The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene says it is about time Africa moved from being a net importer of refined petroleum products to become a net exporter.
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Hassan Tampuli, has revealed that Africa rsquo;s petroleum downstream sector suffers an acute infrastructure deficit.
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) depends on the collaboration between industry and bureaucrats at the implementation level.
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said the only way to build a self-sustaining continent is for African nations to cooperate with each other in trade and investment.
GhIPCON is the country’s foremost Petroleum Downstream Conference to share ideas
The Ghana International Petroleum Conference (GhipCon) is slated for today March 10, 2021, via a Zoom meeting to discuss issues and policies concerning Petroleum Operations in the country.
GhipCon 2021 is expected to provide critical insights into market shifts and policies occasioned by the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which makes Africa the world’s largest free trade area.
The Virtual Conference will host about 2,000 people including business people and major global and regional corporates with an interest in Africa.
The conference will tackle five major topics which include; AfCFTA and the future of trade in Africa: Implications for Africa’s downstream, Leveraging AfCFTA to build a self-reliant Africa: Repositioning refining and supply chain, optimizing downstream petroleum revenues in the era of AfCFTA, Harmonizing Downstream regulation in the era of AfCFTA: Myth or Necessit