Africa’s next phase of gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) development will come under scrutiny in Maputo in November, as governments, energy companies, investors and industry experts converge for the Africa Gas & LNG Summit (AfGLNG) 2026.
The three-day summit, scheduled for November 11–13 at the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre, is expected to focus attention on a question increasingly shaping Africa’s gas industry: how can the continent translate its expanding gas resources and LNG projects into broader investment, industrialisation and local economic value?
The summit will be held under the official patronage of Mozambique’s President Daniel Chapo and the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy. President Chapo is scheduled to deliver the presidential welcome on the opening day, while Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Estevão Pale, is expected to participate in programme discussions.
Hosted by the Associação de Conteúdo Local de Moçambique (ACLM), AfGLNG 2026 is being organised with Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), Mozambique’s national hydrocarbons company and government equity partner in LNG projects, and the Instituto Nacional de Petróleo (INP), the country’s petroleum regulator, as strategic partners.
Mozambique puts Africa’s LNG ambitions in perspective
The choice of Maputo comes as Mozambique occupies an increasingly significant position in Africa’s emerging LNG landscape.
The country is advancing major gas developments alongside existing offshore production. The Mozambique LNG project, led by TotalEnergies, is a US$20 billion development designed to produce approximately 13 million tonnes of LNG annually. The Rovuma LNG project, led by ExxonMobil and Eni, has a licensed capacity of 18 million tonnes per annum.
Mozambique is also already producing LNG from the Coral South floating LNG project, which began exports in 2022 and became Africa’s first deepwater floating LNG development. The planned Coral North FLNG expansion, estimated at US$6–7 billion, is expected to significantly increase production capacity by 2028.
These projects underscore both the scale of investment entering Africa’s gas sector and the wider economic questions surrounding the development of the continent’s resources.
For AfGLNG 2026, the focus will therefore extend beyond gas production and exports to the infrastructure, industrial and commercial opportunities that can emerge around the gas value chain.
Where will Africa’s next gas investments go?
A major strand of the summit will be the outlook for new investment and project development across Africa.
Regional sessions will examine opportunities in Mozambique, North Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa, with discussions expected to cover developments ranging from the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project involving Senegal and Mauritania to Nigeria’s expanding LNG and pipeline infrastructure.
Emerging gas developments in Congo, Angola and Tanzania will also feature in discussions as investors and policymakers assess the continent’s changing gas landscape.
The programme will bring together country and regional perspectives with project-level discussions on the conditions required to move major developments from planning to investment.
A dedicated Final Investment Decision (FID) session will examine the financing, policy and commercial conditions required to move projects towards FID, alongside sessions on LNG infrastructure, gas-to-power, industrialisation and the broader African LNG value chain.
Local content moves closer to the centre of the gas debate
Investment will not be the only measure of success under discussion.
Local content and African business participation will form a major component of the summit, reflecting the growing emphasis on ensuring that large-scale oil and gas developments generate opportunities beyond government revenues and export earnings.
A dedicated SME and Entrepreneurs session will examine supplier development, access to finance and practical pathways for African businesses seeking to participate in the expanding gas and LNG industry.
The discussions will consider how local enterprises can become part of project supply chains and how investment in gas infrastructure can stimulate wider enterprise development, skills and economic activity.
This focus is particularly relevant as African governments seek to capture greater domestic value from energy projects while attracting the capital required to develop large and often complex gas infrastructure.
Energy ministers to discuss regional cooperation
An Africa Energy Ministers’ Forum is also scheduled to bring together representatives of nine African energy ministries for discussions on policy, investment and regional cooperation.
The ministerial forum will sit alongside an executive and technical programme covering commercial, regulatory and project-development issues across the gas and LNG sector.
The opening programme will feature an Energy Leaders’ Dialogue, themed “The African Gas Opportunity: Turning Resources into Prosperity,” examining how Africa can use its gas resources to support longer-term economic development.
Among the confirmed participants are Rudêncio Morais, Chairman of ENH; Nazário Bangalane, Chairman of INP; Dr Elthon Chemane, Chairman of ACLM Mozambique; 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.
A parallel technical track will run alongside the executive conference on the second day.
The three-day programme will also include an international exhibition, an opening-day exhibition tour and cocktail reception, as well as networking sessions.
With major African gas projects at different stages of development and governments under pressure to attract investment while increasing domestic economic participation, the Maputo summit is expected to provide a platform for industry and policymakers to examine what comes next for Africa’s gas and LNG sector.
