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Canon Central and North Africa Participated in Digicloud Africa Forum 2022

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This event witnessed Canon showcasing its Digital Transformation Services

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 1, 2022/APO Group/ — 

In alignment with the company’s core pillars of innovation and diversification, Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com)  joined hands with Systhen to further augment digitalization services such as process automation and cloud solutions that was showcased at Digicloud Morocco from June 21st to 23rd, 2022; Digicloud Morocco is the B2B Cloud and Digital Transformation meeting dedicated to African decision-makers that brings together +40 publishers, manufacturers, consulting companies, experts in the field of Cloud and Digital Transformation, to support African IT decision-makers. Canon will put on display its innovative and industry-leading hardware and software solutions that are a pre-requisite at the first stage of digital transformation journey.

Canon Central and North Africa announced its participation at the Digicloud Africa Forum 2022 at the Mazagan Beach Resort in El Jadida, Morocco along with its partner Systhen. This event that invited leading experts in the field of cloud and digital transformation witnessed Canon showcasing its Digital Transformation Services that offer hardware and software designed to help companies achieve enhanced productivity, collaboration, security, compliance, and sustainability goals. The event attendees had a chance to experience the company’s end-to-end from hardware to software that enables organizations to digitally transform and achieve efficiencies through better information and content management, without the need for complex and expensive IT implementations.

Canon’s partner Systhen that specializes in the field of document management across Africa will further enable the company to distribute its pioneering digital transformation solutions across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ivory Coast and Senegal, thereby elevating marketing penetration and presence for Canon. Canon showcased its complete range of input to output solutions including hardware that’s detrimental for the first stage of any digital transformation journey and software that can further augment digitization and process automation whilst equipped with Cloud capabilities. Some of the products that was on display including document scanners like ImageFormula Scanners (https://bit.ly/3OGfrKT) that are exceptional at digitizing and enhancing photos, along with the state-of-the-art Iris Scanner series (https://bit.ly/3a3TsyD) that has also been dubbed as the world’s best A3 document and book scanner, with HD video capabilities and AI technology for advanced, automated document digitization.

DRIVE AND DEMAND FOR DIGITILISATION

“We live in a digital world today and it is fast becoming next to impossible to escape digitalization in any field or walk of life, making it imperative for brands and companies to adopt to the digital transformation journey. Canon has always been at the forefront of innovation, progress, and development and hence we want to support this digital transformation journey by combining Managed Print Services and Workspace Collaboration Solutions, thereby helping you gain transparency and control over the entire document lifecycle and related processes. Digicloud Morocco 2022 was a great opportunity for us and our partner Systhen to bring to light these innovative solutions, services and products that help companies adopt, accelerate and ace digital transformation,” commented Ota San, Business Unit Director, Canon Central and North Africa.

Digicloud Morocco 2022 was a great opportunity for us and our partner Systhen to bring to light these innovative solutions, services and products

As businesses undergo transformation, organization-wide digitization remains the end-goal for most companies with 52% of employees recognizing resistance to change as a key barrier to digital transformation in their business. Although, this journey to digitization is continuously driven by stringent information management and security regulations, mobility and process automation needs and by demand for faster adoption of cloud and managed services. Canon’s Digital Transformation Services support this journey by integrating paper and digital, using combined print and information management services delivered on-site, via the cloud or in a mixed environment. Canon’s Cloud Process Automation Solutions comes out-of-the-box with pre-configured applications to allow the users to improve core business processes such as HR digitization, invoice processing or contract management and for advanced users, the solution also allows to self-configure and design other applications tailored to specific business needs. Canon Cloud Process Automation Solutions is an integrated end-to-end content management solution which allows businesses to replace several solutions with a single platform minimizing IT spend.

TRUSTED PARTNER FOR YOUR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY

“We are thrilled to represent a partner like Canon that has a long history and heritage in bringing innovation-led solutions, to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ivory Coast and Senegal. We will focus on efforts on bringing a unique efficiency-driven approach targeting the government and banking sectors with both hardware and software products and services together as an end-to-end solution to drive valuable change, without disrupting the day-to-day flow of these businesses. What differentiates Canon from other solution provides is its adept understanding of digital transformation and its ready to be deployed and distinctive market solutions that can massively accelerate the pace of digital adoption in Africa. Canon’s ImageFormula Scanners, Iris Products and Canon’s Solutions such as Scan2X and workspace collaboration are critical to harmonize document and content management processes across multiple departments and locations, thereby efficiently and quickly improving business processes. We are extremely excited to bring these robust solutions and products from Canon to Digicloud Morocco Forum 2022 so industry leaders and decision-makers can witness the spectacle for themselves,” remarked Said Kharabouche, Head of Systhen.

