The Africa Oil Governance Summit (AOGS) is the flagship programme of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP). Instituted in 2015, the main goal of the Summit is to expose and address pertinent governance and development issues pertaining to the management and use of oil and gas resources across the African continent. The AOGS thus creates the avenue for, and brings together, stakeholders in the oil and gas space across Africa and beyond to deliberate on efficient and effective approaches to engender sustainable and inclusive development through exploitation of Africa’s oil and gas resources.

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PARTICIPATION

  • Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies
  • Industry Regulators
  • Accountability Institutions
  • National Oil/Gas Companies
  • Heads of Missions of some African Embassies in Ghana
  • International Oil Companies
  • Mining Companies
  • Civil Society Organizations
  • Traditional Authorities
  • Development Partners
  • International NGOs

SUMMIT OBJECTIVES

  • To deepen governments’ and public understanding on the prospects of local content practices in achieving inclusive growth
  • To provide a platform where decision makers from African countries would engage by sharing experiences and challenges in local content policy implementation
  • To fashion a common approach on how to maximize benefits from local content in the extractives sector

EXPECTED OUTCOME

  • A key output of the summit will be a communiqué constituting demands for actions by governments and policy makers across the continent of Africa. The communiqué will form a strong basis for program development and advocacy to influence government policy in maximizing returns on extractive resources particularly through local content provisions. It will also serve as the benchmark for measuring post-Summit progress and achievements.
09:00 – 09: 45 THE OPENING CEREMONY
  • Welcome Address By The Convener: Mr. Benjamin Boakye (Executive Director, ACEP)
  • Keynote Address & Opening of Summit: Hon. John Peter Amewu (Minister of Energy, Republic of Ghana)
09:45 – 11:30 1ST PANEL: “ VALUE ADDITION TO PETROLEUM RESOURCES EXTRACTION THROUGH INDUSTRIALIZATION: THE POSSIBILITIES AND THE CHALLENGES “
  • Facilitator: Ms. Rosalind Kainyah, MBE (Managing Director, Kina Advisory Limited)
Speakers:
  • Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam (Deputy Minister for Energy in Charge of Petroleum, Republic of Ghana)
  • Dr. Osman Abdel Rahman Fadul (Executive Director, Ben Barkhiya & former Minister of Petroleum and Gas, Sudan)
  • Ms. Abena Amoah (Board Member, KOSMOS Energy & C.E.O, Baobab Advisors Ltd.)
  • Prof. Omowumi O. Iledare (GNPC Professional Chair in Oil and Gas Economics & Management, Institute for Oil and Gas Studies, University of Cape Coast)
  • Ms. Dalila Iddrissu (Business Development Manager, Friburge Oil and Gas, Angola)
11:30 – 11:50 – SNACK BREAK
11:55 – 13:35 – 2ND PANEL: POWERING AFRICA: INDEPENDENCE AND INNOVATION
  • Facilitator: Ms. Pauline Anaman (Senior Policy Analyst & Head of the Policy Unit, ACEP)
Speakers:
  • Ms. Jennifer Boca (Country Manager, Lekela Power)
  • Mr. Roberto Daniele (Managing Director, ENI Exploration & Production Ghana Ltd)
  • Dr. Justice Tei Mensah (Economist, International Finance Corporation – The World Bank Group)
13:35 – 14:35 – LUNCH BREAK
15:00 – 16:50 – 3RD PANEL: POWERING AFRICA: INVESTMENT AND SECURITY
  • Facilitator: Dr Juliette Twumasi-Anokye (Principal Consultant, Anojul Afriyie & Co. Ghana Ltd.)
Speakers:
  • Mr. Charles Darku (Chairman, Upstream Petroleum Chamber, Ghana)
  • Mr. Salum Mnuna (Project Coordinator, East African Crude Oil Pipeline – EACOP, Tanzania)
  • Mr. Ezekiel Adebayo Adesina (Executive Secretary, Africa Energy Study Group & Head of Strategy and Planning, Nigeria LNG Limited)
  • Mr. Senyo Kwasi Hosi (Chief Executive Officer, Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, CBOD, Ghana)
  • Mr. Dickson Kwaku Osei (Deputy Manager – Corporate Planning, West Africa Gas Pipeline Companies Limited, WAGPCo)
16:50 – 17:00 – CONCLUSION OF DAY ONE BY CHAIRPERSON
  • Rosalind Kainyah, MBE (Managing Director, Kina Advisory Limited)
09:10 – 09: 20 – RECAP OF KEY POINTS FROM DAY ONE
  • Mr. Charles Wanguhu (Coordinator, Oil & Gas Platform, Kenya)
9:20 – 9:40 – KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR DAY TWO
  • Dr. Jemima Nunoo (Board Chair, ACEP; Lecturer, GIMPA; and Board Member, Petroleum Commission, Ghana)
09:45 – 11:30 – 4TH PANEL: THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS OF THE AFRICA CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AFCFTA) AGREEMENT IN CREATING LINKAGES BETWEEN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR AND OTHER SECTORS OF THE AFRICAN ECONOMY.
  • Presenter: Mr. Sylvester Bagoroo (Programs Officer, Third World Network)
  • Facilitator: Dr. Ibrahima Aidara (Vice President, OSIWA)
Speakers:
  • Ms. Valeria Mensah (International Development Professional & former Technical Advisor, Office of Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa)
  • Dr. Oliver Maponga (Executive Officer, UN Economic Commission for Africa, Zambia)
  • Mr. Michael Akurang Opoku (Senior Industrial Promotion Officer & Special Assistant to the Deputy Minister in Charge of Trade, Ministry of Trade)
  • Mr. Sylvester Bagooro (Programmes Officer, Third World Network-Africa)
11:30 – 11:50 – SNACK BREAK
11:55 – 13:20 5TH PANEL: EMPOWERING PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWD) FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE OIL & GAS VALUE CHAIN
  • Facilitator: Rita Kusi Kyeremaa (Executive Director, Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations – GFD)
Speakers:
  • Mr. Justice Srem-Sai (Law Lecturer, GIMPA; Founding-Partner, Archbridge Solicitors; & Founding Fellow, Institute of Law and Public Affairs – ILPA)
  • Ms. Eva Kouka-Quenum (Programme Officer, Ford Foundation – Nigeria)
  • Dr. Peter Obeng-Asamoah (Executive Director, Ghana Blind Union, Ghana)
  • Ms. Esther Akua Gyamfi (Executive Secretary, National Council on Persons with Disability, Ghana)
13:25 – 14:45 – 6TH PANEL: EMPOWERING YOUTH & WOMEN FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE OIL & GAS VALUE CHAIN
  • Facilitator: Nafi Chinery (Ghana Country Manager, NRGI)
Speakers:
  • Ms. Ikal Angelei (Executive Director, Friends of Lake Turkana, Kenya)
  • Mr. Nader Khalifa (Snr. Petroleum Economist, Ministerial Executive Office, Ministry of Energy & Mining, Sudan)
  • Prof. Adriano Nuvungah (Executive Director, Centre for Democratic Development, Mozambique)
  • Ms. Fourera Sotty Maiga (Vice Coordinator, Women In Mining of West Africa-WIMONA)
 14:45 – 15:00 – PRESENTATION OF COMMUNIQUÉ FOR DISCUSSION & ADOPTION
  • Ms. Jo Ann Sackey (Senior Policy Analyst, ACEP)
 15:00 – 15:10 – CONCLUDING REMARKS & CLOSING OF SUMMIT BY CHAIRPERSON
  • Ms. Rosalind Kainyah, MBE (Managing Director, Kina Advisory Limited
15:10 – 15:30 – LUNCH AND DEPARTURE

