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Cameroon’s Nine‑Block Licensing Round Offers High‑Value Entry Point for Upstream Investors

Cameroon’s 2025‑26 licensing round offers a data-rich, near-production investment opportunity, with Paris and Cape Town conferences providing the platforms to advance partnerships, discuss terms and turn opportunities into executed deals

Nine exploration and production blocks are now avaialble in Cameroon’s latest licensing round. Spanning two proven basins, the tender – managed by the National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH) – is accepting proposals through March 30, 2026, ahead of a final decision in late April. Launched on August 1, 2025, the round…

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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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    • Africa-Paris Declaration: Financing Africa’s Energy Future
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Africa-Paris Declaration: Financing Africa’s Energy Future

The African Energy Chamber’s Africa-Paris Declaration reaffirms the continent’s commitment to pragmatic energy development, investor-driven partnerships and equitable energy access — with financing at the heart of the conversation

Following the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris this month, the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org) reaffirms its position that Africa’s energy future must be defined by pragmatism, partnership and progress. With 600 million Africans lacking access to electricity and 900 million without clean cooking fuel, the development imperative…

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    • Friends of the Earth: Now that the North Doesn’t Need African Energy, Oil and Gas Must Stay in the Ground
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Friends of the Earth: Now that the North Doesn’t Need African Energy, Oil and Gas Must Stay in the Ground

Environmental group Friends of the Earth – a foreign organization – believes that they know best when it comes to Africa’s development: a rather insulting and patronizing perspective

Following a series of attacks during the Invest in African Energy forum in Paris this May, environmental group Friends of the Earth has attempted to justify their actions at the event – a forum which sought to increase investment in African energy and bolster Africa’s economic development. The group stated…

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    • TotalEnergies Reaches 2 GW Renewable Milestone in France; African Energy Chamber (AEC) Supports Multi-Energy Approach
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TotalEnergies Reaches 2 GW Renewable Milestone in France; African Energy Chamber (AEC) Supports Multi-Energy Approach

The African Energy Chamber commends TotalEnergies on its latest renewable milestone in France and supports the major’s push for enhanced energy security in Africa

TotalEnergies has reached a milestone of 2 GW of installed green electricity in France, having invested $400 million towards the domestic supply of green energy in 2023. According to a company statement, the French supermajor generated up to 90% of its total income from the sale of oil and gas…

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    • Africa-Paris Declaration on Energy Transition, Climate Justice and Energy Poverty
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Africa-Paris Declaration on Energy Transition, Climate Justice and Energy Poverty

The declaration aligns Africa’s position on the global energy transition and climate justice debate, following the conclusion of the Invest in African Energy forum in Paris

African civil society, human rights groups, environmental groups, governments and the private sector stand firm in their commitment to align Africa's efforts in combating energy poverty and fostering industrialization, all while advocating for a just energy transition and ensuring climate justice. This steadfast commitment was underscored by the conclusion of…

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    • Friends of the Earth but not Friends of Africa: How an Environmental Group is Deepening African Energy Poverty
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Friends of the Earth but not Friends of Africa: How an Environmental Group is Deepening African Energy Poverty

Friends of the Earth continue to disrupt any meaningful progress towards making energy poverty history, and the African Energy Chamber condemns this direct attack on Africa’s development

The second annual Invest in African Energy Forum was held in Paris from May 14-15, uniting over 750 African officials and global investors with the aim of increasing investment in African energy projects. The event served as a clarion call to accelerate sustainable energy in Africa, with discussions centered on…

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    • Troubling Pledges: Past, Present, and Possibly, Future (By NJ Ayuk)
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Troubling Pledges: Past, Present, and Possibly, Future (By NJ Ayuk)

Past conferences bore witness to numerous claims and pledges

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org). As we embark upon the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as the executive chairman of Africa’s preeminent advocacy group working toward a just energy transition for our continent, I…

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    • Namibia, France Academic Cooperation to Bolster Capacity Building for the Frontier Market
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Namibia, France Academic Cooperation to Bolster Capacity Building for the Frontier Market

Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy held a meeting with French university Sciences Po, whereby the parties agreed to work towards a partnership regarding reciprocal student exchange in the field of energy

Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy met with French tertiary institution Sciences Po on the sidelines of the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris (https://apo-opa.info/45I6tWo) this week to discuss efforts to advance academic cooperation across the energy sector. Present during the meeting were Hon. Tom Alweendo, Minister of Mines and Energy,…

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    • Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris Sparks New Conversation Around Local Content Ahead of African Energy Week (AEW) 2023
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Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris Sparks New Conversation Around Local Content Ahead of African Energy Week (AEW) 2023

Ahead of African Energy Week 2023, the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris featured a discussion on the changing relationship between African energy producers and global stakeholders triggered by new focus on local content

Since early discoveries of oil and gas in Africa, European investors and project developers have been instrumental in driving project developments, providing capital, technology and expertise and working closely with governments to monetize resources. Now, shifts in dynamics are seeing global stakeholders playing a much larger role in Africa, transitioning…