To support the on-going digital transformation journey across Africa, Canon has introduced a big range of products from portable to heavy duty that can help handle different type of documents for different industries. Moreover, its pre-integrated cloud connectivity solutions enable secure, efficient scan and print from a variety of cloud storage services including Google Drive, One Drive and Dropbox for frictionless remote collaboration. Canon’s Cloud Process Automation Solutions is designed and built on a robust infrastructure that is compliant with Canon Security standards and policies including: Vulnerability and Policy Assessment, ISO27001, PCI and Canon’s GDPR protocols, Application, Infrastructure and Synthetic Monitoring, Host Based Antivirus all tested according to Canon Security policies. The company’s patented technology can deliver on high quality compression up to 50 times of the size of the document whereas its OCR (Optical Character recognition) is available for up to 137 different languages, making it an all-in-one dynamic solution.

Powered by an efficient, sustainable, and future-proof print infrastructure with the value add of automation, advanced capture and cloud connectivity, Canon aims to drive the digital transformation journey across Africa.

Read more here (https://bit.ly/3AiApej)

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA).

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Liberia to Preview Next Oil & Gas Licensing Round Strategy at Houston Investor Day

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The Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority will host operators, investors and partners in Houston on August 19 to preview future licensing opportunities and showcase the exploration potential of its offshore basins

HOUSTON, United States of America, August 7, 2026/APO Group/ –The Liberia Petroleum Regulatory Authority (LPRA) will present its strategy for the country’s next offshore licensing round at Liberia Investor Day Houston on August 19, bringing together international exploration companies, investors, service providers and energy leaders to discuss the next phase of Liberia’s upstream development.

Hosted in partnership with Energy Capital & Power, the event will provide a platform for the LPRA, led by Director General Hon. Marilyn T. Logan, to outline Liberia’s regulatory framework, investment priorities and plans to attract new participation across the country’s offshore sector. Discussions will focus on upcoming licensing opportunities, exploration prospects and the subsurface data supporting future investment decisions.

Liberia’s offshore sector is entering a new phase of exploration activity, with renewed international participation and a growing pipeline of opportunities. Following the award and ratification of eight Production Sharing Contracts in 2025, Liberia has re-established itself as a frontier exploration destination, with international operators advancing work programs designed to further evaluate the country’s petroleum potential. TotalEnergies is progressing exploration activities that include offshore geochemical surveys, 3D seismic acquisition and seabed mapping, while Oranto Petroleum has also signed contracts to explore Liberia’s offshore.

At the Liberia Investor Day Houston, the LPRA will provide industry stakeholders with insight into the priorities shaping the next licensing round, including the anticipated process, qualification requirements, available acreage and access to technical data. The engagement will give prospective investors a clearer view of Liberia’s exploration landscape and the opportunities emerging across its offshore basins.

The event will also facilitate direct dialogue between LPRA and the global upstream community, connecting companies with policymakers and industry stakeholders involved in shaping Liberia’s next chapter of petroleum development.

As exploration companies continue to seek new frontier opportunities, Liberia Investor Day Houston will highlight the role of regulatory certainty, data availability and strategic partnerships in unlocking long-term investment across Liberia’s offshore sector.

Registration is now open for attendees. Companies interested in Liberia’s emerging offshore opportunities are invited to join LPRA, investors and upstream leaders in Houston for insights into the country’s licensing strategy and exploration outlook. For more information contact info@energycapitalpower.com.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Energy Capital & Power.

 

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Beyond Stabroek: Guyana’s Offshore Basin Attracts New Wave of Exploration Investment

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As ExxonMobil advances appraisal activity in Stabroek and new operators target frontier acreage, Guyana is attracting global capital and building a diversified offshore portfolio designed to sustain long-term growth

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 7, 2026/APO Group/ –Guyana’s transformation into one of the world’s fastest-growing oil producers is entering a new phase, with a growing network of IOCs expanding exploration activity across the country’s offshore basin. Beyond the landmark discoveries that first put Guyana on the global energy map, new drilling campaigns and licensing partnerships are creating a broader exploration ecosystem designed to support long-term production growth.

