AEW–WPC clash exposes Africa’s failure to defend its own energy calendar

Africa has events, but not enough calendar power African Energy Week is already a major gathering, with sessions covering investment, upstream development, gas, electricity, local content and country-specific opportunities.

And if Africa itself hosts multiple competing energy gatherings chasing the same ministers, sponsors and investors, outsiders will not always know which African event carries strategic priority.

Africa wants international investors to take African-led platforms seriously, yet governments continue to market many of the continent’s energy opportunities abroad.