ACCRA, GHANA – At the 2026 West African Gas Summit, Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Richard Gyan Mensah, issued a strong call for increased private sector involvement in financing and developing natural gas infrastructure across West Africa. The minister emphasized that governments alone cannot meet the escalating capital demands of the region’s energy sector, highlighting a critical need for robust public-private partnerships.
Bridging the Investment Gap
Mensah articulated that while natural gas is crucial for industrial expansion, job creation, and energy security in West Africa, numerous promising projects are stalled. The primary impediment, he explained, is not a lack of technical viability but rather a deficit in project preparation and investment readiness, rendering them
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