The 2005 Africa Energy Forum was held in Barcelona, one of Europe's most beautiful cities, promoting itself as a link between Africa and Europe.

AEF opened on Wednesday afternoon, June 22, with the AfricaEnergy21 plenary session that examined the major issues that affect the African energy sector.

On Thursday, June 23, and Friday morning, June 24, sector specific topics were discussed in Power&Gas21, Oil21 and RuralEnergy21.

Ministers and utilities set out policies for dealing with Africa's burgeoning power shortage. The appetite of international energy companies for investing in Africa's power looks set to return. What is required to ensure that it is sustainable? These issues and much more were discussed in the Power&Gas21 programme.

Co-operation between governments and oil companies to ensure that good governance is an overriding goal of the African oil sector were featured in the Oil21 programme. The use of oil revenues to aid economic development were also discussed.

Following the successful launch of RuralEnergy21 in 2004, the 2005 seminar looked at how governments, multi-laterals, NGOs, and the private sector can co-operate innovatively to produce sustainable rural energy projects. The quandary of the past cannot continue.

Participants are listed on the MarketSite. Fellow delegates can access the list and contact each other by email from the site. This service remains available to delegates until March 2006.

• AEF2005 participants

AEF 2005 delegate analysis by activity
In addition to government, the finance sector and advisers, the forum attracts participants from across the energy sector. In 2005, the largest number of delegates were contractors & equipment suppliers (11%) and advisers & consultants (11%), followed by African government representatives and energy companies (9% each), power developers and rural agencies & financiers (8% each), African electricity utilities (7%), commercial banks & financial services, lawyers and distributive generation (6% each), development banks (5%), regulators (3%), development agencies, national oil companies/organisations, investment companies (2% each)

• AEF2005 delegate analysis by activity

• AEF2005 delegate analysis by country

• AEF2005 exhibition photos

The sponsors for the 2005 Africa Energy Forum are:

Shell • Cummins Power Generation • Globeleq • Siemens • AES Corporation • Alstom • PA Consulting Group • Aggreko • Fieldstone • Addax & Oryx Group • Barclays • LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae • NETGroup • FMO •
Chadbourne & Parke • Standard Bank • Eskom

RuralEnergy21 was produced in partnership with Shell Foundation


Government ministers and heads of power utilities and state oil companies, share the forum platform with senior power and oil executives, contractors, equipment suppliers, finances, and advisers.

2005 Participating Government Ministers

Liyel Imoke Minister of Power & Steel Nigeria (represented by Joseph Makoju)
Henock Ya Kasita Deputy Minister of Mines & Energy, Namibia
Sylvain Ndoutingai Minister of Mines & Energy Central African Republic
Madicke Niang Minister of Mines, Energy & Water, Senegal
Simeon Nyachae Minister of Energy Kenya
Mike Oquaye Minister for Energy Ghana

Government Ministers
Government ministers and officials that have participated in past Africa Energy Forums are listed on:
AEF delegates have access to a directory in the MarketSite of African government officials in the energy sector.