Managing Power during COP27

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With the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 27 grabbing global headlines, Business Law Focus Editor, Evan Pickworth, spoke to Mohamed Ghannam, Managing Partner of Baker McKenzie in Cairo; Oludare Senbore, Partner at Aluko & Oyebode in Nigeria and Kieran Whyte, Partner and Head of the Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Industry Group at Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg about the efforts taken by the governments in their countries to address this urgent need to harness renewable power. Such efforts are expected to provide exciting opportunities for investors in the African energy sector.
21 Nov 2022 English South Africa Business

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