{"id":73249,"date":"2021-08-28T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/congo\/u-s-africa-energy-forum-usaef-2021-forges-strategic-partnership-with-texas-west-africa-chamber-of-commerce\/"},"modified":"2021-08-28T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T14:00:21","slug":"u-s-africa-energy-forum-usaef-2021-forges-strategic-partnership-with-texas-west-africa-chamber-of-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/congo\/u-s-africa-energy-forum-usaef-2021-forges-strategic-partnership-with-texas-west-africa-chamber-of-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-Africa Energy Forum (USAEF) 2021 Forges Strategic Partnership with Texas-West Africa Chamber of Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrap\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Energy Capital &amp; Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) has inked a strategic partnership with the Texas-West Africa Chamber of Commerce (TWACC); The agreement will see the TWACC work closely with ECP to execute the U.S.-Africa Energy Forum event on December 9-10, 2021, and opens doors to further collaboration between the two organizers in Texas and in Africa<\/em><em>; \u201cTWACC can ensure that African players are at the forefront of pivotal discussions on the African energy transition.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Energy Capital &amp; Power (ECP) is proud to announce its strategic partnership with the Texas-West Africa Chamber of Commerce (TWACC) to drive the participation of U.S. and African companies and investors in the upcoming U.S.-Africa Energy Forum (USAEF) 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Under the theme\u00a0<em>New Horizons for U.S.-Africa Energy Investment<\/em>, the USAEF 2021 event will match African petroleum, natural gas, power, energy storage and renewable development projects with American investors and technology, and create new linkages that drive long-term policy formation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTWACC is excited to work together with Energy Capital &amp; Power to unite American and African investors, public institutions, and companies with a view to facilitating bilateral trade and investment,\u201d says Posso Ganame, President of TWACC. \u201cWe see Texas as a vital player in Africa\u2019s energy future. By drawing upon our extensive network of members and partner organizations, TWACC can ensure that African players are at the forefront of pivotal discussions on the African energy transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTWACC is a great partner and friend of the USAEF 2021 in Houston,\u201d says James Chester, Senior Director at ECP. \u201cThis partnership will extend the longstanding legacy of U.S. participation in African energy development and will be an important part of building a foundation for future U.S.-Africa investment events and initiatives \u2013 in Houston and elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serving as the premier business networking platform between Texan and African companies, the TWACC facilitates economic and social development and integration of African communities in Texas, promotes trade investment activities and fosters bilateral trade agreements among Texas, the U.S., ECOWAS nations and other African countries.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Energy Capital &amp; Power.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about U.S.-Africa energy investment opportunities, find out more information regarding sponsorship opportunities at USAEF 2021, or register for the Houston summit, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usafricaenergy.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">www.USAfricaEnergy.com<\/a> or contact James Chester at james@energycapitalpower.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/energycapitalandpower.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/usafrica-energy-forum-usaef-2021-forges-strategic-partnership-with-texaswest-africa-chamber-of-commerce?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Central Africa <a title=\"Republic of Congo\" href=\"http:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/central-africa\/congo\/\">Congo<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Capital &amp; Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) has inked a strategic partnership with the Texas-West Africa Chamber of Commerce (TWACC); The agreement will see the TWACC work closely with ECP to execute the U.S.-Africa Energy Forum event on December 9-10, 2021, and opens doors to further collaboration between the two organizers in Texas and in Africa; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":73250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1630159220_63_418.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8377],"tags":[258,256,4696,11730,11988,4554,8378,8379,8381,7424,13585,6284,257,6020,254,8007,39730,39641,11258,8380],"class_list":["post-73249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-congo","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-central-africa","tag-chamber","tag-commerce","tag-congo","tag-congo-news","tag-congo-republic","tag-congo-brazzaville","tag-energy","tag-forges","tag-forum","tag-news","tag-partnership","tag-south-africa-today","tag-strategic","tag-texaswest","tag-usaef","tag-usafrica","tag-west-congo"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1630159220_63_418.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}