Tanzania’s energy regulator has raised fuel price caps for October, citing higher international refined petroleum product prices following renewed conflict in the Middle East.
The new prices will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, October 7, the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) said in a public notice.
In Dar es Salaam, the retail price cap for petrol has been set at 4,057 Tanzanian shillings per litre, diesel at 4,086 shillings and kerosene at 4,067 shillings.
In Tanga, petrol will be capped at 4,123 shillings per litre, diesel at 4,152 shillings and kerosene at 4,133 shillings.
The corresponding caps in Mtwara are 4,170 shillings, 4,199 shillings and 4,180 shillings.
EWURA said renewed conflict in the Middle East in September had disrupted global oil production, availability and transportation, driving up refined product prices.
Tanzania purchases a large proportion of its petroleum products from the region, the regulator said.
Higher international prices have pushed the October price caps for petrol, diesel and kerosene above September levels. The notice did not provide the previous month’s prices or percentage increases.
The government continues to monitor the global oil market and take measures to maintain fuel supplies at affordable prices, EWURA said.
The regulator warned that traders who breach the prescribed pricing limits would face legal action. Oil companies may compete on price, provided they remain within the applicable price caps and floor prices.
EWURA also directed filling stations to display prices clearly and issue receipts showing the station’s name, purchase date, fuel type and price per litre.
Libya’s oil production has exceeded 1.4 million barrels per day this year, its highest level since 2013, National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Musa’ud Sulaiman said.
Sulaiman attributed the increase to the rehabilitation of idle fields, drilling of new development wells, completion of projects, routine well maintenance and infrastructure upgrades.
He was speaking at the opening of the NOVA 2026 conference and exhibition in Benghazi.
Musa’ud Sulaiman, Libya’s NOC Chairman.
The event, running from October 5 to 7, focuses on exploration, development and digital transformation.
Libya, an OPEC member since 1962, has Africa’s largest proven oil reserves, Sulaiman said.
He highlighted exploration opportunities in the country’s sedimentary basins, particularly the Sirte Basin, and its strategic location on the Mediterranean Sea.
“Libya has promising oil potential, as it has the largest proven oil reserves in the African continent, in addition to the exploratory potential of the Libyan sedimentary basins, particularly the Sirte Basin, and the strategic location of Libya on the Mediterranean Sea,” he said.
Sulaiman said NOC remained committed to its short-, medium- and long-term oil and gas targets. Its priorities include diversifying energy sources, reducing gas flaring, developing natural gas transport infrastructure and encouraging international companies to resume operations in Libyan oilfields.
He said the conference provided a platform for NOC and its international partners to exchange expertise and explore opportunities for cooperation.
The NOC-sponsored event brought together oil company executives, industry experts and other participants.
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has shared its petroleum sector experience with a three-member delegation from the Eswatini National Petroleum Company (ENPC), which is visiting Ghana to learn from the country’s industry and explore opportunities for cooperation.
The delegation is led by ENPC board member Dumezweni Dlamini and includes Chief Executive Nontombi Motsa and General Manager for Strategy and Communications Musa Shongwe.
The delegation is meeting GNPC, the Petroleum Commission and other institutions across Ghana’s petroleum value chain to learn about the country’s institutional, technical and commercial experience.
Motsa said ENPC wanted to understand how Ghana’s petroleum sector had evolved and identify areas for collaboration.
As Eswatini develops its petroleum sector and institutional capacity, she said, it could draw lessons from an African national oil company with relevant experience.
GNPC Chief Executive Kwame Ntow Amoah outlined the corporation’s development over four decades and key milestones in Ghana’s petroleum industry.
He explained that the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition provides policy direction, the Petroleum Commission regulates the upstream sector, and GNPC represents the state’s commercial interests and participates in petroleum operations.
Amoah said GNPC had performed broader sector functions in its early years, with those responsibilities changing as the industry matured.
He also outlined GNPC’s participation in upstream operations, its mandate as the national gas aggregator and its use of subsidiaries to develop expertise and expand its commercial activities.
GNPC’s strategy was to build a more integrated organisation, drawing on its expertise and commercial interests across upstream, midstream and downstream operations, he said.
Amoah identified sustaining output, reversing production declines and advancing exploration as key priorities. He said growing interest from major international energy companies pointed to renewed prospects for exploration and investment in Ghana.
Hamis Ussif, GNPC’s deputy chief executive for finance, commercial and administration, encouraged ENPC to develop an institutional structure suited to the current stage of Eswatini’s petroleum industry.
