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Keynotes

H.E. Eldevina Materula Minister of Culture and Tourism Mozambique

Panelists

Carlos Zacarias President, INP

Ed Stumpf Investment Director, AIIM

B.Com (Hons), MBA, FIA

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) is one of the most experienced private equity investment managers with a 20 year track record focused exclusively on African infrastructure. AIIM currently manages USD1.9bn in AUM out of 5 regional offices on the continent with a portfolio extending across more than 60 investments, 29 exits and operations in 19 countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa across its 7 African infrastructure funds.

The funds are designed to invest long-term institutional unlisted equity in African infrastructure projects such as toll roads, renewable energy, power generation, midstream energy, airports, ports and digital infrastructure assets.
Ed joined AIIM in 2014 and currently focuses on business development in East and Southern Africa, in addition to spearheading AIIM’s efforts to develop a pan-African ports and logistics platform.

Selected recent transactions include the acquisition of a majority stake in DSM Corridor Group (Tanzania), the establishment of the Central African Corridor Company (Zambia) and the sale of material interests in three privately-concessioned toll roads in Southern Africa by one of AIIM’s funds.
Prior to AIIM, Ed was an Executive Director in the Advisory and Infrastructure Finance group at Standard Chartered Bank where he completed a range of financing and advisory assignments across multiple emerging markets and industry sectors.

He was previously employed by Deloitte as a consulting Actuary to various European financial services groups.
Ed currently serves as a Director on the boards of African Ports & Corridors Holdings, DSM Corridor Group and Central African Corridor Company and was previously a Director on the board of Cenpower Generation Company.

C. Derek Campbell CEO, Energy & Natural Resource Security, Inc.

Shawn Robert Duthie Managing Director, Inyani Intelligence

Neli Magubane Chairperson, Matleng Energy Solutions

Narendra Asnani General Manager Sales GE Power Services Sub-Sahara Africa

Narendra Asnani is the General Manager Sales for the GE Power Services business responsible for Sub Sahara Africa based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

GE’s Power Services
business is a combination of two of the best services teams in the Power Industry – GE’s Power Generation Services and Alstom’s thermal services business.

In this role Narendra is responsible for Power Services SSA Growth, Commercial Strategy and building Digital footprints that offers electric utility customers the technology, knowledge and insight they need to manage the entire lifecycle of their power plants, ultimately providing reliable power to people around the world.

Narendra started his career with GE Research & Development in 2002, holding numerous engineering, finance and management positions at various GE locations worldwide including
USA, Asia and Africa.

Narendra holds Masters degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India

Paul Eardley-Taylor Oil & Gas Coverage, Southern Africa, Standard Bank

Jeremias Manussa CEO, INATUR

Dr. Ben K.D. Asante CEO, Ghana National Gas Company

Dr. Ben Asante is a world-renowned Oil and Gas engineer with more than 30 years of experience.
He has worked for major Operating Companies (Nova/TransCanada and Enron) as well as Engineering Consulting companies (Jacobs Engineering and Gulf Interstate Engineering) in Canada, US and Ghana in various technical and management roles.
Dr. Asante is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana National Gas Company.
He has also provided engineering services, project management, and technical support for various projects throughout the world including Abu Dhabi (UAE), Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and USA. He has also provided consulting services to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Dr. Asante was hired as the Technical Director for Ghana’s First Gas Infrastructure Project, responsible for Engineering, Construction and Operations. The initial specifications for the Gas Processing Plant, Offshore Pipeline and Onshore Pipeline were provided by Dr. Asante, working as a consultant to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) gas team.
He also developed the Gas Infrastructure Master Plan for Ghana working with the Energy Commission/Ministry of Energy in 2008. He was one of only five Africans invited by the US Department of Energy to contribute to the writing of a book on Natural Gas and LNG.

Dr. Asante is a product of Mfantsipim School, and holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering (KNUST, Ghana) and MSc in Chemical Engineering (University of Calgary, Canada). He also completed a joint dissertation on Multiphase Flow at Imperial College, London/University of Calgary and obtained his PhD also in Chemical Engineering. Dr Asante is a board-certified Professional Engineer. He has published 15 technical papers and made over 80 technical presentations within and outside North America on Oil/Gas Infrastructure Design and Operations.

Dr. Asante also taught Gas Processing and Pipeline Engineering at Imperial College, London, UK and at the School of Engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST).

Agostinho Zacarias Vuma Chairman of the CTA – Confederação das Associações Económicas de Moçambique

Agostinho Zacarias Vuma the Chairman of the Executive Board of Directors at CTA – Confederação das Associações Económicas de Moçambique, a Mozambican businessman with investments and operations in the areas of civil construction, real estate, energy, tourism, manufacturing, agriculture and other related areas.

