CypherCrescent Limited at EINGICE 2025, Advancing Natural Gas for Africa’s Energy Security.
At the 2025 EINGICE Conference themed “Guaranteeing Africa’s Exit from Energy Poverty through Natural Gas Project Financing and Development,” Engr. ThankGod Egbe, CEO of CypherCrescent Limited, delivered a keynote on “The Strategic Role of Africa’s Energy Banks & Governments.” He emphasised strengthening financial frameworks, empowering the Africa Energy Bank, and adopting innovative procurement models to accelerate gas infrastructure development. Highlighting the PentaHelix model, he called for collaboration among government, industry, academia, financiers, and entrepreneurs to build sustainable local capacity. CypherCrescent reaffirmed its commitment to driving this transformation through indigenous innovation and digital technology for a sustainable, energy-secure Africa.
- November 10, 2025
Towards 'Guaranteeing Africa’s Exit from Energy Poverty through Natural Gas Project Financing and Development with a Focus on Nigeria: Strategies and Actionable Steps', the theme for the 2025 Annual Emogas International Natural Gas-Based Conference (EINGICE), our Technical Director & CEO, Engr. ThankGod Egbe as a keynote speaker, joined other industry leaders, policymakers, regulators, academics, and investors to chart pathways for unlocking natural gas development, enhancing infrastructure deliver, and positioning gas as a major catalyst for Africa's economic transformation.
He delivered a compelling presentation titled: 'The Strategic Role of Africa’s Energy Banks & Governments Towards Easier Procurement of Natural Gas Industry Equipment and Technologies'. From his presentation, he articulated the urgent need for Africa to strengthen financial and institutional frameworks to ensure timely access to critical gas infrastructure, technologies, and skills.
Key insights included:
✅ Lessons from China’s Energy Bank model and its renewable energy success story
✅ Empowering the Africa Energy Bank to de-risk investments and accelerate project delivery
✅ Overcoming challenges such as high equipment cost, dependency on imports & limited local funding
✅ Innovative procurement solutions, including equipment-as-a-service models
✅ A collaborative procurement framework to enhance affordability and scale
He further emphasised the PentaHelix (birthed from Triple Helix) approach of having the players - Government, Industry, Academia, Financier, and Entrepreneur, working together to create enabling policies, develop local capacity, support indigenous technology, and build sustainable value chains.
At CypherCrescent Limited, we remain committed to enabling this transformation through indigenous innovation, advanced digital technology, and data-driven solutions that unlock performance and maximise value across Africa’s oil and gas ecosystem.
Events like EINGICE reaffirm our shared responsibility in building a sustainable, energy-secure, and prosperous Africa, powered by our own capabilities.
