The African Energy Chamber (AEC)has announced the launch of the Just Energy Transition Concert, a large-scale music concert that will take place on October 17, 2022, at the Cabo Beach Club in Cape Town, South Africa.
African Energy Week (AEW) will take place from October 18-21, 2022 in Cape Town. It represents the continent’s premier event for the oil, gas and renewable energy industries. With a mandate to make energy poverty history by 2030, and taking place under the theme, “Exploring and Investing in Africa’s Energy Future while Driving an Enabling Environment,” AEW 2022 unites industry professionals, regional energy leaders and global financiers for four days of networking, dialogue and deal-making.
Integrating music and culture with energy dialogue, while creating a platform where attendees can celebrate Afrobeats and Amapiano, the concert will offer energy stakeholders and music-lovers alike the unique opportunity to engage in dialogue surrounding Africa’s energy future.
The concert reaffirms AEW 2022’s commitment to enabling cross-sector collaboration to promote foreign direct investment into Africa. As the African music and events industry grows year-on-year, significant investment will be unlocked, particularly as international artists organize concerts across the continent and African artists become increasingly popular in global markets. Africa’s potential, both as a competitive music industry and attractive events destination, is taking off and leading to a host of large-scale concerts set to attract new players to the continent.
“We have been committed to African energy and Africa’s young people from the get-go. Last year, we didn’t just show up, we didn’t go to Dubai, we didn’t get desperate, and we didn’t give in. We took our blows, and we will keep on swinging,” states NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the AEC, adding that, “This year, ahead of AEW 2022, we will be hosting a massive Amapiano and Afrobeats concert. The Just Energy Transition Concert will take place in Cape Town and will drive the narrative of a just energy transition in Africa and for Africa. With great music and great entertainment, we will remain focused on the need to have control of our own narrative and tell our own story. In Cape Town, we will drive our narrative through a concert dedicated to young people and making energy poverty history.”
Author: World Music Central News Room
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