He stressed the need to establish institutional foundations before significant exploration and production activities begin. He also highlighted the growing role of natural gas in GNPC’s business, particularly in supplying power plants and industry.
Michael Aryeetey, deputy chief executive for exploration and production, said technical, commercial and institutional expertise should be developed alongside a strong local content framework and appropriate laws and regulations.
He said GNPC was ready to share its experience and provide technical assistance as ENPC develops its capabilities.
The engagement included a presentation on GNPC’s mandate, assets, organisational structure and medium- to long-term strategy.
Dlamini said the visit offered an opportunity to learn from African expertise and identify practices that could be adapted to Eswatini’s circumstances while strengthening ties between the two companies.
Algeria’s state-controlled energy company Sonatrach and Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to explore joint investment opportunities in oil and gas exploration and production in Algeria and abroad, Sonatrach said.
The agreement also covers skills development, local content, innovation, the energy transition and new technologies.
The signing took place on the sidelines of the North Africa Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (NAPEC 2026) in Oran, Algeria.
Sonatrach said the agreement was signed by its chairman and chief executive, Nour Eddine Daoudi, and Mrs. Kanita Thanita Sartwattayu , Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer of PPTEP.
The agreement seeks to expand the companies’ existing partnership and identify opportunities across the oil and gas value chain.
PTTEP has operated in Algeria since 2002, participating in oil and gas exploration and development projects with Sonatrach.
The number of vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG) in Nigeria has risen to 120,000 from 11,000 in 2023, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo said on Monday.
Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, Ekpo said the country aimed to increase the number to about 1 million by 2030 and establish up to 1,000 CNG refuelling stations nationwide.
Meeting the vehicle target would require an additional 880,000 CNG-powered vehicles over the next four years.
Outlining developments since taking office in 2023, Ekpo said utilisation of the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) capacity had increased to about 87% so far in 2026 from 59% in 2023.
He said about 185 billion naira had been approved to settle verified legacy gas debts owed to upstream producers.
Nigeria is also seeking to expand access to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to 5 million households by 2030, he said.
Contracts have been awarded to 42 companies to commercialise gas that would otherwise be flared, as part of efforts to end routine gas flaring by 2030.
Ekpo said Nigeria’s role in the 2026 Gas Exporting Countries Forum ministerial meeting and its admission as an association country of the International Energy Agency reflected its growing influence in the global gas sector.
“Our focus remains clear: raise gas production to 10 billion cubic feet per day in the near term and 12 billion cubic feet per day (BCF/D) by 2030, strengthen gas supply to power, expand domestic utilisation and ensure our gas resources deliver jobs, industrial growth, energy security and prosperity for Nigerians,” he said.
Nigeria’s gas reserves had increased to 215.19 trillion cubic feet from 208.83 trillion cubic feet in 2023, Ekpo said.
Average gas production had also risen to about 7.5 billion cubic feet per day from 6.86 billion, while domestic supply had exceeded 2 billion cubic feet per day.
Four major gas projects had reached final investment decisions, representing investment commitments of about $3.5 billion, he said.
Ekpo said the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund had used 671 billion naira in public funding to attract about 1.6 trillion naira in private investment across 31 projects and 205 infrastructure assets.
The OB3 pipeline was fully complete, with pre-commissioning concluded, while the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline was about 95% complete, he added.
The Gambia took delivery of two generators from China with a combined capacity of 21 megawatts on Monday as it seeks to ease prolonged power shortages that have sparked protests.
The West African nation has experienced extended blackouts since June, particularly in the Greater Banjul area, disrupting communities and prompting residents to take to the streets.
The generators, each with a capacity of 10.5 megawatts, arrived at the port of Banjul after being purchased from China.
Vice President Muhammed Jallow received the equipment on behalf of President Adama Barrow, who is on his annual Meet the People Tour.
Jallow described the generators as a short-term intervention, saying the government was also pursuing medium- and long-term measures to address the country’s electricity problems.
“The government wants to install the capacity, and part of the medium and long-term plan is to make sure that the issue of electricity is permanently fixed,” he said.
The generators are expected to increase the country’s installed generation capacity and ease electricity shortages.
Their arrival follows Barrow’s pledge to resolve the electricity crisis by the end of October. Government officials had said meeting that deadline depended partly on the arrival of additional generating capacity.
Jallow said electricity supply had already stabilised, but the government wanted to expand generation capacity further to reduce the risk of another crisis.
