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AIX: Gas 2021

RSA House, London and online, 17 November 2021

Africa Investment Exchange: Gas

Developing partnerships along the value chain

17 November, RSA House, London and online

Following on from a successful hybrid meeting on 23 June,  AIX: Gas returns to RSA House on 17 November – alongside on-screen participants around the world – to discuss whether natural gas really is the ‘transition fuel’ and to provide an update on the progress of gas, LNG and gas-to-power projects in Southern Africa.

Supported by a professional tech team, we have developed a one-day hybrid programme designed to bring project developers from across the gas value chain together with investors, senior officials and other stakeholders for a meeting that will be productive for both online and in-person participants.

The one-day pass includes access to afternoon AIX: Power & Renewables energy transition sessions and an evening reception.

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Why attend?
  • A trusted forum for open, honest and frank debate – Over the past eight years, AIX meetings have forged a reputation for the quality of their discussions. All sessions are held under the Chatham House Rule as either panel-led discussions or roundtables that are exclusively for industry stakeholders – no external media bodies are invited.
  • Connect with fellow delegates in person and online – all participants have access to our online meeting hub and our team will work hard to connect you to fellow delegates before, during and after the meeting.
  • Access to exclusive power data and analysis – Through African Energy Live Data, we maintain the most comprehensive database of African power generation projects – more than 6,700 and counting. Our analysts will provide you with exclusive data insights to illustrate the story of the African power sector in 2021 and its future direction.
Registration options

Whether you are attending in person or online,  AIX: Gas tickets will include access to a whole day of sessions, ending – for those attending RSA House in person – with an evening reception shared with AIX: Power & Renewables delegates.

There is a 10% discount on tickets for delegates attending in person that runs until 9 November.

Book online

African based SMEs, utilities, regulators and public sector officials may attend for free.

Are you an AIX Member?
AIX member benefits include a 50% discount on the full ticket price

Contact Lauren Slater . Tel +44(0)1424 721667.

09h00 to 10h15 (GMT) – African gas outlook
After the most recent AIX:Gas hybrid meeting African Energy argued strongly that natural gas’s many benefits and the continent’s wider economic profile meant “a sense of perspective is needed to ensure COP26 doesn’t serve to throttle some of the more promising pathways to development for Africa” (view article).
In this session, the ‘transitional fuel’ argument is revisited.
  • Can developers continue with business as usual?
  • Prospects for carbon capture & storage and hydrogen
  • Are major western IOCs driving themselves out of the market?
  • Strategies for financing gas projects in cash-strapped economies
10h15 to 11h00 (GMT) Networking break
11h00 to 12h15 (GMT) –  Gas market roundtables
A series of roundtables focusing on key markets will be held at RSA House and online.
  • FSRUs in West Africa
  • Nigeria
  • South Africa & Mozambique
  • Tanzania
12h15 to 13h15 (GMT) Lunch
13h15 to 14h30 (GMT) – Managing grid operations
A look at the challenges that Africa faces to decarbonise its electricity grids, strategies for strengthening the power network and the future of utilities.
  • Overcoming renewable energy intermittencies
  • Investing in flexible solutions
  • Battery storage solutions: what’s the latest?
  • Survival guide for utilities managing REIPPs
  • How might the grid evolve over the next 25 years?
14h30 to 15h00 (GMT) Networking break
15h00 to 16h00 (GMT) – Energy in transition: COP26 report-back
COP26 has brought leaders to Glasgow, but what has actually been decided?
  • We’ve seen the headlines – but what is the extent of new energy transition opportunities for the continent?
  • African Energy report-back: an exclusive report for AIX participants based on on-the-ground research, reporting and analysis from COP
  • Can Africa conceivably reach universal energy access by 2030 and net zero GHG by 2050?
  • The COP debate: Leadership, industry and independent/CSO views
16h00 to 17h00 (GMT) – Energy in transition: roundtables
Roundtable discussions will be held both in-person and virtually
  • Clean tech investments: Which technologies – offshore wind, carbon capture, hydrogen, off-grid, amongst others – can drive Africa’s energy transition?
  • Just energy transition: The discussion will focus on some of the challenges and opportunities caused by net zero goals.
  • Storage strategies: What are the models currently being deployed on the continent?

17h00 (GMT) – Evening reception at RSA House and virtual meetings

13h45 -  Conceptualising the industry's future shape

Chair: Jon Marks, Chairman, African Energy

With fossil fuel markets under ever greater pressure from shifting strategies and projects searching for increasingly elusive funding as stakeholders follow a climate change agenda more rigorously, AIX: Gas will examine the relevance of gas to African economies, their domestic markets and export potential.

  • Moustapha Bechir, ‎Director General of Hydrocarbons. Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines, Mauritania
  • Kwaku Boakye-Adjei, Commercial Consultant, Tema LNG Terminal Company
  • Olivier Mussat, Chief Investment Officer, Global Energy, IFC
  • Adrian Mucalov, Partner: Infrastructure, Actis
  • Francois Vuylsteke, Senior Developer, Wärtsilä

An overview of Africa’s gas market by African Energy (John Hamilton, Managing Director, CbI)

15h15 - Networking break

15h45 - Opportunities and challenges investing in south-eastern Africa

Chair: Steve Husbands, Head of Commercial, Oil & Gas Advisory, SLR

A regional focus with lessons for all stakeholders operating in and around the industry.

  • Nomfundo Maseti, Full-time, Regulator Member: Piped Gas Regulation, NERSA
  • Pedro Nguelume, Executive Board Member, EDM
  • Mitesh Pema, Investment Director, AIIM
  • John Smelcer, Business Development Director, Globeleq

16h30 - Networking break

16h45 – The western margins
A discussion of opportunities along the West coast, from Morocco to Nigeria.

  • Damilola Agbaje, Investment Director, AIIM
  • Steve Brann, Senior Investment Manager, Vitol
  • Akinwole Omoboriowo II, Chairman, Board of Directors, Genesis Energy
  • Alex Douglas, Managing Director Head of Business Development, West Africa, Globeleq
  • Okechukwu Mba, General Manager, Gas, Seplat
  • Duncan Wallace, Technical Director, Chariot Oil and Gas

 

Royal Society of Arts (RSA House)
8 John Adam Street
London, WC2N 6EZ

The Venue
Conveniently located in central London within easy walking distance of Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden, and the South Bank, RSA House was designed by Robert Adam in the early 1770s, and is the historic home of the Royal Society of Arts. A famous centre for Enlightenment thinking, the building has been the intellectual and social home of some of the greatest thinkers and social activists of the past 200 years. Today it is also recognised as one of the most exclusive and sought after locations for executive meetings in London.

London – access to international funds
The world’s leading global financial centre, home to a large number of internationally significant banks, businesses, and stock exchanges, and barometer for international investor appetite in Africa’s growth industries.

London is an ideal destination which provides African industries access to a large international audience as well as the opportunity to capitalise on the city’s financial expertise.