Gas will be the defining factor for the continent’s industrial development in the next 50 years, executive chairman Nj Ayuk has told RT
Russia has crucial skills and technologies in the energy sphere, which Africa’s gas-producing countries can use to develop their own energy security, Nj Ayuk, executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber, told RT on the sidelines of the ‘Russian Energy Week’ forum in Moscow.
Ayuk noted that Russia had traveled a long road of industrial development, and its experience could be replicated on the African continent.
“Russia went from a net importer of grain to a net exporter of grain. They use their natural gas, they produce urea, ammonia, NPK fertilizers [and] power their plants so that they can feed themselves. They pipe gas around the country to provide electricity. They use pipelines to connect, they have energy infrastructure. So when you look at that road of what Russia has been able to do – that can…