Gas and oil are vital pieces of the puzzle when it comes to Africa gaining its independence, growing its economy, transitioning to renewable resources, and thriving as a whole.
We should abide by our own schedule, not by the timelines of already prosperous countries.
#energy
I am proud to be an Oil Man. We need to stop apologizing for our industry. We need to embrace our industry.
We need to tell our story, drive change, engage in carbon capture technology, and look at sustainable ways to produce oil and natural gas.
We need to defend our industry
This birthday celebration was undoubtedly unexpected, and it reminded me that many people still genuinely care about me. I am overwhelmed by the love and support, and I want you to know how grateful I am.
When we support our energy producers, we beat energy poverty and ensure millions of hardworking Africans can keep their good-paying jobs and start various business ventures. Our work will allow Africa's energy sector to unleash its full economic potential.
We need to drill more wells in
#EquatorialGuinea
. Panoro Energy and Africa Oil Corp will work in a proven but underexplored oil basin in the Gulf of Guinea and it makes it exciting to see the results of their work in the near future.
I am deeply honored by the overwhelming response to ‘A Just Transition: Making Energy Poverty History with an Energy Mix.‘ This recognition signifies a collective realization that we must address energy poverty with urgency and fairness.
Africa is an energy-rich continent, and
Right now, we can't bear the high up-front cost of installing solar parks and wind farms.
Right now, we don’t have the money to subsidize solar and wind power.
Right now, we still don’t have the climate financing they’ve been waiting since 2009 to receive.
Now is the time.
President
@PR_Paul_Biya
appoints Dion Ngute as the new Prime Minister of
#Cameroon
. Hope he finds a solution to the Anglophone Crisis. Dialogue is needed to get the country moving. The business climate needs to be improved. Give the guy a chance to make friends out of skeptics.
Oil and natural gas will be playing an ongoing role in Africa’s energy mix for years to come. Renewables are expensive, unreliable and can’t do the heavy lifting for now. We need to drill for Gas and Make Energy Poverty History while fighting Climate Change.
#cop27egypt
#COP27
#Mamfe
is playing out predictably in slow N steady motion. The beginning of the destruction of a people N culture. Easy to wreck the existence that
#Manyu
have spent generations constructing. Very difficult to recreate, to recapture, to rebuild. This is a shame and a disgrace.
Liberty. Good Governance. Standing up for
#Senegal
and
#Africa
. This is what President
@Macky_Sall
is about. His record shows this, and I look forward to continuing to support these values as he fights for
#Senegal
and A Just Energy Transition.
I want to thank Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the kingdom's Minister of Energy for inviting me to speak on Clean Fuel Solutions for Africa at
#COP27
. 900 million Africans have no access to clean cooking technologies. Most of them women. We can combat this alongside climate change.
Africa should be able to phase fossil fuels out and replace them with renewable energy – but only with time. It can't make all the changes now, and it can’t complete the entire transition immediately. But I believe it can be done, with a little patience and practicality.
The french courts got it correct. We have always believed
#TotalEnergies
should be allowed to invest in
#uganda
. Western climate activists in using the courts to force oil companies to not invest in
#Africa
is shameful. It is not about justice.
Signed a few copies of my upcoming book. A Just Transition. There is a strong majority in for a message that includes Drill Baby Drill Angola and Africa. So disappointed with White liberals. They are supposed to be lovers of Black people. Really nasty people.
Africans want to maximize crucial production from upstream oil & gas assets and are in need of financing to take advantage of soaring profits in the energy markets. We will work to unlock financing and innovation and make in
#Dubai
.
A Western idea of the energy transition will do more harm than good in Africa. A rushed transition will be even more disastrous; and that relying on foreign aid, rather than developing resources, will cause long-term harm, preventing any meaningful economic progress.
For many, this is not news. Cobalt critical to these batteries are mined in hazardous conditions.
DRC is where “artisanal”
#mining
occurs – where the child labor abuse has been so severe that Amnesty International linked cobalt extraction to human rights violations.
