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Africa is missing from this equation
Is it really that surprising that none of the African countries appeared in the top 20 of this ranking? Not
so much if we remember that none of them has been fully involved in the reflection process
concerning the implementation of the energy transition. The Western world has unilaterally decided to
turn its back on fossil energies and to find other less-polluting energy sources. The most adamant have
proclaimed the end of fossil fuels in the 2030s.
However, in Africa, the outlook is very different. Nigeria, Africa's leading power, has an abundance of
oil and gas deposits. Within the Delta region alone, production averages about 2.5 million barrels per
day. There are an estimated 93.8 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves. Thus, the economic
stability of the country and, by extension, of the continent is largely based on the gas industry.
Similarly, Algeria, the giant of the Maghreb, has developed a whole industry around gas exports through
trade agreements with the European Union. The country now supplies nearly 40% of Spain's gas. In
light of the Ukraine-Russia crisis, what can we say about the Congo and Angola, which are self-sufficient
in natural gas and have both offered their gas to Europe? Lastly, a recent discovery of deposits in the
Sahel is raising hopes. Thus, by 2024, gas should be coming out of the Senegalese and Mauritanian
lands/seas via the Grand-Tortue-Ahmeyim offshore project.

Construction of a natural gas pipeline

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