Rwanda outlines financing plan for first small modular nuclear reactor

AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor
By Newsbase 1 October 2026
Rwanda is moving its nuclear programme towards the financing stage, with a new roadmap proposing sovereign, multilateral and PPP structures for a planned small modular reactor, although no funding has been secured.
Nigerian entrepreneur Aliko Dangote plans to invest in infrastructure, minerals, ports, power and chemicals

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, sets out $50bn multi-sector, continent-wide expansion plan

DMEA - Downstream Middle East & Africa
By Newsbase 1 October 2026
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote plans to invest about $50bn across Africa by 2030, extending a capital-intensive expansion that is pushing his conglomerate further into refining, fertiliser, cement, energy and infrastructure.
Higher indicative prices for 2027-2029 would lift the exchange-price ceiling above which oil companies lose the fuel subsidy.

Russia proposes higher fuel price benchmarks for damper subsidy

FSUOGM - Former Soviet Union Oil & Gas
By Middle East Bureau 1 October 2026
Russia’s government wants to raise the fuel price benchmarks that decide whether oil companies qualify for the damper, the budget subsidy that keeps petrol and diesel cheaper at home than abroad.

Canada’s energy regulator approves Trans Mountain tolls settlement

NorthAmOil - North America Oil & Gas
By Newsbase analysts 1 October 2026
The Canada Energy Regulator announced this week that it had approved the tolls settlement for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline system.
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