He also reiterated Barrow’s pledge to achieve universal access to electricity by the end of 2026, extending power to every community in the country.
Development partners, including the Chinese government, had pledged support for that goal, he said.
Gallo Saidy, managing director of the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC), said the generators would be installed and commissioned by the end of October.
“The machines have never been used; the only thing they need is to be installed,” he said
Oil marketing companies (OMCs) in Ghana have kept pump prices unchanged for the first pricing window of October, despite projected increases in petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices due to rising international petroleum product costs.
The Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC) had projected that petrol prices would rise by between 2.12% and 3.31%, diesel by between 3.32% and 5.60%, and LPG by between 1.90% and 2.25%.
The forecasts reflected a 19.42% increase in international crude oil prices, alongside rises of 6.91% for diesel, 2.43% for petrol and 8.55% for LPG, according to the chamber. LPG recorded the largest increase among the refined products cited.
However, the chief executives of GOIL PLC and Star Oil Ghana, two leading fuel retailers, said in Facebook posts on Friday that their companies would maintain petrol and diesel prices for the first pricing window of October.
Neither explained the reason for the decision.
Speaking on Accra-based TV3 on Saturday, National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Chief Executive Godwin Edudzi Tameklo said the government, through the finance minister, had suspended the GH¢1-per-litre Energy Sector Levy on diesel for the whole of October.
He said the measure was intended to cushion consumers against rising free-on-board (FOB) prices of petroleum products.
Tema Oil Refinery and Sentuo Oil Refinery had also agreed to hold their FOB prices at levels applied during the second pricing window of September, he added.
FOB prices exclude shipping costs to the destination.
Tameklo said the decision followed instructions from the energy minister and a meeting with industry representatives, including GOIL Group Chief Executive Edward Abambire Bawa, the chairman of Sentuo Oil Refinery and representatives of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD).
The participants agreed to help keep prices stable for consumers, he said.
“Diesel alone does about 250 million litres every month. That’s GH¢250 million for just the GH¢1 levy alone. If we are doing GH¢2, that’s over GH¢480 million just on diesel.
And we sustained this for almost three months,” he said.
Tameklo said the policy debate centred on whether to pass on the full cost of fuel increases and provide targeted support for public transport, or cushion all petroleum consumers because of the downstream sector’s importance to the economy.
“Your cell sites will not work, aggregation will not work, you can’t even move anything in this country,” he said.
He described the president’s intervention as a costly decision intended to ease hardship and prevent protests and fuel queues of the kind he said had occurred in Sierra Leone, Pakistan and India.
Tameklo thanked Star Oil Ghana and GOIL PLC and bulk distributors for agreeing to maintain prices and apologised to COMAC for not fully involving the chamber before the decision was taken.
“I take full responsibility for that omission. Necessity knows no law. We felt it was ideal to mitigate the impact of rising petroleum prices to make life easier for our people,” he said.
Sahara Group has opened a multimillion-dollar liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) depot in Ghana’s Tema industrial area, adding 6,000 metric tonnes to the country’s storage capacity.
The energy company, which operates in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, said the facility would improve LPG availability and supply chain efficiency in Ghana and neighbouring West African nations.
The Asharami Ghana Facility Manager Mr. Abayome Oyenuga said it comprises two mounded, propane-rated tanks with a capacity of 3,000 tonnes each, equivalent to a combined storage volume of approximately 12,000 cubic metres of LPG.
The terminal has six loading bays, seven product pumps — six main pumps and one standby — and an LPG liquid compressor. It also has a dedicated 12-inch pipeline stretching 3.5 kilometres for transferring LPG.
“We have invested heavily in the terminal automation system for this facility. Right from product receipt to dispatch, it is fully automated,” he said.
The terminal will operate around the clock in support of the government’s 24-Hour Economy policy, he added.
The facility’s automated fire protection and emergency response systems include two water storage tanks with a capacity of 1,700 cubic metres each, multiple emergency shutdown systems, and fire and gas detection systems.
It also has three diesel-driven fire pumps supported by jockey pumps to maintain pressure.
“We equally have an advanced preventive maintenance and inspection system in place,” he said.
The manager said the terminal aimed to strengthen Ghana’s LPG storage infrastructure and ensure reliable supplies with support from Asharami Ghana.
It would also serve industrial and commercial customers and create opportunities for local employment and skills development, while maintaining safety standards and operational reliability, he added.
Sahara Group Executive Director Adewale Ajibade said the depot marked the company’s first investment in LPG and praised the Ghanaian government for creating conditions conducive to investment.
