By Eyo Nsima The former President Olusegun Obasanjo has attributed the immediate cause of Ethiopia’s Tigray civil war to the assumption of office by Prime Minister Abiy and the reaction of Tigray leadership to his policies. The war was devastating, especially as no fewer than 600,000 people died directly in battle or as a result […]
High-level stakeholders in Angola’s oil and gas (https://bit.ly/3XNdyRu) industry united on Wednesday for a Women in Energy luncheon, sponsored by Norwegian multinational Equinor, during the second day of the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2022 conference (https://bit.ly/3VCutEz). The event was attended by H.E Diamantino Azevedo, Angola’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas; Sebastião Gaspar Martins, Chairman of
Entitled ‘Regional Emergence: Oil and Gas Discoveries All Over the Region Change the Energy Narrative for Angola and its Neighbors,’ a panel discussion held during the second day of the 2022 edition of the Angola Oil & Gas conference and exhibition (https://bit.ly/3gQEXBx) in Luanda explored regional integration and collaboration by African countries and firms to maximize the
Committed to developing the country’s burgeoning renewables sector by harnessing its vast untapped solar and wind resources, and with hydropower already accounting for nearly two-thirds of domestic power generation, the Angolan government has set a target of ensuring renewable energy (https://bit.ly/3ESBcmT) comprises 70% of Angola’s energy matrix by 2025. The session opened with a brief
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Key stakeholders from Angola and Namibia evaluated the current role and future potential of Africa’s national oil companies (NOCs) during a strategic panel on the second day of Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2022 (http://bit.ly/3UyBCpP), as NOCs take concrete steps across the continent to increase efficiencies, cut costs, boost profitability, and transform into competitive, agile, and
For Africa to achieve major development goals and power its own economies as well as export energy, energy capital should be deployed to the continent. The Chief Executive Officer, Seplat Energy Plc, Mr. Roger Brown said this at the World Energy Capital Assembly (WECA) held in London, where he delivered a keynote dubbed, “Accessing Capital
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Opening the second day of the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2022 Conference and Exhibition (https://bit.ly/3Fb5wuz), a panel discussion that focused on the role of women in Africa’s energy industry featured a strong lineup of speakers who discussed the challenges and opportunities that women face in the industry, highlighting how improving a diverse landscape will serve
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Local content stakeholders united for a high-level panel at the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2022 Conference & Exhibition (http://bit.ly/3UyBCpP) in Luanda on Tuesday to discuss how Angola can meet its local content ambitions and maximize partnerships with regional and international firms to enhance oil and gas development and exploitation, while creating opportunities for local
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Angola’s National Agency for Oil, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) and Sierra Leone’s Petroleum Directorate signed a historic cooperation agreement at the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2022 Conference & Exhibition (http://bit.ly/3UyBCpP) in Luanda on Tuesday, with a view to establishing a shared commitment to promoting and intensifying collaboration across the oil and gas sector. The MoU was
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Kwabena Osei-Sarpong (http://bit.ly/3EQE9EM), the founder and CEO of RIFE International (https://RIFEIntl.com/), was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to join the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) on July 14, 2022, for a two-year term. The PAC-DBIA was founded in 2014 to promote commercial interaction between the United States
