Africa is the second most populated continent but it’s also, unfortunately, the most energy-deficient continent (with 12% of global energy access deficit). The International Gas Union (IGU) has recently reported that over 640 million Africans need access to modern energy with per capita consumption of energy in sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa) being approx. 99% less than in the United States and approx. 97% less than in Europe.

Nigeria, with a current population of over 230 million people has over 90 percent of its citizens without access to electricity, making it the country with the highest level of absolute energy poverty in the world as well as the country experiencing net billion-dollar losses including loss of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of jobs. This is in spite of the fact that Nigeria is a natural gas province ranking 9th in proven natural gas reserves globally.

Concerned and worried by the slow and unimpressive trend of development in the natural gas and LNG sectors in Nigeria and Africa, the organizers of EINGICE led by the Gas & Energy Development Council of Emogas Limited decided to contribute to Africa and Nigeria’s growth by convoking EINGICE with the following objectives among others:

• To bring together all major stakeholders in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria, Africa and around the world to discuss and brainstorm on the prospects and problems facing the natural gas industry.
• To educate on and highlight the most important economic, financing and investment opportunities and potentials inherent in the natural gas industry, most especially, as it affects Nigeria in particular, and Africa, in general. A key objective here is to strategically remove the key hurdles daily faced by African economies one of which is a severe lack of access to finance for natural gas and natural gas-related projects, especially in the exploration and production phases.
• To develop strategies, proffer novel solutions as well as implement actionable steps and initiatives for the rapid growth and development of the natural gas industry and natural gas-based industries in Nigeria and Africa.
• To engage in strong local and global advocacy to win the geopolitics of gas and garner support towards leveraging natural gas leading to increase in approvals for gas development projects in Nigeria and Africa, that would scale rapidly to meet Nigeria and Africa’s geographical and social potential.
• To promote the concept of gradual, strategic decarbonization (the so-called ‘just transition’) rather than solely opting for the very immediate and ‘painful’ ‘energy transition’ that hurts vulnerable countries in Africa including Nigeria, which currently suffers low levels of energy access and limited ability to mobilise private capital.
• To examine and optimise the current state of implementation and realization of Nigeria’s ambitious decade-long gas plan, LNG market trends, pricing mechanisms, supply-demand dynamics, strong local and international collaboration of all stakeholders.
• To develop alternative funding and financing sources to drive growth without too much reliance and/or the overbearing influence of external factors and governments.

The inaugural edition of EINGICE (i.e. EINGICE 2024) which held on 30^th – 31^st  October, 2024, at Transcorp Hilton Abuja, #1 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria, with the theme: “Strategies for the acceleration of natural gas-based industrialisation of Nigeria: role of government, industry and regulators.”, was highly impactful as well as well-attended, with many industry greats and heavyweights present. You may refer to EINGICE 2024 conference communique for details of this highly impactful event.

EINGICE 2025 which is scheduled to hold on 30^th – 31^st October, 2025 in Abuja focuses on the following conference theme:

GUARANTEEING AFRICA’S EXIT FROM ENERGY POVERTY THROUGH NATURAL GAS PROJECT FINANCING AND DEVELOPMENT WITH A FOCUS ON NIGERIA: STRATEGIES AND ACTIONABLE STEPS

A sub-theme of EINGICE 2025 is:

THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF AFRICA’S ENERGY BANKS AND GOVERNMENTS TOWARDS EASIER PROCUREMENT OF NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGIES

EINGICE 2025 will involve the presentation of two Roundtables. The first is the LNG project financing and development roundtable with the sub-theme:

ADVANCING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH FINANCING, INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA’S LNG INFRASTRUCTURE

The second roundtable is the refining and petrochemical roundtable with sub-theme:

LEVERAGING NATURAL GASES AS PRODUCTS AND FEEDSTOCKS TOWARDS TRANSFORMATIVE GROWTH OF AFRICA’S REFINING AND PETROCHEMICAL MARKET
Be there!!!