Natural gas is key to Africa’s industrialisation process and to ending the region’s massive energy poverty

Natural gas only contributes 5% to Africa’s energy mix but almost half the continent’s 55 countries have proven reserves and it could provide the baseload power needed to boost Africa’s capacity to process its raw materials locally.
African Oil Production Encounters Multiple Challenges in Second Quarter 2023, Remains Resilient

At the heart of Africa’s oil production decline lies Nigeria, a heavyweight in the continent’s oil sector. The nation faced a series of unplanned outages during the first five months of this year, losing around 165,000 bpd