Nigerian Tracker: Clean Energy Transition In Africa: Five Takeaways From The SPE Lagos Technical Symposium

June 17, 2022

The Way Ahead

The clean energy transition has been a trendy topic from Lagos to Los Angeles, Davos to Darussalam, and Abu-Dhabi down to Aukland. Industry captains and leading state actors champion campaigns and roll out strategic plans to accelerate the clean energy transition. Today, this is not breaking news: leading multinational oil and gas companies have expanded their portfolios to accommodate non-fossil fuels and enable the clean energy transition. For instance, in Paris, on May 28, 2021, Total switched to TotalEnergies. While giving out why Total changed its name to TotalEnergies, the Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanne, said, our ambition is to be a world-class player in the energy transition [1]. Read more...

Haruna Inuwa

Haruna Inuwa is a senior petroleum engineer and SAP consultant at Dangote Projects. In his current role, he is part of the SAP consultants implementing SAP S/4HANA Production Planning at Dangote Fertilizer. Inuwa holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from Igbinedion University Okada (IUO), Nigeria and a MTech degree in production and industrial engineering from Sharda University, India. He was a freelance content developer at Great Learning, an educational platform in India. Inuwa’s research interest lies in the application of Industry 4.0 technologies to aid a sustainable energy transition. An active member of SPE, Inuwa led the SPE IUO student chapter to win its first SPE Presidential Outstanding Chapter Award in 2018. He also captained IUO chapter’s PetroQuiz team during the Nigeria Council 2018 Students Technical Symposium and Exhibition held at Nile University, Abuja. Inuwa is the founder of Inspire Young People, a NGO with a focus on career mentorship and educational support.

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