CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 30, 2026/APO Group/ –Zimbabwe Regulatory Authority (ZERA) CEO Edington Tapera Mazambani, Gabon Oil Company (GOC) CEO Dr. Marcellin Simba Ngabi and Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) Chairman and CEO Rudêncio de Rodolfo Novais Morais will speak at African Energy Week 2026, bringing perspectives from three institutions at the center of Africa’s evolving energy landscape. Representing regulation, state participation and natural resource development, the executives will share insights into the policies, investments and partnerships shaping the next phase of energy growth across southern and Central Africa.

Their participation comes as African governments pursue market reforms, strengthen national energy companies and expand private investment to improve energy security and accelerate resource development. AEW 2026 – taking place in Cape Town from October 12–16 – will provide a platform to examine how regulatory modernization, state-led investment and international partnerships are driving new opportunities across the continent’s electricity, oil and gas sectors.

Mazambani joins AEW 2026 as Zimbabwe advances one of its most significant energy market reforms in decades. The regulator recently shifted away from unsolicited project proposals in favour of structured competitive bidding, improving transparency while creating clearer pathways for private investment. At the same time, ZERA continues expanding the country’s renewable energy pipeline, issuing new generation licenses that have added hundreds of megawatts of planned capacity, predominantly through utility-scale solar projects.

The authority has also launched initiatives to modernize the national grid, strengthen energy efficiency standards and prepare for wider deployment of distributed generation through future net-metering frameworks. Recent enforcement measures to ensure lower fuel prices are expected to reduce transport costs and improve affordability for consumers.

Meanwhile, Ngabi brings insights from one of Africa’s fastest-growing national oil companies as GOC expands from an equity partner into an integrated upstream operator. Since taking office, he has overseen a strategy centered on increasing state participation in Gabon’s petroleum sector through acquisitions, operatorship and domestic capability building. The company’s $300 million acquisition of Tullow Oil’s Gabon portfolio significantly expanded its production base and reserves while positioning GOC as a more influential operator across the country’s mature producing assets.

The acquisition of Société de Maintenance Pétrolière Afrique has brought drilling and well intervention expertise in-house, while new offshore production sharing contracts have expanded GOC’s operated acreage. These developments coincide with Gabon’s broader efforts to revive exploration activity, open new offshore licensing opportunities and modernizing refining infrastructure.

A geologist by training with decades of experience inside ENH, Morais has been tasked with maintaining technical continuity while advancing the commercialization of Mozambique’s vast offshore natural gas resources. His appointment comes as Mozambique seeks to accelerate financing and implementation of major Rovuma Basin LNG projects that are expected to transform the country’s economy over the coming decade.

Beyond LNG development, ENH is expanding its role across Mozambique’s broader energy value chain. Under Morais’ leadership, the company is supporting government efforts to increase domestic value addition by strengthening logistics infrastructure, pipeline networks and downstream facilities that can support long-term industrialization. The strategy reflects Mozambique’s growing emphasis on ensuring natural gas development delivers wider economic benefits through local content, industrial growth and improved energy access.

“Across Africa, governments are strengthening regulatory institutions, expanding the role of national energy companies and creating new investment frameworks to unlock long-term energy development,” says NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber. “The participation of ZERA, Gabon Oil Company and ENH at AEW 2026 reflects the important role these institutions play in shaping competitive energy markets, attracting investment and ensuring Africa’s natural resources drive sustainable economic growth.”

Multilateral finance institution the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is expanding its role in Angola’s energy and infrastructure sectors, having invested close to $1 billion across the country’s power, rail, logistics and critical minerals industries. Reflecting its growing commitment to the market, the institution has joined the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) Conference & Exhibition as an Elite Sponsor ahead of this September’s event in Luanda.

 

The sponsorship comes as AFC and Angola continue to strengthen their partnership. In 2025, Angola became a sovereign shareholder in AFC through a landmark $184.8 million equity investment commitment, reinforcing the institution’s role in mobilizing capital for strategic projects across the country. Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund also invested $25 million in AFC, further demonstrating the country’s confidence in the pan-African infrastructure financier.

That partnership is already translating into major transactions. In July 2026, AFC reached financial close on a $753 million financing package for the Lobito Corridor Railway Project, serving as Co-Financial Adviser alongside Eaglestone. The financing includes $553 million from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and $200 million from the Development Bank of Southern Africa and will support the rehabilitation, upgrade and long-term operation of the 1,300-km railway linking the Port of Lobito with the Democratic Republic of Congo border.

