Who Dares Wins: LPG, the Next Frontier for Africa’s Downstream
Who Dares Wins: LPG, the Next Frontier for Africa’s Downstream BY ANIBOR KRAGHA LPG investment is Africa’s defining downstream opportunity over the next two decades. The window to act is open now. AT the IEA’s first Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa in Paris in May 2024, Akinwumi Adesina, then African Development Bank President, recalled studying by smoky lamps and cooking fires, which he links to eyesight damage. Still today, nearly one billion Africans cook with firewood and charcoal. Household air pollution kills about 815,000 Africans annually. Between 2022 and 2023, sub-Saharan Africa’s population grew by 30 million while only 11 million gained clean cooking access. For a decade, refining has dominated Africa’s downstream story. But the next frontier is Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG):…