He thanked Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor, the chief executive of the National Petroleum Authority and other stakeholders for their support in bringing the project to completion.
Ajibade also commended the contractors involved in the project.
Ghana’s National Petroleum Authority (NPA) chief executive, Godwin Kudzo Tameklo, has pledged to address concerns over tanker drivers’ working conditions and welfare following a series of strikes that have since been suspended.
Tameklo gave the assurance during an emergency meeting with members of the Ghana National Petroleum Tankers Drivers Union (GNPTDU) at the NPA’s headquarters in Accra on Wednesday.
The drivers’ grievances include the poor condition of the Tema Oil Refinery–Kpone Road, the deteriorating state of the BOST parking yard, oil loss control and allowances for drivers working long hours on rough roads.
Tameklo said the authority would work with relevant institutions to resolve the issues, adding that the Ghana Standards Authority had been brought in to provide an independent assessment of the oil loss concerns.
“We are doing all we can to get BOST to agree on these reforms because thankfully when this issue came up, we got a neutral person, which is the Ghana Standards Authority, to stand on the matter and give an unbiased report,” he said.
“Let me assure you that the Authority will do everything possible to get to the bottom of this issue, because it is an industry old matter, so it is something that we will take up to look at how to resolve it.”
On the TOR–Kpone Road, Tameklo said he was pushing for its inclusion in the government’s “Big Push” programme.
He said options discussed for repairing the road included contributions from companies operating in the area and funding through the programme.
“I want to assure you that, I am pushing strongly for the road to be placed under the ‘Big Push’ project, it is of major concern to us, because we have done so much in the downstream industry but this road deducts our mark,” he said.
The union’s national chairman, George Nyaunu, apologised for failing to notify the NPA before the strike and thanked the regulator for meeting the drivers.
“We want to apologise for not informing you ahead of time of our intended strike because we knew if we had told you, you’ll convince us not to go ahead with it,” Nyaunu said.
“There was no mention of NPA, we only wanted to let our concerns be heard.”
He expressed hope that the discussions would lead to solutions.
“We want to thank you for offering a listening ear to all our issues and hopefully solutions can be found to these matters.”
Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned for personal reasons, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, citing Mehdi Tabatabaei, communications deputy in the president’s office.
Paknejad, who had served as oil minister of the OPEC member since August 2024, stepped down as the seven-month-old war between Iran and the United States put pressure on the country’s economy.
Tabatabaei told state television that Paknejad had submitted his resignation “a long time ago” and that President Masoud Pezeshkian had accepted it at the minister’s insistence.
Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the state-owned National Iranian Oil Company, has been appointed acting oil minister, Tabatabaei said.
Before news of his resignation, state media quoted Paknejad as saying that “revenues of the oil that we have sold are still coming and that will continue God willing”.
The Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Benjamin Boakye, has urged Ghana and Tullow Oil to preserve their commercial relationship following an arbitration ruling dismissing the company’s claims and upholding a $393.09 million tax assessment by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
Boakye said disagreements were inevitable in commercial relationships and that independent mechanisms such as arbitration existed to resolve disputes when parties could not reach agreement.
“Losing an arbitration case should not turn a commercial partner into an enemy of the state, he said.
“Ghana needs both revenue and investment,” he said.
Boakye urged authorities to distinguish commercial disputes from criminal conduct, saying a company’s decision to challenge the state through arbitration did not, in itself, make it an adversary.
He called on Ghana to strengthen its capacity to resolve commercial and civil disputes through appropriate civil processes.
“Civil remedies matter to investor confidence. They may not always produce politically satisfying outcomes, but they exist to protect rights, resolve disagreements and reduce unnecessary uncertainty in the investment environment.”
Boakye said Ghana’s ambition to become a credible seat of international arbitration depended on institutional credibility, rather than declarations alone.
Trust, he said, required predictable courts, independent adjudication, respect for contractual processes and confidence that political or state power would not be used to circumvent civil proceedings.
Tullow had challenged a $196.5 million corporate income tax assessment relating to proceeds received between 2016 and 2019 under its corporate business interruption insurance policy.
The tribunal in London ruled that the assessment did not breach the petroleum agreements between Tullow and the Ghanaian government.
Boakye said the government’s recognition of Tullow as an important partner was significant, adding that Ghana needed both revenue from the Jubilee and TEN oilfields and the continued investment and production that generated it.
He also pointed to Tullow’s response to the ruling. The company, although disappointed, had indicated that it would engage the government on the implications and next steps.
