Africa Rethinks its Oil and Gas Licensing Strategy as Exploration Interest Surges
Africa’s renewed exploration momentum is changing how governments allocate oil and gas acreage, with countries increasingly turning to flexible agreements to attract investors and accelerate the assessment of frontier resources. According to the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) State of African Energy Outlook 2027, Africa accounted for two-thirds of global deepwater acreage captured in 2025. International […]
Africa’s Stone, Africa’s Strategy: Why We Must Stop Exporting Our Rocks and Start Building Our Future
By NJ Ayu, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber Some books enter the room quietly. Elias Pungong’s Mining the Future: The Global Race for Africa’s Critical Minerals kicks open the door wearing a hard hat, carrying a geological map, and asking a question plain enough for a courthouse yet consequential enough for an entire […]