#DoBetter
Congratulations
@JoeBiden
and
@KamalaHarris
on your victory. You have a chance to bring
#Africa
and the US together, renew our shared values, hopes and dreams. Our energy industry welcomes American leadership of energy poverty and Covid19 through these difficult times.
Namibian oil and gas discoveries by TotalEnergies and Shell have been lauded as some of the world’s most important oil and gas discoveries in the last decade.
#Namibia
's business community should capitalize on the formation of mutually beneficial synergies with other
I have seen so much in business and law that when it comes to using facts to drive decisions. I get marveled by politicians who make it their business to be afraid of dialogue and reconciliation as if the truth is the enemy. You are stronger when you find solutions.
#Cameroon
We started on top. You responded to our message that energy transition must be just and we should not apologize for wanting to drill for natural gas to beat energy poverty. Even those who hate our pro energy message are buying the book.
#Cameroon
Justice Minister Jean de Dieu Momo blaming
#Jews
for the Holocaust is cowardly. These views perpetuate long-standing antisemitic stereotypes, hateful charges that were instrumental in laying the groundwork for the
#Holocaust
. He should resign or be fired.
@IsraelinCM
There are so many young people in Africa with ambitions and hopes for better lives. We must provide the change and solutions that Africa needs so that we are no longer seen as the dark continent. And we, Africans, must be the ones to drive those changes and solutions.
#energy
Never get into a fight with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it. No offense to pigs. Keep marching and let's make energy poverty history. We must be ready to push back for a long time. They will not stop and we will not stop. Don't get weary. God is with us. Always.
I am pleased to announce the upcoming release of my book, A Just Transition: Making Energy Poverty History with All Natural Resources.
As a follow-up to Billions at Play, I set out to challenge readers to consider the far-reaching effects of global policy on Africa economies.
My family home got burned in
#Cameroon
. Setting houses ablaze does not bring a solution. I have been blessed and lucky. I am more worried about those who got it worse by this senseless violence. There must be a peaceful solution out of this mess. You can't talk peace with guns.
No deal is often better than a bad deal for Africans, our fight against energy poverty, natural gas development and our young people. Now you understand why they attack us for mobilising fine God loving energy workers to
#COP27
talk about our realities.
We need to thank Africa Oil Week. Discussions at
#AOW22
continue to highlight the importance of oil and gas in our energy mix. Recommendations at about expanding emissions-free sources such as renewable energy are correct. Energy poverty is not ignored. Thank you
#AOW22
Team
We may not have realized it at the time, but this fact is now clear. President
@Macky_Sall
is the bodyguard of
#Senegal
’s democracy and civilization. The greatest President since independence. Am happy he has built infrastructure, not burn down cities.
Under his leadership,
I didn't not see this coming.
#Qatar
to withdraw from OPEC as of Jan 2019: Will this have an impact on the body? Will it align more with
#Russia
and work on a Non OPEC strategy? Interesting week ahead.
#OOTT
#OPEC
I was warned not to say anything about
#Mamfe
. I was warned. They warned me, Don't cry for
#Manyu
and
#Mamfe
because they are all terrorist. But why should I heed such a warning, when children lie dead on the streets. Pray 4 peace. Love my city. Give peace and dialogue a chance.
Always bullish about
@OPECSecretariat
.
#OPEC
is good for
#African
producers.
#Africa
continues to have an opportunity to have a voice on the global stage. More important Africa states have to raise their game and really get more production.
#OOTT
Electrification not only supports industries and the industrialization process. It also powers infrastructure networks, schools, training facilities, stores, and transportation routes that benefit factory workers, students, and families.
It gives people the ability to improve.
GAS BABY GAS. Our position at COP27 stays the same. Gas is critical and essential for Africa’s industrialization. I challenged my critics to name one country that has been industrialized by renewables.
Africa countries must urgently eliminate red tape
#Africa
was very lucky to have President Macky Sall at
#COP27
. He understands both sides of the debate. I think his strongest point is that he can be someone all sides can turn to. He pushed for gas, money for developing countries. Africa needs climate financing, not Debt
I love this. Two diaspora Nigerians meet, one Wally Adeyemo as US deputy treasury secretary and the other Kemi Badenoch as UK Trade Secretary. The idea behind political freedom is that we have the right to be free from constraints that others might place on us.
