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ExxonMobil Foundation Brings STEM Regional Competition to African Energy Week

At AEW: Invest in African Energies 2025, students from Angola, Namibia, Nigeria and Mozambique showcased sustainable STEM solutions at the ExxonMobil STEM Africa 2025 finals

Young innovators from Angola, Mozambique, Namibia and Nigeria have presented their STEM-driven solutions at the ExxonMobil Foundation STEM Africa Regional Finals in Cape Town. The competition, implemented by non-governmental organization JA Africa, marks the culmination of a year-long program of quizzes and innovation camps.   The projects were presented during the…

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    • From Discoveries to Development: Strategic Growth in Africa’s Oil and Gas Basins (By Elizaveta Evseeva)
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From Discoveries to Development: Strategic Growth in Africa’s Oil and Gas Basins (By Elizaveta Evseeva)

By focusing on solid infrastructure, enhancing local skills, and developing several production sites instead of just large projects, this new exploration wave could finally tap into Africa’s long-awaited energy potential

By Elizaveta Evseeva, International Fellow, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org).  Africa’s hydrocarbon frontier is at an inflection point. Large areas remain underexplored, but recent breakthroughs point to deliberate, strategic growth. The situation in these basins — a series of high-impact deepwater discoveries in Southern and West Africa alongside renewed onshore interest…

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Stable and Transparent Regulatory Frameworks: Key to Unlocking Africa’s Energy Investment Potential

Ahead of African Energy Week 2025: Invest in African Energies, stable and transparent regulatory frameworks are fueling investment across Africa’s energy sector, with reforms such as Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act and Angola’s electricity market liberalization showing the impact of clear, consistent policies

With Africa requiring up to $240 billion annually to meet its energy and climate goals, attracting investment is more crucial than ever. A consistent theme emerging across the continent is the need for stable and transparent regulatory frameworks to foster investor confidence and drive sustainable development. Such frameworks provide the…

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Etu Energias Targets 80,000 Barrel Per Day (BPD) – Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 as Silver Partner

Angola’s largest private oil producer is advancing offshore and onshore projects with a view to increase production and support economic growth

Angolan oil producer Etu Energias has joined this year’s African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference as a Silver Partner. The company’s participation comes as it pursues accelerated oil production in Angola, with advancements in onshore exploration and offshore development positioning it to achieve its 80,000 barrel per…

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Africa’s $100B Refining Opportunity Unlocks as New Capacity Surges Toward 2030

Africa is set to add 1.2 million barrels per day of new refining capacity by 2030 – driven by landmark projects across Nigeria, Angola and Uganda – opening a $100 billion investment window that will take center stage at this year’s African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies conference

Africa is set to add 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) of new refining capacity by 2030, marking one of the fastest downstream expansions globally, according to the newly released 2025 OPEC World Oil Outlook. This medium-term growth – led by landmark projects in Nigeria, Angola and Uganda – signals…

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    • Sonangol Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 as Lead Sponsor Amid Major Production Milestones
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Sonangol Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 as Lead Sponsor Amid Major Production Milestones

Working in collaboration with international operators, Angola’s national oil company has brought several offshore oil projects online in 2025

Angola’s national oil company Sonangol has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference – taking place September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town – as a Lead Sponsor. Sonangol’s participation comes as the company achieves a series of production milestones in collaboration with international…

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The Treaty on Plastics is a Direct Attack on African Development - African Nations Must Oppose It

The Treaty on Plastics poses significant harm for oil and gas producing nations in Africa and stands to stifle economic and industry growth across the continent

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on the Treaty on Plastics is currently being held in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 170 nations meeting to discuss the implementation of a legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution. If signed, the treaty would cut the production levels of…

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    • Angola Becomes Official Lead Sponsor of African Energy Week (AEW) 2025, Reflecting Drive to Advance Investment
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Angola Becomes Official Lead Sponsor of African Energy Week (AEW) 2025, Reflecting Drive to Advance Investment

In 2025, Angola celebrates 50 years of independence, with several major projects in the pipeline set to define its next 50 years of oil and gas production

Angola has become the official Lead Sponsor of the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference – Africa’s largest energy event scheduled for September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town. Powered by the country’s upstream regulator the National Oil, Gas & Biofuels Agency (ANPG) and national oil…

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    • Angola’s National Oil, Gas & Biofuels Agency (ANPG) Drives Ambitious Investment Strategy, Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 as Diamond Partner
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Angola’s National Oil, Gas & Biofuels Agency (ANPG) Drives Ambitious Investment Strategy, Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 as Diamond Partner

Through flexible investment structures, the ANPG is creating a more competitive oil and gas market in Angola

Angola’s upstream regulator the National Oil, Gas & Biofuels Agency (ANPG) has joined Africa’s largest energy event – African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies – as a Diamond Partner. The ANPG’s participation comes as Angola witnesses a $60 billion investment drive across its upstream oil and gas industry…

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    • Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas of Angola
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Minister Diamantino Azevedo Awarded Medal for Peace and Energy Leadership as Angola Charts Bold Energy Future

The African Energy Chamber supports Minister Azevedo’s national honor, recognizing his leadership in transforming Angola’s oil and gas sector through major reforms and strategic projects

In recognition of a lifetime dedicated to peace, development and the advancement of Angola’s oil and gas industry, Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, has been awarded the Commemorative Medal for the 50th Anniversary of National Independence in the Peace and Development Class by Angola’s President…