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The report is the result of strong regional and international cooperation between the African Energy Chamber, governments, and other major public and private sector stakeholders across Africa. It gathers the latest available data on Africa’s energy sector, and benefits from the insights of key local, regional, and international companies and experts, making it the most comprehensive resource to date on the future of African energy markets.

After meeting at Africa’s premier energy event in Cape Town, African energy Ministers will be traveling to global energy forum ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi. 

As Africa continues to navigate its energy transition, many African leaders are responding to calls from the global environmental community to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. They are issuing a strong message defending the critical importance of oil and gas development to their economic growth.

Make no mistake, we are going to Glasgow and will be proudly supporting the African energy sector and demand a just transition. We just got our winter jackets and gloves.

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.