Kids can't play, girls can't walk freely. Dreams robbed from us. We all learned hard work, decency, nonviolence and respect are basics. The ongoing war ultimately deplete us as a nation. I believe we have a rare opportunity to set a new course.
#EndAnglophoneCrisis
#Cameroon
Got up to the sad news of the passing of my mentor, friend, confidant and big brother Barkindo. One of the few persons I talk to many times daily. Joked about his speech at NOG. He told me about his meeting with Buhari. He sent me messages at midnight and I got up and he is gone.
We have become so mighty untrue to ourselves. In 2019 we must not be indifferent to the sufferings of others. Seeking dialogue and peaceful conflict resolution should never be seen as some white man's idea. That's dumb. It's African and we must own it. We must do it.
#Cameroon
#EquatorialGuinea
's Secretary Of State
@CesarAbogo
explains clearly the Country's 'Horizon 2020' Initiative. Improving infrastructure and the lives of people is paramount especially when you create Jobs. via
@forbes
King Coal is back in Europe and Drill, baby, drill' is back in
#Uganda
and we will build that pipeline. Energy Security.
The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline would not only transport oil safely, but it would boost economic activity along the way.
Building the pipeline would
#ESG
shouldn’t just start with ‘environmental’ and end there. How we address ‘social’ and ‘governance’ is what will transform
#Africa
and bring profits to companies.
As diverse as South African Mineral Reserves are, they have proven to be high in Metallic resources, providing around 88% of the worlds platinum-group metals.
With the help of
#Entrepreneurship
, the
#economy
can leverage these resources to strengthen economic growth.
#africa
South Africa joined BRICS with three goals in mind:
Support national interests.
Support the promotions of regional integration.
Increase relations with important players in global governance.
I'm excited to see this relationship grow.
#brics
#southafrica
#energy
#oilandgas
We need to start passing laws in African countries that prohibit any active company in Africa from contracting with or investing in companies that divest from African oil, natural gas, and coal projects. Our lives matter.
#OOTT
As we gradually move away from fossil fuels, we must ensure that we Africans aren’t stripped of the benefits we would see from our abundance of oil and gas, like job creation and economic diversification.
In short, this must be an Africa-first energy transition
#ajusttransition
We need to rely on the African roughnecks. Africa can be energy independent and also be a net energy exporter.
We need the right policies. Fast track oil and gas contract approvals and get various African countries back on track to an energy Renaissance. It is time to drill.
#SouthAfrica
should be careful about demonizing its domestic oil and gas resources. The war against fossil fuels needs to come to an end if we are to address South Africa’s electricity crisis.
#London
and
#Oslo
Invest in African Energy Receptions succeeded. Now we head to
#Frankfurt
on February 23. Register to participate in dialogues and deal signings aimed at boosting
#investments
in African energy and Germany-Africa energy ties.
registration
@aecweek
.com
Saddened to hear about the passing of President Hage Geingob of
#Namibia
.
Am so grateful for what he did for this
#Namibia
and
#Africa
. He carried our hopes and worked for us, longer and surer than almost anybody.
It falls to the rest of us now to pick it up and never stop
Met with Pavel Sorokin, First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, to discuss the role Russia-Africa energy collaboration, a Just energy transition, ensuring market stability and energy poverty.
Last week African Presidents were invited to the USA for the
#USAfricaLeadersSummit22
. No one on one bilaterals with POTUS. Ukraine's leader gets VIP Status a week later. A lot of Africans are not happy. Always define the narrative. The curse of Aid is letting us lose our respect
Had a chance to spend a few days visiting the widespread facilities and also discussing prickly issues with oil workers and communities.
This is one of the most exciting things I get to do as African Energy Chamber Chairman. I was excited to see drilling rigs in action.