At the center of this momentum is ExxonMobil’s continued exploration and appraisal activity in the prolific Stabroek Block. The company has submitted a proposal for a 35-well exploration and appraisal drilling campaign, expected to run from 2028 through 2033, pending regulatory approval. The program would build on more than 30 commercial discoveries already made in the block, with drilling activity focused on evaluating new prospects and appraising existing discoveries to support future development opportunities.

Exploration activity is also extending into Guyana’s frontier acreage, with ExxonMobil advancing drilling operations at the deepwater Canje Block. The company has deployed the Noble Stena Carron drillship for exploration activity, highlighting continued industry interest in evaluating Guyana’s underexplored offshore potential beyond the established Stabroek Block.

Guyana’s strong exploration outlook comes as the country’s economy continues to benefit from rapid oil sector expansion, with hydrocarbons expected to remain a key driver of exports, government revenues and economic growth. As production scales up, attracting additional investment across exploration, services and infrastructure will be critical to supporting the next phase of development.

That momentum is being reinforced through partnerships established under Guyana’s 2023 offshore licensing round. A consortium comprising TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy and Petronas is advancing exploration activities in Block S4 under a five-year production sharing agreement signed with the government in late 2025. The award represents one of the first major outcomes of the licensing round and demonstrates continued international confidence in Guyana’s offshore resource potential.

Beyond the largest operators, a diverse group of companies is also expanding activity across Guyana’s offshore basin. Eco Atlantic is advancing exploration at the Orinduik Block; CGX Energy and Frontera Energy are progressing work in the Corentyne Block; Occidental is evaluating opportunities in the Roraima Block; while Ratio Guyana and Cataleya Energy hold interests in the Kaieteur Block. Together, these partnerships are broadening Guyana’s exploration landscape, increasing competition for acreage and creating opportunities for future discoveries.

As Guyana transitions from an emerging producer to a global energy hub, the next challenge will be converting exploration success into sustainable investment, local value creation and regional growth. These opportunities will be explored at Caribbean Energy Week 2027, held under the theme “Unlocking the Caribbean Energy Corridor: Oil, Gas, LNG & Investment for a New Global Hub.” Bringing together governments, IOCs, investors and technology providers, the event will examine how Guyana’s expanding partnerships can accelerate offshore development, strengthen regional energy cooperation and attract the capital needed to support the Caribbean’s evolving energy landscape.

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Energy Capital & Power Establishes London Entity, Expanding Global Platform for Energy and Mining Events

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The move strengthens ECP’s presence in the UK and Europe, and its ability to connect African and South American markets with global investors

LONDON, United Kingdom, August 6, 2026/APO Group/ –International events company Energy Capital & Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) has officially established its UK entity in London, marking a milestone in the company’s growth strategy and reinforcing its ability to deliver world-class energy and mining events and campaigns in the UK and Europe.

By establishing a presence in a key hub like London – the pre-eminent energy and mining finance center – ECP actively shapes the global energy conversation. The expansion positions ECP to better serve clients, partners and investors seeking to develop business opportunities between Africa, Europe, the Americas and energy markets worldwide.

Opening our UK company brings ECP closer to key investors in the global energy finance capital

The milestone comes as ECP strengthens its reach through a series of investment platforms that connect global capital to energy and mining projects. These include the Venezuela Energy Week London Showcase on July 30 – with over 300 delegates registered – and the annual Invest in African Energy Forum, held in Paris as the premier event connecting global investors to Africa’s energy transformation.

ECP hosts high level summits and investor conferences in leading energy and minerals producing countries in Africa and South America, including: Venezuela Energy Week; Angola Oil & Gas; MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power; African Mining Week; Libya Energy & Economic Summit; Congo Energy & Investment Forum; South Sudan Oil & Power; and Caribbean Energy Week. The company has hosted investor forums and supported licensing round roadshows in Houston, London and Paris since 2016.

“Opening our UK company brings ECP closer to key investors in the global energy finance capital,” states CEO James Chester. “Having a permanent presence in London further cements our footprint in Europe, enabling us to fulfil our mission to bring minerals and energy investment to diverse global markets.”

With teams located across Africa, Europe and the Americas, ECP has long-facilitated strategic engagement, market intelligence and industry convening, uniting investors with leading energy and mining projects.

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