DON’T MISS THIS AMAZING CONFERENCE AND OPPORTUNITIES

MEET OUR SPEAKERS

The speakers for this year’s summit have been drawn from different countries with a great track record in governance, the petroleum sector, oil and gas and the total management of natural resources. Last year’s speakers share some similarities with this year’s speakers. However because of the different theme, most are new. They are not only dynamic in their area of expertise, but wield extraordinary knowledge which when tapped into, will go a long way in shaping our developmental process toward excellence.

HON. JOHN PETER AMEWU

MINISTER OF ENERGY, GHANA

Rosalind Kainyah, MBE

LAST YEAR'S SUMMIT

NOVEMBER 13-14, 2018 – ACCRA,GHANA 

The Summit in 2018 dwelt on fostering economy-wide benefits from oil and gas exploitation through creating linkages to the sector. The 2018 summit was under the theme “Harnessing the potential of local content for economic growth and inclusive development”. Some of the key outcomes from the deliberations at the event are listed as follows:

  • There is collaboration between government, civil society, international oil companies, service providers and indigenous Ghanaian companies to assess experiences and learn lessons for a reformed local content implementation[1];
  • Uptake of actions to build capacities of enterprises and human resource to participate in the oil and gas activities;
  • ACEP has produced a yet to be published paper that dwells on experiences of indigenous Ghanaian companies, international oil companies, regulators and other stakeholders in local content implementation, documenting lessons for learning.[1] Read More

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