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All across the continent, African countries face dramatically increasing insistence from Western voices to cease oil and gas activities and make an immediate shift to renewable energy sources. What the West fails to acknowledge, however, is that there is a smarter and safer way to transition to green energy that won’t put Africans in jeopardy.

During his recent visit to South Africa, U.S. Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Jonathan Pershing essentially told Western investors to back away from oil and gas projects in Africa — or else.

Le monde a mandaté une approche « taille unique », pour faire face au changement climatique, qui ne prend pas en compte le droit du Cameroun d’exploiter au maximum ses ressources en gaz naturel à faible émission de carbone, ou le besoin du continent d’éradiquer la pauvreté énergétique.

The world is mandating a one-size-fits-all approach to climate change that doesn’t take into consideration Cameroon’s right to make the most of its low-carbon natural gas resources or the continent’s need to eradicate energy poverty.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda has acknowledged the African Energy Chamber’s calls that Uganda ought to be free to make its own decision and set its own course toward the energy transition.

Fossil fuels may be the biggest concern for climate activists in western countries, but they’re also the most efficient source of energy humanity has developed. As such, the push to emphasize only renewable energy is a source of concern for African countries that are still working to ensure reliable electricity supplies.

Les pays africains producteurs de pétrole et de gaz ont dû faire à une pression grandissante cette année pour abandonner les activités de pétrole et de gaz, et commencer à dépendre, plutôt, des sources d’énergie vertes comme l’éolienne, le solaire et l’hydrogène afin de prévenir les changements climatiques.

Ahead of African Energy Week organized by the African Energy Chamber in partnership with South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, we examine the work of President Ali Bongo on an inclusive energy transition.  It describes the status of his country’s energy industry and calls for African priorities to be counted as the world prepares to transition away from fossil fuels.

African oil-and gas-producing countries have been facing increasing pressure this year to abandon oil and gas activities and begin relying instead on green energy sources like wind, solar, and hydrogen to help prevent climate change.

Led by CEO Gayle Meikle, Frontier Energy Network represents one of the leading global networking companies committed to the continent’s energy transformation.