{"id":209786,"date":"2021-11-26T17:42:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energycapitalandpower.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/usafrica-partnership-key-to-determining-africas-energy-future?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-11-26T17:42:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T15:42:10","slug":"u-s-africa-partnership-key-to-determining-africas-energy-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/u-s-africa-partnership-key-to-determining-africas-energy-future\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-Africa Partnership Key to Determining Africa&#8217;s Energy Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/779586879a0ab6c\/600\/418\" alt=\"Energy Capital &amp; Power\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Energy Capital &amp; Power (ECP) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.EnergyCapitalPower.com\">www.EnergyCapitalPower.com<\/a>) &nbsp;is inviting media and global energy stakeholders to register for the upcoming U.S.-Africa Energy Forum (USAEF) taking place in Houston, Texas, on 9-10 December 2021. Opened by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, participants will be encouraged to hold meetings, advance deals and hear from 10 African ministerial delegations on the latest in African energy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The forum will be highly influential in advancing deals across the energy investment spectrum, and will bring together the key stakeholders that are driving the future growth of Africa&rsquo;s energy sectors and economies. In the energy transition era, the USAEF provides a valuable forum to reset and redefine the U.S.-African energy partnership.<\/p>\n<p>USAEF 2021, in partnership with the African Energy Chamber&rsquo;s U.S.-Africa Committee; the Texas West African Chamber of Commerce; the United States Energy Association; Kanflooens and other partners, introduces American companies to African opportunities &ndash; including upstream licensing rounds, refineries, strategic minerals, renewables and infrastructure. Sponsors include Trinity Energy; SNEL; Marathon Oil; Frazer Oil; Centurion Law Group; Oranto Petroleum; Chevron; Vaalco Energy; the American Petroleum Institute; ExxonMobil; Baker Hughes; Sonahydroc; Solar Tyme USA; GETESA; Bay Matrix Group; and ReconAfrica.<\/p>\n<p>The event program comprises a number of sessions covering a range of critical topics, including: the evolving story of Africa&rsquo;s oil, gas and power industries and the value of the U.S.-Africa energy partnerships; investment in African E&amp;P; standards and best practices; the energy transition in the African context; the U.S. and competing investors in Africa; Africa as a global hub for strategic minerals; financing the transition; and more. ECP will be launching the <em>Africa Energy Series: Equatorial Guinea 2021<\/em> book at the event, providing further insight into an important African market to U.S. companies. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to panel discussions and presentations, the USAEF offers further networking opportunities through the South Sudan Investor Breakfast; private lunches for ministers and delegates; and an invite-only reception and dinner taking place at the Art of the World Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>USAEF 2021 is proud to host African Ministerial delegations from Chad; the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Kenya; the Republic of the Congo; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Senegal; and Uganda. Joining the ministers, representatives from global energy organizations including Export Import Bank of the United States; the International Renewable Energy Agency; the World Bank; the American Petroleum Institute, among others, will help advance discussions on the future of energy in Africa and opportunities for American companies. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>With only two weeks left to register, ECP is inviting media and delegates to register for the first-ever USAEF 2021. For media related queries, contact <\/em><a href=\"mailto:media@energycapitalpower.com\"><em>media@energycapitalpower.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more about how U.S. firms can advance the agenda of sustainable, long-term investment in African energy, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energycapitalpower.com\/\">www.EnergyCapitalPower.com<\/a>. To speak at USAEF 2021, contact <\/em><a href=\"mailto:speak@energycapitalpower.com\"><em>speak@energycapitalpower.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Energy Capital &amp; Power.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/bc97bda5e3bfa79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/bc97bda5e3bfa79\" alt=\"Energy Capital &amp; Power\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/bc97bda5e3bfa79\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Capital &amp; Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) &nbsp;is inviting media and global energy stakeholders to register for the upcoming U.S.-Africa Energy Forum (USAEF) taking place in Houston, Texas, on 9-10 December 2021. Opened by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, participants will be encouraged to hold meetings, advance deals and hear from 10 African ministerial delegations on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-209786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/u-s-africa-partnership-key-to-determining-africas-energy-future.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}