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African Energy Week (AEW): Africa Energy Bank Moves to Close Continent’s Energy Finance Gap

APPO and Afreximbank provided updates on the $5 billion African Energy Bank at AEW 2025 pre-conference workshops, highlighting efforts to close Africa’s energy financing gap and expand electricity access for millions

The African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO) and Afreximbank shared updates on the establishment of the $5 billion Africa Energy Bank on Monday at AEW: Invest in African Energies, aimed at addressing Africa’s persistent energy financing challenges. Speaking during a workshop titled Africa Energy Bank Take-Off – Bridging the Financing Gap…

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Banco Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial (BANGE) to Drive Investment in Equatorial Guinea’s Oil & Gas Sector at African Energy Week (AEW) 2025

Banco Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial will exhibit at African Energy Week 2025: Invest in African Energies, engaging investors to support the country’s upstream energy growth and financing initiatives

Banco Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial (BANGE) is set to participate in the 2025 edition of the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies, underscoring its commitment to driving investment into Equatorial Guinea's oil and gas sector. Scheduled from September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town, AEW serves as…

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Afreximbank Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 as Diamond Partner Amid African Financing Drive

Through its innovative financing structure, Afreximbank supports the development of African energy and infrastructure projects

Multilateral financial institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has joined this year’s African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference as a Diamond Partner amid a growing push to advance access to financing across the continent’s energy sector. As one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, the organization plays a…

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Op-Ed: Financing Energy Access in Africa: Leveraging Fossil Fuel Revenues to End Energy Poverty (By NJ Ayuk)

These solutions demonstrate the importance of a fair and equitable transition and the vital role that fossil fuels will continue to play in achieving this goal

NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org) In an emissions-focused world, do oil and gas revenues have a role to play in ending energy poverty in Africa? It may sound counterintuitive, but many would argue that they do, albeit as enablers of a future powered by alternative…

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Central African Pipeline System Gains Traction as Committee President Returns to African Energy Week (AEW) 2025

From September 29 – O3 October 2025, African Energy Week: Invest in African Energies will connect global investors with lucrative investment opportunities - such as the Central African Pipeline System – within Africa’s energy value chain

In line with the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference’s vision to make African energy poverty history by 2030, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, President of the Strategic Partnership and Fund Committee for the Central African Pipeline System (CAPS), is returning to this year’s edition as a speaker.…

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Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Must Lead the Charge to Reverse Global Fossil Fuel Financing Bans

The African Energy Chamber calls on OPEC producers and international institutions to end exclusionary financing policies and restore critical upstream oil and gas investment to power Africa’s development

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (www.EnergyChamber.org) – the voice of the African energy sector – is urging OPEC member states and their allies to take decisive action to reverse global bans on fossil fuel financing and champion Africa’s right to develop its oil and gas resources. As the 9th OPEC…

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African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO) Secretary General to Speak at the African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 as Africa Energy Bank Prepares for Launch

Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General, APPO will speak at AEW: Invest in African Energies 2025 as the $5 billion African Energy Bank moves closer to launching operations this year

In a significant step toward bolstering financing for Africa’s energy sector, the African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are advancing plans to launch the African Energy Bank (AEB). In April this year, APPO hired consulting firm PWC as project management consultants for the $5 billion…

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Afreximbank Appoints Dr. George Elombi as President in Strategic Move for African Energy Trade

Dr. Elombi succeeds Professor Benedict Oramah as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank

The shareholders of multilateral financial institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have appointed Dr. George Elombi as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Elombi succeeds Professor Benedict Oramah to become the fourth president since the bank’s establishment in 1993. The move signals a strategic shift for the…

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African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 to Host Dedicated Energy Finance Track

The Energy Finance Track will explore the challenges, opportunities and emerging trends across the African energy sector

The African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference – taking place September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town – will host an Energy Finance Track, dedicated to exploring the opportunities, challenges and emerging trends across Africa’s investment environment. The Energy Finance Track – hosted across the three-day…

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African Energy Chamber (AEC): It’s Time for the World Bank to End the Ban on Upstream Financing and Tackle Africa’s Energy Poverty Crisis

The African Energy Chamber urges the World Bank to end its ban on upstream oil and gas financing, emphasizing that unlocking Africa’s hydrocarbon resources is essential to lifting hundreds of millions of Africans out of energy poverty and driving sustainable development across the continent

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (www.EnergyChamber.org) is calling on the World Bank to end its ban on financing upstream oil and gas projects, urging the institution to align with Africa’s urgent need to eradicate energy poverty and achieve sustainable development. Lifting this ban is essential to unlocking the continent’s hydrocarbon…