Africans shouldn't be paying the penalty for wealthy nations self-inflicted green energy crisis. We have our own crisis with energy poverty that we have to make history. Look at the blackouts in
#SouthAfrica
. It will continue to become more common unless we drill, baby, drill!
As it currently stands,
#Africa
is the poorest in energy use and access and the greenest in terms of its emissions.
Acknowledging Africa’s “special circumstances” must reflect in financing from global financial systems, including multilateral development banks.
#Finance
South Africa is the world's largest producer of platinum, chrome, vanadium and manganese. A major benefit to the BRICS resources is their knowledge of professional mining resources
The knowledge bank that South Africa brings to the BRICS table is invaluable.
#brics
#africa
Big thank you to everyone for the help and the support. We brought everyone together. We are going to push for energy. You're just going to do great things.
#aew2022
#AEW22
We don’t need help or quick fixes. We don’t need aid. We need partners and investors.
We need free-market solutions that contribute to long-term stability and economic growth.
Strategically harnessing gas puts those objectives within our reach.
The blame game is the biggest game at the United Nations.
#SaudiArabia
seem to be favorite targets to blame for our current economic and climate woes. SMH.
You can hear the sound of feet scurrying for cover at the UN, see fingers pointing in every direction away from the
For our energy industry to work properly and drive an energy renaissance, we need to have the right infrastructure to support it. So, we must revamp our power grid and build the pipelines, ports, containers and well-run logistics and supplier bases necessary to support onshore
These kids just wanted to have a chance at life. They were good kids and they hadn’t lived his life yet. If we don’t stop this, then we are going to become known as an unsafe place for children. Once that happens, we’ve lost the soul of the country.
#EndAnglophoneCrisis
#Cameroon
I understand and respect the
#OECD
and
#IEA
’s commitment to preventing
#ClimateChange
.But when you describe the chance to hurt us as a great opportunity, there’s something wrong Many who care about
#energypoverty
are basically saying, “I can’t breathe.”
We shouldn’t have it as a binary situation in that sense. We need to make sure that we solve, of course, the climate issues, but also the power issues. You do not have to get people into a situation where they have to choose either to have a job.
#Verner
Africans received a very warm and special message from
#OPEC
S.G. H.E Haitham Al Ghais. This hard-working, effective leader will work with the African energy sector to ensure market stability and investments. we will stand together for a just energy transition. OPEC Forever
#OOTT
This flat-out childish falsehood from lazy people is the latest attack in a silly season where desperate people have promised to stop at nothing in an effort to tarnish your beloved AEC African Energy Week .
Their game of confusion have no place in Africa (they should take it
Sad Simon Ford and Africa Oil Week are going desperate. They know you and I will not be bullied. Poor Simon is getting into silly season when he should be more serious with their innovative Green Energy Africa Summit with orders from London Elites to Africans. Shame
The decision is totally unfair.
#Glencore
executives should be in jail. It is a miscarriage of justice that the
#Glencore
executives who have engaged in illegal behavior will not face any repercussions. If it were Africans they would all be in jail.
The situation for rural Africans is even more dismal in other parts of the continent. In the
#DRC
, for example, only about 19% of the overall population has access to electricity and in rural areas, only 1% of the population has electricity.
Another depressing moment in
#Cameroon
. Arbitrary detentions should be a thing of the past. Rebecca is a friend, a sister and a very strong person. She will not give in to intimidation or be bullied and she needs to be released immediately. Let her go.
#FreeRebeccaEnonchong
NOPEC is a bad 4 Oil. It is disheartening to see a country like the United States that is simultaneously responsible for innovation while proposing legislation that undermines innovation in places overseas.
#OOTT
@energy_african
@OPECSecretariat
Today at the
#G20
HRH Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Saudi Arabian minister of energy made a strong case for eradicating energy poverty. Africa needs more energy, more productivity, more prosperity.
The focus should be having affordable and reliable source of baseload dispatchable
Imagine if this was an African country or company; imagine the international community’s response. It wouldn’t stop with penalties and expressions of concern. Not only would the company be fined, but the management teams would be fined and in jail.