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Africa’s premier energy event returns to Cape Town for a week of networking, deal making, and industry-advancing dialogue.

Kola Karim, Shoreline Energy CEO and African Energy Chamber Advisory Board Member provides insight into how Africa’s producing nations can revitalize production.

With the cost of oil having reached close to $88 a barrel, producing markets such as Nigeria, Libya and Angola should be capitalizing on prices. Yet, production in Africa continues to significantly underperform.

Many will agree OPEC Secretary General H.E. Mohammed Barkindo walks in the same shoes as late world leaders Kofi Annan, who served as Secretary General of the United Nations, and Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, a former Nigerian Minister and OPEC Secretary General who has been described as one of the oil industry’s most influential and respected ambassadors. Barkindo, throughout his tenure with OPEC, has fought the good fight, finished his race, and kept the faith.

The 4th edition of the Namibia’s International Energy Conference will be held from 20th – 22nd April 2022 in Windhoek, Namibia, organized by Rich Africa Consultancy. It is going to be the official meeting place for the energy industry. The two-day flagship event will be held under the patronage of the Ministry of Mines and Energy led by Hon. Minister Tom Alweendo.

Chariot (AIM: CHAR), the Africa-focused transitional energy company, is pleased to announce the result of the Anchois-2 appraisal and exploration well on the Anchois gas project within the Lixus licence (“Lixus”), offshore Morocco.

Africa’s call for a just and inclusive energy transition has been answered through the European Union’s landmark proposal to label natural gas as a ‘green’ energy source. Historically, Africa has always fought for sustainable development because we know, first-hand, the ravaging effects that even minute changes in climate can have on the continent and its populations.

Depuis plus d’un an, la Chambre africaine de l’énergie s’oppose à une pression croissante pour arrêter les nouveaux investissements étrangers dans l’industrie pétrolière et gazière africaine.

For more than a year, the African Energy Chamber has been pushing back against steadily building pressure to halt new foreign investments in Africa’s oil and gas industry.

I want to thank you for an amazing 2021 and let me be one of the many to wish you a happy, prosperous and healthy 2022.