Boakye said that approach reflected how civil and commercial disputes should be handled: parties should present their cases, submit to agreed procedures and pursue any lawful remedies available.
The G7 and its partners have agreed to release as much as 100 million barrels of emergency diesel and crude stocks over the next four months, putting government inventories into a fuel market that has been running short of refinery output for months.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that the release would be coordinated through the International Energy Agency, with an emphasis on diesel. European countries had discussed releasing 50 million barrels of diesel while IEA members would supply another 50 million barrels of crude.
President Donald Trump welcomed the move after his administration pressed Europe to draw down its emergency stocks and floated restrictions on U.S. diesel exports.
“Europe has just agreed to release a massive amount of their heavily stocked Diesel Oil. The process will begin immediately,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The market reacted immediately. European gasoil futures fell more than 4% Friday, while Brent dropped about $3 to below $100 per barrel. Diesel’s premium over crude fell to roughly $69 per barrel from $76.77 on Thursday.
There is plenty for these reserve barrels to work on.
U.S. diesel prices recently reached a record $6.50 per gallon. European diesel futures have traded above $200 per barrel. Middle Eastern refinery outages, Russian refinery damage, and export restrictions have removed millions of barrels of product supply, and Chinese refiners have suspended October fuel exports to preserve domestic stocks.
Europe also has a direct interest in using the stocks. It consumes more diesel than it produces and has become increasingly dependent on U.S. imports. A U.S. export ban would tighten European supply further while potentially forcing American refiners to cut runs once domestic storage is filled.
The release buys time. It puts physical diesel into the market during a period of acute shortage and takes some pressure off prices.
It does not, however, add refinery capacity.
The IEA already coordinated a 400-million-barrel emergency release in March after the Iran war began, with about two-thirds of those barrels released so far.
The G7 statement indicates that the 100 million barrels will help complete the emergency-release commitments made in March, rather than a clearly additional 100-million-barrel tranche.
Emergency inventories can bridge a supply disruption. The underlying diesel shortage still depends on getting damaged and idled refineries back into service.
Kenya has appointed new heads of three key energy agencies responsible for electricity transmission, geothermal development and energy regulation, the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum said on Wednesday.
Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi named Tom Odhiambo Imbo as managing director and chief executive of the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), according to a statement issued on Sept. 30.
Stephen Kipsang Busieney was appointed managing director and chief executive of the Geothermal Development Company (GDC), while Edward Mwirigi Kinyua was named director-general of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).
The appointments take effect immediately following recruitment processes conducted by the agencies’ respective boards, the ministry said.
It said the recruitment complied with applicable laws and human resource guidelines, and the appointments were approved under the State Corporations Act, the Companies Act and the Energy Act.
Wandayi congratulated the appointees and expressed confidence in their ability to advance the government’s plans for the energy and petroleum sector.
KETRACO develops electricity transmission infrastructure, GDC develops geothermal resources, and EPRA regulates the country’s energy and petroleum industries.
African Energy Week (AEW) 2026 is more than a conference. It is Africa’s energy marketplace. A meeting point for the governments that control resources, the companies that develop them, the financiers that provide capital and the service providers that turn investment decisions into operating projects.
From October 12–16, Cape Town will become a platform for these players to negotiate deals, establish commercial relationships and move African energy opportunities closer to execution.
This commercial mandate has helped turn AEW into a broader movement around African energy development. By bringing decision-makers across the value chain into one marketplace, the event creates an opportunity not only to discuss the trajectory of Africa’s energy systems, but to actively reshape it.
AEW 2026 will convene ministers, national oil companies (NOCs), international operators, independents, financiers and service companies, with a program structured around commercial engagement. In addition to its strategic conference stages, the event incorporates live deal signings, structured business matchmaking and closed-door meetings.
More than 9,000 delegates from over 100 countries are preparing to make their way to Cape Town, bringing with them new opportunities for investment, collaboration and project advancement.
AEW has already cemented itself as Africa’s energy marketplace, where every party needed to advance a project or initiative is present and actively pursuing deals.
The marketplace model has also translated engagement at the event into tangible commercial outcomes, with agreements concluded across financing, project development and cross-border partnerships.
Agreements signed at recent editions span project finance, trade finance, hydrogen development and NOC partnerships.
Signatories at AEW 2022 included Afreximbank, Sasol, Technip Energies and Namcor.
The 2023 edition recorded a loan agreement between Afreximbank and Alphaden Energy & Oilfield, as well as a hydrogen agreement between Gambia’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and H2 Gambia Limited.
