The Premier Invest Deal Room at the Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris showcased over $10 billion in investment opportunities across 17 projects, spanning oil, gas, and renewable sectors.
The session featured 17 active deals across upstream, midstream, trading, and renewable segments, underscoring the breadth of investment potential across Africa and beyond.
One of the flagship opportunities was the development of a 200,000-barrel-per-day crude oil refinery, seeking $4.8 billion in combined equity and debt to meet growing regional demand for refined products.
Another deal sought $50 million through a 360-day revolving letter of credit facility to support the import of refined petroleum products.
Exploration and production prospects were also on the table, with a development project offering up to 40% participating interest to qualified investors and an African oil and gas company seeking a $30 million capital injection, strategic partnership, and offtake agreement to enhance its trade capacity and expand upstream.
Refining featured prominently among the deals, with one project calling for €2-5 billion to expand national capacity.
Other ventures included the sale of a defunct Caribbean gas-to-liquids plant, an $18 million debt facility to drill additional wells in an active production field, and a $360 million field development project already attracting soft commitments.
The session concluded with five renewable energy projects seeking over $725 million in investment, including $362 million for a 70 MW geothermal project in Kenya, $92 million for a 71 MW hybrid solar PV and wind project in Zambia, $87 million for a 100 MW solar PV project in South Africa, and two clean-gas projects in Benin and South Africa.
"This is a platform to showcase interesting opportunities across Africa that we are advising on," said Marcel Awasum, Head of Business Development for Premier Invest. "All of the deals we are advising on, we are also mobilising capital for – from family offices to private equity in oil and gas – mostly from the Middle East, and some from Europe."