Ola, is the brand name used by the affiliates owned by Libya Oil Holdings and previously known as Tamoil Africa.

Ola has over 3000 branches in 17 countries across Africa, including Egypt, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Eritrea, Uganda, Nigeria, Mauritius, Réunion, Morocco, Tunisia, Ethiopia, and Sudan.

[1] In 2008, OiLibya entered the Ethiopian market acquiring 100% of Shell's Ethiopia and Djibouti petroleum retail business.

[12] Oilibya has bought many other retail petroleum dealers in Africa, including taking over ExxonMobil's business in Kenya.

[13] Bahru said at the time the sale was consistent with Shell's global strategy to focus on oil exploration and get out of retail business.