The CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah has said the global risk of tightening financial markets coupled with the clear and present danger of capital flight out of African fossil fuel projects is a clear indication to increase the involvement of the African financial sector in securing long term capital for oil and gas projects.
The upstream petroleum industry awarded contracts worth US$3.6billion to indigenous companies over the last three years, thereby deepening the local content policy.
The African Energy Chamber (AEC), the voice of the African energy sector, is honored to announce that Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah, CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), will be attending and participating as a keynote speaker at this year’s edition of the African Energy Week (AEW) (www.AECWeek.com) conference and exhibition, Africa’s premier event for the oil and gas sector which will take place from 18 – 21 October in Cape Town.