He has held several positions of trust in companies and public and private entities, namely, Administração Nacional de Estradas (ANE), Confederation of Contractors of CPLP, GAPI Sociedade de Investimentos, SA, and PLAMA. He is also a Member of the National Parliament.

His contribution has been to advocate for the application of greater transparency and equity in the law of contracting the supply of public goods and services and the creation of favorable conditions for the improvement of the business environment, for the development of the private sector, making it strong, inclusive, socially responsible and capable of influencing economic reforms for the emergence of a robust private sector.

At the international level, he is a member of the African CEOS Board of Fame and has received the African Leadership Medal of Honor from African Leadership Magazine on the sidelines of the last UN General Assembly Session. He was elected Personality of the Year 2017, by Tektrónica, of Portugal, which was repeated in 2018 by the two weekly newspapers, namely, Magazine and Zambeze, from Mozambique.

Presently he acts as the Champion of the SBN Network for Nutrition, bearing the challenge of working for actions that strengthen the national food situation, sustainable business development and the improvement of the business environment.

He also acts as the President of the Lusophone Agricultural Chamber, an organization of the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries) business sector, with a seat in FAO (United Nations Fund for Agriculture) and which advocates for greater sustainability of agriculture in the Community.

Stefano Mariani Managing Director & CEO, Renergen

Dr. Sara Vakhshouri Founder and President, SVB Energy International

Dr. Sara Vakhshouri is founder and president of SVB Energy International, a strategic energy consulting firm with offices in Washington DC and Dubai. Dr. Vakhshouri has about two decades of experience of working in the energy industry with extensive experience in global energy market studies, energy strategy, energy security and geopolitical risk. She has consulted numerous governments, public and private entities, and international organizations like IMF & World Bank. She is also a member of the Energy Task Force of the Cyprus Climate Initiative which was launched and initiated by the President of the Republic of Cyprus. Dr. Vakhshouri is also a Professor of Energy Security at the Institute of World Politics.

Robin Sutherland COO, Anglo Eurasia Power Africa

Robin is Chief Operating Officer of Anglo Eurasia Power Africa LLC, a consulting firm focussed on assisting African countries to maximize the value of their considerable natural resources to power economic growth while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He received a BSc degree in Geophysics from Edinburgh University and has since held a variety of technical and business leadership roles in Africa. He joined Energy Africa in 1997 and subsequently led Tullow’s exploration team during the discovery and appraisal of the Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana. Robin is now focused on the conceptualization and execution of projects designed to reduce the significant impact of climate change on Africa.

Augusto E. Macuvele Executive Board Member, INP

Augusto Eugénio Macuvele has been the Executive Board Member for Exploration of the National Petroleum Institute (INP) since August 2015.

From July 2014 to August 2015 he
worked as Mining Specialist for the World Bank-funded Mining and Gas Technical Assistance Project (MAGTAP).

Between 2010 and 2014 he was Executive Director of Deep South Mining (Pty) Limited and Consultant with Geomac Consulting, from 2002 to 2009.

He held technical and managerial
positions at the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Namibia as Chief Geologist from 1996 to 2002 and Interim Mining Commissioner between 1998 and 2001.

He was a Lecturer at
Eduardo Mondlane University from 1988 to 1996 and held the position of Head of the Department of Geology of the University from 1990 to 1992. He holds a Master’s degree in Economic Geology from the Technical University of Freiberg and a Ph.D. in Geology with an emphasis in Sedimentology from the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), both from
Germany.

Olga Utchavo Renewable Energy Director, EDM

Simone Santi Energy, Oil & Gas mineral Resources, CTA

Simone Santi is a Maputo-based entrepreneur and Founder of Leonardo Group. In the last three years, Simone has worked in oil and gas projects worth $30 million in Mozambique. He is also a local content expert, a Founder of 15 start-up companies, in Africa. He has 24 years of experience in Africa mainly in the SADC area. He started working in Mozambique in 1996 founded first firm in 2001, he also partnered with three South African companies. In 2008, he was appointed as the Honorary Consul of Mozambique in Milan, in 2015 he was elected as the President of Chamber of Commerce Mozambique Italy and in 2019 he was the President of EU Chambers in Mozambique. Contact him on: presidente.ccmi@gmail.com or s.santi@leonardobc.com.

