In less than a month, we meet in Cape Town.

From 12–16 October, the global energy sector will converge in Cape Town for African Energy Week (AEW) 2026.

But AEW is bigger than five days on a calendar.

It is a movement.

A movement bringing Africa’s energy leaders, investors, project developers and global industry together around one shared objective: turning Africa’s energy potential into investment, production, infrastructure and growth.

This is where ministers sit across the table from investors. Where NOCs present opportunities to the international market. Where CEOs meet CEOs. Where projects come to the forefront, partnerships take shape and serious conversations move towards deals.

This is where deals are made.

And in less than a month, the people who can make those deals happen will be in Cape Town.

AEW will convene government leaders, ministers, regulators and NOCs from across Africa, alongside international oil companies, independents, financiers, investors, technology providers, EPCs, service companies and the broader energy value chain.

And they are not coming to Cape Town simply to talk.

They are bringing opportunities.

Across AEW 2026, governments and industry leaders will put real projects, investment pipelines and market opportunities in front of the international investment community.

From Angola’s offshore expansion and new capital opportunities, to Nigeria’s next upstream growth cycle. From the MSGBC region’s gas and infrastructure potential, to East Africa’s expanding exploration and development activity across Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania.

From North Africa’s brownfield opportunities and gas markets, to South Africa’s downstream, power, infrastructure and Orange Basin opportunities.

AEW will also highlight markets including Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and other emerging and frontier energy destinations, giving investors direct access to the people driving these markets forward.

Come for the opportunities. Stay for the meetings.

AEW is built around access.

Access to ministers.

Access to NOCs and regulators.

Access to CEOs and decision-makers.

Access to investors and financiers.

Access to projects that need capital, partners, technology and execution.

And access to the companies that can make those projects happen.

You will see the leading names across upstream, midstream, downstream, power, finance, infrastructure, logistics, technology, engineering and services under one roof. Connect directly with decision-makers driving Africa’s upstream growth, including:

• Global Supermajors & IOCs: TotalEnergies, Chevron, ExxonMobil and bp

• Regional Champions & Independents: Azule Energy, VAALCO Energy, Inc, Trident Energy, Perenco, Afentra, Tullow, Rhino Resources, Sintana Energy and BW Energy

• National Oil Companies: Sonangol, SNH, GNPC, Petrosen, SANPC, Petroci and ENH

This is the full African energy value chain in one place.

Seven tracks. One week. The entire energy value chain.

The 2026 programme gives you multiple platforms to get into the conversations that matter:

• AEW Town Hall – high-level discussions with policymakers, regulators and industry leaders

• Upstream E&P Forum – exploration, production, licensing and Africa’s next upstream growth cycle

• Energy Finance Forum – capital, project finance and investment

• Power Africa Today – generation, transmission, distribution, renewables and energy access

• Energy Additions Forum – Africa’s growing energy demand and the resources needed to meet it

• Downstream & Petchem Forum – refining, fuels, petrochemicals and downstream investment

• Renegade Intel – technology, infrastructure, gas, AI, data centres and the new forces reshaping African energy

And beyond the main tracks, country investment spotlights, technical workshops, The Drill Room, the Innovation Hub, investor forums, masterclasses and executive meetings will put specific projects, technologies and investment opportunities directly in front of the market.

If you are serious about African energy, you need to be in Cape Town.

Africa needs more energy.

More investment.

More production.

More infrastructure.

More power.

And more bankable projects moving from the drawing board into execution.

That requires the right people in the room.

That room is AEW 2026.

I look forward to welcoming governments, investors, operators, financiers and entrepreneurs from across Africa and the world to Cape Town.

Come prepared to meet. Come prepared to invest. Come prepared to do business.

Secure your AEW 2026 Delegate Pass now.

I look forward to seeing you in Cape Town.

Nj Ayuk

Executive Chairman

African Energy Chamber