05/01/2026
Africa?s Upstream Future: Momentum Builds, but Investment Discipline Remains a Hurdle (By NJ Ayuk)
Download logo By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org). Two breakthrough offshore discoveries in Namibia in 2022 mdash; one by Shell and one by TotalEnergies mdash; marked an important milestone for the countryrsquo;s future energy landscape and for Africarsquo;s broader upstream ambitions. The excitement generated by high-impact discoveries creates a ripple effect that benefits the entire continent. Irsquo;m convinced that the ongoing interest wersquo;re seeing today in African exploration and production (EP) stems in part from the major discoveries in Namibia, alongside recent successes in Cocirc;te drsquo;Ivoire, Angola, and Egypt. When...