Program

8 March 2021 9 March 2021 10 March 2021

Day 1

07:30 - 08:45
Registration and networking

Collect your pass, grab a cup of coffee, and join a mentor and your peers for Keynotes!
07:30 - 08:45
WOMEN IN ENERGY NETWORKING BREAKFAST

Empowering a new generation of female leadership in Mozambique through education
opportunities and local capacity building

Recognising and building opportunities for women in energy in research, leadership,
government and field positions

Embracing the voices of local Mozambican leaders, as women are heavily impacted by uses
of energy and energy availability
9:00 - 10:00
AOP MOZAMBIQUE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
10:00 - 10:20
DIGNITARY OPENING SPEECH

Leveraging LNG to Build a Prosperous, Diverse and Self-Sufficient Mozambique
10:20 - 11:20
MINISTERIAL PANEL

Regional Cooperation in Gas, Power and Local Content

Oil and Gas projects are capital intensive and technical in nature. In order to ensure continuous investment and operational sustainability, regional cooperation and local content are key essential catalysts in today’s world to make this a success story.

Oil and gas companies are now considering massive labor resources locally in view of COVID 19 and other pandemics in future: What is being put in place to align objectives in your respective countries to make this a success?

The importance of the African Continental Free Trade Area cannot be overstated enough. This is Africa’s trade game-changer- What are some of the strategies in place from your respective countries to increase collaboration and spur critical progress while creating opportunities to empower domestic capacities and delivering a true African success story?
11:20 - 11:35
Coffee Break and Networking
11:35 - 11:45
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Lighting Up Mozambique The Path to Universal Power Access
11:45 - 12:45
PANEL DISCUSSION

Powering Mozambique Opportunities and Challenges in Electricity Generation & Transmission

Mozambique’s current energy access rate stands at just 29%, with only 15% of rural Mozambicans having access to electricity. Mozambique has ambitious goals, aiming to provide electricity for 50% of the population by 2023. Gas-to-power is sure to play a key role in this rapid development of electricity generation.

What are the obstacles in building gas-to-power plants in Mozambique? How can these be mitigated?

How are power subsidies impacting the financial viability of these plans? How competitive is gas-to-power in pricing schemes?

What tariffs and other policies need to be deployed to ensure Mozambique has adequate power generation?
13:45 - 15:00
Lunch Break and Networking
15:00 - 16:15
PANEL DISCUSSION

Local Content is the Way Forward The roadmap in transitioning a vision to reality

The LNG project for Area 1 has an estimate of US$2bn for local content spent, and Area 4 has US$3bn. Sponsors will work with local companies in Mozambique, but questions remain on the best path forward for ensuring training and creating an enabling environment for Mozambican service companies to thrive.

Advancing the competitive faculty and aptitude of homegrown Mozambican skill force through critical knowledge transfer and training: What is in place?

Aiming to open many more doors and promote opportunistic business inclusiveness for the locals and equip them with the skills to manage and operate through the entire value chain: What is being done?

Every process needs to be reviewed: What tracking is in place to see how Mozambique is advancing with local content, from infrastructure growth to financial content?
16:15 - 17:15
PANEL DISCUSSION

Competing for Funds Post-COVID Financing LNG & Mozambique’s Upstream

Future investment and financing will be highly dependent on the oil and gas price outlook. Competition for financing in Africa’s oil and gas space was already fierce, even before COVID-19 turned the global financial markets upside down and inside out. Now more than ever, it is paramount that Mozambique remains attractive.

Given the current market dynamics, what is the outlook for Mozambique gas? How will financing be impacted by new demand projections and increased risk?

What LNG buyers are still at the table and what are they willing to pay? Which international players are still in the market for gas projects? How can various forms of financing — from development banks and EXIM banks to private equity —work together to get mega projects off the ground?
16:15 - 17:15
Cocktail and Reception

Day 2

07:30 - 08:45
Registration and Coffee

Collect your pass, grab a cup of coffee, and join a mentor and your peers for Keynotes!
07:30 -08:45
MOZAMBICANS IN ENERGY NETWORKING BREAKFAST

Who is looking at the future of Mozambique? What are the roadmaps to making the transition
a success story?

Taking advantage of the range of opportunities for Mozambican SMEs to leverage on the
growth in the oil and gas sector

The importance of training and development for Mozambicans and what still needs to be
done to bring up the next generation of skilled workers

The need for financing opportunities for Mozambican SMEs
9:00 -09:15
OPENING PRESENTATION

Building a momentum and delivering success

A Macro View of Global Gas Markets

How has COVID-19 impacted the global LNG market and pricing?

What is the future role of Mozambique as an international player in the gas market?
9:15 -10:30
PANEL DISCUSSION

Exploration & Production in Mozambique Post-COVID-19 Opportunities and Pitfalls

COVID-19 has altered the face of the oil and gas industry for years to come and Mozambique was not spared from the global fallout. Projects have been cancelled; financing is more competitive than ever. Getting projects off the ground in a post-COVID world faces new, unforeseen challenges.

