{"id":7302,"date":"2021-12-18T18:03:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T18:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/africa-must-put-energy-poverty-before-climate-crisis-says-minister"},"modified":"2021-12-18T18:59:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T18:59:49","slug":"africa-must-put-energy-poverty-before-climate-crisis-says-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/africa-must-put-energy-poverty-before-climate-crisis-says-minister","title":{"rendered":"Africa must put energy poverty before climate crisis, says minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Dakar, Dec 18 (EFE) .- Africa must solve its problems of \u201cenergy poverty\u201d before facing the challenges of the climate crisis, according to the Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfrica first needs to address energy poverty before we can talk about the energy transition,\u201d Lima said in a statement published today on social media about his speech at the \u201cMSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2021\u201d conference, which closed this Friday in Dakar and discussed energy on the continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is energy poverty. It is a reality in a large part of Africa. You cannot talk about an energy transition without first providing electricity to its people,\u201d stressed the minister, whose country is one of the main oil producers on the continent, although it also counts with significant gas reserves.<\/p>\n

More than 500 million people lack access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, according to studies by international organizations such as the World Bank.<\/p>\n

Thus, Lima appealed to Senegal, Mozambique and Uganda, \u201cthe new oil and gas producers in Africa, to speak out and defend their right to develop their resources, because they have the most to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make it very clear that we do not deny climate change. Climate change is real, but this story has two sides, that of the producer and that of the consumer,\u201d argued the head of Mines and Hydrocarbons, son of the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang, who has led the Central African country with a heavy hand since 1979.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe amount of energy used to play video games in the United States is equivalent to that used by the entire central Nigerian government. You cannot just blame the producers. Consumption and consumption habits must be addressed,\u201d Lima added.<\/p>\n

Under the slogan \u201cA new wave of investment\u201d, the conference \u201cMSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2021\u201d analyzed last Thursday and Friday in Dakar the ways to improve regional partnerships and stimulate investment and development opportunities in the sectors of the oil, gas and energy within the MSGBC basin.<\/p>\n

The MSGBC groups together the countries of the sedimentary basin common to Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry, which remains under-exploited despite the potential it has revealed in recent years.<\/p>\n

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