During a summit session titled “Meeting the 2022 challenge: Will energy security derail the energy transition?” organized as part of the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, the panel discussed ways in which countries can shift their energy priorities to meet these challenges.
Running until March 30, the GEC focuses on making it easier for entrepreneurs to start and scale a business.
“This annual event is being held this year in Riyadh.
“Most of the startups are young people who have a lot of creative energy.
Just last week, I inaugurated a technical committee to look at halal certification so that Nigeria has a lot to offer countries such as Saudi Arabia where halal food is consumed.
Rather than having just a general business council, Katagum said that Lagos appointed Nigerian ministers responsible for certain critical sectors such as power, water, housing and agriculture at the Dubai expo.
On the sidelines of the GEC, she held a meeting with South African Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu to strategize on how African countries can ensure that they are able to effectively utilize the platform that the GEC has provided.
Agenda 2063 is Africa’s blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future.
“I also had a meeting with Dilawar Syed, the special representative of the US Department of State’s Office of Commercial and Business Affairs.
“We are able to highlight from the perspective of Nigeria, what kind of initiatives the government has put in place like the economic sustainability plan which is basically to help reduce effects of COVID-19.
Poland will impose financial penalties on any private entities importing Russian coal into Poland, with Polish customs officials carrying out checks, government spokesman Piotr Mueller said as he announced the new policy.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU, the US and some other powers imposed a range of economic sanctions on Russia.
Russian coal makes up 13 percent of the fuel used each year, according to Piotr Lewandowski, the president of the Institute for Structural Research in Warsaw.
One option will be to buy coal from other sources, but that might be more expensive, given Russian coal’s favorable quality-to-price ratio.