Pan-African legal and business advisory group CLG (https://CLGGlobal.com/) has appointed Yves Ollivier as the firm’s Managing Director for its office in the Republic of Congo. CLG recently opened an office in Pointe Noire – dubbed the country’s oil and gas capital – to enhance support for hydrocarbon projects and solidify its presence in Africa. In his capacity as Managing Director, Ollivier will oversee all operations in the country, providing specialized legal counsel and strategic support to clients in the oil and gas sector.

Ollivier holds an LLM in Business Law from Caen University and a Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession from the Paris Bar School. He has extensive experience with a number of French law firms as well as French energy major TotalEnergies. His experience extends into the Republic of Congo and Cameroon, where he has worked in various legal organizations, providing commercial, legal and consulting support for a number of clients and companies. Beyond legal advisory, Ollivier was a co-organizer for Business Talk Congo from March 2018 to January 2020, where he organized conferences and debates on agribusiness, the digital sector, local content in the oil sector and the development of the mining sector in the Republic of Congo.

As one of Africa’s largest oil producers and an emerging natural gas producer, the Republic of Congo offers significant opportunities for investors. The country aims to double hydrocarbon production to 500,000 barrels per day while expanding its natural gas industry. This year, the Congo LNG project delivered its first cargo, attracting new market players and increasing demand for legal services.

Multinational companies like Perenco, Eni and TotalEnergies in collaboration with the country’s national oil company Société nationale des pétroles du Congo are advancing exploration and development, driven by recent geological surveys. TotalEnergies recently announced a $600 million investment to strengthen exploration and production activities in the Republic of Congo, with the capital expected to support the development of the country’s deep offshore Moho Nord field. Oil and gas company Trident Energy acquired stakes in the Moho-Bilondo, Nkossa, Nsoko II and Lianzi fields.

In addition to E&P companies, global and regional service companies are offered a wealth of opportunities across the Congolese oil and gas market. Multinational oilfield services company Saipem, for example, secured a contract for works related to the Congo LNG project. As the country’s oil and gas market grows, these opportunities are set to multiply. As such, the government is inviting foreign investment to meet production targets, creating new transactions supported by firms like CLG. With its extensive industry expertise and presence in several African markets, CLG is well-positioned to become the preferred legal and business advisory group for the Republic of Congo’s oil and gas sector.

“Our new Pointe Noire office in the Republic of Congo leverages our leading energy sector brand – built for many years by leading international, regional and local lawyers – to support our global client base in African energy markets,” says Zion Adeoye, CEO of CLG. “Having Yves onboard gives CLG the ability to provide full-service support to our international clients in Congo-Brazzaville.”

Led by Ollivier, CLG’s activities in the Republic of Congo will include offering comprehensive legal and strategic advisory services to clients in various industries, with a particular emphasis on the oil and gas sector. CLG Congo’s office will provide energy transactional services that include project development and M&A support for the natural gas, LNG, power, renewables and fuels sectors, including full support for decarbonization.

Since the firm’s inception, CLG has worked with a spectrum of national and international companies on matters pertinent to international energy transactions, joint ventures between regional and international companies, environmental matters, exploration and development agreements, tax advisory, OHADA, labor litigation, transportation and storage agreements, downstream distribution, project finance and general corporate matters. The Congo-Brazzaville office will benefit a large network of legal, tax and other professional services provided by CLG.

CLG – formerly Centurion Law Group – has rebranded in reflection of a renewed commitment to supporting the growth and success of Africa’s oil and gas industry. Visit CLG’s new website at https://CLGGlobal.com/ for more information about the firm’s services.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of CLG.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for the manufacturing of more Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine doses in order to deal with the contagious viral livestock infection.

“You should make more vaccines, because Uganda has a lot of livestock. Uganda has 44 million livestock,” President Museveni requested the Egyptian government.

The President who was accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Museveni, made the remarks today while meeting a delegation from the government of Egypt at his Kisozi farm in Gomba District.

He said apart from the 16 million cows, there are goats, pigs, among other domestic animals; which brings the number of livestock in the country to 44 million and all of them require to be vaccinated.

President Museveni also welcomed the partnership between the Egyptian and Ugandan governments through NARO, saying that when they partner, research and the whole process will be faster, hence producing good results.

The Egyptian government gave 10 million doses of Foot and Mouth Disease to Uganda at a subsidised price of 0.9USD or 90 cents. The first consignment of 3 million doses has been delivered so far, 3 million doses will be delivered in three weeks. This was revealed by Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries.

Hon. Tumwebaze noted that this FMD vaccine from Egypt is the biggest consignment Uganda has received so far.

He also said that the Government is going to partner with NARO to build a factory in Uganda and to train Ugandans to use the country’s samples to get the fourth strain, take it to their laboratory for matching and they do complete mixing to get quadrivalent.

Gen. Mohsen Azouz, Director Veterinary Service Department-Egypt, assured the President that the rest of the doses will be dispatched on time and the Egyptian government is committed to the partnership between Uganda and Egypt.

Dr. Anna Rose Okurut Ademun, Commissioner Animal Health-Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, said that the Ugandan and Egypt Governments will partner together to develop Serotype SAT 1 from a field strain of Uganda to a vaccine strain to make a fourth strain. She explained that the vaccine has four Serotypes mainly, Serotype“O”, Serotype “A”, SAT 1 and  SAT 2.

The meeting was also attended by Hon. Bright Rwamirama, the Minister of State for Animal Industry, Maj. Gen. David Kyomukama Kasura, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries and Lt. Gen. Sam Okiding, Deputy Chief of Defence Forces.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of State House Uganda.

On 21 May 2024, the Indonesian Embassy in Windhoek in collaboration with the Honorary Consul of Namibia for Indonesia held the Indonesia – Namibia Business Forum with the theme “Strengthening Indonesia-Namibia Economic Partnership” at the Windhoek Country Club Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia.

The event was attended by around 35 participants from the Government, State Owned Enterprises and Namibian business people. The business forum aims to introduce Indonesia’s economic potentialities and disemminate the program activities of the 2nd Indonesia Africa Forum (II IAF) in Bali, 3-4 September 2024, and the 39th Trade Expo Indonesia that will be held in BSD City, Banten on 9-12 October 2024 with the expectation to encourage the Namibian delegations to attend these two events to strengthen economic cooperation relations (especially trade and investment) between Indonesia and Namibia.

In his remarks, the Indonesian Ambassador to Namibia, Wisnu Edi Pratignyo, hoped that the presence of the Government, SOEs, and Namibian business actors at the II Indonesia-Africa Forum could expand trade and investment in diverse fields between the two countries.

“The presence of the Namibian delegations open up opportunities for us to further expand cooperation that are mutually beneficial between Indonesia and the African people,” said Ambassador Wisnu.

The Indonesia – Namibia Business Forum received enormous interest from the participants who attended. A number of participants showed interest in several Indonesian trade products, including palm oil, textiles and food and beverages products, as well as the concept of cooperation that could be built by the two countries.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Windhoek, Republic of Namibia.

Assigned by President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf, arrived on Sunday in Brussels (Belgium) to take part in an Arab-European ministerial meeting on the Palestinian question.

This meeting is a follow-up to the first one held in Riyadh in late April this year with the participation of a small group of Arab and European countries as part of joint diplomatic efforts aimed essentially at promoting the two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and strengthening the momentum of diplomatic recognition of the State of Palestine.

Algeria is taking part in this meeting in its capacity as an Arab member of the Security Council and as part of its initiatives and efforts on behalf of the Palestinian cause, in particular to end the incessant Israeli aggression against Gaza and to speed up the admission of the State of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria.