Several years ago, the African energy industry was in survival mode. The COVID-19 pandemic had practically eliminated demand for crude oil, and African exports dropped sharply. That’s why — though many African states are still feeling the wounds inflicted by COVID — I find it encouraging to learn that Africa’s liquids supply in 2023 has…
While Angola already represents one of the largest oil producers in Africa, the country is targeting heightened exploration and production across both mature and emerging basins in a bid to become a regional energy hub. With an ambitious national oil company (NOC) and a strong slate of regional and international oil companies active in the…
Green Energy Africa Summit has today announced its Advisory Committee for the summit, to be held in the heart of South Africa’s Cape Town on 10-11 October. Held under the theme, “Unlocking Africa’s Just Energy Potential”, the Green Energy Africa Summit (GEA) will provide unrivalled opportunities throughout its two-day programme for stakeholders across the energy…
The Lisbon Energy Summit has announced a speaker line-up consisting of key global energy community influencers and disrupters. Providing a programme filled with C-level participants from companies including GALP, EDP, EasyJet, Octopus Energy, LNEG & Tellurian, attendees will hear from genuine decision makers, delivering insights on balancing energy security and achieving net zero ambitions, the…
I have in the past few months, both in speaking and even writing about this and related issues, approached the subject from the point of view of a just transition. That is, the broad notion that the burdens of climate change and its mitigation must be fairly and equitably shared between African countries – who…
In a significant development for the energy sector, the President of the Republic of the Congo, H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso, and Claudio Descalzi, CEO of global energy major Eni, gathered on April 25 to lay the foundation stone for the Congo Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project. This groundbreaking initiative represents the country’s inaugural venture into…
As global financial institutions continue to reduce or eliminate fossil fuel lending, emerging producers like Namibia are seeking to drive local and regional financial participation in capital-intensive projects and trade infrastructure. A finance-focused panel at the 2023 Namibia International Energy Conference explored new pathways to financing and developing capital-intensive African energy and infrastructure projects. Under…
Gabon is a country on the move. Powered by forward-thinking policies and a cleaner, more sophisticated oil and gas industry, the country is attracting the attention of investors again on the promise of returning to consistent GDP growth last seen in the 1990s. Many of these plans were put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
The 2023 Namibia International Energy Conference (NIEC) recently featured a strategic industry intelligence session with the African Energy Chamber (AEC) the voice of the African energy sector – to share its expertise on local business development and skill-building opportunities within the industry. Led by AEC Executive Chairman, NJ Ayuk, the workshop tackled the most pressing…
