Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi participated as a keynote speaker at the ‘Energy and Economy in Africa’ forum, chaired by US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright.

The discussions focused on the efforts of African governments to facilitate and attract new investments and leverage supporting industries to increase the production of natural resources, address the energy poverty crisis, and highlight the significant investment opportunities in the energy sector, ranging from hydrocarbons and minerals to power generation.

This event took place as part of the second day of the CERAWeek 2025 in Houston, Texas, and attended by several African energy ministers, senior officials from The World Bank and the European Union (EU) as well as top executives and officials from global companies operating in the petroleum and energy sectors.

In his speech, Badawi reviewed Egypt’s energy sector efforts to attract investments, accelerate drilling and exploration activities, increase production, and the Egyptian petroleum sector’s work in energy transition through the implementation of clean energy projects, emissions reduction, and low-carbon green hydrogen.