Beyond transport infrastructure, AFC is also supporting Angola’s upstream oil and gas industry. The Corporation invested $60 million as part of a $190 million debt facility backing Angolan independent Etu Energias’ acquisition of interests in offshore Blocks 14 and 14K. The transaction enabled Etu Energias to acquire a 20% stake in Block 14 and a 10% stake in Block 14K, doubling its net production at the time from approximately 9,000 to 19,000 barrels per day.

AFC’s participation at AOG 2026 reflects its expanding footprint in Angola and creates new opportunities to engage with project developers, operators and government stakeholders. As the country’s premier oil and gas event, AOG has established itself as the leading platform for advancing investment, financing and partnerships across Angola’s hydrocarbon value chain.

Taking place on September 9-10, with a pre-conference program on September 8, AOG 2026 will bring together government officials, financiers, operators, service companies and investors to examine the opportunities shaping Angola’s energy future. As an Elite Sponsor, AFC will showcase its expertise in structuring and mobilizing capital for large-scale African infrastructure and energy projects while reinforcing its long-term commitment to Angola’s economic development.

LUANDA, Angola, July 29, 2026/APO Group/ –International energy company Chevron will bring a senior executive delegation to Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2026, with leaders spanning global exploration, regional operations and commercial strategy participating at the conference. As a Gold Sponsor, the company’s presence reflects both the scale of its investment in Angola and its long-term commitment to exploration, production growth and lower-carbon development across the country.

The delegation includes Kevin McLachlan, Vice President of Exploration; Emmanuelle Garinet, Director of Exploration for the Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa; Toni Henning, Commercial General Manager, Chevron Southern Africa; and Frank Cassulo, Southern Africa Managing Director. Bringing together global decision-makers responsible for exploration strategy alongside regional executives leading Chevron’s Angolan portfolio, the delegation underscores the strategic importance of Angola within the company’s international upstream business.

Chevron remains one of Angola’s largest international oil and gas investors, with a portfolio spanning mature offshore assets, new production projects, frontier exploration and non-associated gas development. The company continues to balance production from established operations with investment in new resources, supporting Angola’s objective of sustaining crude output while unlocking new gas opportunities.

Production growth remains a key pillar of Chevron’s strategy. In late 2025, the company achieved first oil from the N’dola Sul development in Block 0, a project designed to maximize recovery from one of Angola’s longest-producing offshore concessions. The development forms part of Chevron’s broader brownfield investment strategy, demonstrating how tiebacks to existing infrastructure can deliver additional production while improving capital efficiency.

Alongside production optimization, Chevron is advancing a frontier exploration campaign. The company is progressing exploration activities in Blocks 49 and 50 in the Lower Congo Basin, where seismic acquisition was completed in 2025 before moving into data processing and interpretation. The program is expected to strengthen geological understanding of the offshore acreage and support future drilling decisions as Angola seeks to unlock new reserves through frontier exploration.

Beyond oil, Chevron continues to play a leading role in establishing Angola’s gas industry through the New Gas Consortium. The consortium spearheaded development of the Quiluma and Maboqueiro fields, Angola’s first non-associated gas project, which now supplies feedstock to the Angola LNG plant in Soyo. The project represents a major milestone in the country’s gas commercialization strategy, supporting LNG exports while creating opportunities for future domestic industrial development.

Chevron is also expanding its lower-carbon portfolio in Angola. Earlier this year, the company renewed its memorandum of understanding with the Angolan government to advance collaboration on lower-carbon initiatives, building on previous work related to carbon management, renewable fuels and other technologies that support the country’s broader decarbonization objectives.

The participation of Chevron’s senior leadership team at AOG 2026 reflects the breadth of the company’s Angolan portfolio and its continued confidence in the country’s upstream potential. With executives responsible for global exploration strategy, regional commercial operations and Southern African business leadership, the delegation will contribute high-level perspectives on frontier exploration, production optimization, gas monetization and the next generation of investment opportunities.

As Angola continues to advance exploration, develop new gas resources and maximize production from existing assets, Chevron’s leadership at AOG 2026 reinforces the company’s position as a long-term partner in the country’s oil and gas industry.