West and Central Africa

Chair: Olusola Lawson, Co-Managing Director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers

Ajay Ubhi, Research analyst at African Energy will start with West Africa insights from African Energy Live Data.

Some of the new proposed themes for discussion:

1. What are views around the role of gas generally in a greener world, and where there is increasing international pressure for companies and investors to assess fossil-fuel dependence?
   
2. Virtual pipelines: how can CNG and mini-LNG technologies be deployed successfully to capture value in domestic gas markets.
   
3. Given the difficulties in power value chains in many countries in West Africa, are there opportunities to develop pipeline gas distribution businesses which focusses on private off-takers (vs public power plants?)
   
4. LPG consumption is still low on a per capita basis vs comparable developing countries, but growing fast in many markets, displacing dirtier fuels such as Kerosene. Any views on the most attractive ways to play in the LPG space?
   
5. With the depressed price of LNG globally, does this open up a market to get FSRU/import projects off the ground and what is the best way to maximise value from these assets.

Topics for discussion:

• What can be done about under-performing or stalled projects across the region?
• What is the potential for developing Nigeria’s gas infrastructure?
• Are gas pipelines really the answer to regional supply shortfalls?
• We will also ask how WAPP and other regional initiatives are changing regional strategic thinking about electricity supply?