South Africa’s Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Sources, Mr Gwede Mantashe has dedicated to attend the four-day AOW power occasion (https://AOWEnergy.com/) in Cape City from 7 – 10 October.
AOW: Investing in African Power brings collectively {industry} leaders to develop coverage, share discoveries, safe funding, and form Africa’s power future. This 12 months’s occasion will function greater than 1 600 senior delegates, 80 ministers and officers from 70+ nations and representatives of greater than 760 corporations.
Saying Mantashe’s confirmed attendance, Chief Govt Officer of Sankofa Occasions, Paul Sinclair mentioned that the presence of the host nation’s two most senior power leaders confirmed that Africa was dedicated to taking possession of its personal power future.
“We’re excited to welcome Mr Mantashe to AOW, the place he’ll share phases and attend classes with ministers from many different nations, in addition to senior gamers from power companies and multilateral varieties,” mentioned Sinclair. “We’re proud to supply an setting the place Africa’s power leaders can talk about the most recent {industry} tendencies, and the way the continent may also help to form them.”
Mantashe has been an everyday keynote speaker at earlier AOW occasions, and the announcement of his attendance comes as profitable power alternatives open throughout the continent – in accountable oil exploration and manufacturing, in renewable power, and within the commerce of pure gasoline as a high-demand future gas.
Ongoing main oil-and-gas discoveries within the Orange basin, offshore South Africa and Namibia, have highlighted the size and significance of those alternatives – for African governments, their individuals, and power companies.
“The world’s power markets are within the midst of a dynamic transition,” mentioned Sinclair. “Navigating that transition requires {industry} partnerships. Africa is exhibiting that not solely does it have huge sources, it additionally has the networks, the monetary innovation and the dedication to develop these sources for Africa’s individuals, and all stakeholders.”
This 12 months marks 30 years of the industry-leading AOW occasion. The four-day convention, exhibition and funding discussion board brings collectively governments, regulators, world operators, energy producers, traders and repair suppliers.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of AOW: Investing in African Power.
About AOW: Investing in African Power:
Owned by Sankofa Occasions, AOW: Investing in African Power (https://AOWEnergy.com/) is Africa’s main oil, gasoline&power occasion, uniting {industry} leaders to develop coverage, share discoveries, safe funding, and form Africa’s power future. The occasion runs from 7 – 10 October 2024 on the CTICC 2, Cape City.