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African Energy Chamber
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Examining Angola’s Pragmatic Path to Energy Security and Low-Carbon Growth

As Angola Oil & Gas 2026 puts investment at the center of the agenda, Angola is demonstrating how oil-led growth, innovative technology and low-carbon fuels can advance energy security while supporting long-term climate objectives

As global energy debates continue to pit hydrocarbons against decarbonization, Angola is charting a pragmatic middle path. The country is accelerating hydrocarbon development to meet domestic and regional petroleum demand while deploying innovative technologies and cleaner fuels to reduce emissions. By pairing oil-led growth with low-carbon solutions such as non-associated…

Energy Capital & Power
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Angola’s Talent Infrastructure: Why a 2025 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Deal is Reshaping Oil & Gas Growth

Angola is leveraging global partnerships to advance skills development and training, positioning human capital at the forefront of industry growth

Angola is converting upstream momentum into long-term capacity through a 2025 academic–industry partnership (http://apo-opa.co/4aah6oa) with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), centered on the Higher Polytechnic Institute of Technologies and Sciences (ISPTEC) and national oil company Sonangol. Launched with the support and vision of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum…

Energy Capital & Power
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A Home for Global Players: How Stability has Fueled Foreign Direct Investment in Angola

Through flexibility and stability, Angola has become a home for international oil companies

Over the past decade, Angola has undergone a quiet but decisive transformation. Once viewed primarily through the lens of production decline, the country has repositioned itself as one of Africa’s most stable and attractive destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI). Policy overhaul, the establishment of a dedicated upstream regulator and…

Afreximbank

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    • L-R: Mr Osvaldo Inácio, Board Member of Sonangol, Mr Haytham Elmaayergi, Executive Vice President of Global Trade Bank at Afreximbank and Mr Gaspar Martins, Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Sonangol
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Afreximbank bolsters Angola’s Energy Sector with a $1.75-billion facility for Sonangol

The strategic financing will support Sonangol’s projected operating and capital expenditure requirements

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), working with other mandated lead arrangers, has successfully closed a US$1.75 billion syndicated receivables purchase facility for Sonangol, Angola’s national oil company. The strategic financing will support Sonangol’s projected operating and capital expenditure requirements, while advancing Afreximbank’s mandate to promote African-led financing models that support…

African Energy Chamber
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A Return to Onshore: How Independents are Leading Angola’s Inland Resurgence

As Angola reinvigorates its onshore basins through regulatory reform and flexible licensing, independent oil and gas companies are stepping forward to drive a new wave of inland exploration and production growth

After decades defined by deepwater success, Angola’s upstream sector is rediscovering its onshore potential. Previously overshadowed by prolific offshore blocks, the country’s inland basins are re-emerging as a strategic frontier – not led by supermajors, but by independent oil and gas companies willing to take early-stage risk in pursuit of…

Energy Capital & Power
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Angola Oil & Gas Launches in Luanda as $70B Investment Momentum Accelerates

Taking place September 9-10 in Luanda, the event is positioned as the premier dealmaking platform for the country’s oil and gas sector

The Angola Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition (AOG) – organized by Energy Capital & Power (https://EnergyCapitalPower.com) –was officially launched in Luanda on Tuesday, marking the start of the countdown to the country’s premier oil and gas event. Scheduled to take place on September 9–10, 2026, in Luanda, under the…

African Energy Chamber
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Angola’s Gas Pivot: From Associated Volumes to a Multi-Market Future

Angola is accelerating the shift from associated gas reinjection toward non-associated gas development, LNG optimization and domestic demand growth – marking a critical inflection point in the country’s long-term energy strategy

Long treated as a byproduct of oil production, natural gas is increasingly viewed by policymakers as a strategic asset capable of underpinning exports, power generation and industrialization. Insights from the African Energy Chamber’s (https://EnergyChamber.org) State of African Energy 2026 Outlook highlight how Angola is moving beyond its historical reliance on associated…

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)

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    • AFC signs landmark financing to transform the Lobito Atlantic Railway corridor and unlock regional trade
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Africa Finance Corporation Acts as Co-Financial Adviser for Angola’s Lobito Atlantic Railway Concession

The financing package is expected to increase Lobito’s transportation capacity ten-fold to approximately 4.6 million metric tonnes per annum and to reduce the cost of transporting critical minerals by an estimated 30 percent

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has announced the signing of key financing agreements for the Lobito Atlantic Railway Project in Angola. AFC alongside Eaglestone, acted as Co-Financial Adviser, to Lobito Atlantic Railway S.A. (LAR), the Borrower and Concessionaire of the 1,300-kilometre brownfield railway corridor.…

African Energy Chamber
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The New Gas Consortium and Angola’s Gas Pivot: A Model for Ending Energy Poverty?

Angola’s gas pivot represents a replicable model for African oil producers seeking to expand power generation, industrial output and economic resilience

Ending energy poverty in Africa requires scalable, reliable and lower-carbon energy systems – and Angola’s accelerating gas agenda is emerging as one of the continent’s most compelling pathways forward. Through projects such as the New Gas Consortium (NGC), new discoveries and a supportive policy and infrastructure framework, Angola is positioning…

African Energy Chamber
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Natural Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Building a Bridge to African Energy Security and Prosperity (By NJ Ayuk)

By expanding LNG and domestic uses, nations can drive growth, cut emissions, and assert their energy independence

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org). Africa is awakening to the power of its natural gas reserves, recognizing that among its many resources, natural gas offers a reliable and expedient track to economic growth and energy independence. In our “State of African Energy: 2026 Outlook Report," the…