Amidst urgent international vitality disaster, provides deficit, and delivery disruptions, occasioned by blockades at the Strait of Hormuz, worldwide vitality leaders, diplomats, African enterprise leaders, and stakeholders drawn from each the private and non-private sector are set to talk about a roadmap for Africa’s vitality safety dynamics at the 10th Africa Energy Summit, holding in Nigeria’s oil and gasoline capital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State from on the twenty sixth to twenty eighth, November,2026.
With the theme:”Scaling Innovative Industrial Capacity for Africa’s Energy Security”, the 10th Africa Energy Summit is being powered by the Solewant Energy Training Institute (SETI), a subsidiary of Solewant Group of Companies, a participant within the vitality ecosystem.
With the core goal of connecting coverage, capital, trade, enterprise, know-how and data in ways in which translate into measurable alternatives for Africa’s industrial capability and vitality safety, the convention would carry collectively a few of Africa’s high leaders, brightest minds, vitality trade captains, high-level diplomats, professionals
Including Nigeria’s Secretary to the Government of the Federation,SGF, Senator George Akume, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Namibia’s Minister of Mines, Energy & Industry, Hon Modestus Amutse, former Nigerian Ambassador to Thailand with concurrent accreditation to the United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific,(UNESCAP), Ambassador Oma Djebah, First Bank of Nigeria CEO/Managing director, Mr Olusegun Alebiosu, former Secretary General of Africa Petroleum Producers Organization(APPO),and present World Energy Council’s Chair for Africa, Dr Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board(NCDMB), Engr Felix Omatsola Ogbe, the High Commissioner of Namibia to Nigeria, Ambassador Walde Ndevashiya, high diplomats, worldwide trade leaders from Kenya, Ghana, amongst others.
Senator George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation,SGF, is anticipated to ship the keynote handle to set the tone for deliberations whereas the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri is anticipated to current a keynote speech showcasing Nigeria as a serious key participant in the complete international vitality combine.
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board(NCDMB), Engr Felix Ogbe would ship a keynote handle as a number one regulator within the trade in Nigeria whereas Engr Wole Ogunsanya, Chairman, Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria(PETAN), and the present chair, World Energy Council for Africa, Dr Omar Farouk Ibrahim would ship addresses at the summit on capability fashions for advancing vitality safety in Africa. On his half, the Namibia’s Energy Minister, Honourable Modestus Amutse, is anticipated to share his nation’s vitality experiences and alternatives at the Summit whereas Ambassador Oma Djebah, former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Thailand with concurrent accreditation to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), will present insights on diplomacy, worldwide cooperation, B-to-B, C-to-C, and P-to-P funding partnerships throughout worldwide jurisdictions.
The High Commissioner of Namibia, Ambassador Walden Ndevashiya would by mild on the Namibian expertise in shaping Africa’s vitality capability and safety. Other high diplomats and worldwide trade leaders from numerous nations in Africa, together with Kenya and Ghana will ship addresses on vitality safety ecosystem in Africa.
These leaders are converging in Port Harcourt at the three-day high-level Africa ‘s energy security Summit with the overarching goal of leading the conversation on strengthening indigenous partnership and scaling-up capacity across the oil and gas, power, renewable energy and allied industrial value chains, improving MSME’s readiness for finance, procurement, contracting and market entry, connecting viable enterprises and tasks with banks, DFIs, traders,IOCs/NOCs, OEMs and different potential companions.
Other goals embody: creating pathways for analysis, prototypes and graduate innovation to progress in direction of funding, pilots, licensing, partnerships and market deployment, advancing know-how switch, cross-border funding and worldwide financial cooperation; and making a structured post-summit mechanism for monitoring critical finance, procurement, innovation and partnership alternatives. The yearly vitality Summit in Port Harcourt is considered one of Africa’s most strategic and invaluable gatherings of coverage leaders, vitality captains, stakeholders, and trade gamers.
According to the conveners, the 10th version of the Africa Energy Summit, which leverages the success of its ninth version, is structured as a continuum moderately than a two -day sequence of speeches. It would start earlier than the formal summit with enterprise, innovation, and progresses by two centered summit days, culminating in government relationship -building and recognition actions, and whereas persevering with by put up -summit offers and alternative monitoring.
According to the conveners, the programme pillars embody: enterprise and indigenous trade scale -up, finance, funding and deal facilitation, analysis, innovation and commercialisation, know-how and worldwide cooperation, exhibition, markets entry and place-based funding and government networking and post-summit conversion.
The summit is designed to be a cross-sector viewers dialog comprising senior authorities and regulatory officers;IOCs and NOCs; indigenous vitality service corporations;PETAN members and different trade associations;banks, DFIs, traders and specialists/trade-finance establishments;OEMs and know-how suppliers;universities, researchers and innovators;MSME and rising professionals; diplomatic missions and worldwide commerce/funding our bodies; state and native authorities;exhibitors, sponsors and strategic enterprise leaders.
Beyond planery and panel classes, the summit is anticipated to function as an lively engagement setting whereas participation by organizations might be by sponsorship, exhibition, delegate participation, talking and technical contributions, strategic partnership,MSME sponsorship, funding and finance engagement or participation within the Summit’s matchmaking and innovation -commercialisation actions. Speakers and individuals are anticipated to carry the depth of their cumulative experience and experiences to bear on the dialog.
The conveners keep that the 10th vitality summit is designed to transfer past dialogue in direction of sensible and measurable outcomes.
Through it mixture of enterprise preparation, coverage and trade engagement/finance conversations, innovation commercialisation, exhibition and structured matchmaking,the summit is projected to generate pathways for funding, markets entry, partnerships and sustained post-summit engagements. In addition, the outcomes are anticipated to assist advance Africa’s vitality safety, sustainable vitality provides, and effectivity whereas accelerating relevant polices and deepening human capacities in alignment with 55 African Union member states’ agenda.
