The African Petroleum Producers’ Association (APPA) is an intergovernmental organisation created in 1987 in Lagos, Nigeria, to serve as a platform for African petroleum producing countries to cooperate, collaborate, share knowledge and competences. It aims to promote common policy initiatives and projects in all facets of the petroleum industry with a view to maximising the developmental and welfare benefits accruable from petroleum exploitation activities in the Member Countries in particular and in Africa in general.
The Association is convinced that African petroleum producers are better positioned to create maximum leverage from their resource endowments when they adopt a common platform for oil and gas policy initiatives and development strategy.
APPA currently comprises sixteen Member Countries namely, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, SPLAJ (Libya), Mauritanie, Nigeria and Sudan. Altogether, these countries account for virtually the totality of Africa’s oil and gas reserves and output.
APPA sees its long-term role as that of a strategic focal point in hydrocarbon development matters in Africa.
AME Trade Ltd is a UK based organization which specializes in the area of trade promotion for the African and Middle Eastern region including: business to business conferences, trade exhibitions, public relations, and consultancy services.
We cooperate with local public and private sector organizations in the Middle East and Africa and have a portfolio of international clients which includes some of the world's leading brand names.
The co-founders of AME Trade Ltd have over 16 years experience of organizing events and projects in emerging markets including: Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Tunisia, Niger, Senegal, Nigeria, Qatar, Angola, South Africa, Guinea and Tanzania.
AME Trade Ltd possesses one of the most comprehensive databases of industry contacts for Africa & Middle East business; it also has existing relationships with many of the key African and Middle Eastern trade related media organizations