"Exploration budgets will always prioritise investment in countries that are committed to developing them responsibly. As countries come to terms with finding the right balance, investments increase to reward that maturity."
"In Africa, many projects are now adapting microgrid applications for renewable energy technologies, essentially enabling the production of energy in the location of consumption."
"Unless and until processing is available in other locations, there will be a natural collision between the concerns over foreign control by Canadian governments and the fact that the customer and source of investment capital is outside Canada."
"In the coming year, our company is focusing its energy on developing and bringing to the market our seed treatment technology as well as our abiotic stress technologies."
PRESIDENT, THE BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (ABIQUIM)
"It is urgent to create policies that guarantee the competitiveness and resumption of growth in the Brazilian industrial chemical sector, which is vital for society and has great production potential."
DIRECTOR AND ENGINEER (CC), DIRECTOR AND ENGINEER (IW), RESULTANT CONSULTING ENGINEERS (RESCE)
"We have built a strong track record with clients like Harmony Gold, Anglo American, Anglo Platinum, Northern Platinum and others who rely on us for much of their structural integrity work."
"With the Zambian government intently focused on increasing copper production, we have seen infrastructure improvements, with rail and road upgrades, as well as a strong focus on education and training to support the mining sector."
This pre-release, containing insights from executives across leading African upstream, downstream, financing, and service providers, spotlights developments in local capabilities, infrastructure, and new projects that are driving change in some of Africa's most interesting oil and gas producing countries.