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Nigeria and South Africa represent two of Africa's most significant energy markets, yet their potential for cross-border energy investment remains largely untapped. This article examines the legal and regulatory frameworks governing energy investments in both jurisdictions, exploring opportunities and challenges in fostering deeper collaboration to create a more integrated and investment-friendly African energy market.

Nigeria and Ghana's energy and natural resources sectors are transitioning from policy formulation to active implementation, with major infrastructure projects advancing and regulatory frameworks strengthening. As NLNG Train 7 nears completion and the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline secures funding, both nations are intensifying efforts to monetise resources, expand generation capacity, and attract mining investments while tightening oversight across petroleum, power, and mineral sectors.

The Nigerian energy sector, particularly the oil and gas industry, is governed by a complex web of statutory, contractual, and institutional frameworks regulating the exploration, production, transportation, and commercialization of petroleum resources. Owing to the technical complexity of operations, the multiplicity of stakeholders, including the State, multinational oil companies, indigenous operators, regulators, and host communities, as well as the enormous economic interests involved, disputes are an inevitable feature of the sector.

Oil and gas transactions are complex, capital-intensive, and often cross-border. From joint operating agreements and production sharing contracts to EPC contracts and crude lifting arrangements...

The Nigerian mining sector has recently witnessed some notable advancements, driven by strategic reforms, digitalization and enhanced regulatory oversight.

The MAP Regulations require a licensed DisCo to attain metering targets, as stipulated by the Commission, from time to time.

The right to association, collective bargaining, and industrial action is central to Nigeria's labour law, founded on constitutional guarantees and statutes such as the Trade Unions Act, Trade Disputes Act, and Labour Act...

In recent times, unitisation has been adopted as a mode of resolving conflicting interests between different parties engaged in oil exploration where a single petroleum reservoir straddles...

I was recently a privileged panellist at the 2012 University of Lagos Law Students Tax Club Annual Conference, ‘Is Environmental Taxation Possible?' Erudite environmental lawyer, ...

The VAT (Modification) Order, 2021 was signed on 30 July 2021 by HMoFBNP, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, pursuant to her powers under Section 38 of the VAT Act, Cap. V1, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (as amended).

Nigeria, Africa's largest nation by population and richly endowed with natural resources, remains significantly constrained in its energy sector which hampers growth and reduces the quality of life

Divestment also referred to as ‘divestiture' is the process wherein a company sells a portion of its assets, often to enhance overall company value and achieve greater operational efficiency.

In 2025, Ghana's oil and gas sector, largely fueled by the change in government after the 2024 election results, experienced strategic reforms and increased investment aimed...

Over time Nigeria has sought to bring renewable energy into the energy mix as part of measures to reduce global warming.

Nigeria is richly endowed with abundance of mineral resources. The country boasts of more than 40 valuable mineral deposits including clay and kaolin, gold, gypsum, iron ore, lead and zinc, phosphate, and tin across the 36 States.

The Federal High Court's 2026 Practice Directions mark a pivotal shift in how electricity sector disputes are resolved in Nigeria, introducing specialized procedural requirements that demand strategic navigation of regulatory, contractual, and judicial pathways.

The absolute ownership of all petroleum operations in Nigeria reside with the federal government. To this end, applicants seeking to engage in petroleum operations...