Thursday, July 25, 2013

West African banks setting up shop in East Africa to service nascent oil and gas sector

Oil rig in Uganda. PHOTO/Tullow Oil

West Africa’s insurance companies and commercial banks are setting up subsidiaries in East Africa to take advantage of the oil and gas financing skills gap following recent discoveries in the region.

Kenya and Uganda are estimated to have recoverable oil reserves of 2.5-billion barrels, but prospectors and geologists believe the amount will increase as the drilling activities continue, especially in the East Africa Rift Valley basin.

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