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Ghana’s Energy Chamber, led by Executive Chairman Joshua B. Narh, has announced its withdrawal from the Africa Energies Summit in London, citing discriminatory hiring practices and the systematic exclusion of African professionals from leadership and decision-making roles.
Ghana’s Energy Chamber has withdrawn from the Africa Energies Summit in London, citing discriminatory hiring and exclusion of African professionals from key roles.
This decision reflects a broader continental push, with other African countries and organizations demanding better representation in international energy forums.
The Chamber called on Ghanaian stakeholders to reconsider summit participation until corrective actions are taken by organizers.
Despite Africa's growing influence in global energy, platforms often fail to include African professionals in staffing and agenda-setting, undermining credibility.
The move, formalized in a statement on April 2, 2026, reflects a growing trend across the continent, as African governments, national oil companies, and indigenous firms push back against platforms that claim to speak for Africa while sidelining its talent.
The decision mirrors similar actions by Mozambique and petroleum ministers from the African Petroleum Producers Organization, signaling a broader push for principle and representation in international energy forums
For Ghana, the withdrawal is not simply about missing a conference but about asserting the continent’s right to influence discussions about its own resources and ensuring that African professionals have access to leadership and decision-making roles they have long earned.
Africa is emerging as a major player in the global energy market. Expanding oil and gas production, growing expertise in renewable energy, and an increasing pool of highly skilled engineers, energy economists, and project managers are helping shape global energy strategies.
The Dangote Refinery, Africa’s largest, continues to exert influence on international energy markets, emerging as a key fuel supplier as the US-Iran crisis disrupts global oil flows.
Yet, many platforms that claim to represent Africa’s energy future fail to reflect this reality. African professionals are often excluded from staffing, programming, and agenda-setting roles, undermining both credibility and the continent’s opportunities in the sector.
Ghana has long been at the forefront of Africa’s energy evolution. From pioneering petroleum governance frameworks after the Jubilee discovery to advancing gas-to-power integration and regional electricity cooperation, Ghanaian institutions and professionals have shaped much of the continent’s modern energy sector.
Yet, conferences operating under Africa’s name frequently fail to reflect African leadership in staffing, programming, and agenda-setting.
For Ghana, local content is more than a conference theme—it is national policy, workforce development, and intergenerational strategy.
The statement underscores that panels and discussions alone are not enough; African professionals must be actively included in staffing, leadership, and programming.
The Energy Chamber Ghana has demanded that summit organizers: disclose workforce diversity data, clarify recruitment pathways, include Africa-based professionals in leadership, and establish engagement channels with African institutions supporting workforce and capacity building.
As Africa grows in global energy influence, Ghana’s withdrawal signals a clear message: African talent cannot be treated as optional participants in discussions about its own resources, and platforms claiming to represent Africa must reflect African leadership at every level
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A state judge ruled that Kalshi's prediction markets offering sports bets were "indistinguishable" from gambling, and extended a temporary ban in Nevada.
state judge in Nevada extended a temporary ban on prediction market provider Kalshi's sports-related contracts in the Silver State on Friday.
Judge Jason Woodbury in the First Judicial District Court told attorneys at a hearing in the Carson City courthouse that he would also grant the Nevada Gaming Control Board's request to impose a preliminary injunction against Kalshi banning it from offering some of its prediction markets until a broader court case from the state gaming regulator could be resolved. He extended the temporary restraining order he first granted on March 20 by two weeks to sort out the language of the injunction, Reuters reported Friday.
The judge's original temporary restraining order blocked Kalshi from offering sports, entertainment and election-related bets.
The judge said buying a contract on a baseball game on Kalshi was "indistinguishable" from placing a bet on a state gaming platform, Reuters reported.
So I find based on the arguments that ​have been presented that it is a gaming activity that is prohibited for any non-licensee ​to engage in," he said.
Spokespeople for Kalshi and the Nevada Gaming Control Board did not return requests for comments.
State regulators have moved to block prediction market providers in much of the U.S., arguing that these companies' sports-related products appear to be gambling products that should be regulated at the state level. Kalshi and other prediction market providers argue that they are federally regulated designated contract markets offering swaps, a type of derivative product, and therefore are not subject to state regulators.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, helmed by Chairman Mike Selig, has taken a stance agreeing with these companies. It filed an amicus brief in an appeals court case earlier this year, and sued Arizona, Illinois and Connecticut on Thursday alongside the Department of Justice, arguing that it is the proper regulator and alleging that the states are infringing on its role.
The hearing took place the same day as another hearing at a federal court in Arizona. In that hearing, Kalshi had filed to block state regulators from filing to block the prediction market provider's products in the state. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes had previously filed an information alleging criminal charges against Kalshi.
According to the court docket, District Judge MIchael Liburdi heard arguments and is considering the motion.
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