by NJ Ayuk | Jan 21, 2021 | Article
As we step into the second year of the pandemic, the question at hand, globally is, how are we going to recover from the Covid-19? In the 2nd edition of “Billions at play: The future of African Energy and Doing Deals”, NJ Ayuk, provides some insight on how leaders and...
by NJ Ayuk | Jan 18, 2021 | Op-Eds
In late 2019, as the African oil and gas industry was looking to the future with optimism, Offshore Engineer wrote that the continent was had reason to expect a “more productive 2020.” Instead, the unforeseen happened, and the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating...
by NJ Ayuk | Jan 14, 2021 | Article
Talking about oil & gas isn’t easy, especially at a time of widespread anxiety about the link between fossil fuels and climate change. But NJ Ayuk, the experienced oil and gas dealmaker who heads the Pan-African legal conglomerate Centurion Law Group and serves as...
by NJ Ayuk | Jan 13, 2021 | Op-Eds
I won’t sugarcoat it: The situation in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province is dire. Armed conflicts between security forces and the militant Islamic group, Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jamo (ASWJ), known locally as “al-Shabab” even though it has no connections to the Somali...
by NJ Ayuk | Jan 6, 2021 | Op-Eds
For decades, many of Africa’s oil- and gas-producing states followed a predictable pattern. They treated their oil and gas primarily as raw materials that could be sold abroad for a quick profit, rather than as a means of supporting efforts to make more lasting...