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The two-day forum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/africa-future-energy-forum-set-may-nairobi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[63,2952,2953,742,2954,891,2950,2951,1668,2057,2955,2499],"class_list":["post-2693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-top-news","tag-africa","tag-africa-future-energy-forum","tag-capacity","tag-energy","tag-energy-security","tag-financing","tag-global-energy-initiative","tag-mci-middle-east","tag-nairobi","tag-policy","tag-renewable-energy","tag-technology","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Africa-lighting.png?fit=400%2C301&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-Hr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4589,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/14th-africa-independents-forum-in-london-set-for-next-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":2693,"position":0},"title":"14th Africa Independents Forum in London Set For Next Month","author":"","date":"April 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The 14th Africa Independents Forum 2016, held 25-26th\u00a0May in London at the Waldorf Hilton, being hosted by the Global Pacific & Partners \/ ITE Group Plc JV, gathers together leading independents and corporate players worldwide and from across Africa, both listed and unlisted, large and small, established and new entrants,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Africa-Independents-Forum-Hero_1.jpg?fit=794%2C293&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Africa-Independents-Forum-Hero_1.jpg?fit=794%2C293&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Africa-Independents-Forum-Hero_1.jpg?fit=794%2C293&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Africa-Independents-Forum-Hero_1.jpg?fit=794%2C293&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5662,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/herworld-energy-forum-set-for-nairobi-in-march\/","url_meta":{"origin":2693,"position":1},"title":"HERWorld Energy Forum set for Nairobi in March","author":"","date":"February 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Women in Energy and Extractives Africa (WEX)\u00a0are hosting the 2nd instalment of the\u00a0Pink Petro x WEX HerWorld Energy Forum\u00a0- a global think tank that\u00a0will address the energy transition, digital technology, workforce needs and opportunities, and the gender gap. 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