Nigeria's Shift to Domestic Use of Natural Gas to Support Industries
Latest Tanzania energy news · Nigeria's Shift to Domestic Use of Natural Gas to Suppo… explained · updated Aug 6, 2026 · energy news · power · electricity
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- Ministers from Mozambique, Nigeria and Senegal made the call yesterday during the opening of the two-day Africa50 General Shareholders’ Meeting and Infra for Africa Forum in Dar es Salaam, where leaders discussed ways.
- Nigeria also said it is changing its energy strategy by prioritising domestic use of natural gas to support industries and improve access to electricity.
- DAR ES SALAAM: AFRICAN countries have been urged to transform their approach to natural gas by using the resource to power industries, create jobs and drive economic growth instead of exporting it in raw form.
- The discussions are particularly important for Tanzania, which is seeking to use its natural gas reserves to support industrialisation through value addition, electricity generation and manufacturing.
- Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo said despite having Africa’s largest natural gas reserves, the country had for many years focused on exporting the resource while many.