Demand for LNG is falling, with critics arguing the market is over supplied. How can Mozambique capitalise on projections for future demand to develop its gas now?

For the projects that are moving forward, what makes them competitive? Can -- and if so, how -- can these deals be replicated?

What challenges is Mozambique facing to get projects through development during COVID-19? Has COVID-19 created or highlighted any previously unknown advantages or opportunities?
10:15 - 11:15
PANEL DISCUSSION

Leveraging Gas in Agriculture Natural Gas and Energy in Agriculture Production

GDP growth has been largely driven by agriculture growth, and the country’s northern region has lush agriculture opportunities. Natural gas is a vital resource for the development of agriculture, from fertilizer to use in power generation and electrification, both of which can transform Mozambique’s agriculture capacity.

What projects need to be prioritized for natural gas to improve the country’s agriculture production?

What investment and policy decisions need to be taken now, to ensure that agriculture remains a top priority even after gas production begins? How can the development of petrochemicals and fertilizer prompt further economic progress?
11:30 -11:45
Coffee Break and Networking
11:45 - 12:15
AOP TALK

Strengthening Community: Cabo Delgado in the Oil and Gas Sector

The Cabo Delgado province will house the vast majority of Mozambique’s gas infrastructure, yet rising insurgencies and resentment from the community paint a broader issue: How can the people of Cabo Delgado participate in and strengthen Mozambique’s gas-driven future?
12:15 - 13:15
PANEL DISCUSSION

Proactive defense and offensive security measures for the protection of LNG critical infrastructure in Mozambique

The continuous protection of LNG critical infrastructure from pipelines, offshore rigs, oil tankers and gas fields are crucial to the performance of the sector in Mozambique, but security in recent years is becoming a more relevant issue in Mozambique, as the value of projects increases and actions of insurgency increase.

What are the results of vulnerability assessments? How can risk-based protection programmes, designed to deter and mitigate against attacks in Cabo Delgado, best be implemented?

How can human capacity and communities be considered in issues of security, including in CSR programs and skills building?

What do advanced cyber attacks and the recent outbreaks in Mozambique mean for the oil and gas industry?
13:15 - 14:30
Lunch Break and Networking
14:30 - 15:45
PANEL DISCUSSION

The Role of Renewable Energy in Reducing Inequalities in Power Development

Hydropower currently makes up the vast majority of Mozambique’s power capacity, representing 81% of installed capacity. But renewable energy represents a rapidly growing sector in Mozambique. Renewable energy represents an incredible opportunity to boost power capacity, and reach rural, off-grid communities.

How can renewables help reduce the Inequalities of power development in Mozambique?

How competitive is renewable energy in Mozambique, compared to hydro or other sources? What are the pricing challenges for renewable energy?

What specific challenges are renewable, smart-grid and off-grid technologies able to address in Mozambique? With a lack of transmission capacity, what is the potential for off-grid solutions (such as solar), to power rural Mozambique’s energy growth and improve quality of life in rural areas?
15:45 - 16:45
PANEL DISCUSSION

Women in Energy: Why the time is right for Mozambique to capitalise on its biggest assets

Building and developing an agile, competent, and diverse workforce of the future starts today, and will require adapting to rapid changes in the oil and gas sector. It is vital to understand what some of the contributing factors from women in energy are who occupy major roles in the industry.

Why does the energy sector need to capitalise on its female workforce and invest in mentoring, sponsoring, and upgrading their skillsets?

What is the role of men in advancing women within the energy sector? Why it is time to share responsibility and create changes
16:45 -17:45
PANEL DISCUSSION

Processing Downstream A Focus on Refining and Gas

Mozambique’s incredible natural gas reserves have the power to transform the national economy. LNG exports are set to drive economic growth, and gas processing will create new jobs, spur economic diversity and build resilient communities.

What are the challenges to building up Mozambique’s downstream and midstream capacity? What infrastructure should be prioritized to make downstream dreams a reality?

What is the potential for regional cooperation and trade in terms of gas processing?

What are the next steps for the Mozambique refinery? How can this project increase the country’s energy security?
17:45
Closing Remarks
18:00 - 20:00
Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony

Day 3 - Workshops

UPSTREAM PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Atum Development

Offshore Area 1 Block, Rovuma - Golfinho

Offshore Area 4 Coral Field Upstream Development

Offshore Area 4 Mamba Complex

Temane and Inhassoro PSA Expansion - Phase 1

Juan de Nova Maritime Profond Block Exploration
MIDSTREAM PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Mozambique LNG Project

Rovuma LNG Liquefaction Plant

Coral FLNG

Mozambique (Cabo Delgado) to South Africa (Richard’s Bay) Gas Pipeline

Nacala LNG to Powership

Aberdeen and Pemba Partnership (Interviews)

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