Mapeto… Maputo will host a summit that puts the practical machinery of Africa’s gas build-out under examination. The Africa Gas & LNG Summit (AfGLNG) runs from 11 to 13 November 2026 at the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre, and its core question is blunt: can the continent’s gas resources be converted into working infrastructure and wider economic opportunity? Government leaders, energy executives, investors and technical experts will gather around how projects reach final investment decisions, how infrastructure gets financed and built, and how far the benefits actually reach local economies.
The delivery agenda is anchored in Mozambique’s own project pipeline, a live case study in execution at scale. Mozambique LNG, led by TotalEnergies, is a US$20 billion development projected to produce approximately 13 million tonnes per year. Rovuma LNG, led by ExxonMobil and Eni, is licensed for 18 Mtpa. Coral South FLNG has been exporting since 2022 as Africa’s first deepwater floating LNG project, and the US$6-7 billion Coral North FLNG expansion is set to double that output by 2028. Together these projects illustrate both the scale of what has been delivered and the decisions still pending, a tension the summit programme is built around.
Operational delivery sits at the centre of the conference structure. A dedicated session on Final Investment Decision will examine the path toward FID, the point at which plans become construction, alongside discussions on finance, LNG infrastructure, gas-to-power, industrialisation and the wider African LNG value chain. Regional sessions will map project environments and investment priorities across Mozambique, North Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa. The map includes Senegal and Mauritania’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project, Nigeria’s expanding LNG and pipeline infrastructure, and new gas developments in Congo, Angola and Tanzania.
The institutions responsible for execution in Mozambique are prominent in the summit’s organisation. AfGLNG 2026 is hosted by the Associação de Conteúdo Local de Moçambique (ACLM), with Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos, E.P. (ENH), the national hydrocarbons company and government equity partner in the country’s LNG projects, and the Instituto Nacional de Petróleo (INP), the regulator overseeing licensing and contract compliance, serving as strategic partners. Confirmed participants include Rudêncio Morais, Chairman of ENH, and Nazário Bangalane, Chairman of INP, alongside Dr Elthon Chemane, Chairman of ACLM Mozambique.
Government involvement signals the policy weight behind the delivery questions. The summit takes place under the official patronage of H.E. Daniel Chapo, President of the Republic of Mozambique, and the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy. President Chapo is scheduled to deliver the presidential welcome on the opening day, and Hon. Estevão Pale, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, will take part in key discussions across the programme. An Africa Energy Ministers’ Forum will bring together nine African energy ministries to discuss policy, investment and regional cooperation, with the wider programme connecting those policy discussions to commercial and project-level realities.
Local participation forms a second major strand, reflecting the summit’s broader theme of ensuring that gas development generates value beyond exports. A dedicated SME and Entrepreneurs session will explore supplier development, access to finance and practical opportunities for African businesses to enter the industry’s supply chains. The opening programme features an Energy Leaders’ Dialogue under the theme “The African Gas Opportunity: Turning Resources into Prosperity,” focused on converting natural resources into long-term economic value.
The three-day format is designed to keep executives, regulators and service providers in direct contact. A parallel technical track runs alongside the executive conference on Day 2. The summit also includes an international exhibition, an opening-day exhibition tour and cocktail reception, and networking sessions throughout. Additional confirmed participants include Farid Ghezali, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO); Ranti Omole, CEO of Radial Circle; and Eng. Elizabeth Rogo, President and CEO of Tsavo Oilfield Services, Kenya.
Organised by GEP (Global Event Partners), AfGLNG positions itself as an international platform for advancing investment, partnership and development across the sector. Further information, including sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, is available at africagaslng.com. Media enquiries can be directed to Paul Gilbert for international questions at [email protected] or +44 7850 025295, and to Elthon Chemane for national enquiries at [email protected] or +258 84 484 8400. Whether the FID sessions in Maputo translate into shovels in the ground is the question implementers will be watching.