Five agreements were signed at AEW 2024, including a partnership between the NOCs of the Republic of Congo and Azerbaijan and a trade finance agreement between Afreximbank and Dorman Long Engineering.
Equatorial Guinea’s 2026 licensing round illustrates how engagement at AEW progresses into commercial activity.
The country announced the round at AEW 2025 and provided prospective bidders with details on available acreage, the bid timeline and amendments to fiscal terms and production sharing contracts. This momentum will continue into 2026.
Algeria will bring its ongoing bid round – featuring seven onshore exploration opportunities – to the forefront of the event while Liberia’s Petroleum Regulatory Authority, in partnership with Energy Capital & Power, will showcase the country’s 2026 Direct Negotiation Petroleum Licensing Round.
AEW 2026 takes this engagement further. The Deal Room provides project sponsors and developers with a platform to present active oil, gas, power and infrastructure transactions, while the African Farmout Forum, held in partnership with Moyes & Co, Farmout Angel and Envoi, presents available blocks and acreage from across the continent. An African Upstream M&A panel will assess prevailing deal structures, and a dedicated finance session will examine risk allocation as a determinant of financial close.
Country sessions give operators direct access to government decision-makers.
The program features spotlights on South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Namibia, Ghana, the Republic of Congo and more, while the 8th Meeting of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organization NOC CEOs’ Forum will facilitate collaboration between major players.
Power Africa Today, Renegade Intel and the Upstream E&P Forum will run alongside the main program, extending AEW’s coverage to power, digital infrastructure and exploration.
Together, these platforms reinforce AEW’s role not simply as a forum for discussing Africa’s energy future, but as a place where the commercial relationships, investment decisions and agreements shaping that future are made.
“When people ask me what AEW is, I tell them it’s the African energy marketplace. You walk into that building and ministers are there, NOCs are there, banks are there, the company with the rig is there, and they’re all looking for each other. Some of the most important conversations of the year happen in a corridor between sessions, and, more often than not they end with a signed agreement,” stated NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber.
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“The government wants to install the capacity, and part of the medium and long-term plan is to make sure that the issue of electricity is permanently fixed,” he said.
The generators are expected to increase the country’s installed generation capacity and ease electricity shortages.
Their arrival follows Barrow’s pledge to resolve the electricity crisis by the end of October. Government officials had said meeting that deadline depended partly on the arrival of additional generating capacity.
Jallow said electricity supply had already stabilised, but the government wanted to expand generation capacity further to reduce the risk of another crisis.
He also reiterated Barrow’s pledge to achieve universal access to electricity by the end of 2026, extending power to every community in the country.
Development partners, including the Chinese government, had pledged support for that goal, he said.
Gallo Saidy, managing director of the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC), said the generators would be installed and commissioned by the end of October.
“The machines have never been used; the only thing they need is to be installed,” he said 
It also has three diesel-driven fire pumps supported by jockey pumps to maintain pressure.
“We equally have an advanced preventive maintenance and inspection system in place,” he said.
The manager said the terminal aimed to strengthen Ghana’s LPG storage infrastructure and ensure reliable supplies with support from Asharami Ghana.
It would also serve industrial and commercial customers and create opportunities for local employment and skills development, while maintaining safety standards and operational reliability, he added.
Sahara Group Executive Director Adewale Ajibade said the depot marked the company’s first investment in LPG and praised the Ghanaian government for creating conditions conducive to investment.
He thanked Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor, the chief executive of the National Petroleum Authority and other stakeholders for their support in bringing the project to completion.
Ajibade also commended the contractors involved in the project.
On the TOR–Kpone Road, Tameklo said he was pushing for its inclusion in the government’s “Big Push” programme.
He said options discussed for repairing the road included contributions from companies operating in the area and funding through the programme.
“I want to assure you that, I am pushing strongly for the road to be placed under the ‘Big Push’ project, it is of major concern to us, because we have done so much in the downstream industry but this road deducts our mark,” he said.
The union’s national chairman, George Nyaunu, apologised for failing to notify the NPA before the strike and thanked the regulator for meeting the drivers.
“We want to apologise for not informing you ahead of time of our intended strike because we knew if we had told you, you’ll convince us not to go ahead with it,” Nyaunu said.
“There was no mention of NPA, we only wanted to let our concerns be heard.”
He expressed hope that the discussions would lead to solutions.
“We want to thank you for offering a listening ear to all our issues and hopefully solutions can be found to these matters.” 
