Africa’s oil and gas market has seen a flurry of Mergers & Acquisitions, as independents take on a more active role in exploration and production activities continent-wide.

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 find myself compelled to deliver some clarity on where we stand at this place and time amidst humanity’s quest to achieve net-zero, writes the African Energy Chamber’s NJ Ayuk.

Because of its great potential for replicating success stories like this across the continent, I remain convinced that natural gas is the key to a prosperous future and a just energy transition for Africa, writes NJ Ayuk, the Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber.

There is still a distance between Africa and the rest of the world in terms of what the continent can do to establish closer ties to energy markets in Europe and elsewhere and to expand the development of its own oil and gas resources

Libya’s NOC, in collaboration with Zallaf Libya Oil and Gas, has announced the first-ever shipment of Erawin crude oil.