The Africa Energies Summit is taking place in the United Kingdom, London from May 16 to 18, 2023, to discuss investment and development opportunities for the continent’s fast changing energy landscape.

High level speakers from Somalia, Angola, The Gambia, Malawi, Liberia, Egypt and Ghana, amongst others, are advocating for oil expansion on behalf of their governments, in partnership with oil and gas giants from Europe like BP, Shell, ExxonMobile and TotalEnergies. Although Shell has recently signed a deal to sell its 30% stake in the Cambo Oilfield, it has not yet addressed its widespread and systemic pollution in Nigeria over the last sixty years.

Polluters in the summit are leaving onshore, nearshore and shallow waters, moving deep offshore, like in the case of Nigeria and leaving behind a trail of destruction with no consequence. The United Nations

Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has warned that leaders in countries investing in fossil fuel infrastructure will leave behind a legacy of debt to be carried for generations to come.