Obiang asks France to fund gas pipeline with Nigeria
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Radio Macuto
Teodoro Obiang Nguema MbasogoMagharebia · CC BY 2.0 · Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo: The Kremlin, Moscow · CC BY 4.0Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang asked Emmanuel Macron at the Paris Peace Forum for France to finance and equip the gas pipeline between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, stalled since the 2024 agreement. No French response has been made public and the project’s budget remains unknown, according to Ecomatin.
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo asked France to participate in financing, providing technology and offering industrial support for a gas pipeline project linking Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea. He also proposed a “tripartite strategic alliance” involving Abuja, Paris and Malabo, Radio Macuto reports.
The project remains stalled more than two years after a framework agreement was signed with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu in August 2024. According to Ecomatin, the pipeline’s budget and the division of its financing between the two countries are unknown. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Ekperikpe Ekpo, attributed the project’s delays to Equatorial Guinea in August 2025.
France accounted for about 1% of Equatorial Guinea’s imports in 2025, worth about 11.3 billion CFA francs, making it the country’s tenth-largest supplier, according to Radio Macuto. The media outlet also cites several delayed gas projects, including Yoyo-Yolanda with Cameroon and the Aseng project led by Chevron, valued at $690 million, with gas production expected in 2028.
The request comes as Teodoro Obiang is in Paris for the 9th Paris Peace Forum. It also follows a request made by his son Teodorin to Emmanuel Macron concerning the sale of a property confiscated in Paris, published on 12 November 2026.
