Against the backdrop of a year of transformative policy and investment milestones across the MSGBC region, this year’s MSGBC Oil & Gas Power 2025 conference and exhibition, to be held in Dakar from 8 to 10 December, will feature a high-level strategy track, “Evolving Leadership Strategies: Transforming the Energy Landscape and Unlocking New Market Value.” This session will bring together regional and international leaders to discuss how innovative strategies, commercial partnerships and bold investments are shaping West Africa’s evolving energy sector.
The panel includes Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, former Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea and CEO of Bioko Consulting; Papa Samba, Director of Operations Management and Monitoring, Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Mines, Senegal; Malcolm Watson, Managing Director of MODEC Senegal.
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In Senegal, 2025 will be a pivotal year as the country celebrates first gas production from the Greater Tortue Amayim (GTA) LNG project, which will be developed with Mauritania and will produce 2.3 million tonnes per year. Oil production from the Sangomar oil field continues to exceed expectations, with 650,000 barrels processed domestically at the start of the year, moving towards energy independence. At the same time, Senegal is expanding renewable energy through a $13 million solar power initiative with IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Development Fund, alongside regional power integration through OMVG and the North Core Interconnection.
Meanwhile, Equatorial Guinea’s energy leaders are revitalizing the sector by pushing ahead with the Punta Europe gas megahub, designed to process gas from multiple regional gas fields. GEPetrol’s acceptance of the operation of the Zafiro field signals a new phase of cooperation with opportunities with international partners through technical services and redevelopment agreements. To attract investors, the government has introduced major fiscal reforms and signed bilateral agreements with Nigeria and Cameroon, reinforcing its ambitions to become a major energy and processing hub in the Gulf of Guinea.
Across the wider MSGBC basin, Mauritania recently enacted a ground-breaking green hydrogen law. One bill introduces a dedicated legal and financial framework to attract renewable energy and hydrogen investors, and the other promotes the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the energy supply chain. These reforms will align Mauritania with a $34 billion hydrogen investment program and place Mauritania at the forefront of Africa’s green energy transition. In Conakry, Guinea, strengthened local content policies led to a contract worth more than $120 million with a Guinean logistics company under the Simandou iron ore project.
On the integration front, the MSGBC government is pursuing cross-border power transmission projects through the West African Power Pool, including plans to leverage domestic gas from GTA projects to strengthen regional power supplies. Additionally, the region is exploring special economic zones around major energy hubs to attract downstream industries and promote industrial development.
The strategic track is therefore set to consider the increasing role of public-private partnerships, the diversification of renewable energy and the expansion of portfolios by leading companies such as Chevron, BP and Kosmos Energy, as well as by local innovators deploying solar microgrids in rural areas. By introducing these leadership-driven strategies, this session will highlight how MSGBC countries are not only transforming their energy systems, but also unlocking new market value across hydrocarbons, renewables, and emerging energy industries.
“The Strategic Track will spotlight the region’s most forward-thinking leaders and investors driving energy transformation across hydrocarbons, renewables and integration. By bringing together global policymakers and global executives, this session will identify pathways to unlock new market value and sustainable growth,” said Sandra Jeke, Events and Projects Director at Energy Capital & Power.
