Analysis | Tanzania could export LNG in the near future from The Report: Tanzania 2018
Tanzania has made substantial gas finds in recent years, but taking advantage of them will require major investment, and the size of the deposits suggests there will be a need to find export markets.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Kapuulya Musomba, Acting Managing Director, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC): Interview from The Report: Tanzania 2018
What is the potential of gas-to-power (GTP) and the Mtwara-Dar es Salaam Natural Gas Pipeline?
Articles & Analysis | Increasing electricity production a high priority in Tanzania from The Report: Tanzania 2018
Meeting demand for electricity is an increasingly important priority in Tanzania. Consumption more than doubled between 2000 and 2012, and with access to low-cost power a core element of the government’s push to develop industry, the pursuit of new generation options is even more pressing.